Tag: news
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Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit – Home Away from Home
Back in 2021, Cozy Grove was one of the most relaxing cozy games around, featuring a very interesting story about soothing ghosts. It was unlike most games in the genre because it ran in real time and was designed in a way that highly encouraged playing for just an hour each day. At first, we…
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Holonoptic: Economics Shapes Every Choice
For the past six years, Kevin Bloch has been building Holonoptic almost entirely on his own. Developed under the studio name Glazial, the game combines an unusually detailed economic simulation—complete with supply chains and more than 50 companies—with a narrative-driven RPG set in an alpine cyberpunk world. Bloch handled the design, programming, writing, and artwork…
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Project: Gorgon: A great, ambitios MMO
A lot of gamers love MMOs, especially ones like Guild Wars 2 or Elder Scrolls Online. We are no exception. There is something comforting about logging in after a long day, following a clear objective, completing a few quests, and collecting those daily and weekly rewards. The modern theme park MMO understands exactly what players…
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Hatchery Games on Building the World of Voidling Bound
It feels like monster-taming games are shifting right now. The folks at Hatchery Games are trying something really fun with Voidling Bound. They are mixing fast-paced, third-person shooting with a deep system where you breed and customize your creatures. To see how this all came together, we talked to Frédérick Gagnon, Cofounder and Executive Producer…
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Phantom Tower launches into Early Access on PC
Climbing an endless tower, cutting through waves of enemies, and constantly finding better loot can be a recipe for a very satisfying formula. As its first project, Horien Studio’s Phantom Tower combines fast-paced hack-and-slash combat with RPG progression, crafting, and plenty of loot. It has all the right ingredients, but do they come together as…
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Hell Clock: Cursed War: Great DLC!
Last year, Hell Clock took us by surprise with its fast-paced blend of action RPG and roguelike mechanics. Now, Cursed War returns with a fourth act that gives us every reason to step back into its brutal world. Since we’re big fans of both Diablo’s heavy-hitting combat and Hades’ run-based structure, we felt right at…
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Denshattack Interview: Rigging a Train to Kickflip
We’re big fans of the arcade sports genre and we love to see how the devs they tackle skateboards, BMX bikes, and snowboards. What we haven’t seen is locking the player into a multi-ton commuter railway vehicle and asking demanding from them to pull off a 720-degree spin? That’s a completely different level of physics-bending…
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Voidling Bound: A Fresh Take on Creature Collecting
The creature collector genre has been one of our favorites, and it’s safe to say we’ve caught plenty of them across various games over the years. Voidling Bound is the latest addition to the bunch, and it tries to do things a bit differently by blending classic monster-taming mechanics with sci-fi, third-person shooter elements. After…
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Interview about Oops! You’re the Hero!
We’ve all played the “Chosen One.” We would wake up, touch something and suddenly everything rests on our shoulders. But what if the protagonist wants absolutely nothing to do with saving the world? That’s the core of Oops! You’re the Hero!, a story-centered, top-down fantasy adventure where you play a down-on-his-luck Thief. if you’ve played…
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Darktide’s Skitarii: Great mechanics!
We’ve been playing Fatshark games since the Lead and Gold days. We loved that game to death, and we loved Krater even more. But there was something extremely special about Vermintide, especially how they nailed the heavy, satisfying feeling of swinging a mace into a rat. As huge fans of the Warhammer universe, we got…
