Annapurna Interactive is becoming known for publishing unique games off the beaten path, like the recently released Stray that has quickly gained mainstream attention as the cat game. It’s in that environment that the studio released its latest Annapurna Showcase, debuting a number of new games and sharing more details …
Read More »Is It You? Adds Abilities And A Third Team To The Social-Deduction Formula, Debuts In August
Developers OneXP and Remag have announced that their social deduction game Is It You? will debut in August with a playtest on Steam. The game made for 8-15 players has little mushroom people attempt to survive against a traitorous mushroom in your ranks, using special abilities and conversations with other …
Read More »Black Panther Open-World, Single-Player Game Reportedly In Development
Marvel fans saw what’s next for Black Panther with the stellar Wakanda Forever trailer from Comic-Con this weekend, but that’s not all that’s in the works. A Black Panther game is also said to be in development, and it may be coming from a new studio founded by the former …
Read More »Dogs Love Stray, Too
Stray has become a big hit on the internet, because apparently the internet likes cats? We’re as surprised as anyone. This has resulted in tons of fans capturing their own feline roommates taking notice of the virtual kitty, but cats aren’t the only pets reacting. Lots of dogs are getting …
Read More »Okay, Sony, PS5 Really Needs Folders Now That PlayStation Plus Has Dramatically Expanded
My PlayStation 5 is a mess, and I bet yours is too. The longstanding lack of organization in the user interface has been suddenly and dramatically exacerbated by the arrival of the new PlayStation Plus tiers, which offer hundreds of games at your fingertips. This means many more icons taking …
Read More »Mario Strikers: Battle League Free Update Adds Daisy, Shy Guy, And New Gear
Nintendo has announced the first free update for Mario Strikers: Battle League, coming this week. It will add two new characters, Daisy and Shy Guy, along with a new Knight Gear set, and a Desert Ruin stadium. The software update will be available on July 22. The spunky princess Daisy …
Read More »Marvel's Midnight Suns: Everything We Know About Firaxis' Tactical Superhero RPG
Marvel’s Midnight Suns is the next game from developer Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization and the past three XCOM games. Though it has tactical strategy elements, Marvel’s Midnight Suns is far from a superhero reskin of XCOM, possessing a card-based combat system and a more substantial focus on roleplay. …
Read More »How Street Fighter 2 Shaped The Console Wars
In the contentious console war between Nintendo and Sega’s 16-bit systems, most of the attention was focused on the elements that the two warring factions directly controlled: the hardware and first-party games, and especially the dueling mascots, Mario and Sonic. But third-party support varied wildly at the time, with entire …
Read More »Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series Already On Sale For A Nice Discount
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series has only been out less than a week, but you can already grab it at a discount from Fanatical. The PC games retailer is selling the remastered double-pack of the PS1-era platformers for $34, a tidy discount from its usual price of $40. See at Fanatical …
Read More »Hearthstone Murder at Castle Nathria Card Reveal: Ghastly Gravedigger
Hearthstone’s Murder at Castle Nathria expansion is coming next month, and Blizzard is lining up the series of suspects for the grisly crime, along with potential crime scenes with new Location cards. But someone has to clean up the mess, and that’s where the Ghastly Gravedigger comes in. The Ghastly …
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