Disney CCG Lorcana lets you ruin your deck with 99 copies of the puppies from 101 Dalmatians, if that’s your sort of thing
I don't have the kind of deep pockets to really get into trading card games—but I do like watching the meta fluctuate from afar. Disney's CCG has been of…
US Supreme Court has had enough of Epic vs. Apple, refuses to hear appeals, Tim Sweeney says the fight to open-up iOS ‘is lost… a sad outcome for all developers’
The US Supreme Court has ended the legal battle between Apple and Epic, for now at least, by refusing to hear either side's appeals in their long-running…
Prison Architect 2 goes 3D, promises smarter inmates and the most improbably whimsical carceral state yet
After a lot of teasing, Prison Architect 2 has finally made a break for it. The sequel to Introversion's 2015 (or 2012, if you count its first alpha)…
Elden Ring’s friendly dog actually wants to rip you to shreds
A minor theme in FromSoftware's peerless Soulsborne games is the occasional appearance of an enemy that, for whatever reason, doesn't aggro on you. My favourite example of this…
Someone made ‘Probably the biggest map ever in videogame history’ in Garry’s Mod, a multiverse octillions of kilometres wide that’s half-magic, half-maths, and wholly mind-boggling
I think this means we can finally make Carl Sagan's apple pie recipe. Forget what the megacorps are doing. I'm fairly certain that, if a true artificial…
Legendary D&D and videogame designer Jennell Jaquays is getting a memorial megadungeon built in her honour
Return to Perinthos will be a crowdfunded book of dungeon adventuring, with profits benefiting Jaquays' family and the charity Trans Lifeline. Even if you don't know Jennell…
‘You won’t find our games on a subscription service’ says the founder of Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian, after Ubisoft forecasts a future of players ‘not owning’ games
The CEO and founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has weighed in on recent prophecies from Ubisoft's director: gamers will likely grin and bear a subscription-model future. Swen…
A dystopian sci-fi MOBA was the last thing I expected from the studio behind Dave the Diver, but it’s real and playable soon
Nothing about Wakerunners looks like it came from the same studio as Dave the Diver, but, then again, nothing about Nakwon: Last Paradise did either. Mintrocket has a third game…
Ubisoft director says gamers will get more comfortable ‘not owning’ games, and he’s not wrong
A comment from Ubisoft director of subscriptions Philippe Tremblay caused mild upset this week—"pirate everything from Ubisoft," one response demanded—but the hostile reaction might have more to do with general anxiety…
Modder Turns Mortal Kombat 1 Into Gruesome Adults Only Dreamworks vs Pixar Blood Bath
Mortal Kombat 1, it turns out, is the perfect canvas upon which modders can ruin childhoods. Instead of the likes of Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Liu Kang tearing…