Shacknews senior news editor TJ Denzer got his green thumb in Tiny Eden, the cozy indoor farming sim from developer Bajka Games and publisher Digital Vortex Entertainment, playing the game’s opening hours in a featured ShackStream! In [Tiny Eden], you move into a relatively simple apartment of the future where Read more…
Shacknews writer Lucas White recalls the forgotten fun of late-90s gaming in their 8/10 review of Agent 64: Spies Never Die, the N64-inspired first-person shooter by solo developer Replicant D6, available now on PC via Steam! Read how Agent 64: Spies Never Die reclassifies the FPS genre in 2026 by Read more…
Shacknews’ Lucas White descends deeper into FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS, the deckbuilding roguelike adventure based on the beloved FAIRY TAIL manga and anime series developed and published by ginolabo and Kodansha Game Creators’ Lab, available on PC via Steam now! “From the adventurous flute-driven soundtrack (from Secret of Mana composer Hiroki Read more…
Sure, the modern internet has a lot of issues with it – but the horrors of the “good” old days await those lured in by nostalgia. Shacknews Contributing Editor Will Borger found his experiences with oneway.exe, a first-person single-player survival horror game where the darkest corners of the internet become Read more…
ShackNews embarks on a joyous journey against time in their PAX East 2024 preview of Baladins, the whimsical fantasy adventure inspired by tabletop RPGs from developer Seed by Seed and publisher Armor Games Studios. Baladins’ is clearly being made by a team that understands the appeal of tabletop RPGs, and Read more…
Shacknews’ Lucas White charted a path through the damaged world of Miasma Chronicles, the post-apocalyptic tactical adventure from Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden creators The Bearded Ladies and global publisher 505 Games. Available on PC through Steam and Epic Games Store as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, Read more…
Shacknews’ Morgan Shaver preps for a steamy cup of Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly, the sequel to the 2020 heart-to-heart talking sim played by millions from developer Toge Productions and publisher Chrous Worldwide coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Steam for PC Read more…
RockPaperShotgun’s CJ Wheeler talks 90’s shooters with the reveal about the newly upgraded and definitive release of the cult classic FPS by original developer and publisher Apogee Entertainment, coming in early 2023. Reminisce in classic run and gun glory with the Ludicrous Edition of the Apogee’s old school FPS, with Read more…
Greg Burke of Shacknews shared gruesome details in an interview with the team behind Zombie Cure Lab, the zombie treatment lab builder from the AAA sim vets at publisher Aerosoft and fun-loving problem solving developers at Thera Bytes. Community Manager Rebekka Wingert and Creative Director Jenz Bolanz discuss the inspiration Read more…
Shacknews‘ Bill Lavoy awarded an 8/10 score in his review of System Era Softworks‘ Astroneer, the accessible interplanetary survival played by more than 2 million space explorers while in Early Access. Lavoy praised the final release’s co-op system that allows players to drop in and out of the game without hampering each other’s progress, the music Read more…