Toymaker: Threads of Joy, the cozy game about crafting and selling plushies in the city of Salamanca from 1910, has just launched its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. In addition, it celebrates ...

Cozy room decoration game Momento will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch 2, Switch, and PC via Steam in Q2 2026, publisher Silver Lining Interactive and developers Fat Alien Cat and Nomo Studio ...

After a season of jarring change and inconsistent play, the Atlanta Hawks appear to be coming together at just the right time. The Hawks won their seventh straight game by holding off the ...

Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...

Attention, gamers: if you thought new titles on top of the endless cavalcade of sequels and remakes were derivative now, wait till you hear about what the game engine maker Unity has got in store.

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...

Shares of video game engine developer Unity Software (NYSE: U) have been sent through the wringer over the past two weeks. In late January, the stock crashed after Alphabet unveiled Project Genie, an ...

A Redditor asked for cozy games that require "no time limit" and "no fighting." Gamers were happy to oblige. Featured Video Not all video games revolve around sword fights, gunfire, or split-second ...

The newly released cozy multiplayer life simulation game, Heartopia, has already seen success as it has quickly climbed to the top of the App Store’s top downloaded free mobile games across 50 ...

Explore how game engine performance shapes graphics, with an objective Unreal Engine vs Unity game engine comparison to help developers balance visual quality, optimization, and platforms. Pixabay ...

Cozy games have experienced a surge in popularity, reshaping the way players perceive games. Rather than fighting or trying to survive, this genre encourages comfort, creativity, and escape. No ...

When I was in college, I worked weekends at a Waldenbooks store. Before I returned to Shacknews in 2016, it was my favorite job ever: Working with colleagues I called friends, putting books into the ...