Fans of Twister rejoice, there's finally a game that lets you take down tornadoes in the least realistic way possible—and it's free!Kill the Twister, a free indie game that's exactly what it sounds like, launched on Steam this month and you don't even need to add it to your wishlist since it's a free game at the time of writing. In this "self-contained FPS boss fight against a massive tornado,"...

Cephalofair Games, and other board game publishers like it, are in dire straits thanks to Trump administration trade tariffs, which could have a catastrophic impact on the entire board game industry.In an interview with CNN last week, Cephalofair Games COO Price Johnson shared some bad news about the second edition of the hit dungeon crawler board game Gloomhaven, which is now on hold due to the tariffs.Johnson explained that tariffs...

REPO's dev team loves its players and modders, but it's kindly asking everyone to optimize their mods so they don't fry the servers.The REPO devs answered some questions from players in a Q&A video posted on Saturday, including one question about semiwork's "stance on mods." Their response was positive, but with one small ask for modders:"We encourage mods. It's so fun to see people add their own personality to our...

The month of April has turned out to be a flashpoint for the isometric ARPG community. It's packed with updates: Path of Exile 2, Last Epoch, Diablo 4, and No Rest for the Wicked all have big new shinies out this month, and while it's natural to compare them, brawling over which is better obscures the bigger picture: This great genre now has tons of great games, each with its...

Admit it, we all have an MMO of questionable pedigree that we could happily sink dozens more hours into. Unfortunately for me, mine was Defiance. Yep, the one that ran alongside the moderately popular sci-fi (sorry, SyFy) TV show. Defunct twice over as both a retail game and the F2P relaunch Defiance 2050, it’s now back from the dead once more under new publisher Fawkes Games, and I’ve got my...

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...