"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling
By the time Campo Santo were reaching the end of Firewatch's development, Chris Remo was itching to start over. "I …
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Kagi brings its ‘small web’ of a human
Kagi's "Small Web" offers a handpicked collection of more than 30,000 non-commercial, human-authored websites, including personal blogs, webcomics, and independent …
Esque Going Medieval hits 1.0 today after almost five years of early access
The time is upon us! The time, that is, to go medieval through Going Medieval, the very Rimworld-like colony sim …
"You're not doing parkour off a roof, but the principles were the same": How the makers of Firewatch pulled from Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, and Bioshock to tell a new kind of story in a walking simulator
In May 2014, the small team at Campo Santo were still in the early days of making Firewatch, a first-person …
Everybody fights, no-one goes AFK in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, the new FPS from the makers of Warhammer 40K Boltgun
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is out today on PC. It's another licensed retro first-person shooter from Auroch Digital, the …
Eye of the Match is Papers, Please, Severance, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2 mixed up into an enticing concotion
"Popular game, but you do this instead," is a tale as old as time, birthing efforts that range from rote …
Hunt witches and question what's right in the murky but compassionate sounding WITCHHUNTER.exe
You know, I wish there were more morally dubious protagonists in the world of video games. I know why there's …
Fear not, phobia havers, Slay the Spire 2 will be catering to you in a future update
Broadly speaking accessibility features still have a long way to go in most games, however, one that has been cropping …
Latest Slay The Spire 2 update stops you having over a billion HP, while tweaking the deckbuilder's mod support
Roguelike deckbuilder Slay The Spire 2 continues its journey through early access with an update that fixes various crash bugs, …
Rooftops are jumped, skulls are thumped and a man falls on his wet bum in Thief-esque Project Shadowglass' latest trailer
Shhhhhhh. I'm trying to sneak into this poor bloke's castle. I'm doing it all stealthy, sneaky, and shadowy-like. I'm climbing …
Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s old
The web app lets you turn on YouTube and surf channels like you're watching cable TV in the '90s.