YouTuber Puts $10 Grand Bounty On Marvel Vs. Capcom Rollback

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was a sweet expansion on an already excellent fighting game. An inspired roster of characters and dynamic combat made it a welcome addition to the Capcom crossover series. The game that followed? Less so. But if Infinite has any advantage over its predecessor, it’s a rollback netcode patch, making online…

Life is Strange’s soundtrack is full of licensed bangers, and still hits even 11 years later

With Life is Strange: Reunion recently wrapping up the decade-long story of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks thinking a lot about the game that started it all. 2015’s Life is Strange came during a hugely formative time in my life—going through some big changes, returning to college after…

Scarlet Hollow’s romances aren’t all about you

RPGs have a relationship problem, and it’s all about you. You help someone for a reward. You encourage someone to change so they suit your preferences. You make someone love you because you picked the right things to say. For Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias of Black Tabby Games, putting you at the center of…

Apex Legends reaches 20-month Steam high, proving Respawn’s communication is paying off

I still vividly remember the launch of Apex Legends back in February 2019, when developer Respawn Entertainment dropped it basically out of nowhere. Rumors of a Titanfall-related battle royale game had been swirling for a while, but it still managed to cross the finish line mostly unscathed, save from some last-minute chatter out of preview…

Failed MMO Ashes Of Creation’s $3.2 Million In Kickstarter Funds Allegedly Spent On Private Chefs And Trading Cards

The investors behind Ashes of Creation, the now-defunct MMORPG developed by Intrepid Studios, which raised $3.2 million on Kickstarter, have been embroiled in a messy and very public legal battle following the game’s removal from Steam in February. The ensuing back-and-forth between former CEO Steven Sharif and the studio’s board has made the veracity of…

Box Art Brawl: Duel – Mendel Palace

North America Image: Hudson Soft / Launchbox There’s a vague Labyrinth vibe to the North American cover that we can’t help but dig. It’s absolutely jam-packed with weird-looking characters, while the mysterious gothic tower looms in the background. Cap it all off with the purple border and funky font, and you’ve got one of those…

PS Store Got a Cool Stealth Update Alongside New PS5 UI

Sony dropped another stealth update for the PS5 PS Store alongside the recent UI changes. Like the UI update, these changes are currently only available to select users in various parts of the world. This is not a beta update and doesn’t require any kind of program participation. What’s new in PS5’s PS Store update…

‘Single-player Tarkov’ Road to Vostok’s solo dev admits its huge popularity is “running away from me,” but he has a plan

Having a successful launch as an indie developer is the moment where you get to breathe a sigh of relief, but it also comes with problems – especially if you’re primarily working alone. Road to Vostok is a brutal survival shooter with permadeath, has heavy Escape From Tarkov and Stalker vibes, and it comes from…

Terraforming survival game The Planet Crafter gets a beefy 2.0 update and a 50% discount: ‘We wanted to take some time to improve multiple things’

The Planet Crafter is a survival game that goes way beyond the traditional remit of the genre. You’re not trying to stay alive by building campfires and hunting animals and smashing together a rock and a stick to make a pickaxe appear in your inventory. Rather than bending to suit the world, you bend the…

Phantom Blade Zero Dev Rejects GenAI That Sounds Like DLSS 5

Phantom Blade Zero is out later this year, and Chinese developer S-Game Studio is trying to distance itself from the genAI debate after the action-RPG appeared on a list of games supporting Nvidia’s controversial new DLSS 5 upscaling tech. The studio declared it won’t be using AI that could get in the way of artistic…