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Blackbird Interactive, the makers of Homeworld 3 and Hardspace: Shipbreaker, have announced plans to switch to a four-day work week for all employees. They join a small but growing number of game studios aiming to actively combat burnout by giving employees more time to themselves. Like many others who’ve tried a four-day week, they say

Nintendo has revealed that eShop purchases on the Wii U and 3DS will come to an end next year.  More specifically, it will no longer be possible to make eShop purchases on these two consoles after late March 2023. A blow to digital game preservation, once this goes into effect, the only way to purchase

Netflix has announced a partnership with Take-Two Interactive to produce a BioShock movie. No writer or director is attached to the project, but it’s the latest in several attempts to turn the 2007 first-person shooter into a big budget movie.

If you play Fortnite on Switch, you’re probably already aware of how much the console’s gyro aiming options can up your game. Now, gyro aiming is making its way to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC, and Android devices with the now-live v19.20 update. And that’s not all: gyro aiming across the board has been greatly

Ten years ago today, the commercial remake of Hebridean gloom simulator Dear Esther launched. But this year, we’re the ones getting presents. The developers, The Chinese Room are giving Dear Esther away free on Steam for 48 hours. Grab it by Wednesday and it’s yours for keepsies. All the gloom and guilt and that wonderful,

Capcom fans have been enjoying some fantastic games as of late. Between Resident Evil remakes, new entries in the long-running horror series, or beasts to hunt in Monster Hunter Rise, Capcom has been providing players with plenty to do. And now, the company is providing fans with something new to do: stare at a mysterious

I’ve written about a bunch of Final Fantasy’s pixel remasters over the past year, and each time there are people in the comments saying that Final Fantasy VI is the best, they can’t wait for Final Fantasy VI, why isn’t Final Fantasy VI being remastered yet… Well, here it comes. Final Fantasy VI is getting

Each new Disgaea game is a new opportunity to finally get into the strange, brash and thousand-layers deep JRPG series. I’ve yet to manage it, but now Disgaea 6 is making its way to PC. Called Disgaea 6 Complete, it bundles last year’s Switch and PS4 game together with its character and cosmetic DLC. You

Wordle is a puzzle game in which your vocabulary and ability to spell allow you to drill towards the solution. It’s surprising how well the same design still works when the letters are replaced by numbers, and you’re instead relying on your ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. That’s what you’re doing in Nerdle,

Dying Light 2 Stay Human is a fun and ambitious game, but it’s not without technical drawbacks. Earlier today, Techland dropped a patch for consoles and PC designed to squash various bugs while bolstering the adventure with some improvements. If you’re looking forward to running amok in Villedor this weekend, your romp should be smoother.  Techland

It is important to keep in mind what is going on within Activision Blizzard at this time regarding ongoing allegations about the work culture. The ongoing lawsuit from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) against the company is over reported toxic workplace culture. The bulk of the suit focuses on “violations of

Salt And Sacrifice is a 2D sidescroller about battering through a gothic, interconnected world full of cursed, formidable monsters. It’s Dark Soulsy, from its skill system to its co-op summons to your custom character being some sort of indebted criminal. It also now has a release date: May 10th, according to a new trailer below.

PlayStation’s Twitter is having a whole morning of indie announcements, and Devoured Studios’ newest game Salt and Sacrifice joined the party with a PS Blog post about its PvP and a sneaky announcement of its release date on May 10.  Like its predecessor and From Software’s Souls games it’s heavily inspired by, Salt and Sacrifice will give

Procedurally-generated space odyssesy No Man’s Sky becomes a pocket universe this summer when it heads to Switch, per today’s Nintendo Direct. The Switch version doesn’t offer any drastic differences from its console and PC counterparts. The game includes every update to hit the game throughout its lifetime. That’s five years worth of additions which include

In 1999, the US Army reasoned that if children enjoyed shooting people in video games, perhaps they could be encouraged to later shoot people in real life too. Thus began America’s Army, a series of tactical first-person shooters funded and released for free by the Army as a recruitment tool. But the series has seemingly

Update: Boba Fett has assembled an army in his Disney+ series, and his hired help is also following him into Fortnite. If you venture into the game’s item shop today, you can purchase skins of Boba Fett’s trusted right hand, Fennec Shand, and the wookiee bounty hunter, Krrsantan. You can also purchase Fennec’s starship as

I have spent hours watching trucking videos on YouTube. I enjoy watching the scenery roll past the window of people hauling freight while I’m working. It’s just as relaxation when the scenery is virtual. SCS Software have just released 20 minutes of the next expansion for Euro Truck Simulator 2, Heart Of Russia, showing the

Intellivision Entertainment’s founder and CEO Tommy Tallarico is stepping down from his position, IGN reports. Tallarico, best known as a prolific video game composer, purchased and relaunched Intellivision in 2018 to manufacture the Amico, a new console aimed at attracting more casual players that has had a troubled production cycle since it was announced nearly