One of the unexpected stories this week has been that of a rather public spat between former Saber Interactive writer Stella Sacco, who claimed she was replaced in favour of AI, and the publisher’s CEO, who tore into her via a statement sent to This Week in Videogames. “Stella who?” asked Matt Karch, “I had…
Asus’s ROG 20th anniversary edition gear is pretty much all about extravagance. Just look at the $600 Azoth Extreme Edition 20. The Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 is much the same, with gold plating and a whopping 65,000 DPI. It is bougie in feel, look, and price. I couldn’t possibly call it a bad gaming…
Let’s do the time warp again. A couple of decades ago, before the average cost of game development launched into the stratosphere, it used to be common to see more experimental ‘AA’ releases on console. These lower-budget games didn’t have quite the same production value as the major, best-selling games of the time, but they…
“It’s basically Forgotten Worlds on steroids”. Capcom is no slouch when it comes to pumping out brilliant video games, and that’s as true now as it ever was. However, gamers of a certain vintage (like myself) will have a particular soft spot for the company’s ’90s output, which included everything from one-on-one fighters to belt-scrollers,…
Pour one out for Mico, Microsoft’s Copilot AI character that is definitely not Clippy in disguise. The blobby little companion isn’t dead, though. He’s instead being removed from Copilot’s voice mode and sent to Microsoft’s “Learn Live” platform, where he’ll work as some sort of teaching assistant. Which sounds a lot like “went to live…
Yesterday we finally got to see a full reveal for everything arriving in Total War: Warhammer 3‘s Lords of the End Times expansion and it’s a whole heap of content. We’ve got Nagash and his undead legions, a fully-fleshed out Boris Todbringer and Middenland, plus the Glottkin’s putrid hordes, and the greatest of Grey Seers,…
There’s a catch if you’re in the US. Indie publisher Nakana.io has sadly announced that it will be ceasing operations from Autumn 2026. The company, which specialised in arthouse and meaningful games, is now offering one last sale before the end, discounting all ten of its titles in both the US and Europe. Read the…
Arrives this November! It’s been almost 30 years since Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! was released, and since then, we’ve been treated to two more entries in the Country series: Donkey Kong Country Returns and 2014’s Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Both of these took the classic side-scrolling gameplay fans loved and…
“We see an opportunity to be more focused in our execution”. You know that awesome developer Night School Studio? The one behind Oxenfree and its 2023 sequel? Yeah, it’s gone. Netflix shut it down. This news comes from Game File, confirming that the streaming giant has closed two studios: the aforementioned Night School Studio and…
Block party. We’ve been keeping an eye on Woodo since it was first announced for Switch back in 2024. This delightful-looking 3D puzzler warmed our cockles when it appeared back in the Indie World Direct earlier this year (accompanied by a Switch 2 announcement), and now, it finally has a release date. Developer Tiny Monks…