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 ...
Pocket Tactics

What if the next Pokémon game looked like Octopath Traveler?

I'm in the minority of people who love the recent 3D Pokémon games, so maybe it's time for a change of pace to unite the ...

Eric Barone makes $125,000 donation to the C# framework Stardew Valley uses, as well as 'an ongoing monthly commitment' in what the team behind it calls an 'extra…

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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.
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Surprising no one, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 looks phenomenal in HD-2D

Imagining a game as beautiful as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 getting even prettier is a tall task, but there’s one thing that does the job: turning it into HD-2D pixel art, the striking art style ...
Gematsu

2XKO launches January 20, 2026

Free-to-play fighting game 2XKO will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC on January 20, 2026, developer Riot Games announced in a trailer that has since gone ...
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Terminator 2D: No Fate Review – Retroactive Fun

No Fate brings back the glorious Arcade brawler action of the 1990s, while adapting one of the best movies ever in a faithful ...