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Alex returns from vacation to chat with Marcus and Charles about Life is Strange: Reunion, Super Meat Boy 3D, and several indie games: Damon and Baby, a twin-stick shooter from Arc System Works; Parseword, a new daily word game from the Wordle creator; and Raccoin, a coin pusher roguelike for fans of Balatro and quarter machines. Later in the show, we ask Marcus if his new PS5 Pro was worth the purchase. The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every F

Congratulations; you made it to the weekend! It was a busy week over here at Game Informer, and that was largely due to everything that happened on April 1. For starters, Darth Clark was resurrected and took over our news section, writing parody articles about Hideo Kojima, Palworld, the new Xbox, Nintendo, Super Monkey Ball, online shooters, the Pokémon Cubone, and Grace Ashcroft's boss. As chaotic as it was, it was nice to see him return to the site for the first time in years.The other thing

Invincible VS brings the popular superheroes and villains from the pages of comic books and TV screens to the arena of video games. Given its comic roots, the art direction is a crucial component of the game’s presentation and gameplay. We spoke to the game’s art director at developer Quarter Up, Dan Eder, to learn how the team settled on its visual style, which Invincible character was the most challenging to bring to life, how designing original hero Ella Mental differed from working on the ex

Reviewed on: PlayStation 5

When Thick As Thieves, the upcoming stealth game led by Deus Ex/Thief director Warren Spector, was first revealed, it was billed as an asymmetrical immersive sim that featured PvPvE gameplay. However, developer Otherside has announced that it’s abandoning that approach and is redesigning the game to focus squarely on single-player and co-op play.Thick As Thieves was first announced during The Game Awards 2024 and is set in the Scottish city of Kilcairn during an alternative version of the 1910s,

Reviewed on: PlayStation 5

You may not have believed it when Capcom announced the news yesterday on April Fool’s Day, but it has brought the original Resident Evil trilogy to Steam. That means Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis are now available on Steam. Capcom also tossed in Breath of Fire IV as a bonus.The announcement is the latest celebratory gesture for Resident Evil’s 30th anniversary this year. Each game features quality-of-life enhancements to support modern operating systems and current

Developer Ludogram Games (Monsters are Coming: Rock & Roll, Firebird) has announced Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a new mountain-climbing adventure that features roguelite progression and turn-based gameplay, with a Lovecraft-inspired twist.Players lead a team of climbers as they ascend a mountain cursed by mysterious, sinister forces. Success means carefully guiding your team, tethered together by a rope, across obstacles to reach the summit. Team composition matters, as climbers have different c

Happy April Fools' Day! Exciting for some and stressful for others, today is one of the most fun (and treacherous) days to be on the internet, as people and companies on every social media site set out to bamboozle one another. Luckily for the video game community, most developers and publishers are aiming for silly jokes this year most of which are pretty transparently not real. We've gathered some of the biggest gags below, and we'll be updating the list throughout the day, so be sure to check

Everybody grieves differently. After a tragic accident turned John Johnson's life upside down, he made it a daily routine to visit his wife's headstone in the Lavender Town Cemetery. In early March, however, Johnson tells us his life was turned upside down yet again. After placing bouquets of flowers all around his wife's grave, a wild Cubone appeared. Johnson is distraught, to say the least."It says this is its home now," Johnson told Game Infarcer. "Home?! That's my wife's grave!"Johnson curre

Toby Fox is one of the most well-known auteurs in indie games, known for creating Undertale and Deltarune. Despite his works' widespread popularity, he's a very private person, hiding his face from the internet, only doing occasional interviews, and having a relatively restrained social media presence. So when he addressed backlash from Latin American fans this weekend, it was especially significant.Fox works with a small team, where he has a lot of creative control. According to his recent stat

In 2023, The Super Mario Bros. Movie not only set the box office on fire to the tune of more than $1.3 billion worldwide, but also aptly demonstrated the potential of a larger Super Mario Bros. cinematic continuity. The first film wasn't perfect, but it told a fun, heartfelt, and appropriately nostalgic story featuring the biggest stars of the Mario franchise, demonstrating that respect for the source material can go a long way towards making a strong video game adaptation. The Super Mario Galax

Though Magic: The Gathering's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set was only just released earlier this month, Wizards of the Coast is preparing to release the next set, Secrets of Strixhaven. The beloved mage school in the universe of Magic: The Gathering, known as Strixhaven, is a setting Wizards of the Coast has played around in before, and this set promises a return to the hallowed halls of the unique five colleges that make up the school when it launches on April 24. Ahead of its launch, we have

Ivy Road Studios, the team behind last year’s well-received narrative shop simulator Wanderstop, is closing its doors tomorrow, March 31. The team announced the news this past Friday.The studio was founded by Davey Wreden, known as the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide. In a website post, the team explains that it was unable to secure funding for its next project, known as Engine Angel. Because of this, the studio must shut down. “It's a particularly tough time for raising

Last week, we learned the sad news that Epic Games would be laying off over 1,000 of its employees due to "downturn in Fortnite engagement" and a general decline in revenue. For the hundreds of now-former employees, it was devastating, but for Mike Prinke and his family, it was uniquely terrible: according to his wife, Prinke has a terminal illness, and losing employment means he also loses his life insurance. (Thanks to IGN, for bringing the story to our attention).According to his LinkedIn, Pr

Just as it's starting to get warm outside in the United States, the games industry's biggest players are getting ready for the busiest news season of the year. At the time of writing, Summer Game Fest is 67 days away, and Xbox has decided it's time to unveil its plans for the month of June. The publisher will keep its typical time slot the Sunday after the main SGF showcase (despite technically not being a part of the SGF festivities), and announced the broader showcase will be followed up by a

Reviewed on: PlayStation 5

Invincible VS has added perhaps the one character fans have been clamoring for the most: Conquest. The terrifyingly powerful and mentally unstable Viltrumite is the final character joining the roster at launch: may heaven have mercy on everyone else.Revealed dramatically during the Evo Awards, developer Quarter Up describes Conquest as a striker who is capable of applying “immense pressure” and overwhelming opponents with powerful strikes. For example, he has a charging punch that builds speed a

This weekend we're playing a new entry of an old shooter, a new entry of an old racing game, old Marvel games, and a new (but also kind of old) sports game. It's kind of crazy that Bungie's Marathon originally released in 1994 and Graffiti's Screamer released in 1995, and for the most part, both of those franchises have been mostly dormant for the last 30 or so years. But then this month, both of those games got new, very different entries, and they were both made and released by the original de

Wake up, Envoy, lest you miss the most exciting news in all of Alca: The cover of Game Informer Issue 377 will feature Soulframe, the fantasy MMO from Warframe developer Digital Extremes. What's more is that, in a first for Game Informer, all subscribers will receive a code to hop into Soulframe Preludes, which gives players the opportunity to play early and help guide the game's development as it nears closer to the 1.0 launch. Game Informer senior video editor Alex Van Aken and I traveled to L