Nethack is one of the great (and ongoing) gaming projects. It first appeared in 1987 as a fork of a 1982 title, Hack, created by Mike Stephenson, Izchak Miller and Janet Walz. The game operated on an open source principle, where anyone was free to create their own version, but only the members of the […]Read More
Endless Dungeon is a deliberate sequel to an accidental success. In 2014, Amplitude Studios, the French developer known for its meditative 4X games like Endless Legend and Humankind, released a chaotic blend of roguelike and tower defence called Dungeon of the Endless. Conceived in “a drunken night that was going wrong,” it was developed as […]Read More
Summary Newfound Courage, the much loved gay indie game, has been remade and is coming to Xbox in time for Pride on Jun 24. A rewrite of the story, plus a whole new chapter, Return to Otherwhere. Brand new ‘Mechamancer’ combat mechanics and progression. Almost every art asset has been completely remade. Today, we are […]Read More
expressing frustration, and ultimately harming sales. The important thing to remember about review-bombing is that it can happen for the most trivial of reasons while in other cases it's because of wider cultural issues. Shadow of the Tomb Raider once got review-bombed, for example, because it got a chunky discount not long after launch, so […]Read More
With Age of Empires IV’s first ever ranked season ending in a few short days on June 30th, we thought it was just about time to celebrate! So we come bearing the gift of news – including an update on Season Two, first mentioned in our post here, as well as a quick overview of […]Read More
Good day, Xbox fans! Here we are kicking off our third Summer Game Fest Demo event with 34 exciting game demos on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Just like last year’s Summer Game Fest Demo event, you can download and play these in the comfort of your own home (and favorite pjs!) between June […]Read More
Hello, my name is Lorenzo Redaelli and I’d like to tell you about how we ported Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star to PlayStation, and specifically how some PS5 exclusive features let us enhance the experience. I will also tell you a bit about my inspirations for the game and its look! The relationship […]Read More
in a deal that could be worth about $44 billion. That all seems to be going a bit awry, with critics divided over whether Musk is trying to drive down what seems like an over-inflated price, or back away from the deal entirely. One of the reasons the Twitter deal has been such news is […]Read More
This past week, we’ve witnessed an obscene amount of trailers featuring promising upcoming games, many of which are coming from talented independent developers. Events like Steam’s Next Fest even let us get our hands on playable slices to better understand what these games are and how they play. Starting next week, Xbox will again be […]Read More
Welcome, PC friends. I’m thrilled to share some progress from our team working on the Xbox App on PC! We want to say thank you to everyone who has sent us feedback in the Feedback Hub, tweeted your suggestions, chimed in on the r/XboxInsiders subreddit, or chatted with our many ambassadors. We’ve continued to make […]Read More
