Spry Fox bosses slashed their salaries to buy out the studio and launch cozy MMO Spirit Crossing later this year

Indie games studio Spry Fox has had a wild couple of years: After being bought up by Netflix back in 2022, it was bought back by its founders ahead of the 2025 holiday season, in a story that seems to be a lot more common these days as megacorps forget why they even wanted to […]

Gaming vs. Family: Saving Your Holiday Spirit

The smell of pine needles and over-baked cookies usually signals a time for togetherness, but for many of us, the holiday season also brings a specific kind of digital tension. You know the feeling. You’re halfway through a high-stakes match with your regular squad—people you’ve talked to every night for three years—and your aunt starts […]

Indie Retro News: Spirit of Eternal Racer

If you’re looking for something slightly different this week, then look no further than this latest development by Deuteros called ‘Spirit of Eternal Racer’. A personal experiment turned technical demo that requires a very beefy Amiga 1200 with added (PiStorm/ RTG). A tech demo that the creator says mixes retro charm with realistic driving physics and […]

How Digital Games Keep the Arcade Spirit Alive in the Philippines

There is something nostalgic about the sound of a joystick moving, the quick ping of a game starting, and the cheers that rise when someone finally beats a level nobody else could. For many people, that feeling lives in the arcades. These were the places where gaming first took shape. Today, we look at how […]