I didn’t play Dragon Quest 7 when it first appeared on Sony’s PlayStation back in 2000. It was an expensive import RPG (even in its translated US form) in my part of the world, and as I already had plenty of those clogging up my shelves I was happy to leave it alone. By the…
Download it now. Splatoon 3 received a major update last month, adding health bars and more, and it’s now been followed up with the release of Version 11.0.1. This latest update addresses multiple bugs, including fixes to player controls and fixes to the game’s multiplayer. Here’s the full rundown, courtesy of Nintendo’s official support page:…
Valve has confirmed it still plans to release the Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller in the first half of 2026, but more specific release and pricing information has been complicated by the ongoing memory and storage crises, or as we like to call it, the RAMpocalypse. “When we announced these products in November,…
It’s not uncommon to hear executives at AI companies and other such boosters say that the public has been slow to embrace the glories of AI because they just don’t understand it. A new report by consumer research firm Circana suggests that’s actually not the case, however, finding that among people who don’t want AI…
SHAUN PRESCOTT, AUSTRALIAN EDITOR (Image credit: Future) Last week: Played through Cairn and loved it, but is now after something less existentially troubling. Nioh 3 is an astonishing action game, probably an all timer for me. I’ve poured nearly 20 hours into Team Ninja’s latest—which we just awarded a 90% in our review—and I’m relieved…
If, like me, you’re constantly starving for another crunchy tactics game, it’s hard to imagine a better pitch than Menace: an interplanetary, turn-based sci-fi tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers, the excellent medieval mercenary band manager. If you’re eager to trade spears and shield walls for strike cruisers and space battalions, you’ll need…
Türkiye’s Family and Social Services Ministry, as part of wider legislation aimed at restricting child social media access, has drafted legislation that would impose restrictions and intensive oversight on Steam, Epic, and other digital gaming platforms (via Türkiye Today). While the legislation hasn’t yet undergone parliamentary consideration, it would allow the Turkish government under President…
It’s been a full 365 days since Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 came out, and to celebrate the occasion, Warhorse is partaking in the time-honored game dev tradition of sharing peculiar or funny stats about how people played it. The infographic, painted in the RPG’s signature medieval gothic art style, starts with a big number: our…
Poker Night at the Inventory was, for a very brief time, kind of a phenom in the world of videogames. A relatively early Telltale release, it was a poker game starring four big-at-the-videogame characters: Max from Sam and Max, Strong Bad’s Homestar Runner, the needs-no-introduction Heavy, and Tycho from the Penny Arcade webcomic. It was…
Dreamhaven, the company unveiled in 2020 by Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime, has something new(ish) in the works, a “tactics roguelike game” for 1-4 players called Shadowstone that’s set to launch later this year. Shadowstone is being developed by Secret Door, the team behind the 2025 tactics RPG Sunderfolk, and you may notice a certain similarity…