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Square Enix has confirmed its upcoming PlayStation shooter Foamstars contains some AI-generated art.

Nintendo is ending support for X, formerly Twitter, on Nintendo Switch.

Square Enix has revealed Foamstars’ second season of content.

Nintendo has announced a release date for Splatoon 3’s Side Order DLC.

Nintendo has announced that it will be making Zelda and Splatoon concerts available on its YouTube channel next month.

Old School Runescape players are on another level, man. The game's flooded with zero-sum games where the house always wins: yet compared to the person who gathered 1 million of the same crappy fish, this is small pennies. Despite this, I'm still somehow surprised whenever somebody goes so far out of the way just to prove a point.

Cozy and colorful farming sims have a new entry with the charming cat-venture , which takes traditional tropes and mixes them up with clever mysteries and a cute cat-theme. Developed by indie devs Bluecurse Studios and published by Armor Games Studios, is a wholesome and calming experience to play. It not only has the fluffy cows, decorating, and farming that are apparent at first glance, but it maintains a humor and general feeling of cheer even in the darkest depths of the mysterious forest and beyond.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.

Normally when writing up a new game, I'd tell you how to play it. Today, I'm going to be massively self-indulgent and ask you to tell me. The game in question is Dungeon Sweeper, a nifty free Itch.io browser puzzler made with the Godot engine that, as the name suggests, has a certain amount in common with Windows classic Minesweeper.

Adorable and nostalgic building sim Summerhouse is like a "tiny interactive love letter" to childhood summer holidays, and now it has a demo. 

Dead Cells developer Motion Twin revealed its new game during a surprise announcement at The Game Awards tonight, a high-speed roguelike battler called Windblown that sets players off on a quest to protect their home of floating islands from the invading forces of the Vortex.

Dead Cells developers Motion Twin and publisher Kepler Ghost have announced Windblown, a wholesome yet bloodthirsty new roguelike action game in which heavily-armed cartoon animals set out from a floating village to brave the horrors of the Vortex. It’s due in early access on PC in 2024, and we’ve got the first trailer for you below.

If I had a nickel for every cozy farm sim I played this month with a Paper Mario visual design that begins with getting washed up after a shipwreck I'd have two nickels. One was Echoes of the Plum Grove, and this one is Snacko, the ridiculously cute cat-themed farm sim. Snacko turned up at the Wholesome Snack show today (how appropriate) and announced that it's launching into early access today. Surprise!

Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition came with its own starter set way back in 2014. In it, players could go through the start of the Lost Mines of Phandelver adventure—which began with a harsh goblin ambush that could cause character deaths, and even wipe out the party.

Gather round, cozy farm sim players, we've got a mashup I've not seen yet. Echoes of the Plum Grove is a colony farm sim that its publisher Freedom Games is calling part Paper Mario, Stardew Valley, The Sims, and even Oregon Trail. And yeah, I do actually see all the ingredients in there. Plum Grove turned up to the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted in a montage of other upcoming Freedom Games releases scheduled for next year, and it has a demo on at the moment too.

If you know me then you know that I dislike the Bullet-hell genre. Yet, the last game I played that had Bullet-hell elements was The Knight Witch, and I fell in love with that game (which by the way, if you have not played yet, I highly recommend you do so). Fast-forward to today, I needed a game to scratch that itch of a Metroidvania and bullet-hell in one, and TEVI didn’t disappoint me.

It’s not time to barrel roll; instead, you should be celebrating by eating a Swiss roll as Nintendo Switch Online has added a bunch of adorable Holiday profile icons. You can use your silver coins on the service’s dedicated app to get them.

When you’re trying to fill your Pokedex, the goal is often to catch just one of every Pokemon. However, there are some Pokemon that we just can’t help wanting to catch every time we see them, no matter how many we already have in our box.

One of the key selling points of farm sims is the satisfaction of seeing things grow. That might literally be your crops growing, but it might also be the size or layout of your farm or the web of processing and agricultural systems you've connected. This stuff is just plain engrossing to set up and marvelous to admire. 

Talk about adorable! Two new Pokémon Squishmallows are available for preorder and they’re the cutest thing ever. The two new Squishmallows recently went live for pre-order the Pokémon Center website after an announcement of the new plushies earlier this year.

Cuisineer is the new hack ‘n’ slashing roguelike that’s bubbling up on Steam, and it’s not hard to see why. The game takes Hades’ winning formula and then injects things everyone can love: cat girls, cozy restaurant management, and food that’ll probably make you hungry.

This is the era of AI-powered chatbots. After the success of ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Copilot (formerly Bing AI), most tech platforms rushed to integrate similar tools. Discord got Clyde AI (which is soon going to be shut down), Snapchat introduced My AI, and China's Baidu launched its Ernie chatbot. Now, it's the turn of WhatsApp. As per reports, the instant messaging platform will soon get an AI chatbot too, and the latest beta version of the app also features a dedicated button to quickly launch it.

The Patch 10.2.5 has added some cute new animal models, including ladybugs and a pink duck! Pink is a common color across these new models, with the ladybugs even sporting hearts--do you think they could be related to Love is in the Air, which is slated for a big update in 10.2.5?

Bitesize café management game Zipp's Café has hit PC, landing somewhere between the animal-noir atmosphere of raccoon detective game Backbone and the chill relationships-and-drinks vibes of Coffee Talk.

You might have heard of the "horseshoe theory" in political science, which holds that far-left and far-right groups are actually closer to one another in terms of values and objectives than the political centre, coming together like the prongs of a horseshoe. I would like to propose an analogous theory for horror games and cute games whereby past a certain point of cuteness, the videogame in question teeters over dramatically into dread and nausea.

I enjoy games where enemies are a resource as much as a hazard. It's not enough that you can farm them for XP by killing them while they respawn, though. I also want to make the monsters appear myself.

A free passion project from a team of game devs has released on Steam after a few years in Early Access, and it's entirely free. Planet S is a game where you're dropped, with your single colony ship, into an uninhabited solar system either alone or alongside others with their own ships. From there, it's your job to try and expand to get the resources you need to survive and thrive.

Hotel management sim Yog-Sothoth's Yard strikes me as Cult of the Lamb with all the combat stuff replaced with cute anime girls and some business decisions, and it's made quite a name for itself on Steam.

If Stardew Valley took place in a world not dissimilar to the classic Studio Ghibli animated movie Spirited Away, I'd imagine it would look something like this promising new life/management sim RPG. Spirittea launches on November 13 for Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Game Pass, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.

Chillkey is a brand new brand and is debuting with the Paw65. It’s a cute mechanical keyboard with a ton of potential to transform into one of the most unique keyboards you’ll find at its price range. Most importantly, it has the satisfying sound and soft typing feel that the best gasket mount keyboards offer, in addition to tri-mode wireless for high-speed, wire-free gaming. Starting at only $79.99, it’s a high value keyboard kit that makes for a great onramp to the custom mechanical keyboard hobby.

Flour, egg, banana, butter, salt. Given the ingredients at hand, I thought this was a decent attempt at making banana bread. The free cooking game Little Chef disagreed, and dubbed my dish 'Eggy Mess'. Everyone's a critic. But it's fun to puzzle out potential recipes, dragging ingredients into the pot, brushing my cursor against little physics-simulated spoons and plant fronds, and discovering what fresh horror I've concocted. It's free and playable in your browser, so hie thee to Itch.io and get experimenting.

These Animal Crossing collectible toys look too cute, feel great, and have been discounted in the wake of Prime Day Round 2.

If there’s anything unattended Sims are good at, it’s catching things on fire. This is especially true when you let your Sims with low cooking skills anywhere near the kitchen, where they’ve been known to turn even the simplest of recipes into a full-blown emergency situation.

One solo developer has been making this cute village builder for almost a decade, and it’s finally out now.

Have you ever been lost in a song so deeply that you’re transported into another world, a preferred nature spot, or just find peace within the colors and shapes of a painting? Faerie Afterlight has done this for me. Created by the developers, Clay Game Studios, this Indonesian influenced game, with lovely music, folk art and beautiful visuals transported me into what might be the coziest and most chill Metroidvania I have played since both Ori games.

A Lego Piranha Plant from Super Mario has been announced, and the 500-piece kit recreates the classic foe/houseplant in miniature.

The PUZZUP AMITOI pre-registration is now open! If you don’t know what it is, it’s an upcoming Match-3 puzzle game for your mobile device. 

Ahead of Starfield's early access launch this week, Xbox has revealed a stupidly adorable Funko Pop based on a character from the game. 

When I first saw the “dog” mechanic in Pikmin 4, I was skeptical that it would even work. After playing Pikmin 4, I want the dog modded into every game before it. Yes, that dog, adorably named “Oatchi,” is arguably the start of the game. Not only does it look cute: it also heavily factors into the storyline of the fourth main iteration, and it’s one of the most useful game mechanics I’ve experienced in a long while.

AK-xolotl, the game about being an axolotl with an AK-47 assault rifle, just locked in a release date as part of the Future Games Show at Gamescom.

Two of the standout indie hits of the past few years are Cult of the Lamb and Don’t Starve Together. Now, the pair of critically-acclaimed darlings are teaming up for a new game mode, unique in-game items and even some character cameos. This crossover impacts both games, though each receives different perks.

Lamenting a lack of decent co-op offerings on Android? Well, why not check out Bokura, a cute indie adventure out right now on Google Play.

People can’t get enough of Yoshi. He’s happy, he’s an incredibly useful power-up from time to time, and he’s cute. What more could you want out of a companion? Well, more official artwork would be a start! New art of the adorable dino popped up on the Nintendo UK Twitter account this week, showing off a straw-hat-donning Mario with a yellow Yoshi pal. Nintendo is calling it an “Original Mario wallpaper” work, celebrating this very-hot summer of 2023.

Sega dropped the trailer for the Sonic & Friends animated shorts series on TikTok.

Pyramid Head, the main antagonist from the iconic Silent Hill 2, is not exactly what you would call “cute.” However, there’s always room for some adorableness, even in horror, and there’s a plush toy of the monster that’s being made available next year.

After a successful Kickstarter campaign, upcoming underwater adventure Loddlenaut has received a new trailer full of little Loddles. 

I love Diablo 4. I also love plushies. I also really, really like demons (to quote Powerwolf, they’re a girl’s best friend). So, the latest batch of merch – courtesy of the RPG game‘s appearance at San Diego Comic-Con – is absolutely perfect for me. However, if plushies of creepy goat creatures aren’t really you’re thing, there’s a whole slew of other Diablo 4-themed items to choose from.

Krillbite Studio is best known for dark, sometimes disturbing games like Among the Sleep, Mosaic, and the very brief but clever The Plan. But its next game looks to be something very different: It's «a culinary food truck adventure» called Fruitbus.

Fruitbus looks absolutely adorable, and that’s usually my number one priority when it comes to cooking games. Don’t give me realism, give me cute animal customers. Krillbite Studio has provided just that and more in Fruitbus, a game in which you run a cozy, customizable food truck. From a giant springy banana to racing wings, you can make use of all sorts of silly decor to make your bus more you while you diligently work to fulfill requests. If Fruitbus could be described with only one word, it would have to be unique.

When Star Wars Young Jedi Adventures was announced, it was inevitable that some very sweet toys would be along for the ride too - but to be honest, these might take the cake.