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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

Opening the hidden door within us': how Exit 8 took a simple game to purgatory

Genki Kawamura's Exit 8 adapts a simple horror game into a film with a fuller narrative and themes about human nature.
#titanium-court
Board games
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

The year's weirdest game is hard to explain and even harder to put down

Titanium Court is a unique blend of genres, offering an immersive experience that defies straightforward explanation.
fromEngadget
17 hours ago
Games

Titanium Court mashes together genres and cultural references to tell a strange, funny tale

Titanium Court combines match-three mechanics with tower defense elements in a roguelite format, emphasizing strategic resource management and tactical gameplay.
Board games
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

The year's weirdest game is hard to explain and even harder to put down

Titanium Court is a unique blend of genres, offering an immersive experience that defies straightforward explanation.
Games
fromEngadget
17 hours ago

Titanium Court mashes together genres and cultural references to tell a strange, funny tale

Titanium Court combines match-three mechanics with tower defense elements in a roguelite format, emphasizing strategic resource management and tactical gameplay.
Video games
fromKotaku
16 hours ago

Overwatch Is Making Good On A Decade-Old Promise

Blizzard is advancing the story of its rebooted series significantly, introducing new characters and meaningful plot developments after years of stagnation.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
5 days ago

AI Company Known for Teen Suicides Launches New Feature to Turn Books Into Roleplaying Experiences

Character.AI introduces 'c.ai Books' to create interactive storytelling experiences using classic literature, despite past controversies and a ban on underage users.
Media industry
fromKotaku
3 days ago

Mass Effect Show Writer Denies Rewrites For 'Non-Gamers'

Amazon's Mass Effect TV show is not being rewritten to appeal to non-gamers, according to co-showrunner Daniel Casey.
Games
fromEngadget
19 hours ago

Five Annapurna Interactive games get Switch 2 releases

Five Annapurna Interactive titles are coming to Switch 2, including upgrades and new releases.
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fromKotaku
16 hours ago

Five Standout Indies From Today's ID@Xbox Showcase

Xbox showcased a variety of indie games, highlighting unique titles like 'There Are No Ghosts at the Grand' with innovative gameplay mechanics.
Board games
fromBoard Game Quest
1 day ago

Moon Review

Extraterrestrial board games like Moon allow conflict escalation without geopolitical insensitivity, combining competition and cooperation in colony building.
Games
fromKotaku
4 hours ago

Saros Review: A Psychological Challenge Worth Pushing Through

Housemarque's latest game expands narrative depth while maintaining its identity in a challenging roguelike environment.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

"Exit 8" Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source

The player ambles through an eerily underpopulated subway station, which gradually comes to resemble a metro-themed infinity loop—a maddeningly repetitive circle of mid-transit hell.
Film
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fromEngadget
1 day ago

Control: Ultimate Edition is out for the iPhone and iPad

Control: Ultimate Edition is now available on iPhone and iPad for $5, featuring full gameplay and DLC with optimized controls for touchscreens.
Music production
fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

This Turn-Based RPG Musical Is Fun But Drags A Bit In Act 3 | People Of Note Review

People of Note is a whimsical RPG where music battles and friendship combat an ancient power, blending humor with a journey to fame.
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fromThe Verge
4 hours ago

Saros is pure action nirvana

Saros is a PS5 exclusive that offers a euphoric, visually stunning bullet-hell shooter experience.
#life-is-strange
Relationships
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Life Is Strange's Men Are Always The Worse Romance

Life Is Strange series consistently underdevelops male love interests compared to female counterparts, leading to a perception of imbalance in romantic narratives.
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Life Is Strange: Reunion: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku

Life Is Strange: Reunion aims to resonate with fans of the original series, but not all players feel included in that vision.
Video games
fromGadgets 360
1 month ago

Life is Strange Reunion: All You Need to Know Before the Game Releases

Life is Strange: Reunion releases on March 26, featuring Max and Chloe, with multiple editions available for current-generation consoles and PC.
Relationships
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Life Is Strange's Men Are Always The Worse Romance

Life Is Strange series consistently underdevelops male love interests compared to female counterparts, leading to a perception of imbalance in romantic narratives.
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Life Is Strange: Reunion: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku

Life Is Strange: Reunion aims to resonate with fans of the original series, but not all players feel included in that vision.
Video games
fromGadgets 360
1 month ago

Life is Strange Reunion: All You Need to Know Before the Game Releases

Life is Strange: Reunion releases on March 26, featuring Max and Chloe, with multiple editions available for current-generation consoles and PC.
Video games
fromGadgets 360
1 day ago

Control Ultimate Edition is Now Available on iPhone and iPad

Control Ultimate Edition is now available on iPhone and iPad with optimized mobile features.
Board games
fromKotaku
4 days ago

Little Guy Solves Big Puzzles In Gecko Gods - Kotaku

Gecko Gods is a vibrant adventure game featuring a small lizard exploring ancient temples and overcoming challenges in a colorful world.
Video games
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs | TechCrunch

AI-powered RPG platform Voyage allows players to design unique gaming worlds and interact with unscripted NPCs.
#pragmata
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

How The Pragmata Unknown Signal Secret Ending Works

Pragmata features an extension called Unknown Signal, allowing players to explore new challenges after completing the main story.
Video games
fromWGB
4 days ago

Pragmata Has Aready Sold A Load Of Copies

Pragmata sold over a million copies in three days due to effective marketing and multi-platform support.
Games
fromGameSpot
1 day ago

How The Pragmata Unknown Signal Secret Ending Works

Pragmata features an extension called Unknown Signal, allowing players to explore new challenges after completing the main story.
Video games
fromWGB
4 days ago

Pragmata Has Aready Sold A Load Of Copies

Pragmata sold over a million copies in three days due to effective marketing and multi-platform support.
Board games
fromKotaku
6 days ago

Pragmata Guide: 7 Tips To Know Before You Start Playing

Combining gunplay and hacking creates a complex gameplay experience that requires strategic resource management and multitasking.
Video games
fromWGB
2 days ago

Death By Scrolling Review

Death By Scrolling features roguelike mechanics where players gather gold to escape purgatory while avoiding a relentless grim reaper.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
3 weeks ago

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Aesthetics and Video Games

Video games possess unique aesthetic value that challenges traditional philosophical frameworks of games and fiction.
Games
fromEngadget
1 day ago

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book preview: A choose-your-own-adventure even adults can love

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book combines accessible gameplay with added depth, featuring new mechanics and a unique visual style reminiscent of a children's story.
Games
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

Vampire Survivors' new spinoff switches genres but keeps the good vibes

Vampire Crawlers successfully adapts the Vampire Survivors gameplay into a dungeon crawler and roguelike deckbuilder format.
Games
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

There's nothing like an RPG over vacation

People of Note is a music-themed RPG that offers a relaxing gaming experience while featuring a journey of an aspiring pop singer.
Video games
fromEngadget
6 days ago

Cyberpunk platformers, gallivanting geckos and other new indie games worth checking out

Indie game showcases and events are highlighting new titles and updates in the indie gaming space this weekend.
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fromKotaku
5 days ago

Slay The Spire 2 Outlines A Big Roadmap But Devs Aren't Rushing

Mega Crit reveals new content roadmap for Slay the Spire 2, including The Bestiary and new game modes, but no specific release dates.
Video games
fromKotaku
6 days ago

Fortune's Run Is Due A New Update Now Its Dev Is Out Of Prison

Dizzie, the developer of Fortune's Run, has been released from prison and is resuming work on the game after a year-long pause.
Board games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Puzzle Spy International Deserves To Be Played By Way More People

Puzzle Spy International offers a collection of 11 engaging puzzles with a light story, ideal for solo or cooperative play.
Games
fromEngadget
6 days ago

Panic says the Playdate Catalog won't accept games made with generative AI

Panic will not accept games using generative AI for art, audio, music, text, or dialog in the Playdate Catalog.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 week ago

Pragmata Review: A Heartwarming Sci-Fi Puzzle Shooter

Capcom's sci-fi puzzle shooter offers a refreshing take on parenthood themes, featuring a positive father-daughter dynamic in a unique gaming experience.
Games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

The Exit 8 movie is even better if you play the game first

Exit 8 is a new horror film adaptation of an indie game, enhancing the surreal experience for viewers who play the game first.
Video games
fromGame Informer
8 months ago

Deadzone: Rogue Review - Rewarding Repetition - Game Informer

Deadzone: Rogue offers engaging gunplay and a rewarding roguelite experience, making it a standout in the first-person shooter genre.
Games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Game Devs Explain The Tricks Involved With Letting You Pause

Pausing a game involves various techniques, including manipulating time and adjusting game speed, depending on the game engine used.
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

The team behind 1000xResist is making a game about convincing an AI that it isn't human

Sunset Visitor's next game, Prove You're Human, explores themes of AI and consciousness in a narrative adventure format.
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Hardcore Survival Sim With Deadly Twist Is A Smash Hit On Steam

Road to Vostok is a post-apocalyptic single-player survival game that has secured the entire production budget for years to come within just 24 hours of its launch.
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Video games
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

How games capture the awe and terror of cosmic isolation

The Artemis II mission evokes feelings of solitude and vulnerability in space, reminiscent of experiences in classic and modern space-themed video games.
fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

You Could Be In A PlayStation Game If You Write Well, Love PlayStation, Play And Own A Lot, Have Anecdotes, And More

PlayStation has announced a new contest called The Playerbase, allowing winners to have their likenesses scanned to appear in PlayStation games, starting with Gran Turismo 7.
Games
Books
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes

Research notes in a cataloged database reveal interlinked authors, hidden computer commands, and an unfolding narrative converging on a metaphysical search and encroaching threat.
Board games
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month ago

Top 10 Solo Board Games for Every Kind of Gamer

Solo gaming is rapidly evolving, with many games now including solo modes or automata, enhancing the tabletop gaming experience.
Television
fromInverse
1 month ago

This Time-Bending Video Game Adaptation Has One Crucial Problem

Life is Strange, a decision-based narrative game, is being adapted into a live-action series by Amazon Prime Studios with Tatum Grace Hopkins and Maisy Stella cast as protagonists Max and Chloe.
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Control Resonant Gameplay Preview: Doing The Unexpected With The Familiar

The former, a story about a traumatized boy defending a city from alien incursions using a biomechanical humanoid mecha in the hopes he will be able to understand himself and earn approval from others, is an apt point of reference for Control Resonant's protagonist Dylan Faden. Dylan, the brother of Federal Bureau of Control's director Jesse Faden, is a powerful parautilitarian who has abilities by way of a connection to an otherworldly entity called Polaris.
DC food
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fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

How To Finish Big Open World Games Like Crimson Desert

Focusing on one open-world game at a time enhances motivation and progress, making it easier to complete them.
Games
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

BOXROOM lets you build a cozy game room for your Steam library

Customize a virtual space to showcase your game library with personalized furniture and game displays.
fromhttps://www.arogyayogaschool.com/blog
2 months ago

Why Short Play Sessions Beat Long Grinds In Modern Game Design

Games did not suddenly become "worse." Games adapted. Attention got tired, schedules got tighter, and competition for free time turned brutal. A ten-minute gap now has to fight against messages, videos, and endless feeds. In that environment, long-form sessions still exist, but short sessions often win because they respect reality instead of demanding a perfect evening. That shift is visible everywhere, from mobile puzzlers to competitive titles and even casino-style experiences where a quick crore win feeling is part of the appeal.
Board games
fromMedium
1 month ago

Are games really "dumbing down"?

The Elder Scrolls evolved from a struggling franchise after failed games Battlespire and Redguard into one of gaming's most influential RPG series.
fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

I Can't Stop Playing This Terrible Game, So Maybe It's Good?

Timber Rush is about numbers going up in the crudest way imaginable, a clicker game that barely even features clicking, in which you move your woodcutter side to side as increasing numbers of increasingly silly logs fly around the screen.
Games
fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Star Wars: Zero Company Will Include Third-Person Adventure Segments

"The heart of the game is in the tactical combat, but we really wanted to add an element that allowed players to spend even more time in the Star Wars environments and not have those spaces be limited by what would make for fun combat."
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Starfield Free Lanes And Terran Armada Update Revealed

Interplanetary exploration is what Free Lanes is all about. The idea is to add more reasons for players to travel through space instead of just fast-traveling. Bethesda is even adding a cruise control-like mode that will let players step away from the helm while their ship flies to a specific location. During these crises, you can be interrupted by random events.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

The MindsEye Publishing Car Wreck Ends With No Hitman Mission

What this means for the future of , once pitched as the first building block in an ambitious open-world metaverse , is currently unclear. But apparently the mission, the shooter's highest-profile bit of upcoming content, is canceled. Build a Rocket Boy and IO Interactive didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The most surprising part of Insider Gaming 's report is that Build a Rocket Boy was apparently the one pushing to end the ill-fated partnership, a decision influenced by the 's "desire to bring its publishing in-house and gain more control over its future."
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

TR-49: The Kotaku Review

TR-49 is analogy rendered in four dimensions. On a surface level, it's a game about sorting through an archive of written works and commentary that has you identifying dozens of excerpts and documents, all with the aim of destroying a particular work. Beneath the surface, however, this is a piece of art that speaks viciously and satirically to so much of our reality.
Video games
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Pieced Together review poignant narrative game gathers bittersweet fragments of a friendship

Through the ingenious medium of an interactive scrapbook, we play as Connie, glueing in photos, notes and memories of her friend after years of separation. The game begins with several attempts to write Connie a letter, before we cut-out, stick and sort the story of their lives together.
Video games
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Layers of 3 revealed via a mysterious trailer and poem

The new chapter will include not only a game but a novel and music, the company said in a press release. The developer revealed the new IP via a live-action teaser, with an actor reading lines from William Blake's poem, The Sick Rose. A painting then fell from the wall, and the actor then turned over an hourglass with red sand, with a tagline stating "The door won't stay closed."
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#resident-evil-requiem
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fromThe Verge
2 months ago

AI can't make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to

Early generative AI tools for games produce repetitive, lower-quality content and are unlikely to match top human-designed game experiences soon.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

The Best Co-Op Story Games With Great Tales To Tell

Famous as a series of uncompromising multiplayer JRPG greatness, our one pic from the whole franchise has to be Tales of Vesperia. The game blends classic JRPG storytelling with fast-paced, real-time combat that works surprisingly well in co-op. The story follows Yuri Lowell, a former knight who takes justice into his own hands in a world powered by magical technology.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Cyberpunk 2 Dev Explains The Beauty Of First-Person Storytelling

First-person perspective in Cyberpunk 2077 enhances immersion by aligning narrative subjectivity with a body-decay, consciousness-transfer story and avatar-like player identity.
Video games
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Indie games are turning the act of looking into an art

Hidden Folks pioneered a 'searching' game genre that emphasizes curiosity and exploration within detailed worlds, distinguishing itself from traditional hidden object games through interactive storytelling and playful discovery.
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fromGame Informer
in 1 month

How 007 First Light Learns From And Moves Beyond Hitman

IO Interactive used Hitman expertise to shape 007 First Light’s open-ended spy gameplay, emphasizing multiple infiltration paths and player choice.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Esoteric Ebb Has A Lot Of Hilarious Ways In Which You Can Die

Esoteric Ebb is an isometric RPG combining Baldur's Gate 3 and Disco Elysium elements, released March 3, where character stat allocation significantly impacts gameplay difficulty and survival.
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fromGame Informer
in 1 month

How IO Interactive Crafted Its Young Version Of James Bond

IO Interactive created an original young James Bond origin story for 007 First Light, balancing creative freedom with respect for the established Bond legacy.
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