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Fae Farm Heading to PlayStation and Xbox

We’re experiencing no shortage of farming sims in the last 10 years. For a genre that felt more or less reduced down to the Harvest Moon franchise, there are now small indie teams and major AAA studios working on farming simulators. One of…

PlayStation State of Play September 2024 Roundup

We’re getting to the end of the year. This means we have very little time between now and the Game Awards. It also means that developers will have a last-ditch effort to announce and update details on upcoming games. This week we…

Blasphemous II to get DLC and Free Update

October kicks off my favorite time of the year. The weather gets cooler, I love Halloween, and we get closer to the Holiday season. I get a special Halloween treat this year, as Blasphemous II’s developers just announced two cool new announcements…

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii announced for 2025

Yarrr… never gonna believe this, but they’ve made another Yakuza game. Another Yakuza game in Hawaii of all places. Over the weekend at the RGG Summit event, ahead of the Tokyo Games Show this weekend, SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku revealed the…

Gas Station Simulator gets New Junkyard DLC

I’m a big fan of Drago Entertainment’s Gas Station Simulator. It’s one of the “Dad Sims” that actually packs a lot of fun, even if it gets a little hectic sometimes. I’ve been happy with the continued support of Gas Station Simulator…

Concord Director Reportedly Steps Down

Oh here we go, I have to credit Kotaku of all things for some news. It is like crediting a politician for being honest and not taking backroom deals. In the continuing saga of things I could have predicted with my eyes…

Sticky Business gets Among Us Collab

If there is anything that the developers of Among Us are good at, it is marketing. One way that they have kept Among Us in the spotlight long after the YouTube obsession has passed, is through Indie collabs. Now, there is a…

TOEM is free on Epic

A light news week all things considered. On Monday, the original Flappy Bird creator claimed not to be involved in the new game with hidden crypto nonsense involved. Tuesday, there is a new special edition of the Switch controllers for Rocket League.…

Hero of the Hive Announced for Steam

As many people know, Bees (specifically honeybees) are vital for a variety of ecosystems and purposes. A few developers have already taken on the challenge of reminding people of this fact through gaming, including games like Apico. Now, a new game is…

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and 16 profit didn’t “meet expections”

To say the recent form of Square Enix has been like a rollercoaster would be a nice way of putting the C-suite’s poor decisions. The Japanese publishing giant in recent years has gone down the blockchain and AI rabbit hole, not just…