Housemarque Gears Up for Post-Saros Glory: Studio Hiring for “Next Groundbreaking Title”
Returnal Devs Ramp Up—Lead Animator and Graphics Wizards Sought for AAA Evolution Housemarque—the Finnish wizards behind Returnal‘s time-looping roguelike triumph and arcade classics like Resogun—isn’t resting on Saros‘ laurels. With their PS5 exclusive locked for April 30, 2026 (delayed from March 20), the Sony first-party studio (acquired 2021) is staffing a “next groundb...[Read More]
Bungie Hears the Slam: Marathon UI Overhaul, PC Fixes, and Weasel Extermination Incoming for March 5 Launch
Server Slam Feedback Fuels Pre-Launch Fire, Bungie’s All Hands on Deck for Smoother Extraction Bungie’s Marathon Server Slam (ended March 2, 2026) was a brutal stress test, peaking at 149,999 Steam concurrents and exposing raw nerves, but the studio’s listening hard. In an official post, they thanked testers for “making launch as smooth as possible,” vowing UI adjustm...[Read More]
Laysara: Summit Kingdom Review
There is a particular kind of exile, rare in a genre that usually hands you a flat plain and a cheerful granary, in being forced out of the lowlands and discovering the mountain has already hired a night shift of weather. The slope is still a slope. The caste is still a caste. The first thing that tries to bury you is not a metaphor. Laysara: Summit Kingdom, the mountain city builder from Quite OK...[Read More]
Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Laysara: Summit Kingdom Trailer Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive? Laysara: Summit Kingdom is a challenging city builder which tasks you with creating...[Read More]
Phil Spencer Retires, and Asha Sharma Takes Microsoft Gaming
Phil Spencer is retiring from Microsoft after 38 years. Asha Sharma is the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Satya Nadella put both facts on the official Microsoft blog on February 20, 2026, the same day Spencer told staff in a memo titled “A new chapter for Microsoft Gaming.” I went back to that blog. The handoff is the story. The nostalgia is optional. Spencer started as an intern in June...[Read More]
Mortanis Prisoners Review
There is a particular kind of afterlife, rare in a genre that usually hands you a flashlight and a polite ghost, in waking up on a morgue slab and discovering that dying was the easy part of the sentence. The tiles are still tiles. The cold is still cold. The first thing that talks to you is not a metaphor. Mortanis Prisoners, the first-person survival horror from Alexey Bulgakov and Vladimir Zlob...[Read More]
Mortanis Prisoners
Mortanis Prisoners Trailer Mortanis Prisoners - A survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentration camp where the camp's leadership, upon discovering a planned rebellion, orders the execution of all accomplices. Main protagonist encounter an even more terrifying fate. Will they be able to escape the nightmare? Mortanis Prisoners - a survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentr...[Read More]
Backrooms Level X Review
There is a particular kind of accident, rare in a genre that usually hands you a diary and a tragic flashback, in falling through a floor in Albuquerque and discovering that home is a word with no furniture in it. The carpet is still yellow. The buzz is still buzz. The first thing that tries to remember you is not a metaphor. Backrooms Level X, the first-person narrative survival horror from José ...[Read More]
Outpath Review
There is a particular kind of patience, rare in a genre that usually hands you a timer and a tragic flashback, in standing on a pixel island and discovering that home is a word with a workbench in it. The trees are still trees. The click is still a click. The first thing that tries to eat your afternoon is not a metaphor. Outpath, the experimental clicker base-builder from David Moralejo Sánchez, ...[Read More]
Backrooms Level X
Backrooms Level X Trailer Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and liminal spaces. 13 levels and giant enemies await you in this unique experience. In a place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, a strange accident occurred on October 27, 1986. Everything was recorded on a VHS tape. ...[Read More]
Manairons
Manairons Trailer The Manairons are back… and this time, they’re not staying quiet! Manairons is a 3D action platformer game set in the Pyrenees, where ancient legends mix with smoking factories, mischievous magic, and quirky little creatures. You are Nai, a manairó who has just awakened from centuries locked in the "canut", a magical artifact as old as it is suspicious. A witch frees you ...[Read More]
Demon Tides Review
There is a particular kind of swagger, rare in a genre that usually hands you a kingdom and a tragic flashback, in racing across open water and discovering that home is a word with a crew in it. The ocean is still an ocean. The drip is still drip. The first ledge that tries to eat you is not a metaphor. Demon Tides, the open-ocean platformer from Fabraz, is built on that swagger, and the swagger i...[Read More]