It takes a lot of sass and brass to produce a classic “retail length”, beautifully animated, pixel-based action/platformer/RPG on your own. Other than Daisuke “Pixel” Ayama (one-man creator ofCave Story), I can’t think of any other developer that’s pulled it off (feel free to educate me on that if I’m wrong). To put it bluntly, most human beings just don’t have what it takes to make a game like this by themselves....

Embrace the endless beauty of Link’s worlds Finishing in style, today’s Nintendo Direct closed out with a brief trailer and a release date for the highly anticipatedThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The exciting follow-up to the widely lovedThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildwill launch on Nintendo Switch July 10, 2025. The evocative new trailer,which you can check out below, begins with some traditional wall carvings, instantly recognizable as belonging to the Zelda universe....

If the above video seems unfamiliar to you, then stopeverythingyou are doing. Put down the Hot Pocket. Stop pretending to work on spreadsheets. Just sit back, relax, and lose yourself in this week’s edition ofGames Time Forgot.Why? Because this week is a very special week: instead of watching me lazily hamhandle a single forgotten game I have only faint recollections of, Aaron Linde and I have walked — nay,skipped— down memory lane to remind you of one of the greatest forgotten game franchises of all time:The Neverhood....

More microtransactions patched in, they went back in time and killed Jesus, etc. Following accusations of lying about its game,The War Zdeveloper Hammerpoint has compounded its guilt by silencing dissent any way it can. On both their official forums and the Steam board, anybody criticizing the game has been eradicated. One of those silenced is Steam user Hummuluis, who wrote the detailedWar Zreviewfeatured in our last story. His review, which was written fairly and provided a lengthy, detailed description of the game’s inaccurate selling points, was taken down by a moderator named Kewk....

Best of 2013 Sometimes, there is nothing better than getting together with friends, online or in person, and working together toward a single goal. Together, everybody either succeeds happily or fails hilariously. With the right game, it doesn’t matter the outcome; everybody has fun regardless. Of course, as time has passed, more games have added cooperative multiplayer to their lists of features, and it often feels tacked on or unnecessary. The best co-op experiences are thoughtfully designed to enhance gameplay with more players, and in the best cases, they are the only true way to play a particular game....

20,000 BP to spend on even more cosmetics Amid the massive “Fix PUBG” campaign, developer PUBG Corp broke the game. Some routine server maintenance went sideways and created all sorts of new problems. Players experienced connectivity issues and network lag, rendering the game mostly unplayable for a lot of people. As recompense, PUBG Corp is loosening the proverbial and digital purse strings. The developer is giving away 20,000 battle points and a beanie-with-headphones cosmetic to anyone who logs intoPUBGby October 23 at 5pm Pacific....

Is this Frog Fractions 2? These stickers forFrog Fractions III(which is actuallyFrog Fractions VIin Japan) were found floating around GDC, and they might just be my favorite promotional materials ever. Of course, I’m still waiting onFrog Fractions II(also known asFrog Fractions IV). It’s got to be out there somewhere! Have you playedFrog Fractionsyet? If not,what are you waiting for? p excited for frog fractions iii (frog fractions vi in japan)pic....

After it was removed entirely Amdist the launch ofTitanfall‘snewDLC maps, there’s a new matchmaking update afoot for the PC and Xbox One versions. Evidently “less than 1%” of players were using the Capture the Flag gametype on PC, so Respawn took it out entirely — until late last week, when fan demand brought it back. Since the game is online-only, that basically meant that there was no way to play CTF outside of private matches or the Variety list, and it was effectively deleted from the main way to play the game....

Source Filmmaker is a storytelling tool that Valve created for the Source Engine to create their animated short films, including the beloved “Meet the Team” series shorts. They say that this tool squeezes the production pipeline of an animation studio down to a single gaming PC. With this release, you have access to these very same tools, letting you create your own movies. To celebrate this release, Valve has released the final installment of the ‘Team’ series, “Meet the Pyro....

Fun fact: did you know Yoshi was supposed to be a type of koopa? In case you couldn’t get enough baby and adult Yoshi action inNew Super Mario Bros. U, it seems as if there may be more on the way.Polygon has discovereda listing forYoshi’s Landin Canadian listings for Best Buy and Future Shop, with what presumably is a placeholder of July 28, 2025. The listing is as follows: Take Yoshi on an epic adventure to remember inYoshi Landfor Nintendo Wii U....

Index Corporation suspected of round-trip transactions Atlus parent company Index Corporation is under investigation for fraud,NHK News reports. Index posted earnings of 18.3 billion yen last year, a number the Japanese Securities and Exchange Surveillance suspects were inflated using an illegal business practice calledround-trip transactions. Mired in debt, the publicly-traded company is believed to have exaggerated revenues from its various multimedia subsidiaries in an effort to maintain the illusion of stability....

Love those costumes MoreShin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem(Genei Ibun Roku #FEin Japan) weirdness awaits. This time, admist the peppered-in combat sequences, there’s a commercial for soda, lots of fantastic costumes, and even some anime cutscenes. Tiki (a character that appeared in previousFire Emblemgames) is front and center here, and will be appearing in this new project as a vocaloid creation of sorts. Impressions will start pouring out of Japan soon enough, since the game is set to launch on December 26 of this year on Wii U....

The struggle often gets the best of us stuck grinding for the last few stars inGenshin Impact’sSpiral Abyss. If you’re running low on time and need some quick resources, we’ve got you covered. Here are the bestteamsand strategies for the current Spiral Abyss Floor 12 inGenshin Impact. Current Abyss cycle ends on:August 15 Best teams and strategies Suggested teams for first half: The first half is made up of one multi-wave mobbing chamber and two boss chambers....