Stalker 2 says to hell with it, let’s just update our entire Unreal Engine implementation in new roadmap for the rest of the year

If GSC Game World has a motto, I think it should be ‘the mad lads are actually doing it.’ Not only did the Ukrainian studio release a killer (albeit, admittedly, somewhat on fire) game with Stalker 2 under some of the grimmest imaginable conditions last year, it’s now decided to go ahead and just upgrade … Read more

I think Dungeons and Dragons peaked in 1982 and that’s why I can’t wait to play this ‘hand-drawn black and white dungeon crawler’ coming next year

The Secret of Weepstone | Announcement Trailer – YouTube Watch On Every now and then I run across a game that looks like it will be my thing—not that it necessarily will be my thing, but the vibe is undeniable. The Secret of Weepstone, revealed today, is one such game: “A hand-drawn black and white … Read more

Steam and GOG are having an isometric games sale with discounts on enough CRPGs to fill your entire inventory

The Isometric Sale 2025 Trailer – YouTube Watch On If your favorite flavor of videogames is “ones that rely on parallel projection to give a sense of 3D geometry” then you’re in luck, because Steam and GOG are both currently discounting isometric games. If CRPGs, tactics games, and board game adaptations are your thing then … Read more

In what was likely a karmic inevitability, Palworld now has its own shameless imitator on the Switch

While Nintendo might’ve found a way to bring Pocketpair to court over patents it arguably shouldn’t have been awarded in the first place, it’s telling that even its military-grade legal hit squad didn’t try to nail Palworld for its Pokemon knockoffery. But while I’ll defend Palworld’s legal right to pretend Dinossom isn’t just Lilligant’s flower … Read more

This game about channel surfing surreal alien broadcasts used to be exclusive to a 1-bit console with a crank—but now it’s coming to Steam

Blippo+ | Switch and Steam Release Date Trailer | Coming Sept 23rd – YouTube Watch On Playdate received an oddity called Blippo Plus earlier this year. It turns the handheld console into a strange little television, so that twisting the crank feels akin to switching channels on an old analog TV dial. Sometimes you’ll find … Read more

Pity poor Capcom: Monster Hunter Wilds’ latest patch introduced a new crash bug, developers are working on it and ‘will provide further updates when we have them’

Capcom’s efforts to make Monster Hunter Wilds better have, for some players, instead succeeded in making it worse. The studio says it’s aware of a bug introduced in the new 1.021 update that’s causing crashes, and it’s now working on a fix. Reports of crashes began to surface on Reddit shortly after the 1.021 update … Read more

Team Fortress 2 player cooks themselves by destroying a Golden Frying Pan worth $6,800—for the second time

A Team Fortress 2 player has caused some capital-D Drama among the venerable shooter’s more dedicated users, through the simple method of destroying one of the game’s rarest items mid-match. The cherry on top: this is the second time they’ve done it. User Gregarious deleted a Golden Frying Pan, an item worth just under seven … Read more