Firefighting is cool, and dangerous, and there's lots of neat gear, plus you get to saw holes in houses, so it's obvious that there should be a Farming Simulator-esque game about everyday heroes doing their thing.That's the pitch behind Firefighting Simulator: Ignite, a four player co-op sim where you'll run a fire department in the American Midwest in charge of stopping all manner of fires. It's primed to release this...
"The river is a god, and they killed her" is a hell of a way to start off a trailer, but that's how things get rolling in the new video for All Will Rise, which despite sounding like some sort of supernatural thriller is in fact a "narrative courtroom deck-builder" about ordinary people holding the wealthy and powerful to account for their actions.A trailer revealed during today's Wholesome Direct showcase...
Dune: Awakening's sandworms aren't just scary, they're the most brutally punishing feature of Funcom's new survival MMO. When you get eaten by a sandworm, you permanently lose all your stuff. Weapons, armor, tools, gear, your entire inventory gets swallowed up when Shai-Hulud sucks you down, and you can't go back and recover it. Even your vehicle is gone forever.That's why crossing the desert gaps between regions is so harrowing: the...
After years of radio silence, Gecko Gods has finally announced a release window and published a demo
Gecko Gods has released its first demo as part of the Wholesome Direct alongside showcasing a brand new trailer for the reptile adventure, and as someone who has kept an eye on the development of this game since 2021 I could not be more thrilled.It's been a while since we've received any sort of update on Gecko Gods, and a lot of my excitement probably stems from the fact the...
Instants, a story-rich puzzle game that tells its narrative through a series of family photo albums, has launched alongside the Wholesome Direct. Throughout the game you'll watch the family grow and experience significant life events like learning how to ride a bike, family vacations, and moving house. You know, all that sentimental stuff that brings a tear to your eye when you look back on it later down the line.As...
When Spring rolls around each year, so many people I know will flock to fields and forests to gather wild garlic. But, that's as far as their foraging goes. When woodlands are filled with mushrooms ripe for the picking, the same crowd of enthusiastic gatherers don't trust themselves to collect everything edible because there's more risk.Which is where a game like Out and About comes in handy, and thanks to...
Australian director Sean Byrne is one of horror’s premiere mixologists. His debut, 2009’s The Loved Ones, meshed teen romance with gruesome Hostel-style extremism. 2015’s The Devil’s Candy put a heavy metal spin on the haunted-house romp. His new film, Dangerous Animals, in theaters now, raises a question no one was asking about a classic B-movie subgenre: When is a killer shark movie not a killer shark movie? Answer: When the...
Mario Kart World‘s rewind feature is quietly one of the racing game’s most useful features for learning how its new tricks, jumps, and grinds work. The Nintendo Switch 2 launch game sets you loose to discover rewind on your own, though, with no tutorial or anything explaining how the tool works or when you might want to use it. Below, we explain how to rewind in Mario Kart World, which...
The nightmare was real, the situation was not. Revenge of the Savage Planet, an adventure spread across a number of distant — and quite savage! — planets, invites nonlinear exploration. To complete its missions and discover all of its secrets, you must leap into an unknown where the otherworldly flora, fauna, and even the inorganic material are primed to kill you. So, shortly after assembling an underwater scooter that allowed my...
The tracks in Mario Kart Word are the real stars in the game and the shiniest one is the Rainbow Road track. The mesmerizingly colorful track is something out of this world — literally. Unlike all the other tracks in the game, Rainbow Road is a secret one, but luckily the path to find it is pretty straightforward. Below, you find all you need to know to unlock the Rainbow...