Alan Emrich, a designer and writer of board games and videogames credited with coming up with the term “4X” to describe sprawling, empire-building strategy games, has died. Emrich’s death was reported by friends in a forum post on the wargaming community website ConsimWorld. Emrich was a notable figure in the world of boardgaming: His bio…
There are a couple distinct vibes in the demo for Locator, a mystery puzzle game from developer Empty Exhibit. It’s got some DNA from Geoguessr, as you look at photos taken at ground level and try to suss out the locations they correspond to on a top-down zoomable map. It also gave me a big…
Every time an Old School RuneScape story crops up, there’s a period of acclimatisation where I struggle to work out exactly what the players are doing and why. I’m not unfamiliar with the game, having played it way back in the day, but RuneScape at the extremes can be a pretty wild place, a world…
Feathers McPhwar. Ever one to snatch up a DLC crossover, Square Enix has today announced that PowerWash Simulator will be getting taken on a Grand Day Out later this year with the arrival of the ‘Wallace & Gromit Special Pack‘. We still don’t have a precise release date for this one just yet, though the…
Five days ahead of Hyper Light Breaker‘s January 14 launch, developer Heart Machine has revealed the price of the co-op action roguelike, as well as a nice launch deal to sweeten the pot: Hyper Light Breaker will cost $30, and from launch until January 28, will come with a free copy of 2016’s Hyper Light…
Production of the second season of the Amazon series Fallout, along with numerous other shows, has been delayed by the massive wildfires in LA County. Deadline had reported that work on the series was slated to resume on January 8, but Film LA (via GameSpot) says the LA County Fire Department has withdrawn all permits…
Juuust the two of us. The Pokémon Company has announced its next Scarlet and Violet Trading Card Game expansion, ‘Journey Together’, which sees ‘Trainer’s Pokémon’ cards make a comeback. The set launches on 28th March 2025, consisting of over 180 cards with more than 40 Trainer’s Pokémon in there. This includes the likes of N’s…
Size isn’t everything, except sometimes. How are we coping, nine days into the year of the Switch 2? It’s been an utter onslaught of leaks and rumours and noise as everyone clamours to find out about Nintendo’s to-be-officially-announced console. C’mon Nintendo, it’s really time to say something. Anyway, let’s cut through the noise for a…
Now you’re playing with buildable power. Nintendo has announced that it is collaborating with Lego to launch a brand new set based on the classic Game Boy handheld. Currently scheduled to launch in October 2025, the set follows on from the Lego NES set that the companies launched back in 2020. Presumably, however, it probably…
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed again, as part of a “strategic update” that will see it “review and pursue various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders.” “As part of the renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging day-one experiences, it has been decided to provide an additional month…