Author: CtrlQueen

Dream Dock and Digital Vortex Entertainment are blending the cozy mechanics of a fishing simulator with the pulse-pounding dread of a flooded, post-apocalyptic world. If you love ‘DREDGE,’ put this on your radar immediately. Our team sat down for an exclusive hands-on demo of a game that has quietly amassed over 100,000 wishlists on Steam: DREADMOOR. Developed by Dream Dock and published by Digital Vortex Entertainment, DREADMOOR is a dark, first-person fishing adventure set in a completely submerged world rotting from a past catastrophe. Within minutes of taking the helm of my rusted fishing trawler, I instantly got heavy DREDGE…

The $1 million Kickstarter sensation is finally in our hands for G’AIM’E. With revolutionary AI tracking and a satisfyingly heavy kickback, this plug-and-play peripheral is the retro revival we have all been waiting for. Walking the show floor at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) here in San Francisco is usually a blur of cutting-edge Unreal Engine 6 tech demos, AI procedural generation panels, and VR headsets. But nestled among the hyper-modern booths today was a sight that instantly transported me back three decades: a bright, neon-splashed setup featuring a heavy, plastic firearm and a floor pedal. I am, of course,…

Cinnadev’s upcoming cozy adventure, Delphinium, blends crop-tending and crafting with a deeply emotional, branching narrative about loss and rebuilding. Arriving on PC and Xbox in 2027. If you thought the farming simulator genre was exclusively about planting parsnips and cheerfully handing gifts to local townsfolk, publisher Serenity Forge (Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, To the Moon) is about to completely flip your expectations. Teaming up with Australian indie developer Cinnadev, the publisher used the backdrop of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco to officially pull the curtain back on Delphinium. Slated for a 2027 release on PC and…

Our team went hands-on with Nightdive’s latest boomer shooter revivals on the Steam Deck. From the morally twisted streets of SiN to a massive new campaign for Blood, retro FPS fans are eating well this year. Reporting live from the bustling floor of GDC here in San Francisco! Between the massive engine presentations and endless networking events, I managed to carve out some time to sit down with the absolute masters of retro-preservation: Nightdive Studios. As a massive fan of classic 90s shooters, this meeting was at the top of my itinerary. Nightdive brought two major hitters to the show…

THQ Nordic delivers Content Update #06, bringing point-to-point Waypoint Racing, dynamic dirt accumulation, deep vehicle tuning, and the most iconic heavy-hitter in franchise history. If your fenders aren’t crumpled and your radiator isn’t smoking, are you really even racing? Since entering Early Access, Wreckfest 2 has been steadily iterating on the glorious, soft-body destruction physics that made its predecessor an absolute staple in the arcade racing genre. But while previous patches focused heavily on under-the-hood stability and netcode, the development team has officially shifted gears into pure, unadulterated content delivery. Released earlier this month on March 6th, Content Update #06…

Dmitri Ogorodnikov and German Terekhov have officially left Battlestate Games to establish a brand-new studio, Nomion Games. Their first project promises to push risk and pressure to the absolute limit. If you’ve spent any significant time raging at the “Head, Eyes” death screen in Escape from Tarkov, you likely know the names behind the community’s communication. After years of managing the chaotic, highly demanding player base of Battlestate Games, Head of PR Dmitri Ogorodnikov and PR Manager German Terekhov have officially departed the studio to forge their own path. Today, German reached out to us directly with an exciting press…