‘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 &…

Pokémon Champions May Have The Hardest Shiny Hunting Ever

Every time a new Pokémon game comes out, Shiny Hunters ask if you can find rare monsters sporting color variations. Folks were even asking about Shiny monsters in Pokémon Sleep, a sleep tracking app that lets you collect Pokémon when you go to bed on time. Well, it looks like a brand new way of…

Marvel Rivals creative director says it’s going to become ‘a comprehensive Marvel “moving anime” experience’ and no, I don’t know what that means either

You may have thought Marvel Rivals was just a weirdly horny hero shooter with that one shark people like in it. Guangyun Chen, creative director for Marvel Rivals at NetEase, would like to prove you wrong. As he recently told FRVR, “Our goal is to shift from being ‘just a shooter’ to a comprehensive Marvel…

League of Legends lead Phroxzon says “frustrating” counters like Mel are part of the MOBA’s “secret sauce”

“Loser’s queue doesn’t exist. You belong at your rank.” League of Legends lead gameplay designer Matt ‘Phroxzon’ Leung-Harrison has put his mental fortitude to the test by sitting down across from 20 players and answering direct questions. On the cards were some of the burning questions you’ll hear tossed frequently around the MOBA’s community, but…