Author: Zach Barbieri

Every year, it seems, especially in the indie space, where fast turnaround announcements are more feasible, we see a highly anticipated game announced within weeks of its release, causing plans to change for a multitude of devs that finalized. We saw this last year with the release of Silksong, and there were similar reactions to the early access release of Hades II, and now Subnautica 2, the sequel to the hugely popular underwater survival game, is the latest to shift the field a bit. Being Steam’s most-wishlisted game, it is not hard to see why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EZhCzFaQuw Despite there being a…

*This guide contains light spoilers for inKONBINI One Store. Many Stories. inKonbini doesn’t do much to explain the actual expectations of each shift that you will need to deal with. While it is easy to pick up as you progress slowly, there are a few elements that are easy to miss off the bat if you don’t pay close enough attention. One of these is the bulletin board in the back that kind of needs you to move into the nook between the phone and desk, where employees leave stick notes left for later shifts. On your first shift, there…

*This guide contains light spoilers for inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories. After opening in inKONBINI on the second day, a tall stranger who doesn’t talk will enter and wander around. Part of helping this customer includes a guessing game to figure out what they want, which can be a little hard, given that neither of the products they want is actually want are on the floor, and they give a vague idea that could be a range of products (the person refuses to speak and just nods in the affirmative or negative). This doesn’t really matter overall, which I only…

The Italian game company, Digital Bros., has purchased the intellectual property rights to Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, the debut action title from Chengdu Lingze Technology Co. Ltd. Digital Bros. is the parent company of 505 Games, which published the title, which was released on July 25, 2025, with the rights being acquired for around $4.6 million. This secures the company “full ownership” of the Soulslike action RPG and guarantees them all future royalties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0_8W3a_hY The intellectual property rights of a product, such as a game, allow a person or company to patent, trademark, or copyright-protect something created, especially if the asset…

There was a GameStop in my hometown that I had been going to since I was a child. Eventually, I started working there and did so for ten years, watching Black Fridays go from nightmare events, wading through a sea of customers in a tight space, to being maybe 50 in an entire day. We knew our store, 30 years on, was maybe on its last legs, the combination of everything as the world progresses around it, but I had moved about a year prior to get the news that it would be shutting the doors for good. I expected…

The upcoming vampire action title The Blood of Dawnwalker has received a new look at gameplay and a long-awaited release date, after it was previously tentatively slated for 2026. The game is the debut title from developer Rebel Wolves, a studio made up of industry veterans, many having previously been employed at CD Projekt Red and having worked on titles such asThe Witcher III and Cyberpunk 2077. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX17mPX3cew The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world vampire title where players take the role Coen, a man suffering both with silver poisoning and the vampiric curse in 14th-century Southeast Europe. As the…

Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Requiem has passed another impressive sales milestone and provided its director with two equally impressive cakes to make the occasion. The latest entry in the long-running survival horror series has now sold 7 million units since its launch on February 27, 2026. This is an increase of a million from the last official metric released in mid-April. Resident Evil Requiem has probably outperformed even the team at Capcom’s expectations, even for an already successful franchise from a beloved company. Upon its initial release, the title managed to sell 5 million copies in only five…

The next in-game event for the cozy sim Pokémon spin-off Pokémon Pokopia has been announced and will focus on the Dark/Ghost type Sableye. Beginning on April 29 at 5 AM local time and running until May 14 at the same time, Sableye’s Gem Hunt will see players gathering dark-type precious resources that can then be exchanged with the titular pocket monsters for event-exclusive rewards. The event will function similarly to that of the previous, which was known as More Spores for Hoppip, so if you participated in that, you are ahead of the curve. Sableye can be encountered outside a…

Game of the Year-winning RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has reached its first anniversary and is celebrating the occasion with a free update for players. This update adds new cosmetic options for all party members in the game. This also comes with a new sales milestone for the game, with developer Sandfall Interactive announcing that the game has sold 8 million units worldwide, a metric that would be impressive for bigger games, let alone a modestly made turn-based title. https://twitter.com/expedition33/status/2047661620357210498?s=20 While 8 million is impressive on its own, the title was also released day one on Xbox Game Pass, with…

After what feels like a lifetime of rumors and speculation, Ubisoft has finally given us the first look at Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced. Rebuilt in the latest version of the Anvil engine, and with input by fans, Resycned is a complete overhaul of the 2013 title, though with the narrative appearing to be expanded upon but unchanged. During the event, it was confirmed that players can expect to take sail on the high seas on July 9, 2026, confirming previous rumors from earlier this month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hkFaTypP1Q The event, hosted by Edward Kenway voice actor Matt Ryan, who is returning…