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fromWGB
5 days ago

Devil Jam Review - Hades Survivors?

Devil Jam combines Hades' art style with Vampire Survivors' gameplay, offering a unique experience at a low price, despite lacking depth and storytelling.
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fromGameSpot
3 hours ago

Best Crimson Desert Mods To Improve Your Journey Through Pywel

Crimson Desert's modding community enhances gameplay with impressive creations, improving exploration, controls, and adding new elements.
fromKotaku
1 day ago

Cult Game Sequel Scrambles After Crowdfunder Misplaces Cash

Ubgoe withheld the funds raised in the campaign, which were supposed to be delivered by September of 2025. When they inquired, Ubgoe only fulfilled half of the money.
Fundraising
Board games
fromKotaku
3 days 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.
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fromWGB
17 hours ago

Star Wars: Eclipse Development Isn't Going Well

Star Wars: Eclipse is facing slow development progress, with concerns about Quantic Dream's future and potential sale by NetEase.
fromEngadget
2 days ago

Devils on the Moon brings the score-chasing of pinball to the Playdate

"I think one of my most-played games is Pokemon Pinball, but the idea to make a pinball game came from Mario... he came to me and say 'JP, I want to make a custom engine for Playdate and we should make a pinball game.'"
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fromwww.engadget.com
5 days ago

Apple Arcade just got two indie gems

Dredge+ is the complete edition of the game, with all released DLC content. This is pretty much a perfect video game that combines fishing with bone-chilling horror.
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#indie-games
fromEngadget
3 days ago
Video games

Super Meat Boy 3D, coin-pushing chaos and other new indie games worth checking out

fromEngadget
1 week ago
Video games

Beat-based dungeon crawlers, card-battling soccer sims and other new indie games worth checking out

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fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

A retro Starship Troopers shooter, a video store sim and other new indie games worth checking out

Indie game releases include unique titles like Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! and a new falling-block game prototype by Freya Holmér.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

Relooted, Reanimal and other new indie games worth checking out

State of Play revealed indie games coming to PS5 and PC, including Big Walk, a Castlevania by Motion Twin and Evil Empire, and Control Resonant.
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fromEngadget
2 months ago

More Cult of the Lamb, a World War II computer mystery and other new indie games worth checking out

Indie games continue to release substantial updates and expansions while portable, pocketable devices prove more practical than bulky handhelds for travel play.
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fromEngadget
3 days ago

Super Meat Boy 3D, coin-pushing chaos and other new indie games worth checking out

Indie game showcases are thriving, with new games and updates announced regularly.
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fromEngadget
1 week ago

Beat-based dungeon crawlers, card-battling soccer sims and other new indie games worth checking out

Albatross Interactive is developing Terminal War, a 4v4 shooter inspired by the canceled Factions mode from The Last of Us.
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fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

A retro Starship Troopers shooter, a video store sim and other new indie games worth checking out

Indie game releases include unique titles like Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! and a new falling-block game prototype by Freya Holmér.
Games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

15 Incredible Indie Games Made Computer Worlds A Must-Watch

Computer Worlds is a new showcase celebrating innovative indie games, featuring 15 trailers and 16 released titles to highlight unique games struggling for visibility in a risk-averse market.
fromEngadget
2 months ago
Video games

More Cult of the Lamb, a World War II computer mystery and other new indie games worth checking out

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fromThe Verge
3 days ago

Super Meat Boy 3D makes suffering fun

Super Meat Boy 3D retains the series' challenging platforming while introducing new 3D movement dynamics.
fromBoard Game Quest
5 days ago

Propolis Review

Propolis is a worker-placement, engine-building, area-control, tableau-building game where players take actions like placing and fortifying Worker Beeples to gather resources.
Board games
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fromKotaku
3 days ago

Cyberpunk, League Of Legends Games Suggest TCGs Are Having A Moment

PAX East 2026 featured a shift from video games to trading card games, particularly a TCG based on Cyberpunk 2077.
fromGameSpot
3 days ago

State of Decay 3 Is Back From The Dead, And You Might Be Able To Play It Soon

"If scavenging supplies in the middle of a zombie outbreak sounds fun to you, then grab your ruck, pack some mags, and register for a chance to be included in the alpha," State of Decay co-creator Brant Fitzgerald said, while adding that there will be more opportunities throughout the year to test out the game.
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#the-lord-of-the-rings
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fromGameSpot
6 days ago

New The Lord Of The Rings Game Coming From Tomb Raider Studio - Report

Crystal Dynamics is developing a new The Lord of the Rings game, alongside two Tomb Raider titles, aiming to compete with Hogwarts Legacy.
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fromGameSpot
6 days ago

New The Lord Of The Rings Game Coming From Tomb Raider Studio - Report

Crystal Dynamics is developing a new The Lord of the Rings game, alongside two Tomb Raider titles, aiming to compete with Hogwarts Legacy.
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fromInverse
4 days ago

The Biggest RPG Phenomenon Of The 2020s Is Coming To TV

Dungeon Crawler Carl is being adapted into a TV series, marking a significant moment for the LitRPG genre and its mainstream acceptance.
#slay-the-spire-2
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago
Games

Slay the Spire 2 Gets Review Bombed Over Balance Patch

Slay the Spire 2's Steam rating dropped from 97% to 83% due to a controversial balance patch causing 11,000 negative reviews.
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago
Games

Slay The Spire 2 Is Hiding A Secret Merchant Boss Fight Event

Slay the Spire 2 contains a hidden boss fight triggered by throwing a Foul Potion at the Fake Merchant, rewarding 300 gold and fake relics worth approximately 300 gold.
Board games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Slay The Spire 2: Tips And Tricks For Getting Started

Slay the Spire 2 is intentionally harder than the original, with significantly increased enemy damage scaling, particularly in Act 1, requiring adaptive deck-building strategies rather than predetermined builds.
Board games
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Slay the Spire 2 is a bit too familiar for its own good

Slay the Spire 2 introduces new characters and mechanics during Early Access, but the core gameplay feels familiar to veterans of the original game.
Games
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Slay the Spire 2 Gets Review Bombed Over Balance Patch

Slay the Spire 2's Steam rating dropped from 97% to 83% due to a controversial balance patch causing 11,000 negative reviews.
Games
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Transfer Point is a modern adventure game made with 40-year-old software

Transfer Point is a game developed using World Builder, a classic tool from 1986, reflecting nostalgia for point-and-click adventures.
History
fromMedievalists.net
4 weeks ago

10 Ways Video Games Have Rewritten the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

Video games have become a primary way modern audiences encounter the Middle Ages, creating a distinctive form of medievalism shaped by gameplay mechanics that emphasizes warfare and reshapes historical reality.
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fromGame Informer
1 week ago

The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend - April 3

Darth Clark returned to Game Informer, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was released, marking significant events in the gaming industry.
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fromKotaku
3 days ago

Peak Devs Call Out Entitled Gamers Who Want Endless Free Updates

Endless support for games is not guaranteed; updates are considered a bonus, not a right.
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fromKotaku
4 days 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.
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fromKotaku
3 days ago

The Best Zelda-Like In Years Gets Close To Perfection

Minishoot' Adventures is a superb twin-stick metroidvania that excels in controls and gameplay, especially on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
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
fromVG247
5 days ago

The Petit Planet beta is coming back with new updates, but you still need to hope for an invite

Petit Planet is the studio's take on Animal Crossing, though with a few interesting ideas of its own. The game's most recent test took place all the way back in November, but its next big test isn't far off.
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fromGadgets 360
5 days ago

Three Classic Resident Evil Games Are Now Available on Steam

Resident Evil 1, 2, and 3 are now available on Steam with a 50% discount as part of Capcom's spring sale.
Board games
fromBoard Game Quest
2 weeks 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.
#shinji-mikami
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fromEngadget
6 days ago

A Palworld horror-themed dating sim spinoff is on the way

Palworld: More Than Just Pals is a dating sim with horror elements where players can romance and eat creatures from the original game.
fromBoard Game Quest
2 weeks ago

Everbound Review

Everbound uses an 18-card construct to fill out the crew of a pirate ship. You start with your Captain and a twinkle in yer eye. And presumably a ship. Yarrrr. You'll take one of two actions per turn. Draw: Take a card from the Dock. Recruit: Play a card from your hand by paying its icon cost.
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Games
fromKotaku
6 days ago

Nier Cosmic Horror Teased On Worst Day Possible

April Fools' Day in Japan sees video game companies teasing projects, with Yoko Taro hinting at a new NieR project.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 month ago

This charming pixel art game solves one of AI coding's most annoying UX problems

Pixel Agents is a Visual Studio Code extension that transforms Claude Code AI agent monitoring into an intuitive 8-bit video game interface, solving the usability problem of tracking multiple concurrent AI coding sessions.
fromKotaku
1 week 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.
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#roguelike
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

SlashZero Looks Like An Anime-Style Dead Cells (In A Good Way)

SlashZero is a stylish roguelike with anime-inspired visuals and unique gameplay mechanics, focusing on fun combat and procedural generation.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 week ago

SlashZero Looks Like An Anime-Style Dead Cells (In A Good Way)

SlashZero is a stylish roguelike with anime-inspired visuals and unique gameplay mechanics, focusing on fun combat and procedural generation.
Games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell

Oeuf is a physics platformer where players control an egg navigating a whimsical world with unique movement mechanics.
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fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

Vampire Survivors spinoff Vampire Crawlers is coming to PC and consoles on April 21

Vampire Crawlers, a dungeon-crawling deckbuilder spinoff of Vampire Survivors, launches April 21 on PC, consoles, and later on mobile platforms for $10.
fromInverse
2 months ago

Could 2026 Be The Best Year For RPGS Ever?

The last five years have seen a tremendous resurgence of role-playing games, from the turn-based masterpieces of Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, to the action-packed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. And staggeringly, it looks like that trend is set to continue well into 2026. While there's undoubtedly a handful of games we don't know about, even what we do have looks like it's going to make this another banner year for RPGs.
Gadgets
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fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Crimson Desert: Everything You Need To Know About The New RPG

Crimson Desert is a standalone single-player open-world action RPG launching March 19 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X, built on Pearl Abyss's new BlackSpace engine with combat-focused gameplay similar to Dragon's Dogma.
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.
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fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Mythmatch Is An Anti-Capitalist RPG That Will Brighten Your Day

Mythmatch combines merger game mechanics with RPG elements in a premium, ad-free game featuring Greek mythology, anti-capitalism themes, and altruism without exploitative monetization practices.
Gadgets
fromInverse
2 months ago

Steam Just Quietly Added The Most Hardcore 2D Game That Shows A Little Restraint Can Go A Long Way

Velaster adapts Soulslike stamina-based combat into a precise, readable 2D Metroidvania, emphasizing timing, positioning, and punishing encounters.
Board games
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month ago

Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week - 3/2/26

Multiple crowdfunding board game campaigns are available, including Lion Dancers, Almighty, NPC Rivals, and One Card Dungeon, each offering distinct gameplay themes and mechanics.
Video games
fromGameSpot
3 weeks ago

All Slay The Spire 2 Bosses

Slay The Spire 2 features new bosses with unique tactics across multiple acts, requiring strategic card, class, and perk selection to overcome challenging encounters.
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fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Marathon Has Replaced Nightreign As My Multiplayer Obsession

Marathon functions as an action roguelike disguised as an extraction shooter, combining procedural RNG, run-based gameplay, and permanent gear loss with the liberating design philosophy of traditional roguelikes.
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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.
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Slay the Spire 2, Scott Pilgrim EX and other new indie games worth checking out

Nintendo packed a lot of news into that 18-minute stream, including the sudden arrivals of three great games - Blue Prince, Minishoot' Adventures and Öoo - on Switch and/or Switch 2. The company revealed release dates for a bunch of games we've had on our radar, such as InKonbini: One Store (April 30), Denshattack! (June 17) and others.
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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.
Board games
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month ago

Top 10 Boss Battler Board Games

Tabletop boss battlers that allow attacking the boss from round one emphasize immediate cooperative combat, positioning, pattern manipulation, and varied high-stakes mechanics.
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fromBoard Game Quest
2 months ago

Crowdfunding Campaigns of the Week - 2/2/26

A weekly roundup of crowdfunding board game campaigns, community invites to BGQ Discord and Facebook, plus games ranging from solo adventures to deluxe editions.
fromEngadget
1 month ago

An old-school Zelda-like, Skate Bums and other new indie games worth checking out

There were lots of good stuff in this week's Convergence Showcase too, including another peek at Mouse: P.I. for Hire as we get to see one of the game's bosses for the first time. This first-person shooter with rubber-hose animation is set to arrive on March 19. There were other welcome announcements for me in this showcase. First, there was a release date for the Zelda-inspired adventure Gecko Gods.
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#roguelite
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Diablo Meets Stardew Valley In This Neat Life Sim Action-RPG

Emberville blends farming-sim town rebuilding with action-RPG dungeon crawling, featuring notable voice talent, dynamic combat, bosses, and an inheritable skill tree.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Mewgenics From Binding Of Isaac's Creator Is Terrifyingly Massive

Mewgenics is a massive tactical RPG–life-sim roguelite with 200+ hour average completion, 500+ hours to 100%, 1,000 abilities, extensive achievements, and planned DLC.
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Divinity Announcement Has Driven Way More People To Larian's Previous Games

Divinity announcement at The Game Awards 2025 significantly boosted sales of Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

What Games Are Forever Stuck In Your Backlog?

Players often keep one game perpetually unfinished due to boredom, unengaging worlds, outdated mechanics, or design barriers that block continued play.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

The Best Roblox Survival Games To Play Endlessly

The best overall Roblox games encompass every type of genre and gameplay experience imaginable, including even survival games. That's right, if you are looking for the best Roblox survival games, you will find they are some of the most profoundly engaging and memorable experiences on the entire platform.
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Here Are The Best Detective Games To Check Out

Industry layoffs and studio closures coincide with major game updates, gameplay impressions, character trailers, and recommendations including Steam Detective Fest deals and free PC games.
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fromWIRED
2 months ago

Board Is Tabletop Tablet Gaming-but With Physical Pieces

Board is a physical-digital hybrid gaming system aimed at children, offering varied launch titles, mixed family reception, and uncertain future content pricing and durability.
fromEngadget
1 month 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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fromThe Verge
1 month 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.
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3 Publisher Says Morrowind Update Would Be Top Seller

Michael Douse endorses a modern remake of Morrowind with updated combat, asserting it would sell extremely well.
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fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Brutal Survival-Horror Cronos: The New Dawn Is Getting A Little Easier

Cronos: The New Dawn adds an Easy difficulty via the free Temporal Diver Update to address player complaints about its punishing challenge across major platforms.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

All Hytale Weapons: How To Craft And Upgrade Swords, Bows, And More

Early in your Hytale journey, you're going to need weapons. While you might just want to explore, gather some resources, and build the base you and your friends have envisioned for your Hytale multiplayer sessions, Hytale still features dangerous mobs that can strike at any minute. You'll need a way to defend yourself and even defeat those mobs, as they can drop some valuable materials that you need for other recipes.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It's a loving mockery, because it's also who I am': the making of gaming's most pathetic character

Baby Steps uses deliberate frustration and an inept, awkward protagonist to transform player irritation into empathy, identification, and unexpected affection.
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