Some Wild Hearts. Acclaimed indie developer Simogo is celebrating its 15th birthday today, but it feels like we’re the one getting presents. Fans of the Swedish studio are going to be thrilled with the projects the team has revealed, so buckle up. First up (thanks, VGC!) are Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of Lorelei and the…
Is there nothing sacred? Are all things destined to be consumed by AI slop? Apparently so, for now even Valve is turning to the artificial side with reports of references to “SteamGPT” appearing in the company’s source code. The end, verily, is nigh, no doubt courtesy of life imitating Valve’s murderously passive-aggressive Portal game art….
FromSoftware’s glorious return to mech combat became our pick for the best action on PC this year. For more awards, head to our Game of the Year 2023 page. Ted Litchfield, Associate Editor: When I fired up Armored Core 6 for the first time, I felt like Milhouse playing Bonestorm in the Simpsons, the protagonist…
Just a few weeks ago at Gamescom we announced that an expansion for Age of Empires IV – The Sultans Ascend – would be coming soon. Today we’re thrilled to let our PC and Xbox console players around the world know that they’ll be able to play this exciting new content on November 14! Pre-orders…
Happy New Year, Travelers! The Genshin Impact dev team wishes you an amazing start to 2025. Today, we’d like to share details about the upcoming Version 5.4 “Moonlight Amidst Dreams,” arriving on February 12. It will take you back to the land of Electro, Inazuma, where a grand celebration awaits! Join your new friend, Yumemizuki…
Today’s announcement of Steve from Minecraft being the newest DLC Fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate surprised a lot of people. What may also surprise you is that Mojang and Nintendo have been planning and discussing this for a very long time. It has been so long that even former Mojang developers that left…
When The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released in 2015, its success was so overwhelming that it’s hard to imagine it would have gone any other way. But from CD Projekt’s perspective, success seemed far from certain in the runup to launch. In particular, the Polish studio was deeply concerned about competition from another game…
Hyungjun “Kjun” Kim, game director of upcoming life sim Inzoi, is humble about making a game in such a complicated genre. He recently described creating a game of this scale as “reckless”, and in a global showcase revealing Inzoi’s pricing and roadmap, he said that, “as a developer I think Inzoi still has a lot…
Overwatch Season 2: Summit is well underway, with a new DPS hero joining the roster, a fresh battle pass, and of course a whole host of patch notes and hero updates. There’s been some big nerfs and buffs, but one of the heroes to come off the strongest is the latest arrival Sierra. Sierra’s Helix…
After a year of leaks and horsing around that Ubisoft probably didn’t find nearly as funny as I did, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced was finally given the official curtain-lifting today. The reveal of “gaming’s worst-kept secret” was pretty much what we expected—it’s a remake of Black Flag—but hidden in Ubisoft’s big announcement roundup is…