Picture: Nomada Studio / Kotaku Considering popular video games make a splash year-round, it’s usually not the side-scrolling indie titles with a unique art direction that earn their place as household names. Sure, they stir up the pond for a while, but sooner or later the hype will be replaced by the AAAA title currently ...
Recorded on Nintendo Switch (plugged in) Running a kingdom in the making is tough, but it’s even tougher because you’re surrounded on all sides by a host of potential enemies, all vying for land, resources, and power. Few video games have managed to recreate that pressure as well as Koei Tecmo Romance of three kingdoms ...
Toothless will be able to show its teeth again in 2025 – this time How to Train Your Dragon will return as a live-action film adaptation. Image source: Universal Pictures How to Train Your Dragon can be done with a clear conscience one of the best fantasy series ever designate. The animated film series has ...
Recorded on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Docked) Back in 2018, the Switch’s touchscreen functionality made point-and-click games that were once best played on PC much more accessible to console gamers. In fact, many of the games on our list of the best Point And Click adventure games launched in the hybrid console’s second year – NAIRI: Tower ...
Tetris Is Tetris. It’s basically perfect, and always has been. This becomes clear when you load the first playable game in the new interactive documentary and retro game compilation Tetris forever: the original Tetrisas was the case on the Electronika 60 computer, which was already old-fashioned when Alexey Pajitnov wrote the game in Russia in ...
The survival sandbox Astroneer went into early access in 2016, in which you explore foreign worlds and build your bases. The game has long been adored by a loyal community; on Steam it is rated “very positive” with 92 percent favorable comments from over 100,000 satisfied players. The number of players also remained constant at ...
Apple’s new M4 Macs started shipping last Friday, and we have the new Mac mini, iMac, and MacBook Pro in-house. Why are these Macs among the most interesting on the market? Find out in this episode of the igamesnews podcast! This is episode 909 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon and Roman Loyola. Watch episode 909 ...
At the risk of being completely incoherent, do you know the music that plays in the spa? This synthy, distant soundscape stuff that isn’t exactly music, but isn’t really music either not Music? What kind of playlist do you find when you take a wrong turn on your favorite lo-fi playlist? Chord after relaxing chord, ...
Recorded on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Docked) Indie developer Akiragoya doesn’t just want you to get better in their latest game, Angel at Dusk. They want to improve your odds across the genre. Although one look at the new Switch port of their highly grotesque work, you’d be forgiven for thinking the opposite was true. Set deep ...
Recorded on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Docked) With beat ’em up undergoing a renaissance of late, it seems like a new title enters the fray every other week. While some attempts use IPs like Double Dragon and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to grab attention, others rekindle the magic of the genre with original ideas. Enter Nuala Studio ...
