Congratulations, Wakeheads: you can now witness Alan at such a brilliantly vivid colour intensity that it becomes, frankly, disturbing. Alan Wake Remastered has HDR now, is what I’m saying, as of its recent 1.33 patch that dropped, rather out of the blue, earlier today. It does a fair bit, which I’ll get into, but I…
As the free-to-play multiplayer shooter Highguard continues to sink, a new Bloomberg report based on interviews with 10 former employees of developer Wildlight Entertainment provides a closer look at where it all went so badly wrong. The skeleton of the story is well known: A surprise reveal at the 2025 Game Awards that didn’t make…
Happy birthday, Stardew Valley. Today Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone’s beloved farming sim celebrated its 10th anniversary with a short half-hour retrospective and the long-awaited reveal of its upcoming marriage candidates. That’s right, you’re getting two new singles to woo when Stardew Valley 1.7 adds romances for Clint and Sandy. Stardew Valley Guides (Image credit: ConcernedApe) Stardew…
Coming in update 1.7. In case you missed it, Stardew Valley turns ten years old today and to celebrate, the game’s creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone held a special broadcast on YouTube looking back at the farming sim’s development and update history. But the big draw was the reveal of two new marriage candidates, who will…
Category: Games February 26, 2026 How Kiln’s Two-Week Prototype Became a Full-Fledged Journey Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Summary Learn how Double Fine’s newest creation came to life, from the inkling of an idea to a pottery party brawler. Through iterations and experimentation – and real-life pottery classes – Double Fine has taken one of…
I haven’t touched Grim Dawn in ages, but it will always have a special place in my heart. I first wrote about it 16 years ago (for a completely different site), when Crate Entertainment was fiddling around with something called “crowd contributed” game development: Give people an opportunity to pay now so they can play…
Category: Games February 26, 2026 Towerborne’s Full Game Update is Available Today Danielle Partis, Xbox Wire Editor Summary Following its Xbox Game Preview release this past April, Towerborne is now available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Steam, PlayStation 5, Game Pass (Premium and Ultimate), is handheld verified and supports Xbox Play Anywhere. Towerborne will be available…
Based on Lee Youngdo’s fantasy series The Bird That Drinks Tears—novels being published in English for the first time this June—Project Windless and its big, beautiful bird berserker will offer an international audience an opportunity to explore a unique and celebrated fiction firsthand. But for creative director and Krafton Montreal studio head Patrik Méthé, Project…
Ta ra, turn-based. We’ve grown used to the Disgaea series’ tried-and-tested tactical gameplay on Nintendo consoles over the last ~20 years, but the next game promises something a little different. In Disgaea Mayhem, it’s all about the action. NIS America has today announced that this action RPG spin-off (which launched in Japan as ‘Kyouran Makaism‘…
Of all the places I thought AI would knock on the door of, like a grim reaper, I never expected it to be Burger King. Tech, videogames, movies, sure—they’re all about cutting-edge technology, even if it’s misguided and self-destructive—but a fast food chain? As reported by The Verge, Burger King is launching its own AI…