Most games are built to entertain. A select few are built to challenge the way you think, and those are the ones that tend to stay with you long after you put down the controller. Strategy-based games force you to process information under pressure, anticipate outcomes, manage resources, and make decisions with incomplete data. Research…
Category: Games April 9, 2026 Free Play Days – Subnautica, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Project Motor Racing and Graveyard Keeper Kyle OceanMarketing Manager, Xbox Clear out your weekend plans, we have got plenty to try with Free Play Days! Subnautica is available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members to…
An unbreakable block. This week’s physical games chart from Famitsu are here, and they paint a very familiar picture, as Pokémon Pokopia is once again the number-one selling physical release of the week. While last week saw a big dip in sales across the board, the drop this week is much smaller, with Game Freak…
The Witcher 3 is a deep, textured game with incredible worldbuilding—worldbuilding that the Witcher Online mod on NexusMods delves deeply into. Finally, you can explore the Continent with your friends, doing setting-appropriate activities like (checks notes) er, riding about on each other’s shoulders, and (frantically sweating, flipping through notes in a panic) turning into a…
Earlier this year, dark web hackers claimed to have exfiltrated a huge amount of data from the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin, China. The hacker group FlamingChina claims that it stole 10 petabytes of data pertaining to advanced science and defence agencies within China. However, a number of security researchers have since cast doubt…
Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous name of the inventor of bitcoin, has never been publicly unveiled. The New York Times believes it may have finally nailed the right guy, but said guy says it’s not him. In a video report from the New York Times, investigative reporter John Carreyrou argues it is British cryptographer Adam Back….
The latest report from Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has arrived, and we’re giving you a first look at the team and technology that will put you in the cockpit of the most cutting-edge flight shooting game of this generation. In this developer diary video from Project Aces, we’ll take a look at how…
Baseball has always had a different kind of rhythm. It does not rush to keep your attention every second, and that is exactly why it works. The tension builds slowly, quietly, and sometimes a little awkwardly. Then one pitch lands in the wrong spot, one batter hangs around longer than expected, and the whole inning…
Includes a new title screen, redrawn sprites, and more. 40 years after its release, Sega’s 1985 Master System port of the arcade classic Hang-On has just received a brand-new “enhanced” version, courtesy of a fan patch, published late last month. The patch, which was developed by a three-person team, including chirinea (art, music, project direction),…
The Working Together quest is Pocahontas’ second friendship quest in Disney Dreamlight Valley. You’ll automatically unlock this quest once you’ve hit a level four friendship, and you’ll need to initiate it by talking to Pocahontas to accept the mission. Before it shows up though, you’ll need Cogsworth and Stitch unlocked in your valley too. Just…