Roguelike Journey to the West: 100 Ways to Slay Erlang Shen

Erosion is a Wild West-themed roguelike that plays with the genre in fascinating way. Read Polygon's Erosion preview for more.

Composing Journey's soundtrack was a Journey in itself. *wink* Composer Austin Wintory sat down with us for an interview to explain how this creative process gave us Journey’s memorable score. While the game’s first song was practically written the day Wintory was asked to join the project, the same would not be the case for the game’s last song, “Apotheosis.” Nothing would be harder for both the team and Wintory than nailing the end of this harrowing journey.#journey #austinwintory #journeysoundtrack

Miskatonic Tales: Journey to Innsmouth feels less like a board game and more like a fancy way to run a role-playing game without a GM.

Children of Morta is an excellent multiplayer roguelike games, and one of just a few that, like Hades, makes unfolding family drama its centerpiece

One of the world's biggest gaming shows, Gamescom, is now underway in Cologne, Germany, and hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend. The organizers sold out the entire 233,000 square meter exhibition floor at the Koelnmesse exhibition center, with more than 1,600 exhibitors signing up to show off their games and products. In short, Gamescom is huge. It might not be the world's largest gaming event, as that title belongs to ChinaJoy, which had more than 438,000 attendees this year. But Gamescom is a bona fide juggernaut, and it's stayed strong, and grown, while other events have