Spring sports are in the air for Xbox Game Pass subscribers in the first half of April. MLB The Show 22 is available Tuesday April 5 for console and cloud gaming, the same day it launches for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. So is Big Ant Studios’ Cricket 22, which launched in December, for those who prefer wickets to bases. […]

Nine Sols is an upcoming 2D action-platformer from Red Candle Games, the developer behind the fantastic psychological horror games Detention and Devotion. We’ve previously heard about the fast-paced game, but getting to see it in action makes it clear that it significantly departs from the usual formula. On Tuesday, Red Candle Games gave us our first look at the Sekiro: […]

Game developers in Ukraine and Russia are currently blocked from accessing their income from digital marketplace Steam, and storefront owner Valve says it’s working on a solution. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spurred economic sanctions and unrest in the wake of the war, and Valve says the bank it uses for business in the region have instituted new regulations. Affected […]

Vampire Survivors, the popular Castlevania-inspired survival game that gained a lot of traction earlier this year, has some major updates in store. Luca Galante, the game’s developer, posted a detailed development roadmap alongside a blog post after last week’s update to the game. The post highlights what’s coming to Vampire Survivors over the next few weeks and months, leading to […]

In Core Keeper, players are dropped into the center of a massive, procedurally generated cavern. From the heart of this cavern, you mine and gather resources: food to keep from starving, ore for armor and tools. You fight enemies and reveal secrets deep underground. It’s a classic formula that will appeal to fans of base-builder survival sims, and the game […]

With the 2022 Game Developers Conference (GDC) kicking off this week, the developers behind the Unity game engine have published a new real-time graphics tech demo called “Enemies.” The video is relatively simple in its plot and setting — at least initially. A woman sits at a chess board, and then her table starts to shift into the ground via […]

Monaco 2, the sequel to 2013’s award-winning heist indie game Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine, is now in development, publisher Humble Games announced Thursday. Indie studio Pocketwatch Games and original creator Andy Schatz are returning for the sequel, which will explore 3D, procedurally generated environments. Schatz described the stylized sequel as “the ultimate heist simulator,” and the 3D setting will […]

Tunic, the Legend of Zelda-inspired action-adventure game starring a cute, tiny fox in a big, dangerous world, is now available on Mac, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X — and if you’re an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you have a nice surprise waiting for you: Tunic is available through Game Pass on Xbox consoles. Tunic’s day-one availability through […]

The latest Valheim update makes the mountains even more treacherous — and tempting to explore. In crafting survival game Valheim, players take the role of Vikings in the afterlife. While they start in the relatively safe meadows, if they want to keep expanding their base and growing stronger, they’ll need to kill dangerous bosses and explore into new biomes. On […]

The Steam Deck needs a kickstand and I’ll be damned if I don’t shout this into oblivion, hoping my frustration wills said kickstand into existence. Why? Because the Steam Deck has a gargantuan collection of low-impact visual novels that can be played with simple taps on the touch screen. And it has tons of shmups with Tate mode (vertical screen) […]