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Steam researcher, marketing consultant, and indie game advisor Chris Zukowski has been talking about a new “golden age” of indie games on Steam for a while now, so I was keen to dig into the idea during an interview at GDC.Simply put, Zukowski sees data to support his theory that multiple genres are currently enjoying the kind of Steam boom that hit roguelikes after the release of Vampire Survivors. If you made a game like Vampire Survivors in that window, you had an above-average shot at success because the audience was hungry for more of that. And right now, a…
The appearance of AI in art is nothing new, hell, Mr. Movies himself Steven Spielberg literally made A.I. Artificial Intelligence near the start of the millenia. But that was the Cool AI, where robots could be people, too, if we let them. Now what we have is the Donkey Bollocks AI that produces garbage facsimiles of things we know and actually like. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth considering AI, and I really need you to bear with me here, within our art, as that’s exactly what the team behind Pragmata did (without touching the stuff). You’ll…
Epic Games is continuing its tradition of giving away freebies to those who pass by its store, like a wandering merchant with no real concept of value. Although this week’s offerings might have the most generic titles you’ve ever heard, there’s plenty more to Havendock and Hyper Echelon than first meets the eye. Look a little closer at the Epic Games freebies and you’ll find a cozy colony simulation game and a ship-based space shooter ripped directly from your favorite memories at the arcade when you were a kid. Or, if you were born this millennium, your dad’s favorite memories…
Hades 2 is finally coming to other console platforms, having previously been a Nintendo Switch 2 console exclusive.The game will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X on April 14, and will also be available on Xbox Game Pass at launch.This version of the game will also include the post-launch patches that have been released on PC and Nintendo Switch 2 since release.Some “bonus content” will also be included, but the details of said bonus content haven’t been shared.Hades 2 was first released on Nintendo Switch 2 on September 25, 2025.Announced in December 2022, Hades 2 is a…
Minecraft will soon follow up its precious, new Tiny Takeover update with the underground overhaul Chaos Cubed, but developer Mojang wants players to know its tight timeline doesn’t mean its sandbox game’s future is set. Actually, anything is possible for Minecraft.Talking to Gamespot, product manager Anna Lundgren says, “Nothing is ever off the table when it comes to what’s possible in the future.” In fact, Mojang has been actively revisiting abandoned ideas to see if they could work in modern Minecraft.”You always have more ideas than you can realize at one point in time,” says Lundgren, “But I also love…
We’ve all been there. You and two other morally dubious alien treasure hunters have an expedition go wrong, and find yourselves having to tactically blast through some baddies in order to secure some relics in timely fashion. Well, at least that’s situation the three protagonists of Vaunted, a newly announced tactical RPG, find themselves in.
Name a better combo than vampires and videogames. I’ll wait. Garlic and bread? Don’t mention that around… oh, never mind. From Regis to Astarion – not to mention the distinguished clans of Vampire: The Masquerade – vampires have been sinking their elongated canines into our digital entertainment products for as long as games have existed. After the success of V Rising, developer Stunlock Studios wants another slice of the bloody pie. While Stunlock promises to support V Rising with balance and bug-fixing patches, it now considers the survival game content complete. Finished. With that in mind, it’s now focusing on…
Artificial Detective, the debut title from studio Vivix, has been revealed during an Xbox Partner Preview.Said to be worked on by a team comprised of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Control, and Dead Space veterans, the game is a third-person action-adventure starring a robot detective in a dystopian city overrun by rogue robots.Players must lead an underdog team of a military robodog and a human girl, as they fight, hack, and outsmart deadly machines to uncover why humans are gone, according to an official synopsis.“Those machines were meant to preserve the city for humanity’s return, but something went wrong.…
Invincible is back for season 4, and though the show is a fan-favorite with strong critical reception, the latest episode, ‘Hurm,’ is the lowest rated episode of the series.That comes from IMDb’s user ratings, which aggregate the general opinion of fans through ratings of 0-10 stars. Don’t worry though, because even though Invincible season 4 episode 4 is the lowest rated of the show’s episodes, it still ranks at a 7.2 – a respectable rating that represents a relatively small dip in user opinions.Here’s the IMDb logline for the episode: “A family confronts a fire danger. A cave exploration uncovers…
It would be a reasonable assumption to make that there are only so many variations on football games you can make. Ultimately, no matter how many bells, whistles, or rocket powered cars you throw at it, it always comes down to getting a ball in a net and shouting SCOOOOOORE. Except in the case of Nutmeg!, a “nostalgic deckbuilding football manager” which looks like it features more faxing than any sort of kicking, but I mean that in an endearing way, promise. In Nutmeg, you are the gaffer (the head honcho, the manager, the coach for the non-Brits…