Metroidvanias and difficulty go hand in hand these days. Rightly so, in my opinion, as the genre can loosely be centered around the theme of finding your own path. These types of games typically plop you somewhere in their world with minimal direction, and off you go to discover the

During a turbulent time at Activision-Blizzard, Blizzard President, J. Allen Brack stepped down today from his role at the company to pursue other opportunities. Brack was one of the two specific people mentioned in a lawsuit in which the state of California accused the company of garnering an environment of

The only constants in this world are death, taxes, and updates to live service video games. Apex Legends gets its tenth seasonal update today, and it is shaping up to be a big one. Apex Legends: Emergence brings a new legend, a new weapon, map reworks to World’s Edge,

Capstone games has announced a new tabletop game and an expansion from Alexander Pfister, Boonlake and Maracaibo: Uprising. In Boonlake players will work to better a settlement’s life while in Maracaibo: Uprising players will take part in an uprising in new solo and co-op modes! The next game from

EA just announced that those who have subscribed to EA Play will be able to play Skate on August 5 as well as play an early access trial of Madden 22 starting next week. In addition to these two early access bonuses, subscribers can also claim rewards for Knockout City

Are you ready to rock until the sun comes up? Harmonix and NCSoft recently announced that they will host a Block Party event this week, featuring a new competition that players will be able to participate in for Diamonds. In addition, there will be a new Diamond shop sale with

It’s a rough time for the videogame industry, and from the scope and magnitude of the stories being brought forward by employees current and former from Activision and Ubisoft recently, with Gato Salvaje cutting ties with Chris Allevone, walkouts at Riot and investigations of CEO Nicholas Laurent, a spate

While people were running around battling evil (and each other) in Ultima Online, I was baking bread and banging out comfy furniture in town. I’m more at home crafting armor than wearing it in RPGs. I’m a crafter to my core. When developer Alta announced that their game