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Infinity Nikki and The Sims' return are only the start of a retro gaming renaissance for Y2K girlies
Feature Opinion | Watch out, because girl games are on their way
Assassin's Creed Shadows is the first game in the series with "a fully customizable sandbox" as your base, which is where Yasuke and Naoe hang out and pet baby animals
News Ubisoft's feudal Japan is reaching extreme levels of cozy
"Don’t gaslight me": Borderlands 4 CEO Randy Pitchford begs fans to be optimistic about the upcoming FPS, otherwise "we'll all pay the price"
News Pitchford isn't playing around
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P quietly removed from Square Enix's board after years of wanting out: "It's much more fun to just make games"
News If you love him, let him go
6 months after the Visions of Mana team was closed down the day after releasing its JRPG remake, one of its leads has started a new studio: "Management needs to protect creators"
News Studio Sasanqua offers a new path forward
InZOI director hopes the Sims rival will be "successful and beloved," continues moonlighting as a philosopher: "Life is a tragedy when seen up close, but a comedy when viewed from a distance"
News So true, bestie
The devs of a legendary indie Zelda-like have a new retro action game with "bumpslash" combat, and its Steam Next Fest demo is a gem: "Fans of Ys, take note!"
News Angeline Era is pure pixel magic
Neon Genesis Evangelion director's new Gundam movie is the perfect mecha experience, I just wish it didn't use one of anime's most uncomfortable tropes
Opinion Opinion | Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is almost great
Oh no, the anime cat girls are winning me over: the coziest demo in Steam Next Fest might be this cafe life sim with coffee ASMR
News Kemono Teatime is eerily relaxing
I know next to nothing about survival MMO Dune: Awakening, but I just spent 40 minutes in its Steam Next Fest demo character creator, so I guess I have to play it now
News Dune: Awakening has the best noses
Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel apparently isn't as evil as we thought: the commander-in-pain's "personal favorite" community moment is the time players helped raise money for real-life sick children
News You're not so bad, J.O.E.L.
Fable is delayed until 2026, but Xbox Game Studios head says: "It's definitely worth the wait"
News The action RPG was originally slated to release this year
"Everybody's in competition with Civ": Lead Civilization 5 composer has been in the "volatile" gaming industry for over 20 years and thinks new IP is only getting harder to make
Feature Interview | Michael Curran is Civilization's unofficial virtuoso
Balatro creator wins 18+ ratings battle with PEGI, accidentally producing limited edition copies: "I hope this change will allow developers to create without being unfairly punished"
News Balatro is now officially classified as 12+
The weirdest Steam Next Fest horror demo is only 5 minutes long, but I've been thinking about its freaky Severance vibes for days
News Qualia is a subtle apocalypse
Baldur's Gate 3 Lae'zel actor was "paranoid" about making the githyanki girlfriend’s voice "lower and lower" through Act 3 until she realized "it really works with her character development"
News "I think she comes in, you know, all guns blazing, all swords blazing, whatever"
Following Marvel Rivals layoffs, Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says studios fail big games when they don't set expectations for players: "Under promise, over-deliver"
News "I absolutely think this ties into layoffs in a big way"
Marvel Rivals apparently hit with significant layoffs despite "incredibly successful" launch: "This is such a weird industry"
News NetEase seems to have laid off its US Marvel Rivals team
Doubling-down on League of Legends' worst PR disaster in years, developer Riot locks hotly anticipated cosmetic behind $240 gacha wall
News Sahn-Uzal Mordekaiser is in trouble
Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered trapped me in a cave for over an hour, but at least it taught me a valuable lesson in following instructions
Now Playing Now Playing | Get me out of here
Split Fiction's Josef Fares thinks game devs should embrace AI: "I can understand the fact that some people could lose their jobs, but that goes for every new technology"
News Fares has AI on his mind
Rockstar creates official Discord server and immediately gets flooded by horny Among Us fanart and demands for GTA 6
News It was never going to go any other way
