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One Of The Most Original Strategy Games Gets An Exciting Update Alongside Its Nintendo Switch 2 Release

When the Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 5, it will arrive with a library of far more ports than new games. Among those is a sleeper hit from 2024, which is about to get a boost from one of the console’s biggest new features. And on Switch 2 release day, that idiosyncratic strategy game […]

In ‘Dune: Awakening’, Fighting Will Be Optional

Funcom and The Division. But the fact that the main draw of this endgame runs counter to the cozier aspects of carefully crafting your own corner of Arrakis to your liking with friends, making exceptions for these players is a pretty smart way to keep those players interested dozens of hours into the game. Getting […]

10 Years Ago, Nintendo Released Its Most Inventive Multiplayer Game Yet

Nintendo Nintendo has been known for many things over the decades, but if there’s a single trait at the core of the company’s identity, it’s innovation. With each console, Nintendo continues to reimagine not only its own franchises, but entire genres, and nothing is more indicative of that practice than Splatoon. While shooters have long […]

Xbox Game Pass Just Added One Of The Best Live Shooters At The Start Of Its Biggest Season Yet

Ubisoft It’s tough out there for new live service shooters. Getting one off the ground these days has become an increasingly fantastical dream, with even a game from the creator of Destiny 2 running into potentially insurmountable problems before it launches. So if you can’t count on a new game that lets you endlessly blow […]

How Star Wars Is Making 2025’s Biggest Comeback

Electronic Arts We’re only halfway through the year, but it’s already been a marquee moment for Star Wars fans. The 20th-anniversary re-release of Star Wars Episode 3 allowed millions to relive the tragic fall of Anakin in theaters (becoming the highest-grossing theatrical redux of all time in the process). The best Star Wars television show […]

15 Years Ago, An Unlikely Racing Game Perfected The Mario Kart Formula

Activision The cart racer is one of gaming’s most approachable subgenres. Typically signified by their stylized graphics and deceptively simple gameplay, these arcade twists on racing sims are fast-paced party games. Your cousin and grandfather aren’t going to play Forza together, but they can both hang in a round of Mario Kart. When Bizarre Creations, […]

Steam Just Quietly Released The Chillest Post-Apocalyptic Strategy Game Of The Year

Leikir Studio Ecological collapse and rising temperatures have left humanity scattered, afraid, and on the verge of extinction. That increasingly close-to-reality premise has formed the backbone of countless post-apocalypse stories, often tinted a muted brown and focused on harsh battles for survival. But a new post-apocalyptic city builder that exited Early Access in April puts […]

Xbox Game Pass Just Added One Of The Best Metroidvanias Of The Decade

Surgent Studios Video games can be an incredibly adept way to tell emotional stories. Watching a character’s journey on the big screen or television is one thing. It’s another thing entirely to embody those experiences and moments of growth. A recent example of a game leveraging its interactivity to tell a resonant and relatable story […]

Xbox Game Pass Adds The Most Surprisingly Original Monster Collecting Adventure Of The Decade

Chibig Video game protagonists have a weird relationship with nature. When you come across a wild animal in a typical action game, it normally means you’re going to have to fight the poor critter, or at least — just point it at the infected critter and hold down the trigger until its healing energy cures […]

PlayStation Just Added The Perfect Way To Cope With The ‘GTA 6’ Delay

Grand Theft Auto VI may have been delayed, but it doesn’t mean the open-world crime genre is resting. From rumored re-releases of classics, a new game from ex-Rockstar developers, and even a bizarro-world throwback like Fallen Tree Games’ The Precinct, players who love a freeing joyride through an urban sprawl have plenty of options in […]