EA has done what I was starting to worry was impossible: Make a rational, popular design decision around Battlefield 6 classes. Earlier this year, the studio caught heat for a series of dev blogs detailing how Battlefield 6’s class system would carry over an unpopular Battlefield 2042 change that allowed all classes to use all…
Please, don’t touch the artwork. There’s something nostalgic about going back to Monument Valley. Ustwo’s indie hit debuted on mobile in 2014 and helped establish (at least for a mainstream audience) that the mobile space could include the artistry of the wider indie games scene with thoughtful, immaculately presented, perspective-bending puzzlers alongside all the clickers…
I wouldn’t blame you for feeling like the games industry is in a dire state. Microsoft’s recent layoffs and studio closures are just the latest in a years-long, industry-wide bloodletting where successful game releases don’t provide any protection against corporate downsizing. Things aren’t great at the moment, but legendary shooter designer John Romero says that…
Category: ID@Xbox July 21, 2025 Ruffy and the Riverside Lets you Copy and Paste the World – Literally Max Geyer, Art Director at Zockrates Laboratories Summary Experience the unique and fun gameplay of the Swap. Explore an all hand-drawn open world. Multiple side quests and customizable environments. Experience the Unique and Fun Gameplay of the…
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As reported by Game Developer, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has bought its own independence from former owner Sumo Digital, but laid off an undisclosed number of employees in the process, bringing its total headcount to 55. The management buyout was done with the help of venture capital funding, and…
The co-founder of Valve Corporation, Gabe Newell, recently gave an interview to YouTuber Zalkar Saliev. The ocean-going billionaire shares his thoughts on everything from his daily routine to startup culture, but one of the largest themes is AI: and the “funny situation” Newell foresees whereby people who can’t code become “more effective developers of value”…
Every Virtual Boy game ranked by you. Today marks the Virtual Boy’s 30th birthday, so we thought now was the right time to tidy up this list and republish it to honour what may well be Nintendo’s weirdest console ever. Plus, now, it’s ranked by you lovely lot. Enjoy! Nintendo is an odd company in…
The Abiotic Factor 1.0 update is almost here, finally bringing the Half-Life-inspired survival crafting adventure to its first version complete milestone. As far as early access games go, it’s been a brief and fairly consistent journey—the rare, smooth roadmap rollout since Abiotic Factor’s early release in May 2024. Over the last year, developer Deep Field…
Some people want to watch the world burn. Others, however, will take the simplest of instructions and deliberately subvert them in the most creative manner possible in order to cause maximum irritation—and I love those people. Case in point, IT manager Mike Coats, who has submitted his entry for Hackaday’s One Hertz Challenge, the Metronalmost….