With Valve’s Steam Machine releasing on June 29, you may be confused as to when you’ll be able to actually purchase the not-a-console console. It’s a little perplexing, so let us help you make sense of the email you might’ve just gotten in your inbox. Valve has begun sending out preorder emails notifying you about…
Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has released his latest reminder that yes, he’s still working on Haunted Chocolatier, the action-RPG and life sim in which you run a sweetshop in a realm of ghosts. This particular blogpost is notable for a mildly agonised aside about the game’s recipe book interface, which needs to…
The Steam Machine isn’t even out yet, though Valve has begun sending out confusing emails about whether people are in the “queue” or on the “waitlist” for the device. That hasn’t stopped netizens from doing the inevitable, though: listing their reservations on eBay to make a quick buck. If you head over to eBay—or GameBay…
Driven witless by the UK heatwave, I throw open my email inbox and search desperately for videogames about waterfalls, canopies of thick palm leaves, and the sibilant settling of ice in the bellies of the largest, most enduring glaciers. Instead, I am challenged to excavate a world of sand. Hooded Horse and…
I promise I’m not going to make a “set your phasers to” joke even though this post is about a Star Trek deal. Among the dozens of movies and TV series on sale for Prime Day is the entire run of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray–all 41 discs of it. The massive boxed…
There’s nothing I revel in more than a game with a simple concept and committing to it as fully as possible. So, here’s BREKEKEKEX, a stylish action/3D brawler that pits you against frogs, cultists, guys on hogs, guys with buckets on their heads, “and worse.” It is mouthwateringly ridiculous; in what world does a…
Following devastating layoffs at Bungie, studio head Justin Truman is reportedly stepping down. Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier reported the news on Bluesky, writing that “people familiar with the situation” have confirmed this to the news outlet. BREAKING: Bungie studio head Justin Truman, who succeeded Pete Parsons last year, is stepping down, people familiar with the…
Welp, almost a year on from its launch, Wildgate’s story is coming to an end. For a refresher, this is the sci-fi shooter from Moonshot Games led by Starcraft 2 lead designer Dustin Browder. This obviously all sounds a bit sad, and it will be for some out there, but this final update isn’t…
It looks like layoffs at Xbox have started, with a number of developers at South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games now looking for new opportunities. The layoffs come as part of a massive shakeup at Xbox under new CEO Asha Sharma, which will reportedly see multiple Xbox Game Studios either closed or going independent once…
