Four solodevs weigh up the risks and rewards of creating games as a team of one

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. But does the reality stand up? To find out, we talk to four solo developers to discover their experiences. How lonely is it to make games without a team in support? What kinds of compromises artistic and financial are required? And is all the risk worth it to be master of your own destiny?...

April 1, 2024 · 6 min · 1193 words · Stacey Mason

Minecraft now has Spider-Man swinging and an entire potato dimension in a very real April Fools update celebrating the survival game's most useless item

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. There’s still a bit of fun to be had if you’re a Bedrock player, though. The question is whether any of these items will end up becoming part of Minecraft proper.

April 1, 2024 · 1 min · 48 words · Randy Perez

New Doctor Who trailer promises a wild and wacky adventure with dinosaurs, a trip to the '60s, and "space babies"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. That’s just a taste, of course, as there’s even more packed into the trailer. “My Doctor is emotionally vulnerable. He hides it with humour, but hes lonely,” Gatwa previously said of the Fifteenth Doctor. I cant say much more than that; I dont want to spoil anything. But hes also energetic! The poor cameramen struggled to keep up....

April 1, 2024 · 1 min · 87 words · Jake Harris

No April Fools' joke: This co-op horror game where you "get famous or die trying" is like Dark and Darker but you're a YouTuber, and it's free for 24 hours

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. It’s totally free until April 2 at 9am PT and will be $7.99 USD thereafter. Either way, here are thebest horror gamesto scare yourself silly with tonight.

April 1, 2024 · 1 min · 44 words · Stephanie Shah

Ori boss on why the studio's new action RPG isn't $70: "We're not hiring hundreds of people just to create an illusion for shareholders that we're growing"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “We’re also regularly still seeing $70 games with microtransactions on top and usually players hate that. We make a run at be extremely efficient at Moon. We’re not hiring hundreds of people just to create an illusion for shareholders that we’re growing. We don’t have any shareholders. ItsSteam pageconfirms that the price will rise post-Early Access, though we don’t know exactly how much....

April 1, 2024 · 1 min · 80 words · Jasmine Wilson

The First Omen stars explain how the horror prequel puts a modern spin on the 'period movie'

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Once there, she finds herself at the center of a terrifying Satanic plot to bring about the Antichrist. So, it has been brought, very successfully and kind of authentically, into the modern world." “Do you know what I mean? Like, it’s beautiful because it could be, you know? But obviously, it’s quite creepy, too....

April 1, 2024 · 1 min · 83 words · Monique Young

The Witcher 4 won't be "The Witcher 3 in new clothing," CDPR says "we will be adding new gameplay elements and new mechanics" to the RPG

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Id say doing such things is always a risk; its not just repeating what was done before." Naturally, we haven’t the foggiest idea what these new elements may be. Odds are good that the developers at CDPR are also still ironing out specifics as we speak. The Witcher 4 is expected to enterfull production in the second half of 2024....

April 1, 2024 · 1 min · 95 words · Laurie Fitzpatrick

Helldivers 2's next Major Order just suffered a lethal setback, and High Command blames "diverted" bugdivers and creekers for the loss

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “The initial hours of indecision resulted in insufficient concentration of troops to achieve either objective.” Our Super Earth overlords also pointed a finger at soldiers occupied elsewhere. “Victories need to be earnt for be meaningful, and victory has not been earned this day.” The game itself doesn’t show players these lines, though a handy fan-madewebsitedoes....

March 31, 2024 · 1 min · 72 words · Thomas Smith

Palworld makes the most familiar April Fools joke of them all with a cursed dating sim announcement: "Pals take off their clothes"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “Will you remain friends or fall in love? Pink lizard Lovander is now a “flirty senpai who wants all the boys,” for example. If the idea of romancing creatures makes your eyes roll, no worries. Why not wind down with the other (real)best visual novel gamesout there?

March 31, 2024 · 1 min · 64 words · John Brown

The Terraria x Factorio sandbox game dreamed up by automation nerds everywhere finally exists and is off to a great start on Steam

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Unlike Terraria or similar side-scrolling games, you won’t just be trekking left and right. You’ll need to burrow underground and build toward the skies to find what you’re looking for. An auto-defense versus auto-defense face-off, if you will. AutoForge is already sitting pretty with a “Very Positive” reception based on current Steam user reviews....

March 31, 2024 · 1 min · 98 words · Shelly Burgess

This dark fantasy Metroidvania hooked me in 30 seconds, and some other people too since it's 285% Kickstarter funded after 3 days

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. We then take the place of an awakened Guardian working to reverse the damage done to the world. For now, sink your teeth into thebest Metroidvania gamesavailable right now.

March 31, 2024 · 1 min · 46 words · Charles Mason

Bandai Namco shadow-dropped a wildly popular free game about a Pomeranian tearing it up, and it's now one of its best-rated Steam releases ever

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Our titular good boy can soak up mud puddles and then make a total mess by shaking about. There’s even a little elephant hat that can shoot liquid out of its trunk. Perhaps the idea is one way to make game development slightly more sustainable. Check out thenew games of 2024to see everything on the horizon....

March 30, 2024 · 1 min · 73 words · Dustin Duncan DDS

Dragon's Dogma 2 goes all-in on the open-world RPG design trick that made me fall in love with Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. No inch of the Mojave went unscoured, no DLC went unplayed. So why did I spend so much more time in the Mojave than in the Capitol? The answer to that lies in each game’s critical path. Skyrim would follow suit, sending you on the long hike between Whiterun and Riften. And that’s exactly what Dragon’s Dogma 2’s entire world is built around....

March 30, 2024 · 1 min · 142 words · Kenneth Scott