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  1. Rock Paper Shotgun22

    Nivalis Nights Lead Writer: No Combat, But That Doesn't Make It a Cosy Game

    Nivalis Nights lead writer Thomas Welsh says the game has no player death, shooting or boss fights, but that doesn't mean it's a cosy game. He says life in its cyberpunk world shouldn't be relaxing at first, and players will have to earn a cosy existence in the city. Welsh also said the dating mechanics are meant to be messy, so players never quite know why a romance didn't work out.

  2. Kotaku38

    MatPat And Blumhouse Productions Collaborating On Amanda The Adventurer Movie

    MatPat (Matthew Patrick) has struck a multi-project deal with Blumhouse Productions, announced at this week's New York Comic Con, starting with a film adaptation of DreadXP's 2022 puzzle horror game Amanda the Adventurer. Patrick said he is partnering with Blumhouse to bring his favorite indie games and horror channels to the big screen. Which other games will be adapted has yet to be confirmed.

  3. Rock Paper Shotgun24

    Resident Evil-inspired cannibal dungeon crawler Medium Rare builds its art style from stock photos

    Medium Rare, a Resident Evil-inspired dungeon crawler RPG about rescuing your wife from a human meat factory, uses real stock photos run through Photoshop and dithered into crunchy, pixel-art-adjacent assets. Combat places enemies on a three by three grid where distance affects damage, with dice rolls and weapon choice determining survival, plus tile-based inventory management and infected enemies hunting you down. A demo is available on Steam, with release set for 2027.

Oct 10Sat
  1. 机核26

    Giving Masterpieces Memory and Life: TGS2026 Interview with the Producer of The Lost Art Museum

    The Lost Art Museum -Eirei Shūshūroku-, an adventure game published by Happynet, offered a prologue demo at TGS2026 in which players take the role of Vince, who wanders into a museum world and restores the lost memories of "Eirei" born from famous paintings. Producer and planning lead Honoka Ohara said the game's theme is passing down memory through paintings, aiming to bring more people closer to art rather than simply teaching art history. Each chapter focuses on one Eirei, while the reason they lost their memories and whether Vince can return to his own world form an overarching mystery.

  2. Gematsu35

    M2 Announces Devil Blade Reboot Consumer Edition for Consoles

    M2 has announced Devil Blade Reboot Consumer Edition, a tentatively titled console version of the shoot 'em up Devil Blade Reboot, with platforms and a release date not announced. Devil Blade Reboot first launched for PC via Steam on May 23, 2024. The original Devil Blade was created by Shigatake Games in 1996 using the shoot 'em up creation tool Dezaemon Plus for the original PlayStation.

  3. PC Gamer22

    How the level pack boom of early FPS games ended in a lawsuit that changed copyright forever

    In the 1990s, early first-person shooters like Duke Nukem 3D and Quake spawned boxed level packs sold on store shelves, occupying an ambiguous space between expansions and mods. Third-party studios like Sunstorm Interactive produced well-regarded packs such as Duke Caribbean and Duke It Out in DC, while others like Micro Star Software's Nuke It series were unauthorized shovelware. This unregulated frontier ultimately ended in a lawsuit that changed copyright forever.

  4. Reddit · r/Games20

    ATOM TEAM 10th Anniversary AMA: Studio Working on ATOM RPG 2, New Plague Island DLC

    Indie RPG developer ATOM TEAM is marking its 10th anniversary and is currently working on ATOM RPG 2, a massive sequel to its first indie RPG. The studio is also preparing a new DLC for the original ATOM RPG called Plague Island, and now has two more titles under its belt: ATOM RPG: Trudograd and the fantasy epic Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy. The team is holding an AMA on Reddit's r/Games to discuss lore, game design, and future plans.

  5. PC Gamer22

    Indie first-person ARPG Heathen's new trailer shows dismemberment: chop off a monster's head, kick it midair, and kill another monster with it

    Heathen is an upcoming indie first-person dungeon crawler from solo developer Christoper Yabsley, set in the fantasy town of Saltgrave. Its latest trailer reveals a new enemy dismemberment system that lets players chop off a monster's head, kick it midair, and kill another monster with it. The game will support online co-op when it launches into early access, with no release date announced yet.

  6. 触乐22

    Touch Music Weekly Industry News: China Defends Honor of Kings Gold at Nagoya Asian Games, Delta Force Announces 58 Million DAU

    On September 28, China beat Malaysia 4-0 in the Honor of Kings final at the Nagoya Asian Games, defending the gold medal it also won at the Hangzhou Asian Games, with player Yinuo becoming the league's first and only double gold medalist. On October 8, Tencent TiMi's Delta Force announced its China server daily active users surpassed 58 million as the game marked its second anniversary. NetEase also unveiled its extreme sports competitive shooter Extreme Battlefield, with its first test set to begin on October 15.

  7. 机核19

    Pixel JRPG Fantasy Idle Expedition with 91 Classes Launches on Steam

    Fantasy Idle Expedition, a pixel JRPG idle game developed by One Interactive Studio and published by Infini Fun, launched on Steam on October 9 at 36 yuan with a 20% discount for the first two weeks. The game features 91 sub-classes derived from 7 main classes and over 200 equipment pieces, with two DLCs, the Supporter Pack and Starter Pack, released alongside it.

  8. 游戏LOOK22

    Developer Claims Scammer Used AI to Clone His Game and Demanded $200 to Not Publish It on Steam, Fellow Devs Scoff

    An indie developer posted on Reddit's indie dev board claiming someone used AI to clone his game demo from social media videos and demanded $200 to not publish it on Steam first. Commenters noted Steam charges a $100 listing fee and that the AI video showed broken physics and enemies spawning off-map, so it wasn't a playable game. Users then found he never shared his email publicly and that he had threatened other developers with an AI clone three weeks earlier, suggesting a staged stunt.

  9. 游戏LOOK36

    New Hit in Tactics Card Mini Games? "Elite Legion" Lands in WeChat Top 20 Best-Selling Chart!

    "Elite Legion," a tactics card mini game published by Nanjing Yuanrong Network, has stayed within the WeChat mini game best-selling chart's Top 20 since launching during National Day, peaking in the top ten. The game features a Red Alert theme with tactics card PvP and human-vs-AI combat, and monetizes through in-app purchases and rewarded video ads.

  10. 机核17

    Hit Academy Brings 15 Student Games to Beijing Nuclear Fusion B12 Booth

    Hit Academy will showcase 15 student games at booth B12 during Beijing Nuclear Fusion 2026, held October 24-25 at Shougang International Convention Center. The lineup spans strategy, puzzle, and platformer titles including "玩个Gui2:天脊之下," "神代之烬," and "代号:大娘." The booth will also offer stamp collection, interactive raffles, and small merchandise giveaways.

  11. PC Gamer40

    After Overcooked, Ghost Town Games' Stage Fright Wants Co-op to Bring Players Back Together

    Stage Fright is the next co-op adventure from Overcooked maker Ghost Town Games, published by Hello Games, and co-director Oliver De-Vine says "Overcooked broke you apart and Stage Fright is there to put you back together." Two players guide a pair of kids through a Luigi's Mansion-style adventure of puzzles, threats, and mystery, relying only on verbal communication with no inventory management. The game supports both local and online splitscreen co-op, with the developers aiming to make online play feel as close to sitting on the couch together as possible.

  12. IGN42

    Blumhouse Partners With MatPat to Make Amanda the Adventurer Movie, Confirms More Indie Horror Game Adaptations Are Coming | NYCC 2026

    Blumhouse Productions has partnered with YouTube star Matthew "MatPat" Patrick to create a series of movies based on viral indie horror games, starting with Amanda the Adventurer. The partnership was confirmed at New York Comic Con 2026, where MatPat said he and Blumhouse are in talks with writers and directors and are "actually moving fast" on the project. This follows other YouTuber-led film projects, including Jacksepticeye's animated Bloodborne movie and Markiplier's self-funded Iron Lung adaptation.

  13. Polygon22

    The 7 Best Racing Games Like Star Wars: Galactic Racer

    Polygon lists seven racing games worth trying for fans of Fuse Games' Star Wars: Galactic Racer, including Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, Burnout Paradise Remastered, F-Zero GX, Wipeout Omega Collection, Fast Fusion, Reality Drift, and Need for Speed Unbound. Reality Drift has a demo available on Steam now and launches on Nov. 11.

  14. Kotaku22

    Japanese Indie Gaming Publishers Are Doing Things Differently

    At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Japanese indie publishers are diverging from tradition by selling doujin zines, stickers, and other merchandise to fund in-development games and build audiences. Finding Polka, about searching for a missing dog, won the Platinum Prize for best indie game and is published worldwide by Parco Games, a new publisher from the Japanese department store chain. Events like Comiket draw over 300,000 people across two days, while Comitia's quarterly Tokyo events attract over 30,000 attendees each.

  15. IGN42

    Dungeons & Dragons Goes to Outer Space With Star Wars: Tyro Squadron, First Look at Official Art

    Wizards of the Coast announced at NYCC 2026 that Dungeons & Dragons' next Universes Beyond release is a Star Wars crossover, including the adventure Star Wars: Tyro Squadron and a new Core Rules expansion. Tyro Squadron is set during the Original Trilogy and casts players as part of a secret Rebel crew fighting the Empire. More details on the expansion will be shared at Star Wars Celebration in April 2027.

  16. Game Informer38

    RuneScape: Dragonwilds Review - An Adventure In Busywork

    A review of RuneScape: Dragonwilds finds the game strikes a respectable balance between fantasy RPG and survival crafting, but its crafting system is bloated with workstations and materials that make it more laborious than fun. The first arc took 20 to 30 hours to finish, and the second arc, Fellhollow, took about the same time for its story quests. Dying drops your entire inventory and teleports you back to your last camp, though this can be turned off in the settings.

  17. PC Gamer18

    Why Nivalis Nights intentionally avoided transactional romances

    Nivalis Nights is a story-heavy shop simulation with light relationship building, where conversations affect four attitudes toward the player—friendly, combative, romantic, and savvy—but dialogue options are not clearly marked. Lead writer Thomas Welsh said the opaque romance system was an intentional choice rather than a tested alternative. Some characters' romantic paths are obvious, for comedic effect.