November 17, 2025

Labyrinth of the Demon King is one of my top games of the year, a first person survival horror delve into Feudal Japan. Part of its appeal lies in the oppressive, stressful music and sound design by composer Remu Daifuku: This game has the worst, most disconcerting collection of gurgles, slurps, crunches, screeches, creaky floorboards,…

A pre-trial brief filed by lawyers representing the ousted former heads of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds alleges that Krafton CEO Changham Kim was “desperate” to avoid paying them the bonuses required by their acquisition contract because of the “professional embarrassment” that would result from the perception that he overpaid for the studio. The filing…

It’s a bit of a quiet time for World of Warcraft as players wait for the release of its next expansion. In this pre-Midnight lull, there’s not much to do except prepare yourself for the removal of combat mods and the sweeping class balance changes. This, along with it being WoW’s 21st anniversary, is probably…

I’ve yet to play a videogame that wasn’t improved by the presence of reactive physics. We all share a biological imperative to throw stuff across a room, smash two objects together, and laugh when something big falls flat on its face. The Arc of Arc Raiders deliver on all of these treasured pastimes, and never…

With less than a month to go before Geoff Keighley’s combination accolade blitz and advertising bombardment, The Game Awards has just announced its 2025 slate of nominees, determined by a yearly panel of critics, journalists, and industry personalities. And it is, without a doubt, the most French set of TGA nominations to date. If you’ve…

Jujutsu Kaisen-inspired Roblox games are easily some of the platform’s most popular anime tributes. Let’s be real though: it’s not a true shounen experience until someone has an overpowered transformation, and that’s where Jujutsu Shenanigans codes come in handy. While they mostly stick to in-game cash rewards, you can use the extra currency for flashy…

I’ve been around long enough to remember a time when “PC gaming is dying” was something people said without irony: A declaration that the convenience and power of consoles would soon put an end to the headaches and expense of playing games on PC. It didn’t work out that way, of course, and these days…

Five months after cancelling the development of Hytale and closing the studio working on it, Riot Games has sold the whole thing back to original co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. And yes, that means work on the game has resumed: Collins-Laflamme said more than 30 former developers “who know this game inside and out” have been brought…