Indie dev apologizes for rough game launch, commits to turning it around: ‘The critique is fair … we got work to do’

The narrative FPS Industria 2 caught my eye in 2024 with a creepy trailer that gave me serious Half-Life 2 vibes. Set years after the original game, it tells the story of a woman trapped in a rather awful parallel dimension that’s being ravaged by an out-of-control artificial intelligence. It looks and sounds very cool,…

Vampire Crawlers Review – Dazzling Dungeons

History has shown that we humans like the movement of light – babies, children, teenagers, adults, and even the elderly are drawn to flashing colors with matching rhythmic sounds. It’s why slot machines, televisions, phones, and yes, video games, keep us glued to their presentation. Poncle’s latest game, a first-person dungeon crawler aptly titled Vampire…

Final Fantasy 14 Fans Are Finally Buzzing Again About Its Future

The morning sun in Anaheim was muted but warm as I made my approach to the convention center where Final Fantasy 14’s latest “Fan Fest” was about to kick off. A line of eager fans, some dressed casually and others bearing awe-inspiring costumes, stretched on around the block. As I slipped towards the media entrance,…

Microsoft is reportedly fixing Windows 11 to take on the Steam Machine, but here’s what else it needs to do

Microsoft has reportedly started a new internal initiative to get Windows 11 running faster and more reliably. It’s hoping to steer people away from the idea of ditching Windows in favor of a Linux gaming PC like the Steam Machine. With the Steam Deck’s SteamOS having proven to run much faster than Windows 11 on…

Pokemon Go May 2026 Events: Raid Bosses, Community Days, Spring Marathon, And More

Pokemon Go‘s Memories in Motion season is coming to an end soon, but the mobile game is wrapping it up with a variety of events and Pokemon debuts. This month will see the arrival of another Paldean Pokemon, Flittle, which will appear for the first time during the game’s Spring Marathon, while Mega Falinks is…

Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games & Accessories For May & June 2026

Image: Nintendo As we slide into the middle of the year, James Bond might have slipped from his May release on Switch 2, but we’ve got both Indiana Jones and T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas whipping their way to us this month, plus a bevvy of physical releases, large and small, across Switches 1 and 2. Square…

Brand-New PS5 Adventure Game Discounted in PS Store Deal

A brand-new, stunning PS5 adventure game has launched today, and it’s already received a limited-time PS Store deal. As we reported yesterday, Adorable Adventures is an intriguing new game brought to us by Wild Sheep Studio — the folks behind the canceled PS4 exclusive Wild. Gorgeous PS5 adventure game Adorable Adventures launches with a PS…

Friday the 13th Part 2 was reviled by critics, but it turned Jason into a household name

Despite being generally eviscerated by critics, the original was a surprise hit — it remains influential to this day. This low-budget “Halloween rip-off” grossed nearly $60 million at the box office, helped solidify the slasher genre, and launched an impromptu sequel into immediate production. Friday the 13th Part 2 is mostly forgotten today — and…

Steam Deck restocks or a pile of Steam Frames and Machines? Either way, Valve’s been importing a whole heap of ‘game consoles’

With the vast majority of PC components, laptops, handheld devices and full-blown consoles all made in China and various SE Asian countries, the fact that the biggest gaming vendors regularly import stuff is hardly newsworthy. But when the vendor in question is Valve, and the items being shipped over are registered as ‘games consoles’, that…

Invincible VS Review – Punching Above Its Weight

The 2D fighting genre, once thought to be a dying category, now flourishes thanks to major franchises and underground hits. Invincible VS straddles the line of those two classifications, bringing a red-hot IP into the space by way of a new studio made up of fighting-game veterans. The result is a 3v3 tag fighter with…