Factorio’s Space Age expansion is out now, adding asteroid factories, Frostpunky iceworlds and rotting jungles
Back in the protean stink of 2013, the beast we call Factorio sprouted in lowercase early access form and began its meticulous, ravenous conquest of the emerging factory sim genre. Some say that Factorio gave that genre life, though I'd point at Dwarf Fortress as one among many notable forebears ...
Review: Fear The Spotlight (Switch) – A Retro-Styled, Narrative Horror Gem & A Must-Play
The spotlight fantastic.When Blumhouse Productions announced its venture into the video game industry with Blumhouse Games, it would have been all too easy for the company to lean on some of its most recognisable IPs for its first release. Franchises such as Insidious, The Purge, Sinister, and Paranormal Activity certainly ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Ends the 3-Year Scourge of the Riot Shield
The Call of Duty riot shield has been a source of much debate within the community for years. This primary weapon replacement — a huge shield that lets you deflect bullets from enemy weapons — has sparked as much frustration as it has devilish delight, with critics claiming the riot ...
Vampire Survivors to get its “biggest DLC” yet, an ode to Castlevania with a sprawling new map
Vampire Survivors was our best game of 2022 and one of the best roguelikes, period. And over the years it's received a slew of updates that make it a bit bigger and a bit better, but nothing that's been mega substantial. That is, until today's announcement that it's getting an ...
Silent Hill 2 Remake Gets First Major Update in Patch 1.04
Bloober Team has released the first major update for the Silent Hill 2 remake in Patch 1.04, addressing myriad gameplay issues as well as improving the survival horror game's technical performance.The patch notes were released on Steam and outline dozens of changes made to Silent Hill 2. Some address funnier ...
In action strategy builder RailGods, Cthulhu is a train and you’d better keep it fed
RailGods Of Hysterra is one of those games that, as it were, shovels a bunch of relatively dried-up concepts into the squirming furnaces of something appealingly ghastly. On the one hand, it's burdened by talk of "crafting", "base-building" and "survival" - all things I have enjoyed but am currently weary ...
Silent Hill 2 Remake Dev Bloober Team Knew It Had to Evolve After Releasing The Medium
Bloober Team has admitted it knew it had to "evolve" after releasing The Medium, a decision which led to the development of bigger games such as the Silent Hill 2 remake and the upcoming Cronos: The New Dawn.Cronos director and producer Jacek Zieba told IGN that The Medium, which arrived ...
Final Fantasy VII fan translation restores every lost instance of Cloud saying “let’s mosey”
In a climactic scene of the original Final Fantasy VII, hero and amateur snowboarder Cloud Strife stands with his fellow adventurers as they are about to face a final, possibly fatal battle. With the steely glare of a polygonal warrior on the verge of killing god, he turns to them ...
The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Version 1.0.2 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The most devious issue in Goron Citayyy.We are approaching one whole month since the release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (yep, we were shocked too) and Nintendo has released another update to bring things up to version 1.0.2.This second patch is a little beefier than the one ...
Emperor-Blessed Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Player Solos the New Bio-Titan on Lethal Difficulty Using a Cheese That Takes 45 Minutes
After Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s latest patch made pretty much everything about the PvE Operations mode harder, one heroic player has done the Emperor proud by coming up with the game’s ultimate cheese.Space Marine 2 Update 4.0 added a new PvE map and with it the terrifying Tyranid Hierophant ...