Spotlights on independent titles, Steam Next Fest demos, and announcements from showcases like Nintendo Indie World.
Game Pass has been through the wringer lately—between a major price hike and a messy tier reshuffle in late 2025, it’s never been harder to answer the simplest question: is it still worth it? Here’s the thing: whatever you think about the business side, the games are still doing a lot of heavy…
Gotham’s getting blocky a little sooner. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has officially moved its release date forward by a full week, with the PS5 version now arriving on May 22, 2026 instead of May 29. Better still, the shift also pulls early access forward — meaning Deluxe Edition players…
Twenty-four years after Firefly was yanked off the air and more than two decades after Serenity tried to give the crew a proper sendoff, Captain Malcolm Reynolds is steering the ship back into the black. Nathan Fillion has revealed an animated Firefly series is in active development, designed to…
Slay the Spire 2 has a hard cap on how many cards you can hold at once: 10 cards in hand. That single number sounds simple, but in practice it’s one of the most important “invisible rules” shaping the sequel’s combat flow—especially now that Retain is back, Enchantments can fundamentally reshape…
Slay the Spire 2 has done what so few sequels manage: it’s not just living up to a beloved original, it’s immediately turning into a full-blown phenomenon. Developer Mega Crit Games confirmed the deckbuilding roguelike sequel has sold 3 million copies in its first week on Steam Early Access,…
Embark Studios is quietly walking back one of Arc Raiders’ most controversial launch decisions: AI-generated voice lines. Studio head Patrick Söderlund says the team has re-recorded some lines with real actors post-launch, meaning the extraction shooter now contains fewer AI text-to-speech lines…
Nearly eight years after its debut, Pode has quietly completed its long, oddly unfinished console journey: the cooperative puzzle adventure is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Developer Henchman & Goon confirmed the release, with the game live on the Microsoft Store for $24.99—a…
Invincible VS has locked in its open beta for April 9–11, and the public test will ship with a 10-character roster headlined by newly confirmed fan favorite Allen the Alien. Developed by Quarter Up and published by Skybound Games, the 3v3 tag-team fighter is using the beta to stress-test online and…
