Before Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 went on to dominate The Game Awards and secure multiple Game of the Year wins, the team at Sandfall Interactive was setting far more modest expectations for its critical reception. Despite becoming one of the highest-rated games of 2025, the developers initially believed the game would land somewhere in the … Read more
Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij has revealed that he was not particularly fond of Grand Theft Auto 4 when it launched, largely because the development team had to make significant compromises to gameplay. For many fans, GTA: San Andreas remains the standout entry in the series. Its enormous scope and experimental mission design pushed … Read more
There is a certain magic in revisiting the history of video game saves, a nostalgia that stretches far beyond the technicalities of bytes and memory cells. For modern gamers, saving progress is a background task, seamless, automatic, and often invisible. Yet for those who grew up with retro consoles, saving a game was an intimate … Read more
Despite continued silence around a long-rumored Final Fantasy 9 remake, a different kind of revival appears to be underway. The animated series based on the classic JRPG—once believed to be cancelled—has reportedly returned to active production and is now targeting a 2028 release. Originally announced in 2021, the Final Fantasy 9 animated series was in … Read more
Fallout 3 lead writer Emil Pagliarulo has explained that Bethesda was nervous when creating the game, but by Fallout 4, the team had relaxed. Although it may not feel like it, Bethesda has owned the Fallout franchise for nearly two decades — acquiring the license in 2004 and purchasing it outright in 2007. Fallout 3 … Read more
The award-winning writer of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, has revealed that she didn’t approach the game as if she were writing a traditional RPG. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has become one of the biggest games of 2025, to the point that its award show wins are becoming a meme themselves. A major factor … Read more
Tomb Raider co-creator Paul Douglas has shared his thoughts on the two upcoming Tomb Raider games revealed at The Game Awards 2025. While some fans were initially disappointed that the next entry, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, would be another remake of the original game, Douglas highlighted that a completely new entry, Tomb Raider: Catalyst, … Read more
Edmund McMillen, the designer behind indie successes like Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac, and the upcoming tactical RPG Mewgenics, believes mainstream studios openly lift ideas from ambitious indie titles. He shared his perspective during a recent Reddit AMA after a fan asked whether indie developers still feel optimistic despite uncertainty in the AAA … Read more
Teamfight Tactics Set 16: Lore and Legends is one of the most ambitious sets Riot Games has released so far. It introduces one of the largest and most diverse champion pools in TFT history. With countless champions to unlock, synergies to test, and augments to experiment with, players have many strategic paths to explore. Below … Read more
Teamfight Tactics Set 16, Lore and Legends, introduces a new Unlock mechanic, making it one of the craziest sets yet. Units cannot appear in the shop until they are unlocked, adding strategic restrictions and increasing team variety. This set also has the largest roster ever, with 40 unlockable champions, each with unique requirements. How to … Read more