You’ll need to puzzle out how to open Cold Storage if you want to progress through the Care Center in Resident Evil Requiem. While it might seem optional at first since it’s a little room off to the side of the West Wing, it actually contains a vital item you’ll need to acquire the Star…
A few years ago, Giant Sparrow made a whimsical little game called The Unfinished Swan, which I (and many others) loved. A couple years later, they revealed their new project: a decidedly darker experience titled What Remains of Edith Finch. We’re nearing Edith’s release on PS4 (April 25 as part of the excellent Play Collective…
Discord has a permanent spot in most of our taskbars, but even those who haven’t accepted the ubiquitous chat app into their lives may soon be using its services directly in the games they play (or possibly already are). Today, the company is launching the Discord Social SDK. It’s a free way for game developers…
Mario Kart Tour is now celebrating its first anniversary and since the smartphone game’s launch the team have worked tirelessly to bring players new content including online multiplayer races. To commemorate the event the game’s next tour will be titled the 1st Anniversary Tour and more information will be shared by Nintendo in the very…
Hawken is a free-to-play, mech- and team-based shooter launching July 8 on PS4. Underlying our shooter is a surprisingly enormous and well-developed universe. So much so that there has been a hardback, 100+ page graphic novel, a five issue comic series, and a Brand Bible that covers a several-hundred-year timeline. When I first started on…
“We will provide comfortable times and places and create new experiential value”. Sega Sammy has completed the restructuring of its arcade and toys business under a single banner, and has announced the birth of a new corporation named “Sega Fave”. The restructuring was first revealed back in January, with Yukio Sugino named as the president…
Coming February 2024. Miracle – the indie developer currently working on the anime-inspired tile-matching game Dreamshot Fantasia – has just announced a surprise new Steam title. The game, which is called Hot Top, was revealed on social media yesterday and is expected to arrive on the digital storefront in the coming weeks. It sees players…
Mindwave is an upcoming WarioWare-like game in which players join a giant game show. They must master various minigames and slowly climb the levels in hopes of winning the cash prize of $10 million (in the game, not real life, sadly). Despite not being able to beat the final-level boss, I loved my time with…
With Ion Fury coming out on PS4 tomorrow, we wanted to give everyone a peek behind the scenes by diving into one of the game’s most important features, its unique level design philosophy! Every Build Engine game has a Level Design philosophy and a set of rules. One of the most important ones is this:…
It’s almost time to suit up and start your adventure in the beautiful but dangerous world of Anthem. Before you do, we’d like to go over some of the important elements of the game that will help you get a head start on your fellow Freelancers. Javelins Your javelin is the key to both combat…