“Press F to pay respects” is out and now it’s “Press A to run away,” which is the very first thing I do in vampire-themed farm sim Moonlight Peaks. Dracula is my not-so-dear dad and I’m ditching his castle and his dracul-onian rules to find space for myself at the family cottage in the countryside….
Become a book-Wormadam. Looking for another gorgeous tome to stick on your shelf or coffee table, and happen to be a big Pokémon fan? Then the Pokémon Deluxe Character Guide should be on your radar. Announced by The Pokémon Company today, this beautiful-looking 336-page book releases on 25th August 2026 and is stuffed full of…
One of the bigger showings at The Game Awards 2025 was the surprise reveal of Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a successor to the beloved Knights of the Old Republic series being developed under the leadership of original KotOR director Casey Hudson at a new studio staffed with other BioWare veterans. A year…
Last year, solo developer Brian—operating as developer Burgee Media—released Erenshor in early access on Steam to offer the MMO experience he was denied in his EverQuest years by a shoddy internet connection that made group play impossible. It’s a fully simulated, singleplayer MMORPG, with dozens of quests, zones, and computer-controlled “simplayers” who’ll group up, join…
Category: Games May 12, 2026 Little Kitty, Big City Celebrates Two Years of Feline Mischief with a Delightful Birthday Update Arsenio Navarro, Business Operations at Double Dagger Studio It has been two a-meow-zing years since our favorite tiny black cat first tumbled from a high-rise windowsill into the bustling streets of the Big City. Since then,…
“There is no easy way to share this kind of news”. Spanish video game developer MercurySteam, best known for developing Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS and the critically-acclaimed Metroid Dread on Switch, is the latest studio to be hit with layoffs. “There is no easy way to share this kind of news”, the independent…
Just as you think you’ve made it through a tense episode of Directive 8020, you hit a puzzle that requires a key code to progress. Whether you’ve decided to send a distress signal or a warning to Earth in episode 7, you’ll still need to find the serial number for the probe. It’s not exactly…
In its latest earnings call, Sony included a corporate strategy for the future of the brand, and as you might be able to expect from any figurehead talking to investors, there’s a lot of talk about AI. As noted by GamesIndustry.biz, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki believes “AI will make it easier to take on more…
DisplayPort 2.1 GPU connected to DisplayPort 2.1 monitor. Result? DisplayPort 2.1 connect. Right? Apparently not, according to Monitors Unboxed. At least, not always. Now, without getting bogged down in the details, the main attraction of DisplayPort 2.1 is bandwidth and lots of it. That means not only higher resolutions, refresh rates and colour depths, but…
All Will Rise is the only deck-builder I know of that can run on vibes alone. It has complex rules—so many that it can feel overwhelming—but during its three-hour demo I simply played whichever card felt right. I pointed out an Oil Spill then Spoke For The River, asserted my Right To Sue, argued that…