Doctor Octopath. Rejoice, Octopathers! Square Enix has released yet another update for Octopath Traveler 0 on Switch 1 and 2, tweaking some mechanics and squashing some bugs along the way. The ver. 1.0.7.0 patch was released at the end of last week (thanks for the heads up, Nintendo Everything), and the main focus seems to…
“Neither of us can find any joy in working on this thing any longer”. Princess Crown is the first game that Vanillaware’s George Kamitani worked on after leaving Capcom in the 1990s, and would lay down the foundations for future classics, such as Dragon’s Crown and Odin Sphere. As such, it’s an important and beloved…
The grandfather of action RPGs is making a comeback. Nihon Falcom has announced that a new Dragon Slayer project is in the works to celebrate the series’s 45th anniversary, taking place in 2029. The game, which is currently going by the working title Dragon Slayer Project, was revealed earlier today on social media and looks…
Requiem for a Nidoqueen. The latest UK Charts data has been released, and while many had perhaps assumed that Pokémon Pokopia would easily nab the top spot, it’s actually settled for the silver medal behind Resident Evil Requiem. According to The Game Business’ Chris Dring, Pokopia was “seriously undersupplied” at retail, meaning the physical sales…
It’s a former series ‘Legend’. When Konami revealed Belmont’s Curse, a new entry in the long-running Castlevania series, it triggered plenty of excitement – and a little bit of confusion, as it wasn’t implicitly stated who the lead character would be. Sure, Trevor Belmont is shown in the footage, as is Sypha Belnades – both…
Pac-Man In the world of video game clones, most people will point to Doom as the most cloned game of all time. But, likely that title is held, or at least challenged, by the one and only yellow dot gobbler, Pac-Man. The first time I played Pac-Man outside the arcade was on a clone, Snakman,…
Best of the best (Image credit: Rockstar) 2026 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard…
Before Esoteric Ebb, before Disco Elysium, and before Baldur’s Gate, there was Ultima. One of the earliest CRPGs in our favored medium’s history became a sprawling series, and if you want to learn more about it, arguably the best way to do so is through YouTuber Majuular’s excellent retrospective series, which we covered at length…
Voxel sandboxes like Minecraft and Hytale have player creativity firmly in the spotlight from the jump—not just because you can make whatever you like out of cubes, but also because modding is such a prominent part of the scene. Modders have had a field day with Hytale so far to say the least, and developer…