This absurd trolley conductor simulator gave me 3 separate Steam achievements for throwing grandmas from a moving public transportation vehicle

This absurd trolley conductor simulator gave me 3 separate Steam achievements for throwing grandmas from a moving public transportation vehicle

Troleu is perhaps the most specific job simulator game I’ve played. Inspired (loosely, I assume, but who can say) by developer andrground’s experience of Moldovan public transit, it’s a frenzy of change-counting, validating trolley passes, and hurling passengers at a demonic ticket inspector so you don’t lose your day’s wages. In my time with the…

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The pitch of Diablo 4’s next season is ‘becoming the boss,’ which is a polite way to describe killing a giant skeleton and stealing its death laser powers for yourself

Today Blizzard dropped a fresh pile of details about Belial’s Return, Diablo 4’s next season. As it says on the tin, the big bad in Sanctuary’s immediate future is Belial, the Lord of Lies, one of Diablo’s more powerful demons who’s been absent since players kicked him out of Kehjistan back in Diablo 3. And…

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Nintendo’s Shuntaro Furukawa: third-party titles “enriches the Nintendo Switch gaming experience”

A couple of weeks ago, Nintendo held their six-month financial results briefing. As usual, the financial results briefing has a Q&A segment where investors ask Nintendo a variety of questions. A transcript of the Q&A segment is usually posted the day after, and an English-translated version a week or two later. Well, the English-translated version…

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Critical Role: Campaign 4’s first 13-player ensemble episode is chaotic, messy, and gripping D&D—and I feel like I’ve just seen a magician pull a fully-formed rabbit out of a hat

I have to tell you something, and it might be a little scary—this entire world is actually a simulation designed to entertain me and my specific interests. I can draw no other conclusion from the fact that Critical Role: Campaign 4 is already everything I want out of an actual-play D&D game, and that my…

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Safi’jiiva Siege & Horizon Zero Dawn Quest Bring New Rewards to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

While we pursued the mythical Velkhana and sought to undo the ecosystem unbalances caused by the Old Everwyrm, something much more dangerous was brewing in the background… the exotic Xeno’jiiva has fully matured into the cataclysmic Safi’jiiva. Awaken the Dragon within Little is known about this mysterious red dragon, but we do have some amazing…

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Heavenly Bodies is coming to PS5 and PS4

Hello everyone! Alex here from 2pt Interactive. We’re thrilled to share with you some news about our title Heavenly Bodies, and wish to give a little show-and-tell highlighting the unique gameplay we’re exploring with the game about space, the body, and the absence of gravity. First and foremost – the news: Heavenly Bodies is coming…

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