More layoffs as Behaviour Interactive and CI Games “adjust scope” and make “optimisations”
About 20 years ago, a travel company declared this Monday just gone, the 15th, to be the most depressing day of the year. They call it Blue January. Enter yet more studio layoffs. 2023's trend continues with Dead By Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive getting rid of about 45 staff, per ...
Indiana Jones Steals the Show at the Xbox Direct
Microsoft’s second (hopefully annual?) Xbox Developer Direct went, like the first, exceptionally well. While we didn’t get a shadow-dropped killer exclusive – and let’s be honest, that’s not an expectation that Team Xbox probably wants to set – we did still get the surprise of a behind-the-scenes look at Square ...
Roots Of Yggdrasil’s gorgeous roguelike citybuilding is a real grower
Back in the depths of 2023's February Steam Next Fest, Roots Of Yggdrasil was one of a handful of games that really caught my attention. Not because it was another beautiful-looking deckbuilder (though that does seem to be a steadily growing niche of mine these days), or because its colourful, ...
Random: The ‘Pokémon-With-Guns’ Game On Steam Is Yet More Homework Copying
piAKchu.We have seen a good few Pokémon clones over the years, but very few have been quite as, ermm, out there as Palworld, the creature-collecting RPG... with guns. Well, it has launched into Early Access on Steam today.Originally revealed at Indie Live Expo 2021, Palworld has everything you would expect ...
Palworld Is Already Off to a Huge Start on Steam
Palworld has launched big on Steam, where it’s already one of the most-played games.At the time of this article’s publication, Palworld, which has been described as "Pokémon With Guns”, was just shy of 200,000 concurrent players on Valve’s platform, making it the fourth most-played game on Steam behind only PUBG, ...
Call of Duty Developer Explains What Went Wrong With Warzone’s Busted Season 1 Reloaded Update
The main developer of Call of Duty Warzone has explained what went wrong with this week’s Season 1 Reloaded update, and issued an apology to players.Following the mid-season update’s release, players ran into intense visual and gameplay glitches that made the battle royale pretty much unplayable. The problems were so ...
Sorry fruit keyboards, I am now a vegetable keyboard person
After quite a while using the Fnatic Streak65, a 60% keyboard with Cherry brown switches, I have moved on from fruit (technically drupe, according to Google) and into a vegetable era. My Streak's brown switches became a bit loud and quite rattly, which, as someone with hearing declared by an ...
Arc System Works Confirmed As Developer Of Another Code: Recollection
Fighting game when?In an official confirmation on social media, Japanese fighting game specialist Arc System Works has revealed it was the developer behind the new Switch release Another Code: Recollection.Cing shut up shop years ago, so it's no surprise to hear someone else handled it but we've now got an ...
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Latest Update Adds New amiibo Support, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Unlock some special in-game goodies.Now that the new year is underway, Nintendo is slowly returning to its regular schedule with new game releases, Switch Online subscription content, and game updates. With this in mind, Nintendo has today released a new update for its smash-hit RPG Xenoblade Chronicles 3.Read the full ...
Square Enix President Says the Company Wants to Release Fewer, More Diverse Games
Square Enix appears to be on the verge of shaking up its development portfolio. According to its president, we may soon see fewer titles, but a more diverse array of genres coming out of a developer and publisher traditionally known for its massive RPG franchises.In an investor Q&A that took ...
