‘Exit 8’ traps moviegoers in a video game’s puzzle — for good and ill

It's not impossible to translate a video game to the big screen, but Genki Kawamura's film version of a Japanese puzzle ...
The New Yorker

“Exit 8” Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source

In Genki Kawamura’s infinity-loop thriller, “Exit 8,” a labyrinthine metro station becomes a metaphor for a life lived in ...
Wargamer

"We had one shot": How first-time board game designers turned Whisker Wars into a crowdfunding success, despite "terrifying" tariffs

I spoke to Glasshouse Games, a debut board game publisher who chanced crowdfunding at the height of the US-China trade war.

Video game movies won't work unless you break the rules, says Exit 8 director

"Video games aren’t very good source material for movie adaptations… I wanted to blur the boundaries between what movies and ...
GameSpot

After Years Of Nintendo Exclusivity, This Beloved Puzzle Franchise Is Going Multiplatform

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam will be the first game in the series to be released for PC and PS5.
Gematsu

LEVEL-5 and NHN PlayArt announce ‘fusion puzzle’ game Pufflings: Journey Through a Fantasy World for iOS, Android

Wibble Wobble developer NHN PlayArt have announced Pufflings: Journey Through a Fantasy World, a new “fusion puzzle” game coming to iOS and Android this ...
GameSpew

Titan Hunters teases a ridiculous co-op mash-up of Monty Python and Attack on Titan

Forget blowing raspberries, Titan Hunters expects you to put in the work as you defend your castle from giant monsters.