Amid the doom and gloom in the games industry right now—the mass layoffs, the studio closures, the declarations that TikTok is winning the attention war—there are still little studios plugging away at good, niche games and making it work. Mohawk Games, founded in 2013 by ex-Firaxis developers, is one of them. Mohawk is about to…
FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new. Videogames: they’re fake. So they say, but occasionally artists do such a bang-up job that…
Category: ID@Xbox March 27, 2026 The Evil Clown Psychology: How Birthday Boy Bridges Generational Horror Baris Tarimcioglu, Developer, Playstige What makes a clown terrifying isn’t the makeup or the maniacal laugh. It’s the shattered trust between child and protector. I’m really happy that ID@Xbox has welcomed Birthday Boy because I’m excited at the idea of…
PUBG: Blindspot showed real promise when we took it for a spin in 2024: PC Gamer’s Jake Tucker said that “with some polish to the controls and a proper onboarding experience, this could be a genuinely fun, highly accessible tac shooter.” But it failed to make much of a splash when it launched into early…
“Welcome to die!”. The prize in Limited Run’s Marvel Maximum Collection, unquestionably, is Konami’s 1992 X-Men: The Arcade Game. Famously, it holds a Guinness World Record for being the only arcade beat ‘em up to support six simultaneous players. This port allows you to switch between two, four and six player options — in line…
Category: ID@Xbox March 27, 2026 New GigaBash DLC Adds New Maps, Original Characters, and Story Chapter Muhammad Hazim Azri Narrative Designer, Passion Republic Games Prelude Murmurs in the audience. The air, electric with anticipation. A spotlight pierces the dark. Behold, the biggest, most ambitious addition to GigaBash thus far! Taking the stage as the newest…
Professional casino play does not run on luck stories. It runs on numbers, discipline, and timing. Strong players do not judge themselves by one good night or one ugly session. They look at decision quality, money control, and how well they hold their nerve when the pressure rises. That is why the same names keep…
Despite being the gateway TTRPG of choice, one of the biggest hurdles in Dungeons & Dragons has always come right at the start: making your character. For someone unfamiliar with the system, that blank character sheet can seem like a maths exam they haven’t revised for—and though recent editions have significantly streamlined the process, it…
Some serious ‘Firewatch’ vibes here. Publisher Annapurna Interactive has released a new trailer for its heartfelt single-player adventure Forever Ago, due for release on the Switch 2 this autumn. Revealed during the recent Xbox Partner Showcase, the new trailer displays some heavy Firewatch vibes, with lots of rural environments to explore and a narrative that…
Overwatch’s season 1 Conquest event came to a close a few weeks ago. We knew Overwatch won the competition straight away, although it was close, but now we know the exact number of players who actually stayed loyal to Winston’s cause, and it’s not great. As it turns out only 32% of all the Conquest…