Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…
Let It Die is out today, and if you want to survive in a world where your biggest mistakes literally come back to haunt you, you might need a helping hand. Today’s blog will focus on the little tips and tricks that make the difference between life or death in Let It Die. Context Matters…
The fight against the gorilla inexplicably piloting a boat was the moment Sea of Remnants got me. I’ve never played a gacha game so bizarre and committed to creating a world so much different than most of the other popular games in the genre. But for as much as it ditches the anime conventions and…
The Next Geno-ration. Last week, 16-bit classic Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars returned to a Nintendo console in glorious form in a Switch remake that ditched the subtitle and added a shiny coat of paint and a few mod-cons in a sensitive update that overhauls the original for a modern audience while…
Half-Life 2, Halo 3, Fallout: New Vegas, and Knight Rider: The Game. All iconic titles in their own right and all using Havok’s iconic physics or pathfinding engine components. If you haven’t seen the legendary Havok saw logo in some time, a recent physics engine test video could signal a comeback. Other than a presentation…
“What If OutRun”. Indie developer Shane McCafferty recently said he wanted to bring OutRun to the Game Boy—and it looks like he’s very close to achieving that noble goal. McCafferty—head of Rocketship Park and developer of titles like Cave Dave, Starseed, Hoonigans and Nitro—recently released Hero GP, a tribute to Sega’s Hang-On arcade game. Read…
I played the first act of Baldur’s Gate 3 a few times in early access, which is why I’m always slightly surprised on subsequent playthroughs that there aren’t a bunch of mind-controlled anglers protecting the dying mind flayer you encounter near the start of the game. They were cut in the final release, along with…
Sans of praise. Well, here’s a collaboration that we weren’t expecting. Square Enix has announced that its music and merchandising arm is teaming up with Undertale (yep, the Undertale) on a special line of merch to celebrate the latter’s 10th anniversary. Details are pretty slim on what this collaboration will entail for the time being,…
It’s all about the ‘SmartGlow’, man! The Atari of 2025 may not be the same company that spearheaded the arcade and home console revolution of the ’70s and ’80s, but it’s doing a commendable job of keeping those glory days alive through a selection of updated games and licensed hardware. We’ve already seen the 2600+…
Da-da-da-DAAAAAAA. Ready for some Hylian tunes? Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda orchestral concert is now available to watch on YouTube for free! This broadcast follows the cancellation of Nintendo Live 2024, with both The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon concerts being rescheduled for today and tomorrow respectively. Read the full article on nintendolife.com