6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (347+ words) What should be a victory celebration for a breakout game has been hampered by a messy lawsuit and developers without pay. Recently, former Kotaku bossman turned Game File author Stephen Totilo broke the story of the furlough and a Bit…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (233+ words) My biggest problem is having no idea who to romance I often wonder why I play so many farming simulators. Mechanically, most of them are exactly the same—you farm, you sell crops, you romance townspeople, rinse and repeat. Fields…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (208+ words) Who hasn't at least once looked at their life and said "I feel like a cow trying to play an MMO"? “[EVE Online] is a notoriously hard game, but it doesn't have to be!” Fenris wrote in a tweet after…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (253+ words) Despite the game's success, roughly 80% of the team aren't getting paid Star Wars Zero Company is out and it rules, which should mean Bit Reactor, the team responsible for making the game, are currently basking in the warm afterglow of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (670+ words) Everything in one place Wow, what an incredible day it’s been for video games. Perhaps the greatest ever. Let’s dig in. If you’ve never heard the (very cool) 33rpm slowed-down version of Jolene, you should really listen to it now—listening…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (182+ words) Blood Dungeon is an escalating panic attack full of troubling creatures and atypical Drum and Bass that's a blast to play. Nothing but respect for Balatro. Creator of Highlight Reel, Co-founder at Aftermath. The feudal murder mystery is part Columbo,…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (296+ words) 'No generative AI was used in the creation of the artwork' James Pond, a classic fish-based 1990 platformer that spawned (I am not sorry) a few sequels is, decades later, getting not only a surprise new game in the series, but…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (245+ words) A collaboration between Gizmodo Japan and Keychron, the Nape Pro does not replace a mouse or trackball but it does invent its own use case. Buttons and positioning are arbitrary and each button is programmable. The Gizmodo Japan piece about…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (292+ words) Storied developer Warren Spector, best known for his work on games like Deus Ex, Thief and the Ultima series, has said today that he is "retiring from game development. At least I think so." In a statement posted to his…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (204+ words) A word game that's trickier than it looks We all know the pain of finally getting some time to play games, and then staring at our Steam library not really in the mood for anything. Lately, there’s a game I…...