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How indie studios are thriving while AAA games struggle

Major game publishers keep announcing layoffs, studio closures, and canceled projects. Meanwhile, small indie teams are ...

Overlooked action roguelike with Rogue Legacy vibes adds a bunch of new modes and items, and it's just $3 if you're fast

If you're after something to fill the post-holiday lull, action roguelike Plague Breaker blends Rogue Legacy, Dead Cells, and ...

Pluribus lead Rhea Seehorn's career began as the 'tutorial sorceress' in a Magic The Gathering PC game from 1997

Seehorn is best known for starring alongside Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul, but her work stretches back into the '90s. As ...

PUBG creator's take on a metaverse is radically different from Roblox or Fortnite: "Everyone's doing it the wrong way"

PlayerUnknown's PUBG inspired Fortnite's battle royale experience, but he won't be similarly influenced by Epic's metaverse ...

We're living in the new golden age of 2D beat-'em-ups—but the best one released this year had one foot in a different genre entirely

The core problem of the beat-'em-up genre in 2025 is content. They're games designed to be beatable in two or three hours.