A few years back, I played a bit of Theme Hospital after picking it up super cheap on GOG. It was one of many great titles created by Bullfrog Productions, a legendary company responsible for the…
September 11, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Bandai Namco announced that Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition will launch on January 11th, 2019 on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Switch. The early winter release of the Definitive Edition comes over ten…
September 10, 2018 | 06:43 EDT
Released in March of this year, the original Super Seducer was nothing if not controversial. Series star Richard La Ruina went down the road of YouTube takedowns, attempting to silence smaller…
September 10, 2018 | 01:20 EDT
Sega announced that turn-based RPG Valkyria Chronicles would be coming to the Switch on October 16th, roughly a month after Valkyria Chronicles 4. In addition, Sega also took time to detail the post-…
September 7, 2018 | 07:11 EDT
The head of the indie video game company LaserChain LLC has recently sent legal threats and a copyright violation notice to YouTube regarding a small YouTuber's video criticizing LaserChain LLC's…
September 6, 2018 | 02:30 EDT
Dying Light: Bad Blood launches in Early Access later this month. Bad Blood is Techland's take on the Battle Royale genre. It pits 12 players against each other in an area with zombies and loot. The…
September 4, 2018 | 09:35 EDT
Rebellion's Strange Brigade comes out this Tuesday, but the studio is already planning for tons of post-launch content for the title for players to tackle. In an all-new trailer, we see some of the…
August 27, 2018 | 11:15 EDT
The folks over at GOG are on a righteous crusade. Their new initiative, FCK DRM, aims to educate consumers about the DRM (digital rights management) that's often baked into the media they consume, as…
August 24, 2018 | 10:05 EDT
Valve has launched a beta for a new project in support of it’s Linux development. Starting today, Valve is officially developing and supporting a fork of the WINE compatibility layer called Proton,…
August 22, 2018 | 11:40 EDT
The 2013 reboot of Shadow Warrior is a weird and fun game for many reasons. The focus on silly humor, the referential easter eggs scattered throughout the game, the obscene levels of gore. They all…
August 20, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Coverage Club is our weekly series of smaller impressions in the style of full reviews. Games can range from brand new titles hitting Early Access to older hidden gems that never got their due. No…
August 17, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Indie publisher DANGEN Entertainment announced today that Japanese SRPG Vestaria Saga will be released in English sometime next year. RPGamer first noted that it would be coming to Steam in English.…
August 15, 2018 | 06:54 EDT
Route 59 Studios announced that their cel-shaded visual novel Necrobarista is aiming for a 2019 release on PC, Switch, and PS4. Previously, Route 59 had aimed for a launch on the Switch and PC…
August 14, 2018 | 05:16 EDT
Who would have thought feeding Llamas would be so relaxing. It seems like a strange premise for a game at first: riding a trolly, picnic basket full of food while you are surrounded by hungry Llamas…
August 14, 2018 | 04:58 EDT
All tactical games have their roots in chess, the paragon of turn-based gameplay. The rules and the pieces change, the scope grows, but the turn-based mechanic persists for centuries. Making the…
August 14, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Amongst the sea of games showcased at Play NYC, Razbury Games From Rust is perhaps the biggest tone shift from a previous work. Razbury Games is known for the unique RPG Vidar, a dark tale about…
August 13, 2018 | 05:21 EDT
Coverage Club is our weekly series of smaller impressions in the style of full reviews. Games can range from brand new titles hitting Early Access to older hidden gems that never got their due. No…
August 10, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
When your arms and hands are awkwardly proportioned compared to the rest of your body, simple tasks are difficult. Borti, the happy-go-lucky T-Rex, decides to take matters into his own hands to find…
August 10, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
A couple of weeks ago, Steam overhauled their chat system with some features that look straight out of Discord. Now, the social platform for gamers is hitting back by implementing a game distribution…
August 9, 2018 | 02:20 EDT
Editor's Note: Hours after publishing this review, a 7.6 GB patch was distributed to media. The changes include rebalancing crafting recipes, fixing crash bugs and repairing broken AI behavior. These…
August 9, 2018 | 09:00 EDT
Doctor Who, the massively popular British television franchise, has launched another video game to add to its galaxy of spin-offs, with the release of Doctor Who Infinity on August 8, 2018. Launching…
August 9, 2018 | 01:09 EDT
It’s refreshing when developers try something new, whether a theme or a mechanic. In a medium where the return on investment often depends on tried-and-true formulas, it takes courage to experiment.…
August 4, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Flash sales may be returning to Steam in some form according to a tweet from Valve News Network founder Tyler McVicker. There are quite a few gamers out in the world who happily buy a bunch of great…
August 3, 2018 | 04:01 EDT
It isn’t easy to retain the sense of wonder we had in our formative gaming experiences. We tend to become jaded as time goes by, feeling that many games look like carbon copies of each other. So we…
August 3, 2018 | 11:00 EDT
Adventure games are evolving. The days where bestselling titles like Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit the Road reigned are long behind us. While Telltale is still king of adventure games,…
August 1, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Destiny 2 is getting its third DLC expansion this September, following up on Warmind which released this past May. Forsaken is shaping up to add a large amount of new content to the game, and now the…
July 31, 2018 | 08:41 EDT
A Steam game has been accused of scamming its players and implementing malware onto their computers, according to several charges from prominent YouTube channels, installing Cryptocurrency mining…
July 30, 2018 | 03:01 EDT
The new Steam Chat system has been pushed to the client and website according to a news post from the digital game distributor. Steam has been around for nearly 15 years, and the social features…
July 24, 2018 | 06:45 EDT
Coverage Club is our weekly series of smaller impressions in the style of full reviews. Games can range from brand new titles hitting Early Access to older hidden gems that never got their due. No…
July 20, 2018 | 02:30 EDT
We've seen our fair share of indie crossover games, but it's only very recently that they've started to get good. Nicalis is covering the puzzle space and several others are stepping up to the ring…
July 16, 2018 | 01:26 EDT
How do you keep adventure games fresh? How do you push the limits of point and click puzzle solving? Simple. Have multiple solutions to each puzzle. That's the philosophy behind Thief of Thieves:…
July 16, 2018 | 01:01 EDT
Back in May this year, Valve courted controversy when it threatened to pull down a number of adult games unless they made changes. Many of these games were visual novels, with sexual content in some…
July 14, 2018 | 05:38 EDT
It's been a long while since we all first delved into the Gungeon. Described as "a benchmark in the roguelite genre" in our review, improvements can still be made. For players with a lack of…
July 13, 2018 | 11:09 EDT
Typically, the summer months constitute a "down" time for games. You may have forgotten this last year since 2017 was a gold mine for amazing titles, but most years slow down in the months between E3…
July 13, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
As many have noted, the Steam store is full of games, with over 20 new releases each day coming out. This has been a trend that has been going upwards for years and took off even further with the…
July 11, 2018 | 11:29 EDT
Zero Escape creator Kotaro Uchikoshi has announced murder-mystery game AI: The Somnium Files during Anime Expo 2018. Joining him is character designer and manga artist Yusuke Kozaki (Fire Emblem…
July 8, 2018 | 04:45 EDT
Ghost Parade, a 2D sidescroller from Indonesian studio Lentera, will be released in 2019 for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Publishing for the game will be handled by old hands Aksys, who localize…
October 27, 2019 | 12:45 EDT
The pinball adventure is a small but enticing category of games. Every time something like Mario Pinball Land or Rollers of the Realm comes out, I want to like it. I give myself over and wait to be…
July 5, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Steam has released a "Best of 2018 So Far" list, compiling the best-selling and most-played games of the year up to June. It's worth noting that we're only a little over halfway through the year, and…
July 5, 2018 | 12:41 EDT
Roguelike card-building game Slay the Spire has managed to sell over 1 million copies and received a new mode via an update. While the Steam Summer Sale have perhaps bolstered the numbers, Slay the…
July 2, 2018 | 08:21 EDT
Earlier this month, Super Bomberman R ended its Switch exclusivity, hitting PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Each of those versions has platform exclusive characters, but Konami isn't stopping there.…
June 27, 2018 | 12:34 EDT
Madmind Studios' first title, Agony, has experienced nothing but agony when dealing with the press. First off, the game reviewed poorly due to contextless shock-value content and the fact that it…
June 25, 2018 | 08:35 EDT
Hold on to your wallets, people. The Steam Summer Sale 2018 is well and truly underway, and you know what that means: more cards, a cute little minigame, and, of course, way more deals than can be…
June 22, 2018 | 10:56 EDT
Valve has announced Steam Chat, which upgrades the ability for users to converse with their friends while playing games on Steam. Performing similarly to Discord, this platform aims to let users…
June 12, 2018 | 09:50 EDT
Muddledash, a "fun-filled couch co-op party game", will be released for Nintendo Switch and PC this July, according to a press release given by developer slampunks and publisher PQube. The game sees…
June 8, 2018 | 09:24 EDT
It looks like brick and mortar retailers aren't the only ones leaking games this E3 season. Valve's very own game distribution platform, Steam, has up a listing for Avalanche Studios' Just Cause 4.…
June 7, 2018 | 10:25 EDT
Valve has responded to the recent controversy surrounding the removal of several 'adult themed games' on the Steam Store. The blog post by Erik Johnson directly references the issue, and an admission…
June 6, 2018 | 04:47 EDT
This is your pilot speaking. Please secure all your valuables and keep your tray tables to an upright position. As we close in on the stratosphere, please look outside your windows. You should be…
June 1, 2018 | 01:00 EDT