“Launching free for 24 hours was a huge bet for us,” Guntouchable developer Game Swing says, but it certainly got eyes on the game. More than two million people claimed it in a single day. Guntouchables is a slapstick co-op roguelike that on any other day would have probably passed me by. But I am…
Drawing inspiration from Vangelis, Ghibli & more. Earthblade, the next game from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games, was sadly cancelled earlier this year following what studio founder Maddy Thorson described as “a disagreement about the IP rights of Celeste”. We only got a very small taste of what this follow-up would offer — a Game…
Chaotic cooperative shooter FBC: Firebreak isn’t out until next week, but developer Remedy has already unveiled its longer-term plans for its multiplayer Control spinoff. Players can expect two new areas of the Federal Bureau of Control to open up in autumn and winter respectively, each bringing a host of subsidiary features. Each update will add…
Denmark is switching to Linux, says its Ministry of Digital Affairs, in a move that exchanges Windows and Office 365 for Linux and LibreOffice. Yes, that Danish government. The government of a nation of roughly 6 million people, which is the southernmost Scandinavian nation and/or the northernmost part of Central Europe, comprised of the Jutland…
“Who do you spend the holidays with?”. Although Nintendo ended Splatoon 3‘s “regular updates” some time ago now, it’s been revived this year with the release of a free Switch 2 update and some major game patches. Now, as 2025 comes to a close, the return of Frosty Fest has been announced. This time the…
“We were trying to be better than Zelda with the little things”. In 1994, the Wakefield-based developer and publisher Team17 revealed that it was working on a Legend of Zelda-style RPG called Witchwood. The game, which followed a young adventurer battling against an evil witch, appeared in various magazines throughout the decade, such as CU…
Master the martial arts in 2026. If you’re eager for even more RPG action on the Switch and Switch 2, Clouded Leopard and Spiral Up have today announced the release of Wandering Sword in 2026. This is a martial-arts style role-playing game set in a wuxia world that blends “traditional pixel art graphics” with “immersive…
1997 classic gets fan-made translation patch. Treasure really knew how to make Sega’s hardware sing, and its developers produced a string of classics across the Mega Drive / Genesis and Saturn. Sadly, due to the Saturn’s lukewarm commercial performance in the West, not all of these titles got an English-language release at the time –…
Capcom tried to hide it for as long as possible, but fans managed to sniff out Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem long before the game launched. Even so, Leon’s grizzled appearance still managed to surprise some players. “He’s yet wiser to the world, he’s been through 25 more years of missions and bs and…
If you were planning on conquering an alien world with a faction of weirdos in August, I’ve got some bad news: Endless Legend 2 has been delayed. Instead of appearing on August 7, Amplitude’s early access 4X is now expected to launch on September 22. Amplitude says the delay will give the team more time…