Spotlights on independent titles, Steam Next Fest demos, and announcements from showcases like Nintendo Indie World.
A little-known 2018 Steam release called Bohrdom is suddenly in the spotlight for the worst possible reason: it’s allegedly connected to Cole Allen, the 31-year-old suspect detained after shots were fired outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC. As online sleuthing zeroed…
One year on from its April 24, 2025 launch, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is doing what so few modern RPG breakouts manage: it’s still growing. Developer Sandfall Interactive and publisher Kepler Interactive have celebrated the game’s first anniversary with a free update that adds new cosmetic…
Housemarque is back with Saros, its next big sci-fi third-person shooter for PS5, and the verdict is loud: this is a more welcoming, more customizable riff on Returnal’s bruising roguelite formula—without fully abandoning the studio’s trademark “bullet-hell ballet.” The big question reviewers keep…
If you thought the original Golf With Your Friends had already reached peak “friendship-ending” chaos, Team17 and developer Radical Forge are back to test that theory. Golf With Your Friends 2 has been officially unveiled for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, with a Fall 2026 release…
Xbox just dropped one of the strangest day-one additions Game Pass has seen in a while: Kiln, a multiplayer brawler from celebrated studio Double Fine Productions. It lands the same week Microsoft confirmed new Call of Duty games won’t hit Game Pass at launch anymore—making Kiln feel like both a…
Vampire Crawlers is out April 21, 2026, and it’s the rare spin-off that doesn’t just borrow a beloved game’s name—it meaningfully evolves it. Developed by Poncle and Nosebleed Interactive (and published by Poncle), this Vampire Survivors universe detour swaps bullet-heaven autopilot for a…
In a week already packed with Early Access breakouts, Windrose just planted its flag at the top of the mast. The PC cooperative pirate survival game has surpassed one million copies sold in six days and has also rallied over 200,000 concurrent players on Steam, according to developer Kraken…
Iron Galaxy Studios has confirmed another round of layoffs, saying it’s adopting a “new posture” to treat today’s market realities as permanent—not a temporary slump the industry can simply wait out. The Chicago-based developer, known for high-profile porting and support work (including assistance…
Slay the Spire 2 is getting hammered by a fresh wave of Steam review-bombing, with its recent rating sliding down to “Mixed” after a new update reignited long-simmering anger over balance changes. The frustrating part? This is happening while Mega Crit is openly telling players the game is still in…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just added another crown jewel to its already absurd trophy case, taking Best Game at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards in London. The bigger story, though, is that BAFTA didn’t turn into yet another one-game victory lap: Dispatch matched Expedition 33 with three wins, while…
