A regular rogue’s gallery of independent game developers – including the makers of Dead Cells, Slay The Spire, Darkest Dungeon, Spiritfarer, Terraria and V Rising – have… Continue reading
Category: rps
The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S3 episode 12: Helldivers 2 has a game master and this is good
A month ago Arrowhead’s CEO revealed the existence of Joel (technically J.O.E.L., in game), a game master running the galactic battle of Helldivers 2. A human being who… Continue reading
I’ve griped before that Warhammer 40,000 Darktide hides satisfying challenges behind tedious grind, but another interesting challenge is easily missed and forgotten at the opposite end of the… Continue reading
Activision have revealed what’s coming to Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone 2 in its upcoming Season 3 update. For Modern Warfare 3, there’s a slew… Continue reading
Chymicalia is an adventure game and/or visual novel “about causing chaos in a small Yorkshire town with unlicensed alchemy”. Hey, I’m from a small Yorkshire town originally! I… Continue reading
Today I learned that ‘Wanko’ is Japanese for dog, rather than just being Aussie slang in the vein of ‘smoko’ or my favourite, ‘bottle-o’, which is what they… Continue reading
Sega sells Company of Heroes developer Relic and lays off more staff at Creative Assembly and Hardlight
Sonic Dream Team developer Hardlight and Total War studio Creative Assembly have been hit with a round of layoffs by publisher SEGA Europe, affecting around 240 roles across… Continue reading
Geneforge 2 – Infestation review This Black Isle-style literary RPG puts player agency above aesthetics, with engrossing results. Developer: Spiderweb Software Publisher: Spiderweb Software Release: March 27th, 2024… Continue reading
When Herbert Spencer coined the phrase “survival of the fittest” to describe Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory, I’m pretty sure he didn’t envisage the rise of a species… Continue reading
Netease announce Marvel Rivals, a free-to-play 6v6 shooter that desperately wants to be superhero Team Fortress
In case Amy Hennig’s Captain America and Black Panther game 1943: Rise Of Hydra wasn’t going to be quite enough to satisfy your Marvel hunger, Netease have just… Continue reading