Round Up: The Reviews For Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Are In

‘It’s pretty sad and pathetic that a game with difficult content can’t get on the larger marketplaces:’ Despite creeping censorship on Steam and Epic, these devs are fighting to make a transgressive stop-motion horror game

Indie duo Talha & Jack Co are working on a disturbing, transgressive horror game in Abide, and they are keenly aware of the risks involved with such a project in today’s climate. “Horror seems to be under pressure from censorship, some subtle and some blatant,” The duo wrote on Abide’s Kickstarter page. “Sites are delisting…

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Game of Thrones creator and Elden Ring loremaster George R.R. Martin has utterly had it with folks hounding him for his next book: ‘I care about them all. More than you can ever imagine’

George R.R. Martin is maybe one of the most recognisable faces of modern fantasy—a prolific writer who made a little something called Game of Thrones, he’s also worked on TV shows, movies, and even games, providing the overarching mythos for Elden Ring. A host of characters and stories which, naturally, were turned into a host…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, May 17

Get your Wordle weekend off to the best possible start without help. Why not even cut directly to the best bit (winning, of course) with a sneaky little peek at today’s answer? Everyone’s allowed a day off, and we promise not to tell. Too much? No problem. There’s a clue for the May 17 (1428)…

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The MMO being led by former WoW designer Greg Street looks to be dead as his studio officially closes after NetEase ends funding: ‘While we’d love to make our game, our first priority is to help our developers find employment’

Less than a month after warning that Fantastic Pixel Castle would “likely close” if it couldn’t find a new publisher for its in-development MMO, studio head Greg Street says the worst has come to pass, and the studio will close its doors on November 17. Street said in a message posted to LinkedIn that it’s…

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