Crafting visually stunning and fun video games from Ontario, Canada.

Faha Games Studio was founded in 2025 in Ontario, Canada as an independent game development studio. The studio focuses on deep, replayable experiences in the action and roguelike genres.

With selective external collaboration on art, audio, and quality assurance, Faha Games is building toward its debut release in 2027.

Reporting and analysis on game launches, delays, dev histories, and the business of the industry — from a small studio's view.

• May 11, 2026

  Marathon two months in: the delay saved the game, but maybe not the business

  Marathon shipped in better shape than its alpha. Sales are modest, retention has dropped 59%. The delay saved the game; the business is another question.

• May 8, 2026

  007 First Light is IO Interactive's biggest test outside Agent 47

  Hitman gave IO Interactive total creative latitude. James Bond does not. Three weeks before 007 First Light launches, the question is whether the studio's craft survives a fixed character, a licensed tone, and the decades of fan expectations attached to the 007 number.

Tier lists, walkthroughs, and references for the games we play. Direct, current, no fluff.

• Hades II

  Hades II aspect tier list: every aspect ranked, with build context

  All 24 weapon aspects in Hades II ranked S to D, with the reasoning for each tier and a recommended starting aspect for each weapon. Updated for v1.0.

• Vampire Survivors

  Vampire Survivors evolutions chart: every base-game weapon, what it pairs with, and how to actually trigger it

  Every base-game weapon evolution in one place, plus how chest timing actually works, the conditions that change in DLC stages, and the mistakes that keep your runs from completing.

A small directory of links to guides and tutorials elsewhere on the web — 3 entries, covering Hades II, Risk of Rain 2, Vampire Survivors.

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