Us old-school rogue-likers are eating good. It feels like we’ve barely had time to digest the fantastic ‘final’ version of Caves Of Qud (there’s more coming, of course), and already we’ve got another massive indie roguelike passion project to dive into. Approaching Infinity by micro-indie outfit Ibology has been in development for over twelve years…
Canned shooter Spriggan Powerd also shown off. New footage of Taito’s cancelled 1993 racing game Vertexer has appeared online, thanks to higenekodo. Intended to appear in arcades in the early ’90s, this F-Zero-style racer used sprite scaling to give the impression of 3D movement, very much like Outrun, Power Drift and Taito’s own Night Striker….
Not everyone has years, weeks or even hours to commit to demon slaughter. Not all of us can be Coincident, fighting through the armies of hell for six hours solid. Sometimes you’ve not even got a minute to spare, and if that’s the case, I recommend seeking better work-life balance. Also to check out madcap…
Or ‘Silverstorm’, if you like. Hello folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl. Last week, we looked at Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones for the GBA in celebration of its addition to Nintendo Switch Online. Hoo boy, it was a close one too. In the end, North America and Europe triumphed over…
Here’s what you can expect. One of the many third-party games announced during the big Switch 2 reveal was the Monster Hunter-like game Wild Hearts S by Koei Tecmo. The original release was originally published on other platforms with the help of EA and now the publishing responsibilities are completely in the hands of Koei…
Celebrating Star Wars Day. It’s May the 4th and you know what that means – it’s Star Wars Day! As part of this year’s celebrations, developer Aspyr has released a new ‘Grand Collection’ on the Switch. The Star Wars: Grand Collection contains a total of nine games for $139.99 / £125.99. Right now though, it’s…
It’s Sunday, so let’s make sure you can take today’s Wordle at your own pace. Refresh your general guessing with our handy tips if you want to keep things simple, and then take a look at our hint for today’s game if you find yourself in need of something more direct. Still not enough? Don’t…
In October of 2024 science-fiction writer Matthew Kelsey Martineau accused Bungie of lifting ideas for its first Destiny 2 campaign from a story published on his blog under the pseudonym Caspar Cole. While some of the ideas in question are fairly generic sci-fi elements, like consciousness transfer and the use of emergency failsafes to prevent…
Tim Cain, lead developer of the original Fallout, recently lamented the loss of Fallout’s earliest development materials. When he left Interplay he was told to delete his copies of early builds and even his notes from development meetings, and apparently Interplay has since lost not only the source code but also the original Fallout artwork…
At the close of this year’s EVE Fanfest, CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson took the stage to announce a surprising new commemoration of the long-running sci-fi MMO: An epic poem in the style of the ancient Icelandic sagas, written on genuine vellum in—and here’s the kicker—the blood of EVE Online fans. Did I mention…