Pokémon Go fans launch campaign to protect game’s future, as concerns mount over sale

Pokémon Go fans concerned about the game’s future under new ownership have launched a campaign highlighting the need to protect the app and its community from the addition of predatory monetisation practices. Yesterday, a Bloomberg report stated that Pokémon Go developer Niantic was looking to sell its gaming portfolio to Scopely, the Saudi-backed mobile publisher … Read more

Dune: Awakening gets Steam release date, plus character creator and benchmark tool in advance

Dune: Awakening has received its release date: 20th May on Steam. Alongside the news, developer Funcom has made the multiplayer survival game’s character creator available to download today, as well as a benchmark tool. Created characters can be saved and then imported into the game at launch, plus an exclusive Frameblade knife skin will be … Read more

Solasta 2 is perfectly poised to fill a Baldur’s Gate 3 void

I’m quietly amazed by Solasta 2. Here’s a Dungeons & Dragons role-playing experience like Baldur’s Gate 3 that actually seems on a par with Baldur’s Gate 3, for a change. The clarity with which French studio Tactical Adventures has transposed the hefty Dungeons & Dragons ruleset is astonishing; I actually prefer parts of this interpretation, … Read more