HomeFeatures TFI Friday: 3 free Pico-8 games with good titlesScratching an itch Scratching an itch None of these game are porn, though. They’re a collection of fun Pico-8 games you can play in browser, and my other abitrary way of linking them this time is that I really liked the what-it-says-on-the-tin approach to naming that the developers have employed for all of them. Makes me think they’re fun, devil-may-care jaunty types of people....

HomeNewsWasteland 3 Wasteland 3’s first story expansion launches in June with new conflictsHead on down to Steeltown Head on down to Steeltown The Rangers are going back on duty this summer and things are scheduled to heat up. Apocalyptic RPGWasteland 3is launching its first big story expansion in June. Factory hub Steeltown is having some internal conflicts that could shut down the rest of Colorado if someone doesn’t set them straight....

HomeNews What’s better: rocket jumping, or fiddling with environmental objects?Subverting rules, or being pandered to? Subverting rules, or being pandered to? Rocket jumping I still marvel at this crude physics interaction. Pushing rules to see if you can break them in interesting ways is one of the best parts of video games, and none is more video game-y than detonating explosives beneath your own feet to whoosh into the sky. It’s the combination of a risk/reward calculation and an act of violence that that would vaporise you in the real world....

HomeNewsAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla Assassin’s Creed Valhalla delays its Druids expansionWhen iconic hats collide When iconic hats collide If you’ve been keen to hop over to Ireland inAssassin’s Creed Valhalla, bad news: Ubisoft have announced a two-week delay for its first expansion, Wrath Of The Druids. Previously expected on the 29th of April, it’s now due on the 13th of May. Ubisoft announced the delayon Twitteryesterday, adding that they are “working on an article to provide transparency and share insights on our dev process”....

HomeNewsCore Core, an accessible game creation platform, is out in early access nowAka ‘what if Roblox had Fortnite graphics?’ Aka ‘what if Roblox had Fortnite graphics?’ Roblox’s game development tools are accessible enough that it’s likely the next generation of game designers and entrepeneurs will emerge from its creator scene. Roblox is also now successful enough, however, that thecurrentgeneration of developers and entrepeneurs look at it and think, ‘we want to do that, too’....

HomeNews Epic’s tool for creating human faces is out in early access nowYou can sign up to get free access to MetaHuman Creator You can sign up to get free access to MetaHuman Creator A few weeks ago Epic showed offMetaHuman Creator, a new development tool designed to make it easier to create believable human faces. Now you can sign-up to get an early access version of it, meaning you can try it out if you’re i) a game developer interested in the future of character design or ii) a curious onlooker wondering whether you can use it to recreatethe Gigaknight....

HomeNewsGetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon Konami’s new roguelike metroidvania has an amazing art styleI mean, look at it I mean, look at it Konami unveiledGetsuFumaDen: Undying Moonduring Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase last night. It’s a 2D roguelike hack-and-slasher, and an unlikely follow-up to GetsuFumaDen, a Japan-only Famicom game from 1987. Plus, it sports this traditional Japanese art style which I can’t get enough of. Here’s a look at GetsuFumaDen in action: GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon Teaser TrailerWatch on YouTube...

HomeNewsSaGa Frontier Remastered Square Enix’s SaGa Frontier Remastered is out nowIt adds a new main character and some previously cut cutscenes It adds a new main character and some previously cut cutscenes Square Enix have been rummaging around in their back catalogue of 90s JRPGs… and they still haven’t released theFinal Fantasy 7remake on PC, sorry. Today, they launchedSaGa Frontier Remastered, an improved version of the old 1998 PlayStation game, with refreshed graphics, an extra main character and some restored old cutscenes to boot....

HomeNews Stellaris: Nemesis lets you now become a star-destroying galactic threatOr a guardian of the galaxy Or a guardian of the galaxy The expansion’s out now onSteamandGOGfor £15.49/€19.99/$19.99. Stellaris: Nemesis Expansion | Feature Breakdown | Available April 15thWatch on YouTube Stellaris: Nemesis Expansion | Feature Breakdown | Available April 15th Also out today is Stellaris v3.0.1, a patch codenamed ‘Dick’ in honour of notorious galactic mastermind Dick Cheney. It changes a lot all over the place, enough that I have no idea how it’ll play out in reality....

HomePodcasts The Electronic Wireless Show Podcast episode 136: the best weather in games specialWear sunscreen Wear sunscreen We open, as you can predict, with a discussion on Matthew’s opinions on barbecues. After this, and a lengthly chat about police procedurals, we do talk about some of our favourite game weather (not including mud, which is not weather). There is also a lengthly argument about whether “the moon” counts as weather, which it clearly does not....

HomeNewsCall of Duty: Warzone Caldera Last year, Activision filed to trademarkWarzone, the name of their popular Call Of Duty battle royale. However, an indie developer behind a browser-based strategy game that’s also calledWarzonesent a cease-and-desist to stop them. Fast forward to this year, and Activision have filed a lawsuit to declare that the two games couldn’t possibly be confused, and the indie Warzone dev has started a GoFundMe to raise enough money to fight the publisher in court....

HomeNewsCyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077 has patched more quest-blocking bugsHotfix 1.21 is out now Hotfix 1.21 is out now FollowingCyberpunk 2077’s hugepatch 1.2at the end of March, CD Projekt Red today followed-up with the hotfix patch 1.21. This is a smaller update, focused on improving stability and fixing crashes as well as addressing some bugs which stopped certain quests from progressing. Every little helps. The patch is out now for PC, consoles, and Stadia....

HomeNewsDragon Age II Dragon Age 2 writer says a ‘Snyder Cut’ would make the city bigger and more aliveAs well as include a certain Dwarven romance As well as include a certain Dwarven romance Since the release of the infamous Justice League ‘Snyder Cut’ last month, it’s been fun having a think aboutwhat games should get a big indulgent revamp, and what those hypothetical revamps would look like. FormerDragon Agelead writer David Gaider has been pondering exactly that on Twitter, revealing a load of things he would’ve liked to change in the most polarising game in the series,Dragon Age 2....