Tag: games

Teleport, alter gravity, and survive on the run in puzzle platformer Bionic Bay

Teleport, alter gravity, and…

A cool little puzzle platformer released last week: Bionic Bay, where you’re a little pixel scientist who, exiled to…
Palia’s big Elderwood expansion is coming in May with a new zone that reminds me of WoW’s Teldrassil

Palia’s big Elderwood expansion…

Cozy MMO Palia is getting its biggest expansion yet, featuring the new Elderwood adventure zone, which might look familiar…
Finally, a climate change solution: This free game lets you shoot a tornado with a shotgun

Finally, a climate change…

Fans of Twister rejoice, there’s finally a game that lets you take down tornadoes in the least realistic way…
‘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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…