Month: June 2024

Roguelikes! They’re all the rage lately, whether it’s a pure run-based game like Hades 2, a devilish combination with something like the settlement-management of Cult of the Lamb or the application of the genre’s live-die-live-again loop to add a new bit of spice to a familiar series like The Rogue Prince of Persia. Into that
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I have a lot of time for Terra Nil. I’ve written about it before and extolled its virtues as a city-builder that doesn’t do things by the book. It felt pertinent and relevent in 2023, and even more so as scorching heat waves cause chaos in 2024. It might be one of the most ecologically-aware
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No matter how many new buzz words can be ushered, and no matter how much PR speak can be divulged, it has to get harder and harder for development teams to make meaningful changes to the plethora of annual sports game releases; each one changing the most minor of things from the previous yearly entry. 
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The Thing video game adaptation was an ambitious but flawed title, so Nightdive is hoping to help realise what it could have been. John Carpenter’s The Thing was originally released back in 1982, but 20 years later Computer Artworks opted to make a sequel to the classic movie in video game form. It sold well
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George R. R. Martin was an important part of building Elden Ring’s world, and it seems like FromSoftware would be open to similar collaborations in the future. While there still aren’t really all the many specifics about the actual work that Martin did, he’s obviously been billed as the person that set the foundations for
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Palworld‘s PS5 release is being teased by none other than Pocketpair’s global community manager, Bucky. The game was expected on Sony‘s console eventually as Pocketpair confirmed it was in talks to bring Palworld to more platforms and had previously hinted at a potential PS5 version. When to expect Palworld PS5 release date announcement Taking to
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