Yume Nikki lives on with 3D follow-up Dream Diary

Releasing next month on Steam The recentresurfacingof the cult horror gameYume Nikkisuddenly makes a lot more sense. Come June 10, 2025, we’re officially getting a follow-up — and a 3D one at that! As the upcoming game’sSteam description puts it, “The RPG Maker team at Kadokawa has paired up with Active Gaming Media’s development team of ardentYUME NIKKIfans to bring you this modern indie title in the form ofYUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-....

June 7, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Brian Jackson

(Update) Mafia Twitter account returns with mysterious teaser

‘I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers’ [Update:TheMafiaTwitter account has droppeda second teasertoday, simply tweeting out the word “Power.” At this rate, it seems 2K Games will be showing its hand very soon.] The official Twitter account forMafiahas sprung back to life after two years of dormancy, adding further fuel to the fire that 2K Games has incoming announcements regarding the open-word crime sim series. Yesterday, after two years of silence,@mafiagametweeted out a single word: “Family”, probably suggesting something altogether more sinister than your average Mother’s Day blessing....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Tracie Sims

A small glimpse of Subject 13, from the creator of Flashback

They just gave me the number when I was young Subject 13, the next game from Paul Cuisset ofFlashbackfame, has reached its funding goal on Kickstarter.Subject 13reached its target of $40,000 with four days left of the crowdfunding drive. InSubject 13, you play Franklin Fargo, a physics professor, who leads a solitary and bitter existence following the death of his fiancee, Sophie, during a botched robbery. The game begins as Franklin wakes up in an abandoned underground science facility with no other external contact other than a voice that calls him Subject 13....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 212 words · Rebecca May

Activision internal investigation finds ‘no evidence’ it ignored harassment

Activision Blizzard here, to tell you that Activision Blizzard has done nothing wrong An internal investigation from Activision Blizzard’s Board of Directors claims the company has found “no evidence” that its executives ignored or dismissed reported cases of harassment. The investigation, conducted by the Activision Blizzard board with external advisors, concludes the Board did not intentionally ignore or attempt to downplay instances of harassment that were reported. AnSEC filingdetails Activision Blizzard’s assertions....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Andrew Bradshaw

After massive Shenmue III Epic exclusive Kickstarter backlash, Ys Net and Deep Silver are allowing PC refunds

‘Along with Deep Silver and Epic Games, we have agreed that should the above proposal not be acceptable to backers, refund requests will be honored’ So this E3 went pretty badly for Ys Net and Deep Silver. The duo announced, by way ofShenmuecreator Yu Suzuki, thatShenmue IIIwould be an Epic Store exclusive on PC, despite the fact that Kickstarter backers were expecting Steam keys. This meant that expectant Steam owners wouldn’t get their keys until a year after launch,and refunds were denied....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Whitney Reynolds

All The Haunt Items Locations – Lantern, Golden Key Necklace & More

Update July 15, 2025 Added guide for the Spectral Spectacles item in the Haunt. The Haunt Robloxevent has multiple items hidden on the Axbury Manor estate. One area will be opened each day, allowing you to get additional items and abadge. Below is a list of allThe Hauntitems locations, including Golden Key Necklace, Pure Light Lantern, Pumpkin Flaming Cart and more. All Roblox The Haunt Items Locations – Halloween Event How to Get Spectral Spectacles in The Haunt You can get Spectral Spectacles by riding the elevator....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 540 words · Paula Hernandez

All Valorant season start and end dates, plus their lengths

Valorantis a competitive online tactical hero shooter, and as such, I never expected it to have seasons in the same way as a game likeRainbow Six Siegedoes. However, the game does have a similar system in its Episodes and Acts that help ease players into new content without feeling overwhelmed. An Episode inValorantusually lasts around six months in total, with three Acts per Episode, each lasting roughly two months, allowing players the time required to get excited for new content, enjoy it, play far too much of it, and repeat the cycle....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Ryan Medina

Arena Breakout codes (April 2024)

Updated: August 06, 2025 Added the latest codes! This game is fast, unpredictable, fun, and engaging, especially when you gain some skills.Arena Breakoutquickly became one of my favorite FPS titles because of its hyper-realistic gameplay and mechanics, which translate well to a mobile screen. Looting and extraction are just added bonuses! Like in every other shooter, if you want free customization items and other valuable freebies, you have to work for them....

June 6, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Annette Gonzales

Assassin’s Creed will be hiding in a hay bale for 2019

Patience is a virtue Afew years back, Ubisoft put the yearly release schedule ofAssassin’s Creedon ice. Wanting to focus its efforts on improving each entry, the announcement was a welcome reprieve for many fans after a few years of lackluster entries. Then came the announcement ofAssassin’s Creed Odysseyless than a year afterAssassin’s Creed Originsand everyone assumed Ubisoft was full of it. Turns outOdysseyhappened mostly because Ubisoft had two studios working on new entries, as the series will be skipping a major entry in 2019....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Maria Farmer

BetaDwarf’s Forced: From classroom to Steam Early Access

A co-op arena game with strange origins Garages are passé now, it seems. Where once indie game developers would steal precious space from cars, lawnmowers, and bikes, they can now be found living up in a tree or, in the case of Danish developer BetaDwarf, squatting in a classroom. “Fuck it, we’re going to skip [our] apartments and literally live at university,” Steffen Kabbelgaard and his team decided during development of their colorful co-op arena game,Forced....

June 6, 2025 · 8 min · 1615 words · Gregory Stewart

Blizzard’s hiring for an unannounced Diablo project

We’ve been here before Job listings are a usually-reliable source of speculation, sometimes long before a publisher ever plans to actually announce the game it’s hiring for. That’s what’s happening today with Blizzard andDiablo. Blizzard has an opening for adungeon artiston an unannouncedDiabloproject. So, there’s going to be moreDiabloat some point in the future. Of course there’s going to eventually be moreDiablo! It’s easily one of Blizzard’s most valuable and popular properties....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Jim Patterson

Butcher peasants and burn down their villages in Chivalry

Chivalryis a first-person melee medieval combat game running on the Unreal Engine 3. This has been in the makings for a little while now, but I’m only taking notice now thanks to this developer video by Steve Piggott, Lead Game Designer on the project. In it, he details the mechanics behind the game and howChivalryis a hybrid between simulation and arcade style combat. I’m getting a littleBushido Bladevibe due the fighting mechanics....

June 6, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Michael Reyes

Caine’s Arcade, the arcade built entirely by a 9-year-old

Despite my rough attitude and general snarkiness, I have a huge soft spot in my heart for kids. For this reason, I nearly fell apart a few minutes into this short film about Caine’s Arcade. Caine Monroy is a nine-year-old boy living in Los Angeles who constructed his own makeshift arcade in his father’s auto parts store during the summer. Using empty cardboard boxes and various bits of scrap, he was able to build working versions of a claw game, a free throw basketball machine, and more....

June 6, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Jo Nguyen