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The creator of last year's cult hit RPG The Necromancer's Tale is back with The Lich Wars, a storybook RPG that follows 30 years of undead botheration
Psychic Software have announced The Lich Wars, a standalone prequel for their widely acclaimed RPG The Necromancer's Tale. Widely acclaimed by me , anyway. I'm pretty wide, these days – the local Morrisons keeps doing discounts on 80-biccy packets of bourbon creams. I liked The Necromancer's Tale specifically for how it wove a whole RPG around the narrative dynamics of a single RPG class, with players performing rituals in each chapter to develop their morbid spellcraft, while managing the suspicions of nearby townsfolk. I also really loved its choose-your-own-adventure prologue . The Lich Wars sort of spins the prologue out into a full game. Read more
Viral wolf girl colony sim Family Time enters Steam's top 50 most-wishlisted, immediately ripped off
Genuine Family Time developer sgthale has filed a DMCA
Big RPGs like The Witcher 4 have CD Projekt Red in a "dangerous place," warns BioWare veteran
"Their games now need to sell 15, 20 million units to make money"
Xbox X25 controller pre-orders are back in stock ahead of next week's launch
Xbox X25 controller stock has been tough to find since pre-orders went live, but multiple retailers have just given us a lifeline ahead of next week's launch.
Ahead of Persona 6, former lead devs say every Atlus JRPG "changing to reflect the times" is key
Having directed Persona 3, 4, and 5, Katsura Hashino might know a thing or two
Windows Settings might become more useful and get quicker updates if this new hidden app is anything to go by
It could be updated through the Microsoft Store.
A hardware market freeze could transform the industry forever | Opinion
Right about now is the moment when the console business should be getting one hell of a second wind. Six years deep into a hardware generation, with probably the most anticipated video game launch of all time just a few weeks out, this should be when the platform holders make hay, extending those mature install bases out into ever-wider audiences as fence-sitters finally pick up the hardware they've been holding out on for years. Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 movie "won't be a one-to-one translation of the game's story", CD Projekt Red boss confirms, and boy do I think that's the right move
Since the existence of plans for a Cyberpunk 2077 live-action adaptation from devs CD Projekt Red and Paramount Pictures was revealed last week, I've been hoping it won't take the form of porting V's tale from the game to the big screen. Such a thing wouldn't necessarily be terrible, but I like my game adaptations a bit more on the original story side of things, as Cyberpunk tie-in anime series Edgerunners has been. The good news is that one of CD Projekt Red's big bosses has now confirmed that this adaptation won't be beat-for-beat retelling of 'Honey, there's a Keanu in my brain'. Read more
Penguin Colony review - the least expected Soulslike you'll play, and a cracking parody of Lovecraftian empires
Penguin Colony is probably the best pisstake of Lovecraft and Lovecraftian horror I've played. It's the best because it places Lovecraft's universe at a creaturely remove, amplifying its absurdity without having to drop any punchlines. Entering a ravaged polar campsite, I advance among burning tents and uniformed corpses to a pioneer seated on a crate, who is busily sawing his own face off. Ice and snow shrill overhead and Lenval Brown's narration rumbles in my bones, speaking of eldritch relics and unquenchable ambitions, of "queer creatures" and inexplicable deaths, of madness and glory, of "scientific explanations" and empires from other dimensions. I consider all this, and say: Fnaaarp. Read more
11 games and announcements that got us excited in the latest Galaxies Showcase
You can smell it in the air can't you? Feel the chill in your nostrils and the earthy scent as leaves fall and the sun departs for another year? Yes, autumn is here, meaning we're teetering on the cavernous hole of near-nothingness as the entire games industry gives GTA 6 the widest berth imaginable. But that doesn't mean there isn't stuff to be excited about, of course. And the latest edition of the Galaxies Showcase has chucked a few more things onto the 'ooooh intriguing!' pile. Actually, quite a lot of things given its nearly two-hour runtime; but while you can watch the full thing and revel in its entirety if you've time, we've also picked out a few of the announcements that especially caught our eyes for your perusal. Was all this really just an excuse for Connor to enthuse about penguins? Perhaps! Read more
I need The Witcher 4 to get creative with the Bestiary, and my favorite Witcher 3 mission proves why
The RPG Club is in session, and The Witcher 3 Remastered still has a glaring problem with detective work
'80s Adventure Gameplay Meets FMV Horror: Tenebris Somnia Creeps onto PC and Consoles Today
Don't Go in the House. As the evenings draw closer and the skies get darker, Indie publisher New Blood Interactive has drawn back the curtain on Tenebris Somnia , a grim and gothic horror that comes crawling onto PC and console platforms today. Developed by Andrés Borghi and Tobías Rusjan, in conjunction with Argentinian outfit Saibot Studios, Tenebris Somnia is a 2D adventure title with an aesthetic that sits somewhere between the 8-and-16-bit generations - perhaps reminiscent of the DOS horror wave of the late '80s and early '90s . The creepy but nostalgic audio/visual forms Satanic synergy with a cryptful of FMV cutscenes, all of which feature live-action, non-AI performers and practical special effects. Read the full article on timeextension.com
"We f***ed up:" Bulkhead admits Wardogs Season 2 "got a few things wrong"
Bulkhead acknowledges player frustrations with both the Blue Team bonus and rapid Driver progression in Wardogs Season 2, detailing fixes.
The pleasures of Double Fine's Thank You Bus Driver are not in the destination, nor the journey, but in slapping my disobedient passengers
Showing some gratitude is the least these scribbly wretches can do. The passengers in Thank You Bus Driver – Double Fine’s new comedy public transport sim – are almost invariably rowdy, entitled hypocrites, happy to sully my single-decker by picking their toes and bellowing down their phones, while only ever being seconds away from a strop if another traveller does the same. Still, here I am, locked in symbiotic misery with them, desperate to choke down the scraps of acknowledgement they’ll spare for arriving at their stop in good time. I hate them. Please love me. Read more
We finally get to see the canceled Assassin's Creed game set in China, and it looks pretty good
Ubisoft and Tencent were making it together
How Star Wars: Galactic Racer kept the core team small and sustainable through "distributed development"
Matt Webster, CEO of Fuse Games, is "thrilled" with the critical reception to Star Wars: Galactic Racer, which is currently sitting on a Metacritic score of 88 for the PS5 version. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz at Game Republic New Horizons this week, he says it "felt like we had something good", but you "never really know" how a game will land. Read more
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All Pokémon SoulGold Cheats [Fully Tested]
Though Pokémon SoulGold , a ROM hack of Pokémon Emerald, may look overly familiar at first, there’s actually a huge number of new elements and refinements to the gameplay. An expanded selection of starter Pokémon, bosses, fishing and multiple legendary Pokémon
Street Fighter fans can't tell how they feel about the new film: "You could do a lot worse"
Street Fighter is in theaters now
A Brand New Retro Award Show Is Being Launched Next Year From The Folks Behind The Pixel Arcadia Showcase
Includes categories like "Best Nu-Retro Game of the Year". Move over, Geoff Keighley, there's a new awards show in town. Pixel Helix, the marketing company behind August's Pixel Arcadia, has just announced a trio of live broadcasts for next year, including the inaugural Pixel Arcadia Retro Awards , which is set to take place in January. As the name suggests, this will be a new awards show aimed at "celebrating upcoming retro releases, independent achievements, and the everpresence of physical media throughout the year," and will include categories like "Best New Game for Retro Hardware," "Best Retro-Remaster or Remake of the Year," and "Best Retro Reboot or Sequel of the Year." The company announced the award show yesterday in a press release, alongside Pixel Arcadia: Bonus Stage (scheduled for May) and Pixel Arcadia: The Future of Retro Showcase (August 2027), with all three events envisioned as becoming future "cornerstones" for the retro community. Read the full article on timeextension.com
Fortnite is coming to Linux so we may soon be able to play it and other games like Apex Legends on Steam Deck and Steam Machine
Epic Games is officially working on bringing its battle royale shooter Fortnite to Linux. The announcement was tucked away at the bottom of Epic's widely mocked blog post revealing the new, "vibe-coded" Epic Games Store, which is also coming to Linux. Read more
Wardogs devs rush to fix XP exploit allowing players to quickly unlock tanks and stomp competition on Season 2's first day
The launch of a new live season is hard, and subtle changes to a game can have massive consequences when players get their hands on it. Wardogs proved this true with the launch of its second season this week, as players were able to unlock tanks on day one. Read more
All Ghost Driver codes (October 2026) and how to redeem them for free cash
Use the latest Ghost Driver codes to boost your bank balance so you can afford a new ride
Game Freak moving on from Beast of Reincarnation as major updates from the Pokemon devs come to end
The game only launched two months ago
Afterplay Emulation Platform Finally Lands On iOS & Android
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! One of my favourite emulation platforms that I use continuously on my Mac, called Afterplay , is finally coming to iOS and Android natively, a feature I have