“Skyrim with paintbrushes” is a functional if simplistic way to describe Eastshade. This bitesize open-world RPG is almost immediately reminiscent of a Bethesda production, from its picturesque ...

Cottagecore games offer a peaceful rural escape with nature, community, and a relaxed pace. Eastshade and Garden Story provide soothing environments for cozy gameplay experiences. Stardew Valley ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There's a blacksmith, toiling away in the markets of the capital of Nava, who thinks making swords is boring. Why create something, she argues, when ...

Not all open-world games rely on combat for engagement, some focus on exploration, puzzles, and storytelling. Games like ...

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Eastshade feels like somebody made an entire game out of a launch trailer. About five minutes after you start a new game, it turns into an endless series of interactive landscape paintings, as a ...

Five years ago, Danny Weinbaum left his job as an environment artist at Infamous: Second Son developer Sucker Punch to go indie. He'd been saving up money over the course of his three-and-a-half-year ...

Stephanie Harris writes on Game Rant about Film, TV, and Video Games. She's am experienced content writer who always has a show on the go. Relaxing, low-stakes open-world games allow players to ...

Many of us may have, at some point, felt a deep longing (probably spurred by a certain young adult fiction book series) to be swept away to a magical school of spells, potions, and general sorcery.

Shubham is an India-based freelance list writer for DualShockers with an intense passion for the abstract nature of gaming. While he can be an unreliable narrator when talking about himself, he has ...

Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...