Sci-fi sandbox strategy sim Stellaris will probably continue expanding until either the heat-death of the universe, or it encompasses every single notable genre trope in existence. Today, it grew a meaty little chunk of new content with the Biogenesis expansion, part of its ninth season of DLC. With this expansion, players will be able to…
“The heart of the matter lies in production costs”. Ex-Sony and PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida has been talking a fair amount about the video game industry since his retirement earlier this year. But he’s had a few things to say about the Switch 2 in particular in recent weeks. And the former president of SIE…
It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped the PlayStation Store download charts last month. April saw a lot of action among the top spots. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and Forza Horizon 5 broke into the top three for the U.S. and EU PS5 charts, while Wanderer: The…
There are few joys in videogames as pure as beating one bad guy to death with another bad guy. Upcoming mech-masher sequel Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion might be replacing its predecessor’s Armored Core-esque mechs with more human-scaled power suits, but its potential for spectacular violence only seems to have increased. In the new gameplay…
Some games are clear passion projects. Pure creative outlets, profitability be damned. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy from Too Kyo Games (a collaborative outfit set up by the writers and directors of both the Danganronpa and Zero Escape franchises) is clearly among them. Despite the game racking up plenty of positive reviews and seemingly…
Most quests in Oblivion Remastered require you to stumble upon them one way or another. You have to murder someone to get access to the Dark Brotherhood, for instance, and you need to join the Thieves Guild or Mages Guild if you want access to their questlines. In Skingrad, one of the provinces’ major cities,…
Coming to Steam later this year. Yuzo Koshiro has been a busy man. Not only has he been hard at work recently finishing Earthion, his upcoming Mega Drive shmup (which is also coming to PC & consoles), but he has also continued offering his services as a freelance composer, with the latest of these projects…
Let the scalping commence. The Pokémon Company has revealed that it will release a special Black and White-themed TCG set to celebrate the games’ 15th anniversary. Sounds fun, right? Well, aside from all that nostalgia, the set will also introduce a new level of rarity to the card game, something we’re sure the scalpers will…
We’d advise caution, though. A new store listing on AliExpress suggests that the new Switch 2 Joy-Con might be customisable; at least to a certain degree. As highlighted by Stealth40k on Bluesky, a listing from Electronics-Dropshipping Store shows that the side panels on both Joy-Con can be removed and replaced with different colours. The two…
Update: We also finally have some footage of the game in action. Video System’s classic ’90s shmup series Sonic Wings / Aero Fighters is getting a brand-new game, it has been revealed. Success – the company behind Cotton – is going to be producing this sequel, and series composer Soshi Hosoi will be returning. Read…