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‘Cooking Mama’ Meets ‘Iron Chef’ In Steam’s Most Charming New Management Sim

Gambir Studio Cooking in real life can be just as enjoyable as eating what you’ve made. Choosing ingredients, stirring, chopping, minding temperature — all the things you have to keep in mind to make a good meal also make it fun. But for all the games that feature cooking mechanics, from life sims to RPGs, […]

Nintendo’s Switch 2 Upgrade Quietly Made The Original Game Worse

Nintendo Nintendo nonchalantly announced a bunch of Splatoon news this week in the strangest way possible. But those announcements bode well for the future of the series. Not only would the newly launched Switch 2 get an exclusive single-player spinoff game, but they also revealed that Splatoon 3 would be getting an update for Nintendo’s […]

Hatsune Miku Invades The Most Original Rhythm Game On Steam In A New DLC

Brace Yourself Games Back in 2015, Brace Yourself Games released Crypt of the NecroDancer, an unlikely mashup of rhythm games and dungeon crawlers that worked way better than anyone could have predicted. It followed it up last year with Rift of the NecroDancer, a more straightforward but still ingenious rhythm game. The sequel has already […]

Steam Just Added A Fantastic Preview Of The Most Exciting Retro Game This Year

Yacht Club Games For all the ways video games have advanced over the past few decades, there’s still plenty to like about retro games. While that sentiment can sometimes lead to an abundance of nostalgia, some old-school ideas do still hold up in the modern day. Developer Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight is one of […]

The Legend Of Zelda’s $10 Switch 2 Upgrade Is Actually Worth It

Nintendo When unpacking my Nintendo Switch 2 for the first time, I didn’t expect a 2023 game I had already sunk 70 hours into to be the title that pulled me in the most. But with its mostly one-note launch lineup (there’s only so much Mario Kart one can play before needing a break from […]

The Next Splatoon Game Was Just Announced In The Strangest Way Possible

Nintendo A new . If the announcement of Splatoon Raiders is any indication, Switch players should expect Nintendo’s apps to play a more important role in how they learn about and play games on the Switch 2. Make sure you have your phone near you when you sit down to play.

We Finally Got A Follow-Up To the Splinter Cell Tease — And Fans Aren’t Going To Be Happy

As Summer Games Fest sputtered to a close this week, Splinter Cell fans were left feeling a bit duped. After publisher Ubisoft randomly tweeted a picture of series protagonist Sam Fisher just days before the annual festivities kicked off, many were sure (), there aren’t a lot of big expensive games being made in the […]

10 Years Later, Rainbow Six Seige Is Getting Just What Fans Have Been Asking For

Ubisoft Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft’s long-running competitive tactical shooter, is celebrating its tenth year in a very big way. It just relaunched itself as Rainbow Six Siege X, updating the game with a wave of improvements for veterans while creating a perfect jumping-on point for new players who want to get in on the game’s […]

One Of The Best New Action Games On PC Plays Like A Moodier ‘Dark Souls’

Glass Head Dolls There’s a good reason why Dark Souls has been a major reference point for developers since its release, and why so many games it inspired have fallen short. Its difficult combat tends to get the most attention, but it’s the feeling of wandering a crumbling world made of tightly coiled levels that […]

Crusader Kings Move Over, The Creators Of The Most Ambitious Open World Medieval RPG Reveal How Their Game Is Different

Raw Power Games Medieval times have always fascinated game developers and players, but recent titles like Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Crusader Kings 3 have breathed new life into the period. Now, Chronicles: Medieval, the first title from Raw Power Games, hopes to explore the era in a new way by giving players their own medieval […]