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Splitgate 2 CEO apologizes again, says "I'm not an idiot" and expected "some" controversy, but wasn't being political with his hat at Summer Game Fest: "We needed something to grab attention"
News "This is what we came up with," Ian Proulx says
Replaced Embracer CEO wins understatement of the year, says "the road has not always been straight" after billions burned, thousands of layoffs, dozens of games canceled, and multiple studios closed
News Assessing the straightness of Embracer's road
After handing out millions, Among Us dev says its indie fund has a signing rate roughly 8x higher than most publishers, most of its games are under $500k, just 6 are $1 million or more, and RPGs are king
News Outersloth has been "an immense success" for the Among Us devs
"We are going to do CRPGs that are going to be as serious as BG3," says Wizards of the Coast president, but Star Wars Jedi director's D&D action game is very different to Larian's RPG
News Baldur's Gate 3's strengths and success are not lost on Wizards, president says
Caves of Qud dev says they "made enough from launch" to work on this roguelike RPG for "a couple more years at minimum, so we're using the time to get up to some extreme bulls**t"
News Caves of Qud is still eyeing up your phone
The Outer Worlds 2 devs have already shown the background I'll be using in this RPG: the Roustabout, a talentless loser who is "not quite sure what happened" to get them here
News Not the hero we need, but the hero we have
15 years later, Super Meat Boy 3D gives one of the best platformers of all time a whole new dimension, and it's out early 2026
News There's a new Super Meat Boy game, and it's a big one
Ninja Gaiden 4 finally makes its 13-year overdue debut this October: "We often joke that 'we’ve made something that really doesn’t feel like a modern game—it’s just too hard'"
News The long-awaited action sequel finally has a release date
"It was not 'one guy', look at the dang in-game credits": Balatro's Localthunk joins team size discourse after Geoff Keighley fumbled it at Summer Game Fest by saying Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was made by "under 30" people
News For many reasons, no
"I got to shag his wife and kill him, so let's see what happens in the game": 26 years before becoming David Bateson's target in Hitman, Mads Mikkelsen worked with the Agent 47 actor on a Danish short film
News Call it even this time?
Splitgate 2 dev snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, channeling Borderlands 4's Randy Pitchford by upsetting fans even when his FPS is looking pretty good
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The devs behind one of our favorite Metroidvanias are making an action RPG with a Hades look to it, and I'm convinced this studio just cannot miss
News After Nobody Saves the World, DrinkBox serves up a 3D action RPG
The 8th most wishlisted game on Steam, Arc Raiders, is still the extraction shooter to watch, and it's coming this October
News Arc Raiders release date set for October at last
That's another Soulslike RPG for my list: Mortal Shell 2 is coming to consoles and PC next year, and I'm a big fan of the gigantic gross stuff in its trailer
News A fun but flawed idea is getting a sequel, heck yeah
The big Zenless Zone Zero 2.0 interview: buffing old characters, standing up to Miyabi, the missing idol faction, and the "undeniable" Yixuan
Feature HoYoverse "will continue to explore" buffing old characters in Zenless Zone Zero
A GameStop reportedly ruined new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles with receipts stapled to the screen, but hey, Walmart is giving out free chips and soda "to celebrate launch day"
News Obvious but delicious corporate bait
A Final Fantasy Tactics remaster appeared in the Nvidia giga-leak nearly 4 years ago, so with The Ivalice Chronicles announced I'm staring extra hard at the Final Fantasy 9 Remake that was also mentioned
News Am I just fooling myself?
In a week, Elden Ring Nightreign players have turned the Revenant class into the new FromSoftware mascot, all but worshipping her as a tiny gremlin god
News Revenant don't need no protection
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is getting a prequel in 2026, and with the "largest and deadliest" map yet it's somehow even more Castlevania-coded
News We're busting through a literal castle next year
Nioh 3 announced for 2026: Team Ninja's genuinely great Soulslike series is back with a bigger open world, and there's a demo out today
News Nioh 3 adds a new fighting style to the action RPG formula
After 28 years, the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is real: The Ivalice Chronicles is coming this September with original and enhanced versions included
News A strategy RPG icon returns at last
Hits like Schedule 1 are a dangerous bar for indies, Steam expert says: "That top potential has completely warped people's brains about what they should be making"
News Sometimes you've just gotta get some games out the door
Steam expert points to the games you never see quietly "making hundreds of thousands of dollars for small devs" as a key sign "Steam is doing okay"
News "That's kind of what I like about Steam," says Chris Zukowski
