Videogames
Void War is a Grim Dark Space Ship sim
Full Metal Schoolgirl is an action shooter
Spacecraft is a giant seamless space exploration game
Cozy Pirate Game Cats Away releases on July 10th
Dinoblade started as an animation test by an artist. Fans loved it so much they ask for it to be a game. It's nearly finished.
https://youtu.be/pqZrvtyqajU?si=eEWXSN2O0jZtMzM7
Lifted is designed by a Disney ride designer.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKfJQnBiJj0/?igsh=bDVhdDBiN2Q4eGk0
AI LA is a first person shooter with fairly low spec requirements
Shibuya Scramble Stories is a live action adventure game that has actors from previous games in it.
Two year old article about pulp comic first person shooter Fallen Aces
The next Sonic racer will have Nickelodeon characters
Space Marine 2 has a horde mode. Go play it
ReVER Project Tokyo is a side scrolling mystery game and has a new demo
Perra Coda is an isometric old school adventure story by a team in Istanbul.
Gloomy Eyes is a self Co-op where you control two characters at the same time. It has a cozy horror look and feel to it.
A single player simulated MMO called Erenshor
Damon and Baby is about a demon king forced to end the curse of the baby he must now protect.
Two years ago Modern Warfare II the remake had an option to buy a Doom style shotgun
Runa is a turn based strategy game about characters
Sandustry controls every pixel for a factory sim
Skull Horde is a roguelite like vampire survivors, but you control an army in a procedurally created level. You upgrade and add to the army as it matches on its own to the hopeful destination.
Two year old article about Hollow Body which is an old school survival horror
Lego Fortnite is a fun adventurous Co-op
Wartorn is a mixed RTS Action rogue light about two sisters trying to return to their homeland through a war torn world.
A new Painkiller
RType Delta
Echoes of the End is a big ol beatemup
Prologue is made by the creator of PUBG, and is a realistic survivor game.
Midnight Walk is a survival horror game using actual footage of Japan with rendered Polygonal characters on top.
https://x.com/KazumiStudios/status/1934372305104237048?t=cLIoFRcEDLGpVGY7Ii0fEQ&s=19
Thrive is an RTS and City Builder
Rogue Loops is an action top down fighter. I don't see a story in the trailer and I'm not certain I care.
MINSK Robots is a dark exploration game by an indie team. It has some play testing happening now.
A list of indie games that just came out to consoles
VG: Reviews
MindsEye looks nice, but is boring says this review
A list of various game reviews, including Shadowrun for the Mega Drive
Broken Arrow review by PCgamesn
Review of Chronicles of the Wolf. He claims people who made Castlevania helped in the design of the game.
https://youtu.be/tNlukXdFmbs?si=_8dEfx4Hg0uHLgma
Rally Arcade Classics is a Dreamcast era style racer that can run on just about everything
VG: Blood Message
Blood Message is a Chinese history cinematic game.
Have an article
VG: Best Strategy Games 2025
It's a multipage list and only covers the first half.
https://archive.ph/jI9Wu https://archive.ph/FjXAJ https://archive.ph/JuBDv
Same site, but this multipage article lists games for steam next fest. I'm only listing page one though
VG: Mini Halo
It's like vampire survivors, only in Halo
VG: Lost in Random
Have an article
Lost in Random is an action top down fighter where a character is a die
VG: Marvel
Tokon is a Marvel Fighting Game not by Capcom.
New Marvel beat em up. Made by the same people who made the recent TMNT one.
VG: Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong game got a new Direct
Is there a DK multiverse?
VG: Cronos
Cronos a New Dawn is a survival horror sci Fi game by Bloober Team
Have 12 minutes of gameplay
An article about it
Combat system described
VG: June Shows
Every game announced at PC game Direct
Turn Based games at Summer Game Show
Outline of Summer Games Show
VG: Capcom Show
Capcom will have a direct
Another announcement about the Capcom Showcase
It was kind of boring. Pragmata looked somewhat interesting. The new Resident Evil is in a destroyed Raccoon City. Monster Hunter updates. Street Fighter 6 has bikinis.
Pragmata trailer. They've been talking about it since PS5 was announced.
Resident Evil Requiem has a lot of interviews and talk about the design and decisions for the game.
VG: Konami Show
Konami Direct coming up. Most likely Silent Hill and Metal Gear related. Maybe Castlevania and Bomberman. Goemon right out.
It did not have Castlevania, but a game is being made
Silent Hill being remade by Bloober Team
Apparently there is only one source for the Castlevania thing. He's been reliable, but it's just him.
VG: Beast of Reincarnation by Game Freak
It's coming out for Xbox, PS5, and PC
Made by Fictions as well
This shows game freak isn't just a pokemon company
VG: Metroidvania
Grime 2 has a trailer
Possessors is about exploring a house where random objects attack you.
Another Metroidvania named Possessors. It doesn't have the same description, but maybe I've got it wrong.
Blighted is a psychedelic western by the same folks as Guacamelee
Metro Gravity is a gravity based Metroidvania
Awita trailer
End of Abyss is a top down horror Metroidvania
Twilight Monk is a side scroller combat Metroidvania
https://youtu.be/CVe_k9gc0LQ?si=ZB936q1oKV1w3Qjp
VG: Metroidvania: Bloodstained
Bloodstained is getting a prequel!!
Another article
Interview with creators
Shutaro Lida has cancer but is heavily involved with the game.
VG: Metroidvania: Adventure of Samsara
Adventure at Samsara is a metroidvania based on the Atari 2600 game Adventure
Another look at it
VG: Switch 2
Nvidia talking up the internals of the console
Splatoon had a small video announcing a survival game, an update to Splatoon 3, and cross gameplay between Switch and Switch 2
https://youtu.be/d7ve2zWmkEA?si=-RLgX3dZb-yF7VuH
Mario Strikers releases for GameCube games on Switch 2
Sony defends $80 Switch 2 games
VG: Switch 2: Mario Kart World
Matches are over run by cow drivers
Mario Kart World is not Forza Horizon
Long review of MKW on X
VG: Switch 2: 3rd Party Games
Some 3rd party games did not sell as well as planned
Those games sucked and Nintendoomed
It turns out it's fans not buying the keycards the companies were pretending we're actual physical sales. This is very Nintendo. They will try an idea and see where it goes. If it fails, it fails.
VG: Business
XDefiant is gone. Ubisoft loses again
Two year old post about Epic firing 16% of their employees
Sony says PSplus won't have first party games day one
Final Fantasy 14 is losing its luster, and Square knows it
WarHammer 40k Space Marine 2 sold 7 Million copies and a sequel is being worked on.
Dante's Divine Comedy is reprinted in Japanese because of a gacha game
Hytale is cancelled and company making it is closed.
Game Informer is back
VG: New SeGa President interview
Interview with new president of SeGa. Not archived because it has a video. I archived it as well though.
https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/reviving-sega-will-be-the-greatest
VG: Next XBox
AMD and a Microsoft have made a deal for several products, including the Next XBox
Forza on PS5 don't be really well
100 classic games from antstream coming to XBox while console sales plummet
VG: NXB: PC
New XBox hardware announced. It feels more like an investor video
It's basically a PC running on Windows that will allow Steam and Epic to run on it. So Microsoft has given up.
Windows and XBox are now married
VG: NXB: Handheld
It does not do well in testing vs it's partner
XR: Meta: 3 XBox
There is an Xbox Meta Quest 3. It plays Xbox games, as if you had a giant screen. Have the trailer.
It could be released any minute
It's out now
The headset sold out
VG: Indie Business
Releasing on Game Pass has its downsides
What it's actually like to be a semi successful indie game designer. It works, but is hard and has a lot of sacrifice.
Carbon emissions and indie game designer in Australia. Article is 2 years old
VG: IB: Demo of failed game
A game based on paper Mario was never released, but the demo is available
Another article of the game being released as a demo by its creator.
VG: Nintendo
Nintendo releases games for the classic game section to fill in gaps, and let people enjoy the games on offer. It can be annoying, but it slowly builds up.
Nintendo has a policy to not respond publicly to fan complaints.
Nintendo is turning accounts off if they are deemed hackers of the console
Nintendo is scared of mobile gaming
VG: Nintendo: Voice Actors
Charles Martinet was fired, and isn't allowed to do Mario voices unless given permission
Martinet says he doesn't improvise anymore.
Princess Peach voice actor did not know she was replaced
Donkey Kong rap is back, composer not told
VG: Opinions
Final Fantasy 2 combat system should come back
Why isn't there an android gaming handheld?
Games so big it's exhausting. Big names only.
VG: Op: Game Awards Oct 24
Game awards are rigged
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DEszB
We're taking back the awards!
Can't recommend this game enough. If you are looking to scratch the itch of classic EQ/UO/DAOC this game does a good job simulating the online elements of the community, but without the huge timesink involved. Plus you dont have anyone ninja-looting or camp stealing. Demo on steam if anyone is interested.
I got the demo. It looks like a time sink, but fun. I bet there will be a lot more games like this soon enough.
I meant more of a 'pick up and play' style on your own time rather than having to conform to the schedule of others. Yeah a time sink but one you can play at your own pace.
That's good to know. I have a very weird schedule.
Holy shit Nintendo basically fired Mario.
I'm sure they had a good reason, but yeah. My guess is his voice was actually going.
I have never seen a company retrospectively shit on another's legacy as much as I've seen Nintendo do to Rare.