When a lead developer working on a Barbie game calls out Animal Crossing, The Sims and Unpacking as specific influences, it really pulls into focus just how many of my friends and peers are going to go sicko mode for
There’s always been something quite appealing to me about the typical city-building video game. The idea of being the architect of my own, rich and thriving community. The designer of roads, neighbourhoods and parks. Shouldering the burden of making sure
I’m sitting here in my hotel room in Cologne, Germany, which is serving me as a home base throughout the week of Gamescom 2026. It’s about 10 minutes until 9PM on Thursday, August 27 and I’m fumbling around with my
Insomniac Games has all but perfected the blockbuster superhero video game experience at this point, proving with its Marvel’s Spider-Man series that it knows what fans and players want, and how to tap into that specific power fantasy. You only
I’m currently playing The Sinking City 2 for review, and while a review embargo is still in place until August 18 at 1AM AEST (August 17 at 5PM CEST), Ukrainian developer Frogwares has been kind enough to chat briefly with
“The depth of the game shouldn’t cost you elegance.” That’s the prevailing message from Greg Foertsch, founder of Bit Reactor, as he introduces us to Star Wars Zero Company. It’s a message that encompasses the studio’s key pillars when it
As we head closer and closer to a season of absolute chaos in the world of new video game releases, there’s already far too much to play and far too many hot-looking launches already at our doorstep. Consider August 2026,
I may never be able to go back to a time before RGG Studio and Snoop Dogg took to the Summer Game Fest 2026 stage to tell the world they’d pirated a copy of the late Tupac. But during this
