HomeNewsBeyond These Stars Before We Leave devs next chill city builder is set on top of a giant space whaleBeyond These Stars is launching into early access this year Beyond These Stars is launching into early access this year Beyond These Stars - Announcement Trailer | Relaxing City-BuilderWatch on YouTube Beyond These Stars - Announcement Trailer | Relaxing City-Builder Let’s address the whale in the room first, that whale’s name being Kewa....

HomeNewsThe Wreck Coming in March, The Wreck is a memory-hopping visual novel about motherhoodFrom the team behind Bury Me, My Love From the team behind Bury Me, My Love Developer Pixel Hunt’s track record of delivering intriguing visual novels began with the optimistic, heartrending refugee story ofBury Me, My Love.They’re now returning with the similarly uniqueThe Wreck, a memory-hopping, 3D visual novel unpacking themes of trauma, recovery, and motherhood, and it’s releasing on March 14th for PC....

HomeFeaturesPentiment How Obsidian Entertainment resurrected dead fonts for PentimentDesign director Josh Sawyer tells us no feature took as much time as the text rendering Design director Josh Sawyer tells us no feature took as much time as the text rendering It’s probably not a huge surprise to say thatPentiment, Obsidian Entertainment’s visually intriguing mystery set in 16th century Bavaria, required a lot of historical research during development. What may surprise you, however, is how deep these historical details run throughout Pentinment’s DNA, right down the game’s text fonts....

HomeNews Riot announce The Mageseeker, 2023’s third League Of Legends spin-offSylas leads a revolution this Spring Sylas leads a revolution this Spring Riot have announced a brand new (previously leaked)League Of Legendsspin-off coming this year.The Mageseeker: A League Of Legends Storyis a 2D action RPG from Digital Sun, the dev team behindMoonlighter, which was a delightful fusion of roguelike action and shopkeeping. The Mageseeker is launching this spring, while the other LoL spin-offs have also received release windows for 2023....

HomeFeaturesThrough the Nightmares Through The Nightmares spins childhood fears into a devilish platformerSure are a lot of spinning blades in this dream Sure are a lot of spinning blades in this dream Magic Week could use a dash moredarkmagic, I reckon.Through The Nightmaresmay not be about spellcasting and amateur alchemy, but it still draws upon the arcane and otherworldly, setting its deviously difficult action-platforming inside the sleepscapes of frightened children....

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HomeFeatures What’s better: funicular fights or elaborate corridor architecture?Vote now! Vote now! Last time, you decided thatthrowing knives are better than active reload. I enjoyed the spirited discussion over which throwing knives are good and which are bad. I can’t help but feel active reload didn’t get a fair shake because so few games do it outside Gears Of War, but the results are science and we must continue. This week, I suppose our choices are both about architecture, but in very different ways....

HomeHardwareNewsWild Hearts Wild Hearts devs address performance problems, promise patches and DLSS/FSR supportEarly trial has been not-so-happy hunting Early trial has been not-so-happy hunting Wild Heartsdevelopers Omega Force are looking to lower the blades of disgruntled PC players, penning a Steam news update that acknowledges performance issues with theearly trialof their Monster Hunter-yRPG. 14 Indie Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2023Watch on YouTube 14 Indie Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2023...

HomeNewsIn the Valley of Gods Campo Santo’s In The Valley Of Gods has a probably meaningless 2029 release windowDigging up old bones Digging up old bones It’s been five whole years since theFirewatchdevs announced their tomb-raiding adventure,In The Valley Of Gods, and in that time the idea of the game itself has fossilised. The first-person archaeology game was puton holdin 2019 after ValveacquiredCampo Santo and had them support other Valve projects likeHalf-Life: Alyx....

HomeNewsDire Decks Deck-building and shoot ‘em up combine in this fun free browser gameDire Decks feels like it could have been a huge Flash game Dire Decks feels like it could have been a huge Flash game I’ve never met a deck I didn’t want to build, but I don’t think I’ve met deck-building in a shoot ‘em up before. That’s the offer ofDire Decks, a cute little arcade shmup which you canplay for free right now in your browser on Itch....

HomeNewsGuild Wars 2 Guild Wars 2 expansions will be smaller and more frequent in futureArenaNet have outlined their development roadmap ArenaNet have outlined their development roadmap Guild Wars 2is over ten years old now, and last year it brought its long-running storyline to a close with its third expansion. Now its developers say they want to release smaller and cheaper expansions more regularly, with quarterly updates filling the gaps in between....

HomeFeaturesIkenfell Ikenfell is an endearing tactical RPG that gave me earwormsIt’s showtime It’s showtime Magic is weird. And, since an Ordinary (non-magical person) suddenly getting magic is also deemed weird inIkenfell, it stands to reason that it’s practically guaranteed to happen. We can only assume the odds become even higher as the Ordinary ventures closer to the big magical fantasy school, which protagonist Maritte quickly discovers. Upon approaching the gate in search of her missing sister, Safina, Maritte suddenly starts to sling fiery spells....