Tag: games

Gloomhaven: Second Edition on hold due to Trump tariffs causing a ‘ripple effect’ on the board game industry, says publisher: ‘Our products are no longer retail viable’

Gloomhaven: Second Edition on…

Cephalofair Games, and other board game publishers like it, are in dire straits thanks to Trump administration trade tariffs,…
‘They can never kill emulation’: Players vexed as Nintendo continues its siege on Switch emulation, handing DMCAs to various emulators on GitHub

‘They can never kill…

Nintendo Switch emulation has had a rough go of it. The first big Switch emulator, Yuzu, got targeted by…
Last Epoch’s excellent new update proves we’re in a golden age of ARPGs, and there’s something here for everyone

Last Epoch’s excellent new…

The month of April has turned out to be a flashpoint for the isometric ARPG community. It’s packed with…
REPO devs gently ask modders to ‘optimize the amount of server traffic they send’ to avoid ‘skyrocketing server costs’

REPO devs gently ask…

REPO’s dev team loves its players and modders, but it’s kindly asking everyone to optimize their mods so they…
I’m glad the Lunar Remastered Collection scrubs the Austin Powers references, but I wish it went further in overhauling its wacky ’90s localisation

I’m glad the Lunar…

There is something about the Lunar series—a classic JRPG duology by Game Arts, first released for Sega CD—that makes…
TV tie-in MMO looter shooter Defiance returns for a free-to-play third shot at life and gigantic messy boss battles

TV tie-in MMO looter…

Admit it, we all have an MMO of questionable pedigree that we could happily sink dozens more hours into.…
Survival horror word-em-up Blood Typers rolls out the Scarlet Carpet for its grand finale update

Survival horror word-em-up Blood…

Blood Typers was one of my favourite indie picks of last month. A clever fusion of classic Resident Evil…
The dev behind my top upcoming RPG is a Hungarian chef who thought ‘if not now, then when?’ and learned coding from scratch to make his dream ‘eurojank’ masterpiece

The dev behind my…

Sword Hero is the type of game I was put on this Earth to play: A hyper-ambitious, systems-driven RPG…
Today’s Wordle answer for Sunday, April 20

Today’s Wordle answer for…

There’s a clue for today’s Wordle just a quick scroll down this page if you need to unscramble a…
Scientists claim they’ve seen a ‘jaw-dropping’ new color, but you can only experience it by shooting lasers directly into your eyes

Scientists claim they’ve seen…

By very precisely shooting lasers directly into the eye (do no try this at home), researchers claim it’s possible…