From Umurangi Generation to Viewfinder, a new wave of games is making the camera the core mechanic — and revealing something profound about how we see virtual worlds.
From Slay the Spire to Balatro, the deckbuilder mechanic is colonizing every genre in gaming. We examine why shuffling cards became the ultimate game design Swiss Army knife.
Once a dying relic of physical media, the demo is back — and Next Fest's week-long events are quietly reshaping how players discover, trust, and commit to games in an era of $70 releases and endless choice.
From Hades to Balatro to Slay the Spire, the roguelike's loop—death as progression, randomness as narrative—has become the most copied design language in modern gaming. Here's how it spread and why it stuck.
From Lethal Company to Content Warning, a wave of proximity-voice indie hits is reviving couch co-op for a generation burned out on ranked lobbies and toxic matchmaking.
