Big Walk has sold 1 million copies, making it a bigger hit than Untitled Goose Game

Big Walk has sold 1 million copies since launching a week ago, its publisher has announced. That’s a huge figure for Australian studio House House, whose previous breakthrough hit Untitled Goose Game took three months to reach that milestone. It’s also pretty huge when you consider that Big Walk is currently a monthly “free” PlayStation…

Netflix’s The Last House ending explained by director: ‘We humans are the bad guys of this planet’

I audibly yelped “HELL YEAH” when I realized what was really going on in Netflix’s The Last House. As I learned later talking with friends and colleagues, the movie’s Cloverfield-esque mystery box may have gotten a little soggy by the third act twist — was this a Chubby Rain alien invasion situation? Not quite. The…

Battlefield 6 Fan With 470 Hours Played Still Gets Surprise Refund

Steam has a very generous refund system. Play a game for less than two hours and you can get your money back. Go beyond that point, and it’s up to Valve’s discretion. One player recently pushed the limit of that generosity by requesting a refund for Battlefield 6 after playing 470 hours, and claims to…

Keep the Door Locked codes (August 2026)

If you need a little help working out who to trust before you open your door to another smiling stranger, give these Keep the Door Locked codes a go. Good for free cash and the revive tokens that effectively undo your own poor judgment, they can get you through a tough time. Taking cues from…

Geoff Keighley Confirms The Game Awards Will Return On 10th December 2026

Image: The Game Awards Ahead of Opening Night Live at Gamescom later this month, Geoff Keighley has officially announced the countdown to The Game Awards is on. According to an update from the show’s creator and host via social media, the annual award show is now four months away and will take place on 10th…

Gorgeous PS5 Adventure Horror Game Gets Trailer, Release Date

NIS America has released a serene yet chilling trailer for Village in the Shade, the next adventure horror title from Nippon Ichi Software. Presenting itself as a cute farming simulator, the game’s trailer doesn’t waste time teasing a most sinister side. The game has already been released in Japan and will be coming to the…

Indie Games Are Breaking Out–But It’s Still Tough Out There

Developer House House and publisher Panic announced today that their co-op multiplayer puzzle/exploration/goof-around game Big Walk has achieved huge sales success in just under a week. In a post on Bluesky, Panic announced that Big Walk has already passed over one million units in sales. For small development teams and publishers, one million is a…

‘Hopefully as many people as possible get to play it before Nintendo flips out’: Fans spent 3 years secretly crafting a full Metroid Prime 2D demake, and it rocks

August 6th, 2026 was the 40th anniversary of Metroid, one of the few videogames in history to be so influential it has a whole genre named (at least partially) after it. You’d be forgiven for not realizing last Thursday was such a significant date because Nintendo seemingly forgot itself—and not for the first time. But…

1666: Amsterdam (Early Preview: Hands-On With

Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets has moved mountains to bring his passion project 1666: Amsterdam to fruition. The witchcraft-focused action-adventure game was originally conceived over 15 years ago while Désilets was still at Ubisoft. Through a series of tumultuous events, the project has changed studios and been at the center of a years-long lawsuit over…

13 Fields of Mistria Tips For First-Time Farmers

Last week, I started Fields of Mistria, a game my friends have been raving about for ages while it was in early access, but which just now entered its full, 1.0 launch. And man, my friends were right. This game rules. It’s like Stardew Valley with a bunch of quality-of-life improvements and some new features…