Minecraft has given The Forgotten Realms a cubic makeover in the new Dungeons & Dragons DLC. The friends I play D&D with are curiously also the same friends who get the annual itch to set up a Minecraft server, and at least once a year we disappear into the realm of right angles and are…
Explore the city of Seattle as everyone’s favourite radio therapist. A few years back the illustrator Stephen Maurice Graham (also known as @400facts) created some joke packaging and a logo design for a fictional game called Frasier Fantasy. The gag was simple, but effective, based on getting people to wonder what it would be like…
From the creator of awesome Commodore 64 games such Battle for Cronos, Deathflood Dungeon of Doom, devolution, and the tribe, comes a new C64 game that blends a bit of micromanagement and city-building, called ‘Rise of Babylon’ by WindigoProductions. A game in which you must achieve the greatest possible population growth in the city of…
As soon as I sat down to play it, the developers of Phantom Blade Zero were eager to tell me that they motion captured the movements from real kung fu masters to ensure their game was as “authentic” as possible. They’re also very aware that when the game was first revealed, players thought it looked…
An unbreakable block. This week’s physical games chart from Famitsu are here, and they paint a very familiar picture, as Pokémon Pokopia is once again the number-one selling physical release of the week. While last week saw a big dip in sales across the board, the drop this week is much smaller, with Game Freak…
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With a steelbook, no less! It’s not been that long since Nightdive Studios released The Thing: Remastered, but we know many of you were holding off on adding it to your collection in the hope that it would receive a physical release. Well, your wish has been granted! Launching on 25th June 2025 (the 43rd…
The fun begins with Undertale. Nintendo’s Switch Online game trials aren’t always the biggest reveals, but in Japan this month, Nintendo will be doing something a little bit different. Between 2nd May until 25th May, there’ll be four surprise trials released. The first one has been revealed as Toby Fox’s Undertale game, with his next…
“Shibata said, ‘Racing is good, but let’s have more action like Sonic the Hedgehog!’”. In the rare event that you’ve ever found yourself wondering what a cross between F-Zero, pinball, and Sonic the Hedgehog might look like, you needn’t look much further than the psychedelic racer Uchuu Race: Astro Go! Go! Released in early 1994…
In an internal memo sent to Xbox staff, new Xbox boss Asha Sharma has reportedly said the platform’s subscription service has become “too expensive”. The memo, seen by The Verge, also points to a potential reworking of the subscription model. “Game Pass is central to gaming value on Xbox. It’s also clear that the current…