Vampire Survivors' second massive expansion takes us to fairytale school

Tides Of The Foscari comes out in two weeks Vampire Survivor’sfirst DLC gave fans exactly what they wanted:more Vampire Survivors. The bullet-hell auto-shooter’s next DLC is aiming to do the same in just two weeks as the Tides Of The Foscari expansion launches on April 13th, developer Poncle have announced. Tides Of Foscari takes us to a folkloric Western European woodland - meaning demi-humans, spirits, and murderous angels rather than fairies, garden gnomes, and angelic angels....

March 31, 2023 · 2 min · 229 words · Jennifer Bryan

Videoverse's first chapter is the perfect portrait of early internet fan forums

Makes me long for the Miiverse The first chapter ofVideoversetook me right back to the early 00s last night. I can still remember sitting at the family PC in our living room, begging my parents for more internet time because I wanted chat to my friend on MSN Messenger. We had to buy hours of internet in those days, and between my young teenage self and my three brothers, we absolutely devoured those meagre weekly limits, always pleading for more, more, more as we became absolutely captivated by this new world of the online....

March 31, 2023 · 5 min · 855 words · Kristine Pearson

Windy Meadow is expanding the text-based world of Roadwarden

A Roadwarden Tale, coming to PC this year Roadwardenwas one of manyfantastic mystery games from last year, and fans of the text-based RPG can now look forward to solving more secrets from the world with Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale, coming to PC later this year. Windy Meadow is set in the same fantasy world as Roadwarden and similarly presents a slice-of-life story that can branch out depending on your choices....

March 31, 2023 · 2 min · 237 words · Jeremy Woods

Amazon Prime's free games in April includes Wolfenstein: The New Order

Plus 14 others Each month, subscribers to Amazon’s Prime service get a new batch of games to keep. April’s collection includes a bumper crop of fifteen games, released in waves every Thursday, including Terraformers, Metal Slug 4, and BJ Blazkowicz sad eyes in Wolfenstein: The New Order. Here are the fifteen games free via Amazon Prime in April: New games are made available each Thursday, with most delivered via the Amazon Games App with the exception of Wolfenstein: New Order and The BeastInside, which are GOG codes, and Looking For Aliens, which is aLegacy Games code....

March 30, 2023 · 1 min · 152 words · Amanda Lee

Chat Hi-Fi Rush with us in RPS Game Club

Live from 4pm BST The inauguralRPS Game Clubliveblog session is here! From4pm BST today, March 30th, we’ll be chatting all thingsHi-Fi Rush, which the RPS Treehouse has been playing throughout the month of March. We hope you’ve been playing along too, so why not come and join in the discussion with us? See you at 4pm sharp! Our live coverage of this event has finished. –Katharine Castle –Katharine Castle –Katharine Castle...

March 30, 2023 · 5 min · 1004 words · Michelle Davies

E3 2023 cancelled due to lack of "sustained interest"

“We had to do what’s right for the industry” The ESA’s email was shared by several sourceswith IGN. A joint statement has since been released by the ESA and this year’s event organisers, ReedPop. ReedPop, the operator of PAX and other pop culture events, are also the owner of Rock Paper Shotgun. E3’s return wasannounced in July last year, but recent months have seen several companies confirm they wouldn’t attend, including the first-party console manufacturers....

March 30, 2023 · 1 min · 97 words · Nicholas Baker

Electronic Arts are laying off 6% of employees in a new "restructuring"

“We are moving away from projects that do not contribute to our strategy” In an announcement to employees, made available onEA’s website, CEO Andrew Wilson says: “As we drive greater focus across our portfolio, we are moving away from projects that do not contribute to our strategy, reviewing our real estate footprint, and restructuring some of our teams.” He continues: “These decisions are expected to impact approximately six percent of our company’s workforce....

March 30, 2023 · 2 min · 261 words · David Stanley

Foxhole's developers are bringing their massively multiplayer formula to medieval warfare

Siege castles with thousands of fellow soldiers Foxholefinished its early access journey last year as an expansive massively multiplayer World War 2 shooter that looks and functions like an RTS in which every soldier is an individual player. Now developers Siege Camp (formerly Clapfoot) have announcedAnvil Empires, which seems similar in every way except its now thousands-strong armies are forging arrows and sieging castles in medieval warfare. Here’s the announcement trailer:...

March 30, 2023 · 2 min · 298 words · Brian White

Genshin Impact 3.6 livestream: Special program date and time, and a summary of what we can expect to see

Everything you need to know ahead of the official announcement of A Parade Of Providence (V3.6) When is the Genshin Impact Version 3.6 livestream?HoYoverse, the developers behindfree-to-playARPG phenomenonGenshin Impact, have a helpful habit of running a special program livestream ahead of their six-weekly version updates. Hosted by a trio of the game’s voice actors, each livestream reveals key details about the upcoming version change, including release date info; previews of new characters, weapons, etc....

March 30, 2023 · 2 min · 343 words · Laura Williams

Nobunaga's Ambition celebrates 40th anniversary with new western release in July

Slightly more ambitious Not many video game series reach the 40-year mark, but that’s the anniversary Nobunaga’s Ambition celebrates this year. The historical grand strategy series is celebrating with the announcement of a new western release,Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening, which will launch this July. You’ll find the first trailer below. As per usual, Awakening is a grand strategy game set in the Warring States period of Japan, during which clans battled to unify the fractured country....

March 30, 2023 · 1 min · 158 words · Jessica Miller

Pineapple On Pizza asks an important question: can a video game convey flavour?

It’s short, free and ten minutes long, give it a try One thing’s for certain, Pineapple On Pizza (the first-person walking sim) is nowhere near as controversial as actual pineapple on pizza (the topping). The game launched two days ago and it’s already sitting at an Overwhelmingly Positive rating based on over 6,000 Steam reviews. The game begins and stays on a summery tropical island that’s only missing a cocktail stand....

March 30, 2023 · 2 min · 242 words · Erica Barry

RPG classic Live A Live hops to PC on April 27th

The former Switch exclusive is also getting a Steam demo later today Fans ofOctopath Travelerhave likely had their eye on Live A Live for some time now. Last year, it came to the Nintendo Switch as an exclusive remake of the 1994RPG. Bu that exclusivity period has been brought to a surprising end as Square Enix have announced Live A Live is hitting PC and PlayStation consoles on April 27th. A demo is available now for PS owners and later today for those on Steam, if you want a preview of the first three stories from the time and genre-hopping adventure....

March 30, 2023 · 2 min · 326 words · Pamela Johnson

Ten years on, Owlboy developers are remastering their first shoot-em-up

Savant - Ascent Anniversary Edition is coming this summer Owlboydevelopers D-Pad Studio are swooping back in time to revisit their very first game, Savant - Ascent, originallyreleased ten years ago.Savant - Ascent Anniversary Editionis remastering the shoot-em-up platformer in which you control Savant - avatar of Norwegian music producerAleksander Vinter- with new stages, bosses, powerups, and a revamped soundtrack by Vinter himself. The remaster will launch on PC and other platforms later this summer....

March 30, 2023 · 2 min · 291 words · Robert Deleon