Embark is bringing forth a monumental effort ahead of Arc Raiders’ anticipated major Frozen Trail update scheduled for next week . The devs have teased a bunch of new features like a temporary PvE mode, loot hotspots that change places, and a chance to build a base Topside, among a huge bevy of new items…
Google’s streaming dream died in January this year: the Google Stadia streaming service joined a laundry list of projects the company has canned over the years. Google could open a Ben & Jerry’s-style flavor graveyard for them all. We know the streaming platform struggled with market share since its release in 2019, and I never…
ArrrghPG. Nobody expected Nippon Ichi Software to announce a sequel to the 2004 PS2 strategy RPG ‘Phantom Brave‘, but over 20 years later, the company did just that. Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero sets sail on Switch on 30th January, and for those who want to see what it’s all about before release, NIS America…
When Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi left Square Enix in the early 2000s, he started a new studio, Mistwalker, to keep making RPGs. For the last 20 years, every single one of his games with the exception of Fantasian has been stuck on one defunct console or another, never ported or re-released. And that’s a…
Obsidian head honcho and all around RPG veteran Josh Sawyer did another Tumblr Q&A earlier this week (seen above), wherein he dispensed some more of his design wisdom. For the uninitiated, Sawyer is a seasoned developer—having worked on games like Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, and the Pillars of Eternity series—as well…
Coming to Nintendo Switch in Japan on February 29th. Pixel Co. Ltd, the Japanese game developer, retro store, and event company, has just released a new Famicom-inspired vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up over on Steam (as spotted by @gosokkyu) The game, which is called Xelan Force, was first conceived as a special project to commemorate the…
Pixels the size of postage stamps still fill Discord chats, school clubs, and handheld screens in 2026. Retro gaming keeps pulling in players who never blew dust from a cartridge or waited for a CRT to warm up. The draw is plain. Old games start fast, ask little, and put skill on display after one…
Who wanted New Kids on the Block: The Official Video Game back in the day? As long as video games have been around, we’ve had unreleased titles—and the NES has its fair share of those, as The Video Game History Foundation’s recent GDC 2025 exhibition attests. The VGHF has a history of unearthing and highlighting…
Snap happy. With the Switch 2’s new Pro Controller (and the new Charging Grip, actually), one of the biggest changes from its predecessor is the addition of the ‘GL’ and GR’ buttons on the back. Now, if you’re anything like us, then chances are these buttons probably won’t get a whole lot of use in…
Welcome to the golden age of roguelike deckbuilders. New ones come out on Steam every week, and there are some major roguelike deckbuilders on the horizon: Monster Train 2 is launching on May 21, and Slay the Spire 2 is due out sometime later this year. But it’s not just the big names you should…