It feels oddly fitting that a stealth game would sneak out almost completely unseen in the midst of this year’s deluge of big game releases. This one is especially unassuming at first glance, with cute but slightly stiff sprites and a functional but bland UI, but it would be a mistake to overlook Spirited Thief….
“I think this is the first time we’ve ever let a player self-insert into one of our games”. Last year was a busy one for Riot Forge, which published three solid, indie-developed games set in the expansive Runeterra universe (The Mageseeker, Convergence, Song of Nunu), each featuring totally unique art styles and gameplay. Now the…
The first-ever live-action adaptation of a video game? Preservationist Haruko Please has discovered a television drama based on the Famicom Disc System game Nazo no Murasamejou / The Mysterious Murasame Castle, and has uploaded it to YouTube. Produced by Fuji Television as a part of its Monday night one-shot drama series Getsuyou Drama Land, the…
‘Memories of Firebird’ is available to preorder now. If you happened to be around in the days when microcomputers were king, you may be aware of Firebird Sofware. The British publisher was established in 1984 as a publishing arm of Telecomsoft and was responsible for releasing a bunch of classic games like Booty, Thrust, Elite,…
Kaisoku! Sparrows!! was developed before UPL filed for bankruptcy in ’92. New footage of an unreleased and unfinished shmup from the defunct Japanese developer UPL has appeared online (as spotted by Gosokkyu). UPL was a company that primarily made games for the arcades. That includes titles such as Mouser, Ninja-kun: Adventure of Devil Castle, Atomic…
Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for November 20 – 24 Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published November 17, 2023 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details…
Few things can top an Oculus Rift hack that involves hands and music A Kiwi design student named Bryon Mallett has come up with Pensato, a virtual reality interface for controlling music devices and software that, unlike most other Oculus Rift-based projects out there, makes pretty good use of human hands. In a video he…
It is Monday so it is time to check out the latest physical UK video game software charts. This week has finally seen the physical release of the fun Minecraft Dungeons which has entered the charts at No.6. The game sold best on the Nintendo Switch which accounted for 72% of the sales. The charming…
Just one day after streaming service Twitch announced that it is laying off 500 employees, Discord has joined the parade: A report from The Verge says the company is cutting 170 employees, representing 17% of its workforce. A Discord representative confirmed with PC Gamer that The Verge’s report is accurate. Discord is an extremely popular…
The entire DCUO team is so excited that the launch of our latest super power — Munitions — is finally here. Munitions is all about big guns and big explosions. With it, you will learn to harness a vast array of conventional and modern weaponry to control and defeat your enemies. Not every hero or…