This weekend marks the second annual LudoNarraCon, a completely virtual gaming convention that anyone can join. Various developers from all walks of life joined together to celebrate gaming while…
April 25, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
The Minecraft Blockdown Simulator map has arrived as a free piece of content for fans around the world and it's got a pretty neat concept: it will teach you about the powers of social distancing.…
April 24, 2020 | 03:21 EDT
Bugs can be powerful things in gaming, but nowhere has this proven more true than in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This week, update 1.2 dropped for New Horizons, slashing interest rates on your…
April 24, 2020 | 10:15 EDT
Dogs. Who doesn't love em? Well, maybe some cat-people or people allergic to them... Besides them, everyone, right? Well, if you're looking to play Best Friend Forever you'd better be because your…
May 1, 2020 | 10:05 EDT
I've been playing a lot of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and loving a lot of it. I'm not a seasoned veteran, so much of the game is new to me. One thing has quickly become clear, though: selling …
April 23, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
A trademark has been filed for Jurassic World Aftermath, but what exactly this game might be is a bit of a mystery. Dino-centric fan site Jurassic Outpost reports that a trademark has been filed for…
April 21, 2020 | 01:56 EDT
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has proven to be exactly the kind of escapism we all need during these troubled times. Good news if you're enjoying the game: new seasonal updates are working their way…
April 21, 2020 | 09:27 EDT
C.J. and Flick are new additions to Animal Crossing: New Horizons and they've been warmly welcomed by the playerbase, partially because they pay 150% for fish and bugs, respectively. There was also…
April 20, 2020 | 03:19 EDT
Epic Games' Fortnite already accomplished incredible feats in terms of player counts, events, movie franchise tie-ins, special iconic character skins, and most noticeably, the first ever in-game…
April 20, 2020 | 02:45 EDT
Doom Eternal's soundtrack is a perfect accompaniment to its demon-slaying antics. Deep 7- and 8-string guitars provide an onslaught for the ears that's just as chaotic and violent as the game itself…
April 20, 2020 | 01:02 EDT
There are a ton of activities to do in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but one of the classic activities that makes a return is fishing. Fishing is one of the more relaxing and easier pastimes found…
April 21, 2020 | 08:35 EDT
All of this from Ninji's Twitter, where there has been a lot of Animal Crossing: New Horizons information leaked out recently, with news such as new ships, museum upgrades, and new bushes potentially…
April 20, 2020 | 11:33 EDT
The bright lights and rainy streets of Tokyo and Hong Kong tend to invoke feelings of "cyberpunk," and it's no wonder that many games within that genre take inspiration from such scenes. That's what…
April 21, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Lost Words: Beyond the Page is co-developed by Sketchbook Games and Fourth State, published by Modus Games. An indie, British adventure, it features masterful writing by Rhianna Pratchett, lovely…
April 18, 2020 | 07:39 EDT
Cyberpunk, a genre of speculative fiction popularized by works like William Gibson's novel Neuromancer and Katsuhiro Otomo's manga Akira, has been a major part of the sci-fi genre since its rise in…
April 22, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
After a release date false start earlier this month, upcoming side-scrolling brawler Streets of Rage 4 finally has a release date. It's hitting PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One on…
April 17, 2020 | 09:46 EDT
Arr you ready kids? SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated will release on June 23, 2020 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. Digital preorders for the…
April 16, 2020 | 10:49 EDT
A Fold Apart releases at a particularly difficult time. With a global pandemic underway, most of us are isolating in our homes. While many are fortunate to have family close by, some are without that…
April 17, 2020 | 06:00 EDT
A Fold Apart is an indie game with foldable puzzle mechanics. Players must fold, rotate, and platform to complete levels. A Fold Apart weaves in a story about a couple struggling through a long-…
April 16, 2020 | 10:45 EDT
ITTA is a bullet-hell game forged from the throes of despair and hope that had engulfed developer Jacob Williams' life. Begun in a psychiatric ward, it tells the story of fighting odds even when…
April 15, 2020 | 06:12 EDT
Fort Triumph is a fantasy turn-based strategy game that combines the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of Heroes of Might and Magic. Recruit and lead bands of heroes, each with…
April 14, 2020 | 08:16 EDT
There's something almost compelling about disasters. Let's face it. Without that ability to draw people in, Roland Emerich wouldn't even have a career in all likelihood. It's no shock that that…
April 23, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
In Other Waters is a top-down point-and-click metroidvania text-based adventure game that takes place entirely on a minimalist topographical map.. an exobiologist (someone responsible for studying…
April 14, 2020 | 07:04 EDT
In Other Waters is perhaps one of the most unique games I've come across in my twenty-something years of gaming. The debut title from developer Jump Over the Age has players taking control of an AI…
April 15, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
One of the best aspects of the Animal Crossing series is the animals that populate your towns. Each game has a crop of animal types with varying personalities that can inhabit or visit your village.…
April 11, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
China appears to have blocked the sale of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on online public platforms like Taobao. The Chinese marketplace website Taobao reportedly received an order late on April 9th…
April 10, 2020 | 10:40 EDT
Stories are powerful. Stories make up the foundations of who we are as humans. Whether reading them, writing them, watching them, drawing them or experiencing them through play, so much of our time…
April 18, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
An evil witch bestows a loon goon the ability to jump after years of walking back and forth. He takes a trek, constantly walking while avoiding harm and chasing after a carrot hero that knows only…
April 9, 2020 | 11:02 EDT
Platformers are almost as old as modern video games. It was a platformer that launched the console that saved the industry. Their mascots became household names and their mechanics still resonate…
April 10, 2020 | 07:00 EDT
Some new Minecraft Nether music has arrived in the newest Snapshot release and there's a special surprise: the new tunes are from the mind of Celeste composer Lena Raine. The news came via the…
April 8, 2020 | 02:00 EDT
Observer is Bloober Team's second project in the psychological horror genre following the major success of their title, Layers of Fear. Observer adopts a more futuristic approach where players take…
April 8, 2020 | 02:13 EDT
Developer Bloober Team produced multiple successful titles in the psychological horror genre that sat well with the community and received critical acclaim from multiple outlets, namely Layers of…
April 8, 2020 | 02:20 EDT
Beat 'em up fans were excited to see the Streets of Rage 4 release date appear on the Nintendo eShop recently, but there's some bad news: it was listed by mistake. Let's get some important…
April 8, 2020 | 12:57 EDT
Gaming can be something that earns money for players. Look at E-Sports, for example. Players have won millions of dollars for being the best. In World of Tanks Blitz, though, being the best means…
April 8, 2020 | 10:23 EDT
Hello Games has given us a first good look at The Last Campfire, a tiny side project that the studio has been working on in the midst of its continual development on No Man's Sky. Let's get right to…
April 7, 2020 | 05:51 EDT
Doom 64 may be an old game, but that won't stop the new version looking darn pretty on modern hardware. The Xbox One S version of the game is particularly impressive, as it's the first game on the…
April 6, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
When you think about squad-based strategy games, oftentimes you think of modern times or the future. We've had our share of fighting aliens in XCOM and Phoenix Point, but why not a more fantastical…
April 16, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
As PCs and home consoles get better and faster over the years we've seen racing games split paths. Down one path, they became more beautiful than ever, highlighting the realistic world and racing…
April 8, 2020 | 04:00 EDT
There's something sort of harrowing about the bottom of the sea. Maybe it's the unknowable life forms or the darkness. Maybe it's the thought of millions of tons of water crushing your bones into a…
April 6, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
The land has been covered with ice, forcing mankind to take refuge in the ocean. Years have passed, but the all-consuming ice moves slowly but steadily on, and civilization has fallen into decay.…
April 6, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
Hong Kong is one of many places that is currently under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. That's not stopping people from protesting, though — Animal Crossing Hong Kong protests are taking…
April 1, 2020 | 03:49 EDT
The year was 1997. The FPS was still in its infancy, recently leaping into a 3D future with the release of Quake. It was the next logical step after iD's Doom duo, a technological leap that inspired…
April 3, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
If you're like me, then while playing the new Animal Crossing: New Horizons your tools break at the worst possible times. I'll be on a sick tarantula-catching spree on a Nook Miles Ticket self-made…
April 1, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
A classic returns once more to the forefront, in a fresh new 3D coat. As before, Trials of Mana pits you once more into the fictional world of Mana. The same three main sub-plots are available to…
April 7, 2020 | 08:27 EDT
How many disasters does it take to get a point through? Well, when it comes to human lives there doesn't seem to be much of a point to it at all. Yet, it's for those human lives that you'll struggle…
March 31, 2020 | 04:11 EDT
Don't you just hate that? Having to walk around and whack some round silly thing with a piece of metal. Then you gotta hop in some silly golf kart, chase after it, and whack it again! What is this,…
March 31, 2020 | 04:12 EDT
There isn't a single video game series out there that does sequels better than Animal Crossing. The GameCube original is a relaxing, enjoyable, and very addicting experience and each subsequent entry…
March 30, 2020 | 12:00 EDT
It’s Saturday, and that means it’s time for another Screenshot Survey. Every week, we take a look at a few cool new games in the works by game developers tweeting with #ScreenshotSaturday. For even…
March 28, 2020 | 02:26 EDT