Tag: Roguelike

What do you get if you blend Adult Swim, Street Fighter, and Escape from Tarkov? An out-there new fighting game called Longjuice Squeeze

What do you get…

Fighting games are, to a certain degree, a known quality at the moment. While some of the big hitters…
LocalThunk had made hobby games in the past, but realized Balatro was something special when a friend revealed he had played it for ’20, 30, or 40′ hours

LocalThunk had made hobby…

In a recent Bloomberg interview with Balatro creator LocalThunk, the notably private, anonymous developer opened up a little bit…
Krafton pulls the plug on another PUBG game, Black Budget, less than a year after it was announced

Krafton pulls the plug…

PUBG publisher Krafton announced today it is ending development of PUBG: Black Budget, the extraction shooter spin-off announced nearly…
Balatro 1

Balatro 1.1 will include…

In a new interview with Bloomberg, Balatro creator LocalThunk revealed some new details about the chaotic poker roguelike’s major…
TIL what may or may not be the oldest board game in recorded history is also, perhaps inevitably, now a roguelike

TIL what may or…

Are you aware of Oh!Ware? I’m guessing not. The deckbuilder has been on Steam for about a week as…
Call of Duty veteran reportedly fired by 2K following muted response to “roguelike hero shooter” Project Ethos

Call of Duty veteran…

Call of Duty veteran Michael Condrey has reportedly been fired as the head of 2K Games studio 31st Union…
While you’re waiting for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, try this free Steam demo of a roguelike kingdom-builder where your peasants won’t work unless you’re looking directly at them

While you’re waiting for…

I can feel it poised to happen: Kingdom Come 2: Deliverance is gonna hit big on Steam tomorrow when…
You can now watch one of this year’s best orchestral game-music performances, celebrating Hades 1 and 2, online for free

You can now watch…

The outrageously enjoyable Hades musical orchestral concert, Ballads of the Underworld, is now available to watch in its entirety,…
Roguelike beat-’em-up Absolum’s new update is adding even more variety to 2025’s most replayable game

Roguelike beat-’em-up Absolum’s new…

When it came time to choose my personal pick in our 2025 Game of the Year awards, one game…
Put Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Hades and Risk of Rain in a blender and you get Helskate, plus a whole lot of jank

Put Tony Hawk’s Pro…

Helskate is the kind of wild genre-fusion design I love in videogames. Tony Hawk Pro Skater’s arcade score-chasing, combined…