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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s Wildest Song Was Inspired by Run-D.M.C. and Ice-T
A soundtrack for the ages.
Another Crab’s Treasure Dev Says We’ve Only “Scratched the Surface” of Soulslikes
An ocean of possibilities.
Tales of Kenzera Devs Want to “Tell Different Stories” In Gaming
Made with care.
Google Never Left Video Games
Google Cloud director of games Jack Buser reveals how the company plans to win gaming with cloud servers and AI.
French Aristocrats and Tony Hawk Pro Skater
How a small team made the most inventive platformer of the year.
Dead Cells’ Developers Are Applying the Same Early Access Formula to a New Zelda-Inspired Roguelite
A work in progress.
Visual Novel Developers Aren’t Laughing at Palworld’s Predictable April Fools’ Joke
Visual novels are more than a punchline.
Unicorn Overlord Is “The Rebirth of Tactical Fantasy RPGs” — But It’s Not Stuck in the Past
Old-school influences combine to make Unicorn Overlord a wholly original SRPG.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Director Hideaki Itsuno Talks Pawns, Beastren, and Mastering the Mystic Spearhand
“Fights between monsters previously occurred as scripted events, but thanks to the development of technology we were able to have them happen in a natural way.”
Xalavier Nelson Jr: “If You Don't Want to Deal with the Gatekeepers, Use a Different Gate.”
The director behind 2023’s indie hit El Paso, Elsewhere is just getting started.