“We’re Going For A Cross Between Mega Man X, Gunstar Heroes, & Kirby 64” – This Upcoming Indie Platformer Deserves To Be On Your Radar

Arrives 2026 for Steam & Xbox. We’re always on the lookout for cool, retro-inspired indie games to feature here on the website, and Kidbash: Super Legend is a title that fits that description to a tee. Developed by the Indonesian “visual-based storytellers” Authentic Remixes and the video game developer Fat Raccoon, it is an upcoming…

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We can’t keep making videogame stories for players who aren’t paying attention to them

Harvey Randall, Staff Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: Talking about entropy in MMORPGs, and being a busy bee in World of Warcraft. I’ve noticed a trend—particularly in some recent RPGs—of, well, let’s call it ‘Netflixiness’. Dialogue designed to leave absolutely nothing to interpretation, to exposit information in the most direct way possible,…

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‘Someone is going to lose a phenomenal amount of money’ says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about unwise AI investment. ‘When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to assembled reporters at a dinner in San Francisco late last week on the topic of, you guessed it, AI, the applications of AI, and the vast sums of money moving behind the scenes to fund it. Despite being one of the most vocal advocates of the tech, Altman had…

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“We Are Well Aware That It Is Hardly Possible At This Point” – You Still Have A Week To Make This Promising New Dreamcast Game A Reality

Sovietborgs’ IndieGoGo campaign has one week left. If you’ve been visiting the site over the last few months, you might have heard of Sovietborgs, a new homebrew title in development from Retro Sumus, the small studio behind the 2021 Dreamcast game Xenocider. Featuring an over-the-top Soviet-themed aesthetic and a top-down run ‘n’ gun-style game in…

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‘You will definitely see some companies go make Japanese anime sex bots,’ says OpenAI’s Sam Altman about AI relationships. ‘You will not see us do that’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently attended a dinner with a small group of reporters, and apparently had a lot to say about the company, the future of AI, and some of its potential applications (via The Verge). No great surprises there. However, when it comes to, perhaps less savoury uses of the tech, Altman appears…

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