Rethinking the ban on selling in-game assets
Should buying in-game assets from another player be banned as cheating? The answer depends on who you ask. Game publishers would probably argue that...
Park Beyond interview: ‘Impossifying’ the amusement park management sim
Park Beyond is a different sort of project for Bandai Namco, a company known better for its arcade classics, licensed kids games, and anime-style...
DokeV shows off how combat works in this Korean homage to Pokémon
We’ve seen a bunch of Pokémon-likes in recent years: Temtem, Monster Sanctuary, Slime Rancher, and more (along with older standbys like Digimon and Yokai...
Park Beyond is Bandai Namco’s trip into theme park sims
Someone at Bandai Namco must have missed going to theme parks during the pandemic. That’s my theory about Park Beyond, the publisher’s first amusement...
Century: Ages of Ashes and its multiplayer dragon battles launch November 18
Century: Age of Ashes is bringing something different to the multiplayer shooter space — dragons. And you can zip around on the majestic wyrms...
Crusaders Kings 3 will make the series’ console debut on PlayStation and Xbox
As home consoles get more powerful, and developers craftier at adapting gamepads for keyboard-and-mouse mechanics, we’re seeing more excellent strategy games come to the...
The metaverse’s appeal hinges on its designers and hosts
For decades, science fiction predicted we would be cruising around in hovercrafts and experiencing the bulk of our lives through virtual reality by the...
Roguebook interview: Rewriting the Slay to Spire formula
Abrakam Entertainment enjoys tweaking existing game genres. You can see this in Faeria, its collectible card game that mixes in board game mechanics. And...
Analyzing Riot Games’ move to mobile
As Sensor Tower puts it, “Just over 16 months into Riot Games’ first foray into mobile titles, the publisher has released three games and...
Spiderweb Software launches Kickstarter for Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor
Spiderweb Software is ready to pick up the story of Queen’s Wish: The Conqueror, its old-school RPG from 2019. Like in the first game,...