There is something about the Lunar series—a classic JRPG duology by Game Arts, first released for Sega CD—that makes them an endless wellspring of nostalgia. Despite being archetypical fantasy adventures (or perhaps because of it), many ‘90s kids have been looking forward to the Lunar Remastered Collection, which landed on Steam and consoles this week. Unfortunately, the spectre of ‘90s localization still haunts the game, with the first wave of...

Over on Bluesky, industry analyst mauronl shared some info from Devolver Digital's 2024 wrap-up for investors, including lifetime revenue figures for 10 of its games. Sitting at number one, with over $US90 million earned, is the folk-horror Happy Tree Friends dungeon-crawler Cult of the Lamb. Number two, with over $US80 million in lifetime revenue, is Astroneer.These may be surprising figures coming from the house that Hotline Miami built (it's number...

There's a clue for today's Wordle just a quick scroll down this page if you need to unscramble a mess of grey and yellow letters, or even if you just really like the idea of getting off to a great start while still keeping the fun word finding bit all for yourself. Have fun, try things out, and if nothing comes together feel free to click your way to the...

When the Diablo 4 roadmap appeared it included two instances of the concerning phrase "New IP collab". Worrying visions of skins that let you dress your rogue up as Jinx or your necromancer as, I don't know, Skibidi Toilet or something flashed through our heads. Fortunately, the first collab to be announced is much more tonally apt.Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal will be crossing over with Berserk, a popular dark...

Last year, Spanish game studio Tequila Works announced it was insolvent, and closing, even after prior staff cuts and the cancellation of an unannounced project.This month a page appeared on the European auction site Escrapalia that lists the various intangible assets of Tequila Works—its videogame IPs, in-development titles, and the studio's brand. The high bids for most of the published game rights, such as Rime and the once-Stadia-exclusive Gylt, are...

PC gaming can be an expensive hobby, so it's understandable that many players want to give their big black graphics machine a surrounding setup it deserves. I get the appeal of having the neatest, smartest desk, or colour-coordinating your room with your peripherals' RGB settings. I totally see why you might want all your merch neatly arranged in glass display cases behind you, or have a perfectly aligned triptych of...

Say the name "Havok," and I instantly picture the yellow sawblade in the company's logo. For PC gamers of the 2000s, that logo was a promise: Wonderful things await.But do younger PC gamers know what the name signifies? And do the rest know that the Irish middleware company, made famous through its use in games like Max Payne 2 and Half-Life 2, is still working its physics magic in big,...

By very precisely shooting lasers directly into the eye (do no try this at home), researchers claim it's possible to experience a color never previously experienced. The five people who have seen the color, which the team calls "olo," say that it's a blue-green hue, but more saturated than any blue-green ever seen before.As reported by The Guardian, a team at the University of California, Berkeley have published a new...

Fret not, Baldur's Gate 3 fans, because your favorite bug is still in the game even after Larian's "final" big patch. That's right: The thing where your character portraits can render misaligned, or with the wrong background, or shirtless, is still around and still really funny. Not long after the patch released one fan that clearly has their priorities straight took to Reddit to dispel any fears you might have...

Once upon a time I happily handed over $170 (plus shipping and import taxes) for a brand new copy of Ys: The Oath in Felghana for my trusty Windows XP machine. Does that sound like a lot? It certainly felt like a lot at the time, but I didn't regret my purchase. That was just what a rare, obscure, and never-to-be-translated (as we believed at the time) Japanese PC exclusive...