Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (28th March)

Developer of cozy tea shop adventure Wanderstop is shutting down: ‘It’s a particularly tough time for raising game funds’

Developer Ivy Road, maker of last year’s cozy tea shop adventure Wanderstop, is shutting down, the studio announced today. Calling the announcement “bittersweet,” the developer said that its doors will be closing as of March 31. “It’s hard to put into words how thankful we are to have been able to work together on Wanderstop—this…

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Zero Parades devs knew they didn’t want to make another cop game after Disco Elysium: ‘How people think of the police these days, it’s a bit different’

While Zero Parades, this year’s RPG from ZA/UM, is following in Disco Elysium’s footsteps in some obvious ways, the similarities could’ve been even more pronounced than the spy thriller that the team ultimately settled on. Early in development, principle writer Siim Sinamäe told PC Gamer, the plot of Zero Parades was focused more on the…

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