Bloober Team and Rogue Game partner for mystery next-gen console game

Meeting of the mind-rippers Here’s an interesting date night. The horror aficionados atBloober Teamwill be partnering with the colorful creators ofRogue Gamesin order to design and develop a mystery new title for PC and next-generation console platforms. As announcedin a press statement, the two studios have already begun work on the “crazy, cool concept,” the details of which remain tightly under wraps for now. “We couldn’t be more excited to collaborate with Rogue on this incredible project,” said Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno of the partnership....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Jeffrey Butler

Bravely Default on consoles? Series producer would ‘love’ to see it

‘Can’t make any official promises’ Game Informer had the chance to catch up withBravely Defaultproducer Masashi Takahashi, which resulted in several interesting tidbits regarding the history of the series and where it could possibly go in the future. Once such nugget is the fact that although nothing is confirmed yet, it could hit consoles one day. When asked about the possibility, Takahashi responded: “Unfortunately, I can’t make any official promises, butBravely Defaultwas the first RPG I worked on since joining Square Enix, and the series has grown very near and dear to my heart....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Lindsey Macias DDS

Co-op adventure A Way Out sells over a million copies

Hopefully we’ll see more of its ilk Hazelight Studios’ prison-break-turned-bonding-adventureA Way Outhas cleared one million sales. We just found out that#AWayOuthas sold over 1 million copies, in just over two weeks! Words cannot describe how much this means to us. Thank you to all of you for your support! — Hazelight Studios (@HazelightGames)June 20, 2025 HOLY SHIT, this means that 2 million players have played the game. Thank you so much❤️https://t....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Matthew Barber

Cursed screens from The Cursed Crusade

Upcoming Xbox 360, PC and PS3 2-player cop-op action gameThe Cursed Crusadelooks good.The trailerAtlus has up on their teaser page excites — rousing music, slashing swords, in-your-face action, realistic vistas. The game is still in development, but the developers took the time to share some new screenshots with us today. The new screens show protagonists Denz and Esteban getting theirwarrioron. They’re getting allswordyandmedievalfor you. They’re getting allmuscle-yandshield-yfor you. The ground iscobblestoned like a MFfor you....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Kayla Joseph

Dipplin and Hydrapple aren’t in Pokémon Go yet—give it a year

Anyone logging intoPokémon Gotoday to take part in the Sweet Discoveries event will be happy to see that Applin has been added to the game along with two of its three main evolutions—Appletun and Flapple. For the Dipplin and Hydrapple lovers out there, it’s a hard apple to swallow as they are nowhere in sight, with Niantic deciding to focus all of its attention on Applin’s Galar evolutions to start with....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Lisa Conrad

Don’t miss your chance to play the Gears 5 tech test this month

Playable with Xbox Game Pass on PC and Xbox One You won’t have to wait until launch in September to try outGears 5. The Coalition is running two technical tests in July with access to Versus modes like Arcade, Escalation, and King of the Hill. Aside from the aforementioned Versus modes, theGears 5tech test will also have a Bootcamp training mode and a “mini Tour of Duty, where you’ll complete Medals to unlock exclusive Tester Weapon Skins....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Pamela Miller

Epic paid Control’s publisher more than $10 million for PC exclusivity rights

Nearly all of its development costs Much has been made about Epic Games securing exclusives for its digital storefront by throwing around cold hard cash. In the case of midsize projects, Epic guarantees developers will break even on their costs. Even if the game doesn’t sell well, the studio won’t lose money. It mitigates nearly all of the risk that comes with game development. However, we haven’t heard specifics for the big-name titles....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 295 words · Julie Love

Forza Motorsport 7 will have a pre-release demo on PC and Xbox One

Three cars on three tracks You’ll be able to tryForza Motorsport 7a couple weeks before launch on October 3. Turn 10 Studios is prepping a demo for September 19, and it’ll be a chance to put yourPC through its paces. The Xbox One and Windows 10 demo will be split into three showcases. You’ll have access to the Porsche 911 GT2 RS on Dubai’s scenic Jebel Hafeet pass, the Mercedes-Benz Tankpool racing truck on Italy’s Mugello Circuit, and the Nissan NISMO GT-R LM on the Nürburgring Grand Prix track....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Vanessa Branch

GDC 10: Indies and Publishers: a System that Never Worked

The 2010 Independent Games Summit opened today with a talk by Ron Carmel, one half of the 2DBoy team that createdWorld of Goo. Entitled, “Indies and Publishers: Fixing a System that Never Worked,” Carmel’s talk promised to elaborate on the details of the recently-announcedIndie Fund, as well as the publishing environment than spawned it. Hit the jump for my summary of the talk. I really wish I’d had a camera at the talk — all of Carmel’s PowerPoint slides were gorgeously illustrated by David Hellman....

May 19, 2025 · 6 min · 1186 words · Rebecca Dunn

Go home, stay home, get Gone Home for free on Epic

Hob too, plus two other games Hey, are you out and about? You’re not supposed to be out and about! You’re supposed to be home, sleeping all day and playing video games. That’s what responsible adults do right now. So, for the homebound, here’s a game about being inside a house (once you move Christmas Duck).Gone Homeis half of this week’s Epic Games Store freebie giveaway extravaganza. The other half parallelsGone Home‘s exploration, but with infinite more combat....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Alice Morrow

Goofy RPG Journey to the Savage Planet is coming next year, still exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC

First contact Sci-fi exploration is becoming popular again. We have the talked-aboutNo Man’s Skyas the current king, but other games likeThe Outer Worldsare also on the horizon, or already here.Journey to the Savage Planetdefinitely counts, as it takes place on an uncharted planet as the player character attempts to make first contact. The whole shtick is very much like the self-depreciating tone ofThe Orvilleor the upcomingStar TrekTV showLower Decks, where the “4th Best Interstellar Exploration Company” is the star....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 153 words · Julie Joyce

Google wants fans to vote on the Pokemon of the Year

This can only end in tears You don’t have to bethatintoPokémonto have a favorite Pokémon. That’s the beauty of these games. Leading up to an officialPokémon Daycelebration on February 27, The Pokémon Company is hosting a major Pokémon of the Year poll through Google untilFriday, February 14, at 5:59am Pacific. Participating in the poll is as simple as typing “Pokémon vote”into Googleand filling out a nifty little form. Considering the series is approaching 900 creatures, you have alotto think about here....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 218 words · James Sawyer

Grand thrift auto: Win a real life GTAV Banshee

Bansheeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it Finding, cruising around in, and causing wanton mayhem in the racing-striped Bravado Banshee is one of my firmest, fondestGrand Theft Auto IIImemories.Grand Theft Auto Vhas an appropriately styling Banshee, too. And so can you. Rockstar teamed with GameStop for one heck of an excessive giveaway. Rockstar had a real life Banshee hand built and is giving the super car away. You have to trade in your PowerUp Rewards points to get entries into the contest, whichyou can do here....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Megan Sweeney