January 20, 2026

Today marks one week since the early access release of Hytale, the Minecraft-like that was famously rescued from oblivion earlier this year by original co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. By all appearances it’s been a very successful rebirth, and Collins-Laflamme underscored that feeling with a message on X saying he has “no regrets” about resurrecting the game….

After more than a decade in development, Mewgenics is almost upon us. It’s a game about breeding bizarre cats and then pitting them against one another in turn-based combat, or at least, that’s what it seems to be about: Tyler Wilde previewed it late last year and it seems a whole lot more complicated than…

I’ve spent the last 14 years surprised that more games haven’t stolen the central gimmick to 2012’s Fez. A 2D world that you can rotate like a 3D object to find hidden secrets is the kind of trick that never gets old. But the Fez-like era never really happened and I’ve been left to wonder…

The Russian government is prepared to support the development of a homegrown military shooter akin to Call of Duty through measures including reduced corporate tax rates and insurance premiums for developers who make it. Confirmation of those potential incentives comes a month after a Russian lawmaker called for a ban on the Call of Duty…

The Russian government is prepared to support the development of a homegrown military shooter akin to Call of Duty through measures including reduced corporate tax rates and insurance premiums for developers who make it. Confirmation of those potential incentives comes a month after a Russian lawmaker called for a ban on the Call of Duty…

One of the most obnoxious traits of the AI slop era is the way any phrase you type into Google is now likely to prompt an AI overview speculating about what a sequence of words means, making up a bunch of stuff whole cloth, and being completely wrong. Last week while trying to find traces…

Survival MMO Dune: Awakening has just been patched to version 1.2.40.0, introducing a feature every sleeper has been waiting for: character transfers. You’re no longer tied down to the server you created your character on. You can pack up your things and find a new home—just make sure you pack all your things. “You can…

Even at a casual glance, it’s not hard to see the similarities between Minecraft and Hytale, its latest block-based sandbox competitor. As Hytale’s early modding scene flourishes, one modder is taking those similarities to their logical endpoint, deciding that if the games overlap so neatly, Minecraft and Hytale players might as well just play together…