Today I watched a trailer where in the first 10 seconds a ‘90s-style 3D model of a businessman kickflips a dolphin in slowmo over the flashing words “ASSET FLIP”. Such was the pull of this spectacle that I immediately went to Steam and downloaded the free demo of Spreadcheat, a game whose opening gambit to…
Last month Bloober Team, the horror studio responsible for the Silent Hill 2 Remake and The Medium, posted a teaser for an unannounced project. The teaser featured an illustration of a rose, leading some brilliant internet sleuths to deduce that it must surely point to a remake of the cult 2006 survival horror Rule of…
aughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann has revealed some more details about the studio’s next game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (which, incidentally, is a dreadful name and one I’m surprised the creators of The Last of Us are satisfied with) and if you were hoping its sci-fi setting might mean a lighter, more frivolous adventure than the…
Good lord, it looks nice. Nintendo has showcased some fresh images of its new Kyoto store in Japan, with the grand opening set for October 17th, 2023. Joining Nintendo Tokyo and Nintendo Osaka, the new Kyoto store will be situated on the 7th floor of Kyoto Takashimaya S.C. department store, and will sell all sorts…
Earthion 8BitDo M30 Gamepad also announced. Yuzo Koshiro’s highly anticipated shmup Earthion now has a release date: July 31st, 2025. It’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Steam on that date. The Mega Drive version, however, has been pushed into next year, according to Japanese physical publisher Superdeluxe Games. Read the…
According to Tim Schafer, every so often Double Fine Productions will hit the pause button on its current project and spend two weeks developing something new based on a pitch from members of its team. Forgetting about its main game and focusing on something different for a bit is called “Amnesia Fortnight” and this process…
While Palworld’s player count has calmed down in the time since its release, it’s still carved a cosy little niche for itself on Steam. SteamDB has it hovering between 20,000 and 50,000 players over the past few months, with a big bump to around 200,000 in December 2024 due to the release of a major…
The grandfather of action RPGs is making a comeback. Nihon Falcom has announced that a new Dragon Slayer project is in the works to celebrate the series’s 45th anniversary, taking place in 2029. The game, which is currently going by the working title Dragon Slayer Project, was revealed earlier today on social media and looks…
More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve got loads more PC Gamer quizzes, on everything from healthbars to weird currencies to absurd patch notes. Is there anything more iconic to a fantasy RPG than spellslinging mages? That often squishy ally in the back who…
What could it be for? Pokémon Scarlet and Violet might not be the only project Game Freak has been busy with in recent times. As highlighted by Gematsu, the Japanese developer recently filed logo trademarks for “PAND LAND“. Two variations of the logo have been trademarked. Read the full article on nintendolife.com