With your help, I’m trying to answer the biggest question: what’s the best thing in video games? With a new wholly sensical face-off each week, we’ll surely soon discover the single absolute best thing. Last time, you narrowly decided that a diegetic HUD is better than quick restarts. That result was a narrow victory—53% vs
Disney and developer Dlala Studios announced Disney Illusion Island in 2022, and it immediately shot up high on my list of games to play this year. It did so for several reasons – its beautifully realized visuals, top-notch voice acting, and, of course, the potential to play as some of my favorite characters in a
The September 2023 industry report is in from Circana (formerly NPD), and according to the data, the best-selling game for the month in the US was Starfield. Released on September 6 for PC and Xbox Series X/S, the PC version was its lead sales platform (Is it because most Xbox players acquired the game through
A Wizard with a Gun? What could go wrong… Ever fancied taking to hellish worlds and duking it out as a Wizard with a Gun? No?! Well, perhaps now you’ll give it a second thought, as Galvanic Games and Devolver Digital bring us this brand new online co-op survival game. Reminding us of the tense
You may recall that, yesterday, Nintendo had announced that Splatoon 3 would be receiving a brand new update later today. They had also released the patch notes for the update in advance, which is something that Nintendo likes to do often with Splatoon 3 updates. Well, as promised, Nintendo has released the new update. Once
The Lord of the Rings actor John Rhys-Davis returns as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. Per Eurogamer, Rhys-Davis will voice Gimli in Free Range Games‘ upcoming Return to Moria. A new trailer revealed Rhys-Davis as Gimli declaring that “our story is more than Hobbits and Elves know. It’s time we
Greetings wanderers. Whether you have already mastered the nightmarish landscapes of Sanctuary, or you’re tempted to try a savage new experience– Diablo IV’s Season of Blood revitalizes the many paths that players walk. On October 17, tons of quality-of-life changes and a bloodthirsty scourge arrive in Diablo IV. Leveling a character to 100 is much
Image: Nintendo If you have ever thought even remotely deeply about the reality of the Super Mario universe (which we wouldn’t recommend doing, seriously), then you might have bumped up against the most simple of questions: why does Mario get hurt when a Goomba hits him? As it turns out, this is something that Miyamoto
F1 Manager 2023 will officially be available for Xbox and PC Game Pass subscribers on October 19. The intense Formula One racing game garnered a lot of praise post-release, with our review for F1 Manager 2023 applauding its “tough yet rewarding strategy.” Races are full of surprises more often than not, and thanks to the
Sony, Marvel, Insomniac Games, and General Mills have banded together to the game Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on the Wheaties cereal box. The cereal box will come in two forms, one featuring Spider-Man and the other Miles Morales on the front of the box. You can pick up either one when it arrives in grocery stores
As it turns out, Starfield’s Crimson Fleet, the Settled Systems’ most feared band of interstellar pirates do actually look to have a fair amount in common with their counterparts from real world history. This is according to a lengthy Reddit post by user LootBoxDad, who’s decided to review the faction from the perspective of a
Welcome to the heartwarming world of Mail Time, a cozy adventure that brings the serenity of Grumblewood Grove to your PS5 and PS4. This charming cottagecore experience invites you to embrace the soothing, slow-paced joys of life in a tranquil forest far, far away. As a newly minted Mail Scout, you’re equipped with a mushroom
CD Projekt RED’s Colin Walder, engineering director for management and audio, has shared a few thoughts on how the Polish developer’s next Witcher RPG, codenamed Polaris, will improve on the cataclysmic development of Cyberpunk 2077. There’s not a lot to share at this stage, of course, but what there is sounds like a step in
Kinetic Games has once more had to delay its supernatural horror game Phasmophobia for PS5 and PSVR2 due to unforeseen circumstances with console development. Phasmophobia delay ghosts PlayStation a bit longer Issues have besieged the studio in recent months including a fire at its offices, which already pushed a tentative August release of the game
Remedy Entertainment is releasing Alan Wake 2 next week, on October 27, and while there’s still time to replay (or play for the first time) Alan Wake before its sequel is out, October is a stacked month, and time might not be on your side. Alan Wake: Flashback might help, though, as it’s a new Unreal
Cloudpunk is now optimised for Series X|S Praising the detailed story, voice acting and soundtrack, it’s safe to say that we enjoyed our time with Cloudpunk when it released on Xbox in 2020. And now, three years later, developers ION LANDS and publishers Merge Games have given the Bladerunner-esque exploration game a new lick of
It has been around 4 months since SEGA and Sonic Team officially announced a new 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game, Sonic Superstars. There has been lots of news since then, as well as multiple trailers. That said, it is now October 17th, which means the game is finally available for gamers to play. To celebrate
As the holiday season approaches, we are excited to share that we have a new PS5 model launching. To address the evolving needs of players, our engineering and design teams collaborated on a new form factor that provides greater choice and flexibility. The same technology features that make PS5 the best to play are packed