The official release takes place next week. Ahead of the launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for Switch next week, some players have supposedly already “got their hands on” physical copies of the game. This was highlighted by ‘Nintendeal’ on social media, which also notes how pre-orders for the game have now sold out…
The 2025 edition of charity fundraising speedrun event Awesome Games Done Quick has been running for the last week, featuring such wonderfully absurd runs as an Elden Ring saxophone-controller boss showcase and a Crazy Taxi speedrun performed with a live band. As a Fallout sicko, I was pleased to see Tomatoangus (also known as Tomatoanus)…
As reported by IGN, Call of Duty YouTuber TheXclusiveAce has outlined a process to access all the match-by-match data Activision has collected on you dating back to 2021’s Call of Duty Vanguard. This data includes a score used for CoD’s skill-based matchmaking or SBMM, the behind-the-scenes system by which players are paired with others of…
Need something real depressing to go with your seasonal affective disorder, northern hemisphere friends? Well, have I got a game for you! Endless Dark is “an existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you – only creaking metal echoes…
Firaxis has announced that Civilization 7 has been verified for Steam Deck ahead of its launch on February 11. This will be the first entry in the series to get the full green checkmark seal of approval on Valve’s popular Linux-based handheld. Civilizations 5 and 6 are both playable, but with caveats on Steam Deck:…
I am an absolute freak for BioWare’s 2002 D&D RPG Neverwinter Nights, and somehow this unkillable game just keeps chugging along: Beamdog just put out a new, official update for its 2018 enhanced edition re-release that was assembled by members of Neverwinter Nights’ still-active mod scene—if that sounds familiar to you, this isn’t the first…
2025 is going to be a hell of a year for first-person shooter fans. It’s not just that we’re getting more new shooters than you can fit in a magazine, but the sheer depth and breadth of what’s coming is already beating a quieter 2024. So, here are the 12 FPS games I’m most excited…
An era’s end. A lot has changed in video gaming since Switch launched in 2017. Beyond all Nintendo’s handheld hybrid switching, we now live in a world where a Nintendo game on mobile is a fairly normal occurrence and both Microsoft and Sony publish games on Nintendo’s console. Crazy. As we await official word on…
PC gaming is incredibly adept at replicating the past, whether in the breakneck momentum of a boomer shooter, or the flickering polygons of a PS1 survival horror throwback. But one experience that’s particularly difficult to revive is the feeling of encountering a brand new arcade cabinet for the first time. Imagine being a kid in…
After its 1980 release, Pac-Man became an international hit mainly due to its recognizable characters and easy gameplay. The iconic image of the yellow sphere with pixels traveling a maze came to represent the rapidly growing gaming sector. Since its release, Pac-Man—the recognizable yellow ball that bites through mazes—has been a mainstay of the world…