The Battle of Olympus developer Reiko Horimoto next to a heart graphic

38 years of love later, a couple is remaking their Zelda-inspired NES gem and putting it on Steam after learning it's a cult classic

In 1988, a game called The Battle of Olympus hit the Famicom, arriving a few years later globally on the NES. It didn’t make much of an impression at the time, garnering mediocre sales as it was brushed off as yet another fantastical platformer on the console. But over the years, it’s become a cult…

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How to Fish is Steam's latest cursed co-op sensation, now updated with private lobbies, eight player support, and anti-griefer measures

How to Fish is Steam's latest cursed co-op sensation, now updated with private lobbies, eight player support, and anti-griefer measures

Steam’s latest head-scratching hangout game (don’t call it friendslop, you will rekindle Discourse) is How to Fish, a macabre novelty in which hideous worm people boat out to small cursed islands, reel in angry sealife, and blast the creatures into submission with golden sniper rifles, spending the proceeds on weapons and gadgets. I could be…

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Fable

Fable devs originally had a tool to randomize the RPG's 1,000 NPCs that "would have saved us so much time," but that "just didn't make as much sense"

The Fable reboot’s whimsical fantasy world is full of 1,000 NPCs who are each handmade by the developers at Playground Games, but that’s not always how the new feature was handled. Originally, the devs randomized everything about the Living Population and, as you can imagine, that made much less sense. Speaking to GamesRadar+ about the…

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Exodus Won't Let You Bang the Octopus

Exodus Won't Let You Bang the Octopus

Like any narrative RPG worth its salt, Exodus will let you start romantic relationships with your party members. In fact, like many of its genre contemporaries, developer Archetype Entertainment’s debut game seems to actively encourage it. But you nevertheless can’t start a romance with Salt the octopus, the game’s narrative director confirmed to Polygon. Source…

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‘Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’ Shutting Down This November, New Paid Game Set To Release With Save Transfer

‘Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’ Shutting Down This November, New Paid Game Set To Release With Save Transfer

Nintendo just announced that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (Free) is shutting down on November 28th at 3 PM UTC. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp debuted on iOS and Android nearly seven years ago, and it has since received multiple content and feature updates. From November 28th, you will no longer be able to play this version…

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Roguelite Action Game The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes Announced for Switch 2, PS5, and PC

Publisher Aiming and developer Team Caravan have announced roguelite action game, The Eminence in Shadow: Phantom Echoes, for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and PC. It will launch in 2027. View the announcement trailer below: Read details on the game below: This title is the first console 3D action roguelite game based on The Eminence in Shadow anime. It adopts “roguelite”…

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You can't pet the talking rat wall in Ontos, the new space horror game from Soma's creators, but surely it can run Doom

You can't pet the talking rat wall in Ontos, the new space horror game from Soma's creators, but surely it can run Doom

When Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Soma developers Frictional announced Ontos, their philosophical horror game set in a mad science hotel on the moon, the internet’s jimmies were rustled by the presence of an AI server made out of rats. I have several questions for Frictional regarding that talking rat wall, based on my peerless…

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The Gentlemen season 3: everything we know so far about the return of Guy Ritchie's hit Netflix show

The Gentlemen season 3: key information – Season 3 renewed before season 2 was released – Theo James currently the only confirmed returning cast member– No word on production timeline or release date– Guy Ritchie claims a third season felt ‘inevitable’ After that explosive season 2 finale, I think I’d have rioted on the streets…

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Persona 4 Revival will integrate Marie more naturally than she was in Persona 4 Golden: "She needs to be here from the beginning"

Persona 4 Revival will take the time to introduce Marie into the story more naturally than she was in Persona 4 Golden, the expanded PS Vita version of the classic game. One of the Velvet Room denizens, Marie isn’t the most popular character within the fandom – she’s a little withdrawn, she wasn’t included in…

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Apple Arcade Weekly Round-Up: New Content and Feature Updates Are Now Live for TMNT Splintered Fate, Temple Run: Legends, Vampire Survivors, Simon’s Cat, and More

Apple Arcade Weekly Round-Up: New Content and Feature Updates Are Now Live for TMNT Splintered Fate, Temple Run: Legends, Vampire Survivors, Simon’s Cat, and More

Following yesterday’s big Disney Dreamlight Valley update on Apple Arcade and other platforms, a few more notable games on Apple’s gaming service have gotten big updates. Alongside its standalone release, Vampire Survivors+ got a new stage, secrets, character skins, and more. Read about this update here. TMNT Splintered Fate on Apple Arcade now supports couch…

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WPCA: World Phasebound Control Authority announced for PS5 and PC

Publisher KRAFTON and developer 5minlab have announced cooperative supernatural anomaly containment hunting action game, WPCA: World Phasebound Control Authority, for the PlayStation 5 and PC. It will launch in 2028. View the announcement trailer below: Read details on the game below: “The world does not repeat. The mysterious cannot be defined. Growth does not communicate. Chaos cannot be aligned.” As a…

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"A game for everyone is a game for no one": Don't expect an easy ride in Carcass Clad, the co-op tank horror game from the makers of Mouthwashing

"A game for everyone is a game for no one": Don't expect an easy ride in Carcass Clad, the co-op tank horror game from the makers of Mouthwashing

On my final day of Gamescom, strolling (running) around the indie area to make sure I don’t miss anything good, I stumble upon Wrong Organ’s upcoming Carcass Clad. Set in a wartorn Soviet city, empty of people but littered with tanks wearing coats of Frankensteined cattle corpses (light stuff!), Carcass Clad is a three-player co-op…

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"Palworld's not finished": With update 1.1 coming, Pocketpair lead says "we're doing something players have been screaming at us to do" after the "soft prologue" of 1.0

"Palworld's not finished": With update 1.1 coming, Pocketpair lead says "we're doing something players have been screaming at us to do" after the "soft prologue" of 1.0

Palworld update 1.1 is on the way, and while it won’t be another 1.0-sized overhaul, Pocketpair comms and publishing lead John Buckley says the next big patch is doing “something that players have been screaming at us to do.” Speaking with GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2026, Buckley examines the shift in development at Pocketpair following the…

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‘Company of Heroes’ Mobile Multiplayer Beta Announced for Next Week on Android, Full Update Coming to iOS and Switch As Well

‘Company of Heroes’ Mobile Multiplayer Beta Announced for Next Week on Android, Full Update Coming to iOS and Switch As Well

Back in October last year, Feral Interactive announced that cross platform multiplayer was in the works for Company of Heroes ($14.99) on iOS, Android, and Switch. If you’ve not played it yet on mobile or Switch, read my iOS here and Switch review here. Today, Feral Interactive confirmed that the first Company of Heroes mobile…

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PlayStation China Hero Project Action RPG Daba: Land of Water Scar Launches in Spring 2027

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Dark Star announced the PlayStation China Hero Project action RPG, Daba: Land of Water Scar, will launch for the PlayStation 5 and PC in spring 2027. View the release window trailer below: Read details on the game below: The Sky-Pillars have collapsed, the waters run dry, Daba slowly dies…

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Psychonauts 2 release date announced

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is "not going to shoot my dog," says now-independent Double Fine boss Tim Schafer, who initially opposed Microsoft ownership because "you guys love closing studios"

Double Fine has just regained its independence as a studio after seven years at Microsoft, who founder Tim Schafer initially didn’t want as a dad anyway. But things seemed OK until new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma stepped in for Phil Spencer. “No one puts Double Fine out of business except for me,” Schafer tells Bloomberg…

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Out Now: ‘Punch Club 2: Fast Forward’, ‘Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat’, ‘TENSEI’, ‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York’, ‘Auto Pirates: Captains Cup’, ‘Jenny LeClue – Detectivu’ and More

Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each…

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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Gets Bloody Tears Trailer

Publisher Konami and developers Evil Empire and Motion Twin have released a new trailer for Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse called “Bloody Tears.” View the trailer below: Read details on the game below: Medieval Paris, where the tolling bells herald the end. 1499. Paris is engulfed in flames as monstrous creatures suddenly emerge from the shadows. Trevor Belmont, the hero who defeated Dracula, ventures into…

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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Rise Eterna War’, ‘As Per My Last Email’, Plus Today’s Other Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 22nd, 2024. In today’s article, we continue to bear witness to the slow yet clear decline of Switch releases in this eighth year. It’s Thursday, but we don’t even have a dozen games worth mentioning today. Even among the ones we have, there isn’t…

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Konami Announces Deckbuilding Roguelike Card Game PROJECT ZIRCON for PC

Konami has announced deckbuilding roguelike card game, PROJECT ZIRCON, for PC via Steam. View the teaser trailer of the game below: Read details on the game below: PROJECT ZIRCON is a deckbuilding roguelike card game. As the ruler of a nation, recruit powerful Character Cards and construct Facilities to expand and strengthen your nation. Build a new strategy every run to…

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Planet Coaster and Jurassic World devs Frontier have teamed up with Disney to make what is probably a Disneyland tycoon game

Planet Coaster and Jurassic World devs Frontier have teamed up with Disney to make what is probably a Disneyland tycoon game

Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution creators Frontier Developments have signed a deal with Disney to make a game based on one of Disney’s many entertainment worlds. Some immediate possibilities occur. You know what Frontier have a lot of? Theme park and resort management games. You know what Disney also have a lot of? Theme…

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'No One Puts Double Fine Out of Business Except for Me' — Tim Schafer Explains How He Kept Double Fine Afloat After Leaving Xbox

Tim Schafer, game designer and founder of Psychonauts developer Double Fine, gave a strong response after Xbox divested the studio as part of its massive restructuring efforts this summer. Speaking with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier in a September 2026 interview, Schafer admitted that he knew something was up before Xbox’s divestment was officially announced — but…

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Spider-Noir canceled after one season at Prime Video despite receiving 11 Emmy nominations

Despite critical acclaim and a slew of Emmy nominations, Spider-Noir will not be returning for a second season at Prime Video. Per Deadline, it seems like Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television expected bigger streaming numbers when making their decision. But given recent reports that the first season’s budget was somewhere around $400 million,…

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‘Victory Heat Rally’ From Skydevilpalm and Playtonic Friends Is Coming to PC and Crunchyroll for Mobile on October 3rd

Playtonic Friends just announced that Victory Heat Rally from developer Skydevilpalm is coming to mobile through Crunchyroll and also on Steam this October. Victory Heat Rally is an arcade racer with stylish visuals. I aims ot be a 2.5D pixel perfect racer featuring 12 drivers, solo play, multiplayer, a world tour mode, and more. It…

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Square Enix Reveals TGS 2026 Lineup

Square Enix revealed its lineup of games or Tokyo Game Show 2026, which will run from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. Here is the lineup of games: Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy (iOS, Android) Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, PC) (Family Game Park) Demo – Try Dragon Quest VII Reimagined from the beginning. Dragon Quest X…

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GTA 6 Soars to No. 1 on Netflix's Movie Chart

Miami-Dade police outraged by proposals to turn parts of Miami into GTA 6, saying that Rockstar's game embodies what they "work every single day to prevent"

The mayor of Miami-Dade, Florida has been pitching Rockstar Games about transforming parts of the county into recreations of areas from Grand Theft Auto 6, in the face of complaints from law enforcement and members of the judiciary. GTA 6 is itself inspired by Miami, so yes, this is one of those “simulation colonising reality”…

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Deadpool

PlayStation's Peter Parker actor has pushed Insomniac to put Deadpool in Spider-Man 3: "I would like to believe that they got the idea from me"

If we end up seeing Deadpool in Marvel’s Spider-Man 3, it would seem we have Peter Parker actor Yuri Lowenthal to thank, at least partly. Talking to The Movie Dweeb on Instagram, Lowenthal was asked to comment on a potential Wolverine and Spider-Man collab in Insomniac’s next open-world Spider-Man game. Insomniac is currently hard at…

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Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance Expansion Gets Dual Blades Breakdown Trailer

Capcom has released a new trailer for the Ascendance expansion for Monster Hunter Wilds that breaks down the dual blades. The dual blades has three actions: Unrelenting demonic barrage, pinpoint combo control, and increased melee range. View the trailer below: Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in 2027. A life-long and…

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Former PlayStation indie boss Shuhei Yoshida and the founder of TIGSource are throwing a Game Poem jam that "challenges traditional boundaries between art forms"

Former PlayStation indie boss Shuhei Yoshida and the founder of TIGSource are throwing a Game Poem jam that "challenges traditional boundaries between art forms"

What are you doing across Monday 7th to Tuesday 8th September? If your answer isn’t “weaving sick rhymes for PlayStation’s former indie gaming boss Shuhei Yoshida and original TIGsource founder Jordan Magnuson”, then begone, for we are no longer friends. Read more Source link

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Anker's S2000 is the smallest 2kWh home backup power station around — and it just dropped to $650 in Amazon's Labor Day sale

Anker's S2000 is the smallest 2kWh home backup power station around — and it just dropped to $650 in Amazon's Labor Day sale

We’ve tested plenty in the Anker Solix line of portable power stations, and they’ve continually impressed us. And as part of the Labor Day sales, the Anker Solix S2000 has dropped to $650 (was $1199) at Amazon. The 2,010Wh power station is smaller and lighter than other units in its capacity class, aimed squarely at…

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Silent Hill 2

Iconic Silent Hill artist Masahiro Ito says he "probably would have been happier" if he hadn't "sacrificed" his love life for Pyramid Head

“The 8 years I spent developing Silent Hill 1, 2 & 3 at Konami, I gave up on getting a girlfriend,” reads a new tweet from Masahiro Ito, the legendary Team Silent artist best known for designing Silent Hill 2 antagonist Pyramid Head. The tweet largely echoes something Ito said back in 2024 about not…

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Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault review – a pleasant bout of number go up that’s most remarkable for how much of an improvement it is

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault review – a pleasant bout of number go up that’s most remarkable for how much of an improvement it is

The Moonlighter games cast you as Will, a dungeoneer-merchant hybrid, delving into randomly shifting combat arenas by night and selling the treasures you unearth there by day. In the dungeons, you fight various monsters and beasties and are then offered upgrades to your combat build or a handful of relics you must fit in your…

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After AI slop accusations, Humankind 2 studio says its new trailer was definitely "made by humankind" and at least five chickens

After AI slop accusations, Humankind 2 studio says its new trailer was definitely "made by humankind" and at least five chickens

A large portion of the internet pointed their virtual fingers at Humankind 2’s new trailer and shouted ‘AI slop!’ Developer Amplitude Studios is now denying those claims and has even released a behind-the-scenes clip to prove a whole human crew (plus five chickens) made the Gamescom ONL reveal. Read more Source link

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