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…

Attack on Titan studio slammed for AI use and it won’t be the last time

Anime’s darling WIT Studio, makers of Attack on Titan and the upcoming One Piece remake, just went toe-to-toe with its own fans — and lost. The studio released an apology after receiving backlash from its use of generative AI in the opening sequence (OP) of Ascendance of a Bookworm. The anime series debuted in early…

Overwatch Season 2 is “modernizing” old heroes, and I’m ready for a Pharmercy revival

The Overwatch Season 2 update is almost upon us, and I can’t quite believe we’ve made it through the first chapter of the multiplayer game‘s new era already. Looking towards the new season, associate game director Alec Dawson explains several of the big changes Blizzard is making in the short term, along with some of…

Mouse: P.I. For Hire Switch 2 Performance And Resolution Revealed

The new noir-style cartoon detective FPS Mouse: P.I. for Hire arrives on the Switch 2 next week after a slight delay. Ahead of the launch on 16th April 2026, Fumi Games and Playside have released the specifications and performance targets for Mouse: P.I. on every platform. On Switch 2 in handheld, the game runs at…

To Stand Out, This TTRPG Podcast Network Chose The Risky Route Of Avoiding D&D

Glass Cannon Network has been a name in the tabletop roleplaying game actual play space since 2015, acting as one of the first major channels in a space that’s barely 10 years old. According to Glass Cannon Network co-founder Troy Lavallee, a big part of that success comes down to one decision: avoiding Dungeons &…