I’m sure that owning an enterprise of vending machines in Japan probably hasn’t ever climbed onto your lifelong bucket list. It definitely wasn’t anywhere on mine. But after spending more time than I’d like to admit in Vending Dokan!: Kozy Kiosk, I’m starting to think it’s a business I should tap into. I played the…
Haunted Paws has received a new trailer as part of the Wholesome Direct this year, giving a further look into what the life of a puppy trying to track down their owner would look like. Except it’s not your normal manhunt; you’ll have to work your way through a haunted house instead. At least you…
Ever since the sandbox city builder Gourdlets was released last August, the most requested feature players have been asking for is co-op. After almost a year, Gourdlets Together has now been announced with a new trailer as part of Wholesome Direct. It’s a multiplayer spin-off that lets you and your friends come together for an…
While not, strictly speaking, the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Everquest has a notorious reputation as the first such title to truly break into the mainstream. In his Boss Fight history, Matthew S. Smith covers pretty much everything that both led into Everquest’s original creation, and then, the controversies it inspired. Then…
I strapped on my crampons for an initial peek at Abiotic Factor’s Cold Fusion update back in April, but at the time it wasn’t wholly clear how it would tie into the run up to the game’s 1.0 launch. Now though, developer Deep Field Games has stated explicitly that Cold Fusion is the 1.0 launch,…
Now that’s worth buying a console for! Yes, friends. We’ve spent the past few days pushing and pulling at our new Switch 2s as we get to figuring out just what this baby is really capable of. And, well, it seems as though it’s capable of some quite twisted stuff. Or at least a bit…
Forever Skies was one of the more intriguing early access survival projects that sprawl across Steam like a forest of (choppable) trees. The premise was basically “What if Subnautica, but in the sky?” which given Subnautica is one of, if not the best survival game in existence, is a pretty exciting concept. Plus, you get…
While opening last night’s Summer Game Fest showcase, host and Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley noted how 2025 has been marked by the surprise successes of smaller game projects. Alongside “indie creations” that “stand side by side with heavyweights,” Keighley shouted out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive, which he called “a monumental achievement”…
Look, I’m not a big fan of fishing minigames for a whole bunch of reasons. But I am deeply fond of abysmal puns. So on that basis alone, Fallout 76‘s Gone Fission update gets a pass from me. But this exquisitely/terribly titled addition to Bethesda’s multiplayer Fallout does more than let you yoink marine life…
Shapez 2 has quickly established itself as one of the better factory sims to roll off the games industry’s colossal imagination assembly line. A more focussed, yet still expansive game of automation and optimisation, Shapez 2 gives you the scale of Factorio, but removes concerns like building-destroying enemies and paying for structures with resources. Released…