“Subnautica,” is one of the most popular indie survival horror games ever made and with the announcement for a sequel and its trailer dropping last year, many fans have been waiting with baited breath for early access to become available to the public. However, with Krafton acquiring Unknown Worlds Entertainment on Oct 29, 2021, fans […]
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Borderlands 4 is Pushing It with Collector’s Edition
The gaming industry is in a very controversial position now, with the growing concerns of the high-ranking publishing companies becoming greedier than ever before. Increasing prices and dubious ownership have made video games more of a hobby that only some people can afford. However, with the recent announcement about Borderlands 4 collector’s edition, we can […]
Videogame Hytale Canceled After Ten Years of Development
The video game “Hytale,” that has been in production for ten years and received high amounts of anticipation when announced, has recently been confirmed to have cancelled development after a full decade of work with a recent announcement from Hypixel studios, on their official website, stating that “we’re ending development on ‘Hytale’ and beginning the […]
Five Nights at Freddy’s Secret of the Mimic: New Norm for Mascot Horror?
The iconic horror franchise “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” received its next installment in the game “Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic,” having been released on June 13, 2025. The new title has received a mixed bag of feedback from fans. The game follows the player as they are tasked to investigate an antagonistic […]
The Imaginative World of Speculative Evolution in Video Games
Speculative evolution can be defined as a science-fiction subgenre and an artistic movement that considers hypothetical and scientific creativity to bring about fictional organisms with an entirely imagined evolutionary history. There are many pieces of successful media that contain elements of speculative evolution such as C.M. Kösemen’s book “All Tommorrows,” “Expedition,” by Wayne Barlowe and […]
Caramel Column’s Alter Ego: An Exploration of Identity
Caramel Column Inc. is a Japanese indie game development company led by Maki Ono and is well known for some of its indie titles such as “Insectarium Alternative March,” a game about investigating strange creatures called Urbanites and “Aznana,” a game about a boy and a disconnected head named Aznana attempting to leave the town […]
The Importance of Ambiance in Game Design
Nowadays it feels that everything in video games is hand fed to the player. Gone are the days where you can find something hidden behind a waterfall, alerted by the sparkly sound being emitted by a concealed collectible. Gone are the days of sneaking through halls and knowing where your enemies are by the sounds […]
The Art of Yume Nikki and Many Like It
“Yume Nikki,” is a Japanese indie title, created by the video game developer, Kikiyama and released on June 26, 2004. The game receives praise for its surrealist nature, with many popular games such as “Undertale” and “Doki Doki Literature Club” having drawn inspiration from it. The main protagonist of the game is a girl named […]
New Sword of the Sea Trailer and Release Date
Giant Squid Studios has dropped a new trailer for their upcoming video game “Sword of the Sea,” which was confirmed to be releasing in 2025 earlier this year for PS5, PC and Epic Games Store. This new trailer gives an all new look into their upcoming game as well as a new release date for […]
Phasmophobia Video Game to be Made into a Film: Will it be Good?
“Phasmophobia,” a popular multiplayer supernatural horror game, just got something big announced for it: A film adaptation by Blumhouse studios. Blumhouse is well known for their hit “Five Nights at Freddys,” film adaptation with a sequel on its way, as well as having a “Dead By Daylight,” film adaptation in the works. But the question […]
Giant Squid Studios’ Sword of the Sea is Soon to Release
About two years ago, on May 24, 2023, Giant Squid Studios’s next game, “Sword of the Sea,” was announced. Giant Squid Studios is a video game company that has also made games such as “Abzû,” and “The Pathless” both of which take place entirely in nature, with the former in the Ocean and the latter […]
The Future of VR
The many efforts of revolutionary game development have taken forms that go beyond just the controller and screen. Many people still remember Nintendo’s power glove and all the earlier versions of virtual reality that tried to implement more of the player’s actual movements into the games. Even as technology evolved, this desire has not waned […]
