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Everything We Saw At Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase
17.4.2024
Nintendo has delivered a brand-new Indie World showcase. It lasted about 20 minutes and gave us a look at some cute and cozy games, a few of which are launching today. Unfortunately, there was no Hollow Knight: Silksong news, but there was still plenty to get stoked about.Read more
Why Stardew Valley Fans Love This Queer Pop Banger
17.4.2024
If your social media is attuned to gay stuff, pop queens, or Coachella, you’ve probably heard Chappell Roan. The budding pop artist has been making waves on platforms like TikTok with songs like “Casual” and her latest single, “Good Luck, Babe!” Her Coachella performance has also been popping...
Silksong Fans Won't Survive Another Round Of Disappointment
17.4.2024
Today, Wednesday, April 17, Nintendo held a short Indie World Showcase. The tension in the air was palpable long before it started, as fans thought this might finally be the showcase to give us the long-awaited indie Metroidvania Hollow Knight: Silksong—the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed...
Hades II Technical Test Is Coming, Time To Get Excited
16.4.2024
If you’ve been anxiously awaiting Hades II, the sequel to Supergiant’s stunning 2020 roguelike, I’ve got good news for you. While the hotly anticipated title isn’t quite entering Early Access just yet, the studio says it’s not all that far off. And ahead of that milestone, Supergiant will...
Ori Devs Explain Why They're Not Making A Third Game (For Now)
9.4.2024
Moon Studios, the developer behind the beloved Metroidvanias Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, is working on No Rest for the Wicked. The action RPG is set to launch this month on April 19 and is a bit of a departure from the Ori series that made the studio...
What An ESRB Rating Means For Hollow Knight: Silksong
5.4.2024
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Hellblade II Dev Says People Want Shorter Games, And They’re Right
4.4.2024
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is set to follow in its predecessor’s footsteps as a digital-only, shorter experience. Ninja Theory’s follow-up to the 2017 psychological horror action game will run about eight hours and cost only $50 compared to the $70 most AAA games cost on the Xbox Series X/S. If...
Upcoming Roguelite From Dead Cells Devs Gives Us A First Look At Its Frenetic Gameplay
3.4.2024
Windblown, the next game from Dead Cells developer Motion Twin, has given players a first look at its high-speed gameplay. The action roguelite was first announced at the 2023 Game Awards with a stylish reveal trailer, but didn’t show much of what it would actually be like to play. The latest...
Stardew Valley Mod Challenges Fans To Create Bagel With Nearly Every Food In The Game
2.4.2024
Between farming crops and picking up random doodads you find around the titular village in Stardew Valley, there are a lot of possible ingredients you can use to craft and cook new items. With this in mind, one modder has decided to challenge players of ConcernedApe’s farming sim RPG to create...
Palworld Is The Latest Game To Fall Into A Tiresome April Fools’ Trend
1.4.2024
April Fools’ Day is a nightmare for news writers. This morning, I woke up to an Overwatch Cavalry post about an Overwatch 2 x Valorant crossover, and it took my brain at least eight seconds to catch up to the date posted underneath the graphic. April Fools’ Day is the annual “make fun of dating...
Swords, Pirates, And Sand: 20 New Games To Check Out In April
29.3.2024
It’s nearly April. Where does the time go? Whether this year is flying or crawling by for you, we’re looking at another four weeks of new game releases. April arrives with a number of familiar releases landing on new platforms, some interesting new exclusives, and the video game adaptation of...
Earthblade, The Next Game From Celeste Devs, Has Been Delayed
28.3.2024
Earthblade, the next game from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games, will not be released in 2024. The fantasy Metroidvania platformer was originally slated for release this year, but has been delayed without a new release window.Read more
What You Need To Know About Stardew Valley’s Green Rain
20.3.2024
If you’re walking around Stardew Valley and see some green rain, don’t freak out. The green rain is a new weather condition added in the recent massive update 1.6, but it’s not dangerous or anything. Rather, it can be quite helpful if you know what to look for during these special rainy days....
El Paso, Elsewhere Dev Drags Industry’s ‘Sudden Silence’ In Uplifting Black Voices
20.3.2024
El Paso, Elsewhere was a big game for indie studio Strange Scaffold when it launched in September 2023. The Max Payne-like, narrative-driven vampire shooter centered a Black male character in the leading role, something you don’t see too often in the games industry. Well, Strange Scaffold founder...
What You Need To Know About Stardew Valley’s Newest Merchant
20.3.2024
Stardew Valley, the eight-year-old cozy farming sim, is new again thanks to its latest patch. Update 1.6 launched on March 19 and brought a long laundry list of bug fixes, changes, and new content to the game. It’s enough to get old and new players to dive in, years after its release. One of...
Stardew Valley’s Hefty 1.6 Update Has More Features Than We Expected
19.3.2024
Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update is finally here—and it’s bigger than any of us anticipated. The developer, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has been coy about some of the bigger features the update would introduce, teasing a festival and some new dialogue, but more or less left it at that for a long time....
Stardew Valley 1.6 Launches Today, Here’s What You Need To Know
19.3.2024
Stardew Valley players have been waiting nearly a year for the massive 1.6 update to release since developer ConcernedApe first teased it. That wait is finally almost over, as the long-anticipated update 1.6 is set to go live for the beloved farming sim today, March 19. Here’s what you need to know...
The Last Stardew Valley 1.6 Patch Note Is Here
18.3.2024
It is the eve before Stardew Valley’s 1.6 update drops and developer ConcernedApe has delivered us one last sneak peek by way of patch notes. In case you’ve missed the last week of chaos, Stardew Valley’s developer has been releasing spoiler-free teases of what’s to come in the forthcoming update...
Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming
18.3.2024
Balatro, the popular roguelike deck-builder quickly taking over the world, has now sold over 1 million copies in less than a month. And good news to all you Balatro sickos out there (myself included): the hit card game is getting ported to mobile devices, too. Finally, I’ll be able to stop playing...
Get Five Of 2023's Best Indie Games At Nearly 50 Percent Off
18.3.2024
This year’s Steam Spring sale only has a few days left until it ends on March 21. We’ve already done a roundup highlighting 12 of the best games you can get for cheap during the annual sale, ranging from 2023’s big AAA tentpoles, to some older hidden gems that are worth grabbing. But one of...