Classes Start As Agefield High: Rock the School Comes To Consoles
Class is back in session. Following its PC release, Agefield High: Rock the School is coming to consoles, with the PlayStation 5 version set to launch on September 25, and the Xbox version following on October 2. Players will soon be able to bring Sam’s chaotic senior year beyond the halls of Agefield and onto […]
Oblivion Remastered on the Nintendo Switch 2 Puts Cyrodiil in Your Hands
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered brings one of Bethesda’s most beloved RPGs to Nintendo Switch 2, offering a gorgeous and portable return to Cyrodiil that preserves the freedom, weirdness and wonder of the classic adventure, even with some performance issues.
Cozy Sandbox Survival Game Honeycomb: The World Beyond Launches
Developer Frozen Way Studio, in partnership with publisher Snail Games USA, have launched their survival sandbox game Honeycomb: The World Beyond on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series platforms for $29.99. Prepare for a journey of scientific exploration and survival on an awe-inspiring planet that can be both incredibly friendly – and […]
Paradox Announces Post-Apocalyptic Grand Strategy Game Afterworld
Paradox Interactive announces Afterworld, a brand-new Grand Strategy Game from Paradox Development Studio coming soon to PC platforms. Set in an original post-apocalyptic North America crawling with hazardous terrain, dangerous old-world ruins, and the desperate remnants of humanity, players will face strategic challenges and moral crises as they guide a handful of survivors on the […]
The Demo Never Died: iGaming Kept What Console Gaming Dropped
One industry decided demos hurt sales. The other made them the front door. Both were reading their own economics correctly. Veterans of the games business remember when the demo disc was standard practice, and remember the industry’s retreat from it through the 2010s as publisher data suggested demos often satisfied curiosity instead of converting it […]
Loot Tables, Jackpot Tiers and RNG: What Elden Ring’s Switch 2 Port Teaches Us About Chance Design
Someone on a Souls-like Discord I lurk in spent four hours farming the same Crucible Knight last week. Four hours. For a talisman with a base drop rate low enough to make a statistician wince. They got it on attempt number 61, posted a screenshot, and got 200 replies within the hour. That’s not an […]
How Indie Game Developers Build Custom Card Decks
Indie tabletop development usually happens in spare bedrooms and coffee shops, built out of index cards, sharpie labels, and a spreadsheet tracking balance changes. That scrappy start is normal. Almost every successful indie card game looked nothing like the finished product in its early days. What doesn’t get talked about as much is the path […]
The Odds You Declare Versus the Odds You Can Prove
Publishers now disclose loot box drop rates across most major markets. China required it from 2017, Apple and Google wrote it into their store policies, and PEGI added a label for random items. On paper, the transparency fight was won. On paper. A declared 1.5% legendary rate is a statement, and there is no mechanism […]
Aggressive T-Side Rifle Entries Disrupt Default CS2 Defenses
Although CS2 is much simpler tactically than other esports disciplines, strategy still plays an important role here. Teams are divided into defense and attack, and the main goal is to win 13 rounds. The defense often breaks down not after a perfect execute, but 20 seconds before it. One aggressive rifler who takes control of […]
Prize Fighter: Heavyweight Edition Getting Limited Physical Edition
Limited Run Games, a premium publisher of physical video games, announced today, in partnership with Pioneer II and Screaming Villains that the remastered full-motion video classic Prize Fighter: Heavyweight Edition is stepping back into the ring with exclusive, numbered physical editions for PlayStation 5. It’s also available on Steam. Originally developed by Digital Pictures, Prize […]