Just over a month before it was due to launch, the cozy hobbit life sim Tales of the Shire has been delayed, and is now set to come out on July 29. Tales of the Shire, for those not in the know, is essentially “Stardew Valley but with happy little hobbits,” except that it’s 3D…
“It’s all running”. We recently reported on the development of the promising Multisystem 2, an “all-in-one” MiSTer FPGA console which aims to take some of the effort out of FPGA gaming. We’ve already seen the main board design for this upcoming console, and now the team behind it has shared some images of it in…
Haunted Chocolatier is the eagerly-awaited next outing from Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, which you could probably tell from a quick glance. While there’s a strong resemblance with the beloved farm life sim, Haunted Chocolatier’s ditching the farm business for sweeter pastures: It’s chocolate shop sim time. Also, there are ghosts. Barone revealed Haunted…
“We’ve heard your voices”. Cronos: The New Dawn is a pretty challenging game. Featuring dark environments, limited ammunition, and enemies that can merge together to form stronger variants, it’s one of the most taxing survival horror games out there. We happen to love the challenge, but it’s clear that many folks want a bit more…
Crtl+Z needed? LEGO Fortnite — a new game that’s available inside of Fortnite — has been dominating online conversation since it dropped last week on all consoles. But former senior designer at Epic Games, Cristina Ramos, says that one key piece of game design was rejected for being “too hardcore”. (thanks, Nintenduo!) Ramos, who is…
Two batteries are better than one We love that laptops are getting slimmer, lighter, and overall more portable than ever before (have a look at Michael Dell introducing a new notebook 25 years ago), but if your work (or pleasure) takes you off the beaten path into some extreme environments, a thin and light machine…
A surprise short sequel to 2022 puzzle game about modern art has dropped: Please, Touch the Artwork 2 is out now on Steam, and it’s free to boot. Where the first was a puzzle game, this one’s a hidden object adventure about a skeleton collecting items for weirdos that live inside paintings. Please, Touch the…
Winter is the worst time of year. It’s cold, it’s wet, it’s dark, the roads are terrible, and cooking on the grill is a full-on headache. The only thing that doesn’t suck about winter is the onslaught of big year-ending videogame sales, and the big daddy of them all is now underway: The 2025 Steam…
Plus new looks for Torrent. Elden Ring was the first third-party reveal during last month’s big Switch 2 Direct, but beyond a vague 2025 release window, little else was confirmed about the so-called Tarnished Edition. Now, thanks to “FROMSOFTWARE GAMES EVENT Spring 2025” held in Tokyo on 6th May, we have a better idea of…
First reported by GamesRadar, The Outer Worlds 2 director Brandon Adler had the most reasonable and sympathetic developer-side explanation I’ve yet heard for a game’s $80 price tag: Sorry, but it wasn’t my call. GamesRadar asked Adler about The Outer Worlds 2’s retail price at last week’s Summer Game Fest. “We’re a game developer. We…