Zero Parades: Director’s Cut will challenge you to drive a stolen truck through a busy roundabout while stoned out of your mind

Just four months after the release of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, and two months after laying off a significant number of employees, Studio ZA/UM has announced Zero Parades: Director’s Cut, a major update that will add roughly 40,000 words of new content, a new encounter, and other improvements and fixes. From the announcement on…

Wolverine Player Breaks Free Of Its Levels To Explore Its Larger, Unfinished World

Marvel’s Wolverine is not the open-world superhero romp fans have come to expect from Insomniac Games, whose previous comic book games like Spider-Man 2 featured city-sized sandboxes. I actually enjoyed Wolverine’s relative linearity because a shorter game with a smaller map is exactly what I wanted after over a decade of increasing bloat from open-world…

Endless Legend 2 just hit 1.0, if you’re looking for a gorgeous fantasy alternative to Civilization 7

Much as its predecessor pulled me out of the Civ 5 hole back in 2014, Endless Legend 2 has won my heart among the modern roster of 4X games. This fantastical, magical twist on exploring, expanding, exploiting, and exterminating has been in early access since last September, and now it’s finally hitting 1.0. While Firaxis…

Watch Point It Out! Episode 4, the Big Blizzcon Breakdown

Published Sep 17, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT Is love stronger than World of Warcraft? Have you ever waded through a week of rapid-fire video game news and felt an immediate need to unpack it immediately, lest your head explode? That’s sure how we felt after trying to figure out if we’d be alive long enough to…

2027 Upcoming Games Release Schedule

2027 is shaping up to be another big year for new video games, as the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S continue to get plenty of games despite their massively increased prices, and Nintendo’s Switch 2 has been, slowly but surely, getting a great lineup of exclusives. Whether you’re waiting for a new soulslike or the…

Hyper Light Drifter Maker Heart Machine Lays Off “Nearly Everyone

Heart Machine, an indie developer known for games like Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, has laid off most of its staff, according to studio head Alx Preston. Preston took to LinkedIn to share the news that the studio was working on a game that was funded by an unnamed publisher, but after that publisher…

Bloomwalker Is Now A Ni No Kuni Spin-Off

When Netmarble’s adventure-crafting game Bloomwalker was first shown off at Gamescom in 2025, it was pretty clear that the devs were taking a lot of inspiration from Studio Ghibli movies like Howl’s Moving Castle. As of today, that inspiration is now semi-official, as the latest trailer for Bloomwalker at Tokyo Game Show 2026 confirms that…

Grab a 97%-rated samurai roguelike and a surreal detective game for nothing with this week’s Epic Games Store free games

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for your regularly scheduled round of free PC games, courtesy of the folks at the Epic Games Store. Its weekly giveaway this time includes an extremely slick and satisfying roguelike, and a noir-styled surrealist whodunnit, both of which can be yours without spending a thing. Shogun Showdown is…

Japanese Charts: Rhythm Heaven Groove Surpasses 1 Million Boxed Units Sold

Image: Nintendo Famitsu has posted the latest data for boxed sales in Japan, and it’s Rhythm Heaven Groove that takes the top spot once again. Not only that, but consistent sales have now put the Switch game at over 1 million total boxed sales in the region. Pretty neat. Onimusha: Way of the Sword is…

Stunning 2023 PS5 RPG Is Half Price on PS Store Ahead of Sequel

A surprise hit 2023 PS5 and PS4 historical fantasy RPG is half price on the PS Store ahead of its sequel’s launch. Developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is on sale until next week. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is under $20 in limited-time PS Store deal PS5 and…