Ethan Gach    After months of debate about Xbox’s future as some of its big console exclusives jumped ship to PlayStation, we have our clearest evidence yet of why Microsoft is experimenting with a new multiplatform approach: fewer and fewer people are buying Xboxes. Read more...

Zack Zwiezen    A remastered port of Tomb Raider has finally made its way to PC via a quiet launch on the Microsoft Store. Read more...

Levi Winslow    Legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama, character designer for Chrono Trigger and creator of the Dragon Ball series, passed away in March . He was just years old. Though he’s gone now, publisher Bandai Namco has shared a note Toriyama wrote in January about developer ILCA’s Sand Land, an...

Ethan Gach    Fallout ’s free next gen upgrade for PlayStation, Xbox Series X S, and PC arrives nearly a decade after the post apocalyptic sequel’s original release. Thanks to the massive popularity of the recent Amazon TV adaptation, fans are ready to clock back to the wasteland. Unfortunately, those who...

Kenneth Shepard    One year after it came back, Blizzcon, Blizzard’s once annual dedicated event, isn’t returning for . While the Overwatch and Warcraft developer plans to show off more of its games at different events throughout the year, Blizzcon has been a center point for the studio’s community since it began...

Ethan Gach    Four years ago, Bungie implemented one of the most controversial things in Destiny ’s history: sunsetting. All existing loot players had earned would slowly become obsolete with each passing season. The studio eventually ditched the poorly received system, but all the old gear was still useless....

Zack Zwiezen    Fallout ’s next gen update has removed the settings menu from the game on Steam Deck and reportedly made it worse to play on Valve’s portable PC, upsetting many players.Read more...

Moises Taveras    Another Crab’s Treasure is out now, filling the hole in our hearts left by Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Don’t let its cute looks deceive you: this game can be tough, especially if you don’t collect the crystals around the world and use them to unlock some necessary and very helpful...

Willa Rowe    The video game section of the annual Tribeca Festival, best known as a showcase for films, has revealed its lineup. The festival began featuring games in , and this year’s selections will highlight seven upcoming indie titles, including the next game from the studio behind emotional indie...

Moises Taveras    I think most of us are constantly trying our hardest to fill the Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice shaped holes in our lives. They’re simply some of the greatest games ever, and no one can really be blamed for seeking more of them. Time and time again, studios have tried their hands at...

Zack Zwiezen    Final Fantasy Rebirth, the second part of Square Enix’s massive FF remake trilogy, is a game filled with many heroes. Folks like Cloud, Barret, Aerith, that cat thing. But the biggest hero in Rebirth, the person I could always rely on, wasn’t any of the main characters. Instead, it was a simple...

Levi Winslow    Stellar Blade is a solid PS exclusive from first time console developer Shift Up. It isn’t perfect, but the excellent action makes up for its many shortcomings. Let’s be honest, though. The real draw of the South Korean team’s character action game is the fashion. Stellar Blade’s Eve is gaming’s...

Kenneth Shepard    It’s been long enough that we can probably stop calling Palworld Pokémon With Guns, right Pocketpair’s monster taming survival game has amassed millions of players, all while remaining legally distinct enough that The Pokémon Company’s lawyers haven’t come after them. But the jokes about...

Willa Rowe    Piggybacking off the popularity of the Amazon Prime series, Fallout just received a next gen update. While this will likely only make the game grow in popularity even more than it already has in the past few weeks, it may have a less than stellar impact on those playing the game with mods. It...

Moises Taveras    I don’t know that many folks expected Helldivers to be one of the biggest games of the year. Massive games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, even Palworld, have come and gone in about the same time, but everyone still seems to be playing Helldivers months after release. And for at least one...

Kenneth Shepard    Gears of War has been dormant for a fair while. The last mainline game in Xbox’s much beloved third person shooter series was ’s Gears . Developer The Coalition also put out the strategy game Gears Tactics alongside Splash Damage in , but in terms of a new shooter, things have been quiet...

Willa Rowe    While Epic Games’ now ubiquitous battle royale shooter Fortnite may dominate the genre, it was PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds that started the trend. Originally released in as a mod for military shooter Arma and its sequel Arma, the full game was released in mere months before Fortnite...

Ethan Gach    We’re just a few days out from the much anticipated Early Access launch of the current most Wishlisted game on Steam: Manor Lords. But despite the hype, no one knows how much the medieval city builder will cost to play. The devs say that’s to prevent misinformation and pre order scams.Read more...

John Walker    Nintendo might be stomping around the internet, crushing all joy in its path, but it still knows how to make a cracking game. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door was absolutely one of those, and is looking like it will be all over again in five minutes of new footage from this year’s upcoming...

Moises Taveras    Garry’s Mod, a popular sandbox game that emerged from the modding scene around Valve’s Source software, has recently been issued takedown notices by Nintendo. As a result, Facepunch Studios, the developers of Garry’s Mod, are in the process of removing about years’ worth of Nintendo related...

Ethan Gach    Fallout isn’t like Bethesda’s previous open world RPGs. While those single player adventures were somewhat forgiving campaigns that let you build your character however you wanted, the multiplayer spin off is full of bullet sponge y enemies that require you to focus on a particular skill set in...

Zack Zwiezen    The past year or so has been a slow moving trainwreck for Embracer Group, following the large company’s unprecedented studio acquisition spree. And, after announcing on April that the company was planning to split itself up into three different companies, the CEO of Embracer is only filled with...

Kenneth Shepard    Overwatch outlined several new rules and penalties it would be implementing in season to help curate a less hostile player environment on April . But since the season began last week, players have been reporting bans that would typically be applied to someone leaving a game early being...

Levi Winslow    Stellar Blade, the new PS exclusive character action game, has tons of skills to unlock like its genre siblings Bayonetta and Devil May Cry. Across protagonist Eve’s five skill trees, some abilities increase your damage, stun your enemies, dodge attacks entirely, let you double jump, and more. It...

Zack Zwiezen    So, you watched the Fallout TV show on Amazon, got excited about the franchise, maybe saw some folks playing Fallout , and decided that you were finally going to install Bethesda’s post apocalyptic MMO and give it a real shot. But then you tried playing it on PC and discovered that it runs like...

Willa Rowe    Final Fantasy XIV fans are having a debate over what the healer role should look like going forward. The MMO’s next expansion, Dawntrail, releases this summer and will bring with it a myriad of new features and changes to how the game will play. Recently a benchmark for the expansion was released...

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Kenneth Shepard    Overwatch has had a lot of bad news since it launched, such as the gutting of its PvE suite, and now the reported cancellation of its story missions. Every seemingly good thing that’s introduced, like a store to buy rare skins, comes with a caveat, in that case being egregiously expensive. The...

Claire Jackson    Sand Land caught my attention as soon as I saw the game’s booth at New York City Comic Con last year, with its enormous recreation of the Royal Army tank. The game’s setting, character designs, and of course the tank, stuck with me, even though I wouldn’t consider myself familiar with much, if any,...

Zack Zwiezen    Fallout is bigger than ever right now, thanks in large part to the recent live action Amazon show. The show’s success has led to millions of players hopping into past Fallout games. And yes, that includes the franchise’s oddball MMO, Fallout . Thanks to the show and ’s inclusion in Game Pass, a...

Levi Winslow    In many ways, Stellar Blade is awesome. The action is awesome, the soundtrack is awesome, the world is awesome. However, when you peel back the curtain just a bit and peer behind all the flash and style, you find that Shift Up’s character action game can also be quite tedious. It’s a game of...

Ethan Gach    A juxtaposition of environmental elements that, taken together, can be interpreted as an allusion to the n word will be removed from sci fi action game Stellar Blade in a day one patch, Sony confirmed today. The company told IGN the offensive reference was unintentional. Read more...

Willa Rowe    The latest trailer for Deadpool Wolverine gave audiences their first good look at the movie’s big bad, Cassandra Nova. She’s an X Men character with a weird history in the comics and no obvious connection to Deadpool. So how does she fit into the merc with a mouth’s introduction into the MCU The...

Claire Jackson    Sand Land, the video game adaptation of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama’s one volume manga of the same name, arrives on April , for PS , PS , Xbox Series X S, and Windows. Read more...

Ethan Gach    League of Legends pro Lu Leyan’ Jue said he was just rocking out with his favorite oversized plushie. But Riot Games felt differently and fined the Invictus Gaming jungler nearly , and suspended him for two matches over footage of him humping a giant stuffed animal of Lots o’ Huggin’ Bear...

Kenneth Shepard    If you’ve been on social media the past few days, you’re probably wondering why Foghorn Leghorn, the boisterous rooster from Looney Tunes, is giving pep talks to your favorite anime and video game characters. It turns out the joke has roots going as far back as , but has gained new life in the...

John Walker    Steam has an oft exploited refund policy, whereby any player is able to request their money back for a game that they bought within the last days, and played for less than two hours. Selling a game that’s shorter than two hours Sucks to be you. But it seems that people buying games with so...

Zack Zwiezen    When I started playing Fallout in there were no backpacks. So I never thought about it. But when I learned from a random comment that backpacks had been added after that point and had been in the game for years, I felt stupid for never crafting one. And then I went to collect the recipe for...

Moises Taveras    Helldivers players have strong feelings about the planets they’re fighting to defend in the game’s ongoing galactic war. First there was Malevelon Creek, which became a notorious hotspot for players, after it was dubbed Robot Vietnam due to its flame spewing robots, jungle setting, and...

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Kenneth Shepard    Metaphor: ReFantazio, the upcoming RPG from developer Atlus’ Persona team, will bring in a lot of elements from its predecessor when it launches in October. This includes turn based combat, social elements called Bonds, and a time management mechanic as you live out individual days. But one...

Jesse Vitelli    Everyone’s favorite Destiny dog, Archie, is back in the tower with the new Into The Light update. However, he’s not in his usual spot, and we’re going to have to go on a hunt to find out what he’s up to. After all, there’s a triumph titled Where in the System is Archie that rewards players...

Zack Zwiezen    Microsoft and Marvel have teamed up to create a new X Men themed Xbox console that looks awesome and comes with a Wolverine inspired controller, too. Sadly, this new console isn’t for sale and can only be won via a limited time sweepstakes. Read more...

Willa Rowe    The latest bundle on indie game storefront itch.io, known for donating some of its proceeds to a good cause, is the Palestinian Relief Bundle. With Palestinians suffering unspeakable loss, along with starvation, a massive shortage of healthcare resources, and other humanitarian issues, the bundle...

Zack Zwiezen    On April , Fortnite Festival Season launched, adding new music, skins, features, and tweaks to the popular rhythm game mode that lives inside Epic’s popular online battle royale. The big news is that players can now use plastic guitars while playing Fortnite Festival, making the mode just a bit...

Kenneth Shepard    Metaphor: Refantazio is the next game from the Persona leads at Atlus, and while it has some similarities to the franchise it’s a turn based, social sim driven RPG , it’s adapting a lot of those concepts into a medieval fantasy setting rather than a modern day high school. On April , Atlus held...

Claire Jackson    As an RPG, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has a number of character stats that influence various aspects of a battle. Luck is perhaps one of the less understood ones. Not only is it an attribute worth raising, but certain characters, like Cait Sith in particular, can benefit from a high Luck stat in...

Moises Taveras    I finally caved. After years of being petitioned by my friends and spurred on by the new TV show, I spent this past weekend largely playing Fallout , Bethesda’s survival MMO based on the open world RPGs. When it first launched in , Fallout couldn’t have had more working against it. Not...

Zack Zwiezen    Open world zombie survival game Days to Die launched in Early Access on Steam in . Three years later, the game arrived on consoles. And now, over a decade after its initial launch, Days to Die is finally leaving Early Access with its . update. However, console players will have to re buy...

Diego Argüello    Final Fantasy XIV is a gargantuan experience, and that’s saying something for the series’ standard. The MMORPG is soon to welcome its latest expansion, Dawntrail, on June for those who pre ordered it. If you’re starting to get FOMO and you want to discover what all the fuss is about, there’s...