Robin Bea

Digital Eclipse You may not have played the dungeon crawler Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, but you’ve almost certainly played one of the games it inspired.

Steam is removing a loophole that offered refunds well beyond its usual two-hour window. Here's how the new Advanced Access system works.

'Fallout 4' just launched an update promising PS5 and Xbox Series X/S support, but players say it's breaking the game.

When it was released in late 2021, no one could have predicted how far Vampire Survivors would go. From an obscure indie game with no buzz, it’s grown into a phenomenon, amassing legions of players and being featured in some of the biggest showcases in gaming. At the recent ID@Xbox showcase, Vampire Survivors didn’t just have a tease for its latest update — it actually announced that new content is coming to the game right away, ahead of its previously revealed Contra crossover, Operation Guns.

Square Enix is chalking up a roughly $140 million loss to “content abandonment,” as the company is scaling back its approach to game releases. We don’t know which projects are specifically being cut. The move is in line with a shift in publishing strategy Square Enix announced last year and follows the reported underperformance of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which launched in February.

Three years after the launch of the PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal, developer Housemarque revealed that it’s getting a graphic novel adaptation. And while that may not be the update fans of the roguelite shooter were hoping for, it’s at the very least a reminder that it may be time to...return to Returnal.

Cozy games have been on the rise in the past few years, mostly focusing on replicating the feeling of doing crafts and even completing chores. Washing a car, straightening up your living space, and farming might not be fun in real life, but cozy games turn the repetition into a selling point, letting players focus on familiar, comforting tasks instead of the stressful combat that defines so many games. I’ve played and enjoyed my share of farming and crafting games, but with Endless Ocean Luminous out now on Nintendo Switch, my favorite cozy game may just be about something that sounds terrifying to me in real life — deep-sea diving.

Unless you’re aiming for a semi-masochistic challenge to stream on Twitch, you’re probably going to want to level up if you’re playing through Elden Ring. While it’s a basic and necessary part of the game, From Software games treat leveling up much differently from typical RPGs, and Elden Ring makes it a bit more complicated than even Dark Souls. Fortunately, it’s easy to do once you know how (at least as easy as anything is in Elden Ring ), so you can be on your way to getting destroyed by the game’s bosses in no time.

Another day, another devastating games industry layoff. This time, the losses are centered on two studios under Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two’s Private Division label. Rollerdrome developer Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games are reportedly being closed entirely, according to Bloomberg. The layoffs are part of a plan Take-Two announced last month to cut around 600 jobs total.

After almost two decades in exile, Nintendo’s most loveable monarch returned to the throne in March this year. That’s when Princess Peach: Showtime! arrived on Nintendo Switch, giving Peach a starring role for the first time since the days of the Nintendo DS. Her return was quite successful, meaning this may not be the last time we see Peach headline her own game — I just hope Nintendo truly lets her shine next time around.