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The Burden of Building Someone Else's Fantasy World

'Blackwood' is the latest in a long line of content expansions for The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMORPG that's keeping…

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Resident Evil Village Review: Straight-faced self-parody

Drawing upon its most successful designs over the last twenty years, Village is a masterfully executed, but stagnant work.

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2021 Apple Design Award nominations feature Australia's SMG Studio with ‘Sp!ng’

Apple has announced the finalists for the 2021 Apple Design Awards ahead of this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, and Australian…

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Itch.io games aren’t ‘unspeakable’; they’re groundbreaking

Chantelle McColl reflects on the role that itch.io plays in supporting experimental game development, and why that benefits the whole…

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Review: Essays on Empathy reminded me of the importance of creative community

This stunning collection of scrappy narrative microgames showcase Deconstructeam’s forensic interest in human intimacy. More importantly, they show the way…

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Strangeland Review: A dark, cosmic world let down by its structure

Wormwood Studio’s ‘Strangeland’ is a mind-bending ride through a visually unique and well-crafted world that is dulled by repetitive puzzles…

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Review: Biomutant Lacks An Identity To Call Its Own

Biomutant's clashing design philosophies continually reduce the player experience to one of overwhelming apathy.

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With Far Cry 6, Ubisoft admits to politics in its videogames. Why is that notable?

Ubisoft has had a history of saying that its politically-informed game worlds are not political. What's changed?

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Indie game developers rally behind Palestine with a fundraising bundle

Submissions are open for the Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid on itch.io. This fundraising effort is the indie games community’s…

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Freeplay 2021: Full program and speakers announced for the independent games festival

Freeplay, the world’s longest-running independent games festival, has revealed the full conference program and speakers who will appear at the…

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