Card-Based Rougelike RPG Dark Lord Announced

Unicorn Overlord is the visually stunning strategy RPG from developer Vanillaware, which we are confident will be one of the year's best games. You can try it now for free in an incredibly generous demo, with progress transferring to the full game, which releases next week on 8th March. In the meantime, publisher Atlus has released a trailer teaching potential players how the game's complex, real-time battle system works.

Do you love playing Kingdom Rush? Well, then you’ll be happy to know that Ironhide Game Studio is busy making the next sequel of the series. They’re bringing out Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance, which is the fifth instalment in their much-loved tower defense series. It’s slated for release on Android, iOS and PC later this year.

MAGES. has announced Iwakura Aria, a brand-new suspense visual novel for Switch. It will launch on June 27 in Japan for 4,950 yen at retail and 4,400 yen via download.

In surprise news shared by GM/founder Lozy, longtime Race to World First contender Big Dumb Guild has announced their disbanding and retirement from competitive raiding, citing a decline in leadership, alongside the loss of core players and sponsorship. Beginning their raid history in 2014, BDG gained recognition for their World 9th finish in Ny'alotha, beginning a streak of top 10 finishes which include World 4th in Sanctum of Domination, Vault of the Incarnates, and Aberrus. Despite ups and downs throughout their illustrious career, BDG will be remembered for bringing humor and levity to their productions, proving themselves equally entertaining and competitive throughout the world race.

Netherlands-based studio Feel Free Games has announced farming adventure RPG Luma Island for PC (Steam). It will launch in 2024.

Following its decision to cut six percent of its workforce last March, EA has announced another round of layoffs — this time affecting five percent of staff (around 670 employees) — as it moves away from «future licensed IP» toward its «owned IP, sports, and massive online communities».

When will it end? According to GamesIndustry.biz, Electronic Arts announced today that it will be laying off approximately 5% of its workforce which equates to around 670 people. In a note sent out to EA staff, CEO Andrew Wilson indicated the move is part of the company “moving away from development of future licensed IP that we do not believe will be successful in our changing industry.”

Genshin Impact officially announces the premiere date for its Version 4.5 Special Program, revealing all the new details about the game's next update later this week. The HoYoverse RPG's «Special Program» broadcasts have become a highly-anticipated part of the game's development cycle, with the developer revealing new information about the next update in advance of its release. Genshin Impact's ongoing Version 4.4 brought plenty of new content to the game, including new characters Xianyun and Gaming and new areas to explore. Now, players will learn all about Version 4.5 later this week.

Another gacha game is shutting down. Vespa is saying goodbye to its tower defense RPG, Time Defenders. The game’s servers will be turned off on March 29, 2024. Vespa is a Korean developer known for King’s Raid, another RPG. Keep reading to know what led to Time Defenders EOS.

NetEase Games has announced its newest triple-A game development studio, BulletFarm. As a “remote-first” developer located in Los Angeles, California, it’s led by David Vonderhaar, known for his work on Call of Duty (specifically the Call of Duty: Black Ops series).

Veteran Call of Duty: Black Ops designer David Vonderhaar has established a new “AAA game studio” with NetEase.

Former Call of Duty: Black Ops design director David Vonderhaar has established BulletFarm, a new AAA game studio, following his departure from Treyarch last summer.