In six weeks, AI built on the Godot engine created a full-fledged fishing game
Indie developer Hakim Eiqbal has released the first downloadable build of a fishing game he's building entirely with AI. The project started as an experiment and by week six turned into a playable build available...
Saber Interactive's creative director explained how AI works in Rideshare Simulator and stated that "id Software would definitely have used this technology if it had existed in the '90s"
Tim Willits, creative director at Saber Interactive and co-owner of id Software from 1995 to 2019, tried to clear the air around generative AI in the studio's upcoming game. Speaking with press at Gamescom 2026,...
Head of Saber Interactive insulted the fired screenwriter of Rideshare Stimulator and accused her of leaking information about AI, while denying her statements about AI
The controversy surrounding Rideshare Stimulator has moved past a simple credit dispute and turned into a PR disaster. Writer Stella Sacco said on social media that she'd once been the game's lead writer but was...
Hardcore shooter Wardogs became a Steam bestseller after a list of 10 reasons not to buy it
Developers must be pretty confident in their game when they are willing to list every reason not to buy it. That is exactly what Bulkhead did in the latest dev log for Wardogs, a tactical...
Space Engineers 2 player created a giant automatic quarry that yields 560 thousand iron in three hours of work
Space Engineers 2 now has a working example of fully automated mining in survival mode. The rig spins around a vertical axis and lowers drills into the ground without any player input, grinding out circle...
Cat Parents hits 100,000 Steam wishlists in three days, leaving its indie devs speechless
Indie game Cat Parents from studio Gaze In Games turned out to be a genuine surprise – not just for players, but for the developers themselves. Within three days of its Steam announcement, over 100,000...
A No Man's Sky player built an entire city on top of their freighter
No Man's Sky community member has shown off a jaw-dropping build – a fully realized city constructed right on the upper deck of a freighter. The post quickly gathered hundreds of comments and became one...
IRON NEST lets you manually operate a 5,000-ton artillery turret in alternate-history 1920s Spain
A pair of indie developers is working on a new immersive sim title that draws clear inspiration from the not-yet-released PVKK. IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator is a first-person dieselpunk heavy artillery simulator where the...
Armaphract is a tactical tank sim dropping you into urban warfare across a ruined desert megacity
Indie developer aeoridev is working on Armaphract – a tactical tank simulator set in the streets of a shattered desert megacity. The game is targeting a Q4 2026 release, and alpha builds are already available...
The US Department of Commerce blocked a nuclear weapon design indie game
Indie game Nuclear Design Bureau has run into a roadblock on its way to release – the US Department of Commerce blocked the title, concluding it may violate American export control laws. The situation was...
Anime-inspired tank sim Panzer Knights: Commander's Edition coming to consoles in 2026
Publisher PQube and developer Joy Brick have announced Panzer Knights: Commander's Edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, with a 2026 release planned. A physical edition will also be available for PS5. Panzer Knights originally...
Warp to Sector One is a deep space trading game inspired by 80s sci-fi computer aesthetics
Indie studio hextor.Games is working on its debut game Warp to Sector One – a deep space trading game inspired by the aesthetics of 80s sci-fi films and the classic text-based game Trade Wars 2002....
A fan built a tool for writing your own stories inside Elite Dangerous, and thousands of players are already testing it
Elite Dangerous is one of the few live-service games that's still going strong after twelve years, and its community keeps finding ways to surprise everyone. That's exactly what happened with MetaElite – a fan-built tool...
Wasteland Bites – a simulator for those who always wanted to run a food truck in the Fallout universe
The world has ended, civilization has collapsed, and the landscape has turned into a radioactive wasteland. But even in these conditions, mutants wandering through the ruins need something to eat. Wasteland Bites is a post-apocalyptic...
Port management sim Docked launches March 5 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series
Saber Interactive announced the release of port management simulator Docked. The game launches March 5 on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PS5, and Xbox Series. In Docked, players take charge of a family...
Drone Sector – stylish future combat drone simulator with tactical depth
Indie developer Ingmar Trump is working on Drone Sector – a project that combines the role of an AC-130 gunship with the reconnaissance capabilities of an MQ-9 Reaper drone in a futuristic setting. The demo...
Night shifts, cigarettes, and lost dreams in new I Have No Change trailer
The developers of narrative-driven game I Have No Change released a new First Night trailer showcasing the everyday life of 27-year-old Matvey, a night kiosk clerk. The footage is accompanied by Rudolf Strausov's "Zhdat'" (Wait),...
Space strategy Sine Fine turns players into a galactic brain of an immortal AI
Vindemiatrix Collective, a studio based across western Europe, is developing Sine Fine – an ambitious space strategy game in the hard sci-fi genre. Players control a lonely, functionally immortal AI searching for a new home...
The Sims 4's most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day
Turbodriver, creator of Wicked Whims – one of The Sims 4's largest sex mods – revealed impressive usage statistics for the project. According to the developer, the mod gets launched around 400,000 times daily, based...
Forza Horizon 6 lets you build a personal estate in Japan if you earn it by delivering tofu
Forza Horizon 6 will add personal territories called Estates, where players can build pretty much anything – from a mountain hideaway to a custom racing track. However, funding this lavish lifestyle requires in-game currency, which...
