It's a milestone moment for Czech, head-turning, no-fantasy role-playing game Kingdom Come: Deliverance. In a couple of days' time (3rd March) it sheds alpha and goes beta, transforming into a fuller, more complete game in the process. And we've got 40 minutes of the beta in vid … | Continue reading
Foursaken Media continues to put out game after game, and not long after releasing All is Lost, the developers are planning on releasing their new game, War Tortoise, somewhere in March or early April. As for what this new game is? Well, as it's usually their style, the developer … | Continue reading
Back in December we checked out the trailer for a clever upcoming puzzle game called Zenge. The actual puzzles were similar to Tangram puzzles, but with a couple of unique wrinkles. One is that each of the pieces of the puzzles had a track of sorts, meaning it had to be slid in i … | Continue reading
The good news: Dark Souls 3 now has a free promotional mobile game called Slashy Souls. The bad news: It's dreadful.Published by Bandai Namco Entertainment… | Continue reading
It's shaping up to be a major year for Nintendo if the rumor mill is even partially accurate. | Continue reading
Darwin. Hawking. Einstein. Tesla. Newton. Curie. Pythagoras of Samos. Each one has expanded our understanding of the physical world. And yet, somehow, we've never honored these luminaries with a 16-bit fighting game, until now.For an upcoming "newsgame" by Superinteressante magaz … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Stephen Curry goes down against the Oklahoma City Thunder HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Adrenaline no doubt carried Stephen Curry through the scintillating finish of the Golden State Warriors win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday night, after he went down with a sprained … | Continue reading
Right now, buying games via the Windows Store is a poor choice, due to limitations on the game engines, graphics settings, and user control. Services like Steam and GOG offer far more features and capabilities for identically priced software. | Continue reading
So let's say you're a giant ogre. You have conquered all in your path. Humans are but a mere annoyance to you. Frankly, you're bored at this point. You've got one life and you're gonna live it up. But you gotta stay in the house. So, what are you gonna do? Well, those humans thou … | Continue reading
Bethesda's Fallout Shelter [Free] has had a odd lifecycle for a mobile game. It was revealed (then subsequently released) during a massive E3 press conference, and it really seemed like the game was positioned as one of those lightweight companion adver-game sort of things like t … | Continue reading
FEATURE: “Pika. Pika pi, pikachu. Pi ka chu.” OK, maybe writing this story in Pika-ese isn’t a great idea. Still, it does remind us of an important point: one of the most popular video game characters ever created can’t say any words besides his own name. Pikachu was one of the 1 … | Continue reading
The Conker series returns this year with Young Conker, but fans might not recognize the squirrel. The new adventure, which will be packaged with the Microsoft HoloLens developer's kit, takes place in the player's living room. The character runs across floors, tables, and walls to … | Continue reading
When it comes to the depiction of mental health institutions and psychiatric wards, video games don't really have the greatest track record. All too frequently, games fail to make the distinction between modern psychiatric units and the cruel, misguided asylums of old. Worse, the … | Continue reading
No show likes to troll its audience quite like The Walking Dead. Game of Thrones may kill off people you love, and Homeland may test your patience, but there’s something unique about The Walking Dead’s ability to get you invested, hold your hand through long stretches of dialogue … | Continue reading
Utomik is launching the open beta test for its game streaming service with a special offer of $5.99 per month for access to 145 video games. The Silicon Valley startup is the latest game streaming company trying to deliver a “Netflix for games” with a clever combination of cloud … | Continue reading
"When you're mad, you cease to exist."The Town of Light is a game set in an asylum, and several decades of games like it have taught us what those words mean. Spookiness. Evil experiments. Something sinister in the basement. Jump-scares. This doesn't have any of that, but don't f … | Continue reading
Unpronounceable strategy board game Carcassonne is now available to play on Xbox One, via the console's backwards compatibility service.The game became available over the weekend, shortly after last week's announcement of back compatibility for Geometry Wars.As with all Xbox One … | Continue reading
Shenmue 3 is real - it still feels slightly strange typing that - and our latest update suggests it's shaping up pretty well. Yu Suzuki and his studio Ys Net has offered Kickstarter backers a new look at work in progress on Shenmue 3, with a batch of fresh screens being released … | Continue reading
These days it's not hard to find free indie games to play. With sites like Newgrounds, Kongregate and Itch.io providing a platform for up-and-coming developers, it's never been easier for aspiring game creators to bring their experimental prototypes to the masses. This will attra … | Continue reading
It takes a much heartier stomach to jump into the startup game now than it did a year ago. Zenefits recently became the latest unicorn to face devaluation after compliance issues forced the CEO to resign. Publicly traded tech companies like Twitter weathered layoffs and stock sel … | Continue reading
If using HTML to navigate a Mario-inspired world sounds like the perfect platformer for you, ‘Super Markup World‘ is not to be missed. The game lacks a real storyline or characters, but it does have a helpful blinking blue dot that guides you through HTML challenges that progress … | Continue reading
FEATURE: It’s never too late to become a Pokémon fan. The original games came out 20 years ago and spawned a franchise that stretches across cartoons (the show has over 900 episodes), movies (19 of them), a card game (that has 68 sets), and more. In total, the Pokémon brand earns … | Continue reading
The Great Wall of China is one of the seven wonders of the world. The ancient wall (portions of it) dates back to 7th century BC. The wall was completed by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang in 206 BC. Portions of the wall have been rebuilt from time to time by various … C … | Continue reading
Outside, the snow is packed in glass sheets, peppered in places with stones that offer a shoe some hope of holding its grip. Here in Tromsø, the most northerly city on planet Earth (so long as you define 'city' as a place with more than 20,000 inhabitants; those people who live f … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Curry’s game-winning three. By Gregory Lee, NBA.com Steph Curry lit up social media on the last Saturday night in February. Consider what Curry did to break many hearts at Oklahoma City in a 121-118 over time Warriors victory. Oh and the Warriors clinched a playoff berth … | Continue reading
Bulls star Derrick Rose missed his third consecutive game Saturday, while Jimmy Butler got an encouraging report on his injured left knee. | Continue reading
New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis will miss Saturday night's game against Minnesota after injuring his right foot during pregame warm-ups. | Continue reading
New Orleans’ Anthony Davis was expected to miss Saturday night’s game against the Timberwolves after injuring his right foot during warmups about an hour before tipoff, the Pelicans announced, There was no immediate word on the severity of the injury as the Pelicans waited for a … | Continue reading
A few months back, there was some speculation after Bandai Namco filed a trademark for a game called Slashy Souls, which many thought sounded like a mobile version of Bandai's other property, Dark Souls. Apparently, that speculation was spot on since tomorrow, we should be gettin … | Continue reading
FEATURE: Pikachu, Squirtle, Charizard, and all their of friends turn 20 years old today. On this day in 1996, Pokémon Red and Green came out in Japan for the Game Boy. It spawned a series that has sold over 200 million copies. But Pokémon’s reach goes far beyond video games, as i … | Continue reading
Imagine you have just hit 'start' on a new first-person video game. You find yourself in a room facing a doorway with 'this way' written in large letters over the top. You take a very quick look around and notice a few closed chests and cupboards beside you and then a door behind … | Continue reading
The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose sat out Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks because of right hamstring tendinitis. | Continue reading
Doc Rivers, coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, has been a proponent of a coach’s challenge system for replay reviews, similar to what the NFL has. He renewed his support Friday morning, talking with reporters at the Clippers’ shootaround session in advance of their game at Sacram … | Continue reading
These GDC announcements almost feel like a formality at this point, but, once again, we will be at GDC in San Francisco. This year it falls on the week of March 14th, and if you're a reader, strap in for what's typically an avalanche of game previews as all sorts of developers pi … | Continue reading
Did you hear about that crazy-popular game that sat in the No. 1 Games spot on iTunes for more than a month and a half? I’ll give you a hint, it has color in the title. Color Switch is a tap-based obstacle game that adds an additional level of difficulty because you are constantl … | Continue reading
One of Firewatch's most divisive design decisions was whether to reveal the player's location on the in-game map. This convenient waypoint system works well… | Continue reading
So, a while back I wrote about a game called The Light Inside Us that was coming to iOS soon. Well, unfortunately, as I wrote about it, things went pear-shaped for the developers behind the scene, and not in the good way! The release was pushed back indefinitely while Dastan Game … | Continue reading
Earlier this week a NeoGAF poster going by Trevelyan9999 claimed to have insider knowledge that the next Zelda game would launch later this year as an NX title - or at least come to NX very shortly after a Wii U release. Rumours are a dime a dozen in this industry, so we didn't p … | Continue reading
Crescent Moon Games is as busy as ever and have just officially announced their latest upcoming project, an adventure puzzle game developed by Mgaia Studios called Legend of the Skyfish. As Crescent Moon notes in our forums, Legend of the Skyfish has obvious influences like The L … | Continue reading
The Conduit developer High Voltage is making a collectible card game for Oculus Rift called Dragon Front.The upcoming CCG will feature competitive leaderboards and multiple factions with their own unique card attributes. The full game will contain 280 characters, 80 encampments, … | Continue reading
The Suffering lead designer Richard Rouse III has announced an ambitious narratively-driven stealth adventure called The Church of Darkness.Billed as a "top-down action-infiltration game" The Church of Darkness' main appeal is that the story significantly changes with each playth … | Continue reading
XperimentalZ Games is working on its next title after Mechanosaur Hijacks the Moon [Free] and Pixel Boat Rush [Free], and they need readers' help to beta test the game. Pinball Breaker Forever promises to be pretty much exactly what it says on the tin: it's a brick breaker game w … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Doug McDermott talks after his big game against Washington By Will Laws, Special to NBA.com For many NBA players, All-Star Weekend represents an opportunity to rest up before the home stretch of the regular season. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that all thre … | Continue reading
The last few releases from Simogo have sort of redefined what we expect from interactive entertainment. Using text, music, and visuals in new and interesting ways has allowed Simogo to tell stories in a way that feels like an all-new medium, like the evolution of literature, film … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Pacers top Magic in Orlando By Ben Leibowitz, Special to NBA.com Throughout the 82-game grind of the NBA season, rest can mean a world of difference wherever players find it. That can mean taking a day off on the second (or first) day of a back-to-back set, sitting out dur … | Continue reading
Game developer High Voltage just debuted its new offering for the Oculus Rift, a turn-based collectable card game called ‘Dragon Front’ that looks a little like ‘Final Fantasy’ and a lot like ‘Magic: The Gathering’ with a little bit of a ‘Risk’ mixed in for good measure. Dragon F … | Continue reading
Superhot's developer has teased a VR release for its super hot debut title.The ingenious first-person puzzle game where time only moves when you do has been receiving rave reviews lately and the developer noted in a Kickstarter update that it has "secretive" plans to bring VR sup … | Continue reading