Games – Page 21

Feb32026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Switch Became The Most Popular Nintendo In History

Credit: Nintendo The Nintendo DS gaming console was discontinued 12 years ago, but it only this year overtook the Switch as the brand's most popular gaming console. Among all gaming consoles, the Switch is second only to the PlayStation 2, which has sold at least 160 million units. Switch software sales have exceeded 1.5 billion copies, and the number of active users per year reaches 129 million. The most popular games remain Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with 70.5 million copies sold, Animal Crossing: New Horizons with 49.3 million, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with 37.4 million, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with 33.6 million, and Super Mario Odyssey with 30.2 million. The company also reported shipments of 7 million Switch 2 consoles in the last three months of the year. In j...

Jan302026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Road to Vostok To Enter Early Access On Steam On April 7, 2026

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Credit: Road to Vostok Road to Vostok is set to launch in Steam Early Access on April 7, 2026. The game trailer showcases the game's locations, dynamic events, and additional features that will be available from the start. As a reminder, Lainonen began working on Road to Vostok in June 2022 and ported the game from Unity to Godot in the winter of 2023. The project was one of the biggest hits at the "Games to Be" demo festival in October and still had no release date. Road to Vostok is set to launch in Steam Early Access on April 7, 2026. The announcement was accompanied by a rich gameplay trailer. Road to Vostok takes place in the post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Players must cross the border to reach the East—a dangerous zone where one mistake can mean ...

Jan282026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline Announced: Psychological Thriller

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Credit: Entalto Publishing Entalto Publishing and the Italian studio One-O-One Games (The Suicide of Rachel Foster) have announced the first-person psychological thriller The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline, based on The Divine Comedy. The game offers a dark and introspective reimagining of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The protagonist is Gabriele Alighieri, an ordinary man forced to confront the difficult legacy of his family. Every 33 years, the boundary between hell and reality blurs, and to save his family and the world, Gabriele must return to his ancestral Italian villa and perform an ancient ritual. The gameplay revolves around exploring two realities. Players will explore a quiet, secret-filled estate, discovering diaries and clues from the past, and then delve ...

Jan262026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Medieval Combat Simulator “Half Sword” To Enter Early Access On January 30

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Credit: Half Sword Games Developers from the Georgian studio Half Sword Games, with the support of Game Seer Publishing, have announced the early access release date for their merciless medieval battle simulator, Half Sword. In Half Sword, players enter the arena to battle a variety of opponents. Here, they must master challenging combat mechanics: hacking, slashing, crushing, slicing, swinging, and impaling enemies. Despite the brutality, the physics of movement make combat a hilarious spectacle—and the game launches in Early Access on January 30th. The Half Sword demo became a real hit on social media. Users actively shared funny videos from the game. The simulator combines extreme realism with outright satire. In one battle, you might find yourself practically naked, swinging y...