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How a story publisher-turned horror game dev duo is challenging the genre: "Horror in video games can be a trap"
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Interview Interview | "Streamers play our games in something that feels more like a group read", says LCB Game Studio

After helping define the modern RPG with Mass Effect and Dragon Age, BioWare legend's new survival game could thrive in a "melting pot of creativity"
By Ali Jones published
Interview Interview| As Nightingale launches, Aaryn Flynn examines the changing face of the survival genre

I've played Dead By Daylight for 340 hours, but a limited-time modifier made it finally feel like a horror game
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | Lights Out mode has been and gone, but I hope the developer brings it back permanently

Inside the best horror demos of Steam Next Fest: "Gaining traction for your game is tough, no matter how strange and f*cked up we make them"
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Interview Interview | The best horror demos I found across Steam Next Fest are living (dead) proof that the genre is thriving in 2024

This Steam Next Fest was dominated by two massive strategy games, and that feels weird for an event all about discoverability
By Ali Jones published
News Opinion| Homeworld 3 and Stormgate were huge hits in the latest festival

A year on, I'm playing arguably the worst game of 2023 – and I'm actually enjoying myself
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | Arkane's infamous vampire FPS is still goofy, but is Redfall actually…fun now?

Banishers Ghosts of New Eden turned me into a ghost detective and let me decide what justice really means in a murky world with hints of Vampyr
By Heather Wald published
Opinion Opinion | Banishers Ghosts of New Eden explores an overarching question I'm still trying to find an answer for

I watched in horror as the man who helped shape Dragon Age and Mass Effect got chewed up by his own survival game
By Ali Jones published
News Preview| Aaryn Flynn shows off the deadlier side of Nightingale
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