Dordogne, a lovely watercolor indie adventure game that’s been in the works for a few years, is finally arriving on June 13.  The story follows Mimi, a young woman who returns to her departed grandmother’s countryside cottage in the real-life French region of Dordogne to uncover family secrets. Her return triggers a flood of childhood memories,…

The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its official selection of video games nominated for the Tribeca Games Award.  This is only the third year that games have been recognized at the annual film festival. The event highlights upcoming titles, which have generally been smaller budget/indie works, that have “potential for excellence in art and storytelling…

From Software, the developer behind last year’s critically acclaimed Elden Ring, announced Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon at The Game Awards 2022. Now, less than six months later, we have a release date, and it’s probably sooner than you expected.  That’s because Armored Core VI hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox…

Redfall, the vampire FPS from Deathloop developer Arkane Studios, is out in less than a week and to prepare players for what awaits, the team has released a new launch trailer aptly set to a cover of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun.”  It’s a nice cover, and it goes quite well with what’s happening in Redfall, Massachusetts,…

The live-action Twisted Metal TV series got its first poster today, courtesy of IGN, ahead of a teaser trailer scheduled to drop later today. The upcoming adaptation of the classic PlayStation car combat series is set to premiere this July.  Twisted Metal is being developed by Peacock and stars Anthony Mackie as protagonist John Doe, a “smart ass”…

Bloober Team and Anshar Studios have released a new Layers of Fear gameplay trailer to demonstrate the game’s performance in Unreal Engine 5.  Layers of Fear combines the experience of the first two Layers of Fear games, as well as both games’ DLC, into one single game. It will also feature a new chapter called…

Join hosts Wesley LeBlanc and Kyle Hilliard as the two take a quick look at Bramble: The Mountain King, a spooky and horrific adventure game inspired by Nordic Folklore that plays like Little Nightmares. It comes from Dimfrost Studios and features gorgeous (if not terrifying) visuals and a fun loop of traversal and puzzle solving….

Flashback 2 got a fresh gameplay trailer today showing off the sequel’s modernized graphical facelift as well as a November release window. The sequel to the influential 1992 adventure game was first announced in 2021, but we haven’t seen much of it since its last teaser at Summer Game Fest last year. Today’s video provides a look…

Paul Ehreth, a former Halo and Control developer, has opened Anchor Point Studios, a new studio within NetEase Games.  The team is aiming to create “immersive and engaging action-adventure games that offer social and multiplayer experiences,” according to a press release. Ehreth, who has more than 20 years of experience as a game director and…

Microsoft has released its financial results for Q3 of its 2023 Fiscal Year, which consists of roughly January through March of this year. In it, the company revealed that Xbox hardware revenue is down but its Xbox content and services revenue is slightly up thanks to Xbox Game Pass subscription growth.  More specifically, Xbox hardware is…