You can’t keep a good deal down. Walmart still has the Xbox Series X down to $349. That’s $150 off the MSRP of a phenomenal current-gen video game console complete with a 4K Blu-ray compatible disc drive. This is a better deal than what we saw during Black Friday or Cyber Monday. It even arrives…
Why are so many people finding satisfaction in simulation games about manual labor? Farming, building, power washing – there’s some deep psychological study to be done on creating the illusion of productivity, but I couldn’t care less. All I know is that if I can’t make sure this garage extension has perfect ebony paneling, I…
The 2023 Steam Award nominations are out, meaning it’s time to cast your ballots for your favorite games across categories ranging from Game of the Year to Best Game You Suck At. Unlike most other awards programs, the Steam Awards limits nominees to a maximum of two categories, which presumably explains why Baldur’s Gate 3,…
The challenge was simple, really: Honour Mode had told me exactly what I was in for before I started. One save, no backsies, no cheeky Alt+F4s to safety. If the active party wiped even once, even to something stupid, then I could only keep my save file with an asterisk—I’d be shamefully knocked down from the…
Twitch has taken back a rule change it made just two days ago. After seeing what some streamers did with the freedom to stream “artistic depictions of nudity,” the site said it “went too far.” The change was one of several adjustments to Twitch’s policies on sexual content and nudity made on Wednesday, and lifted…
This year, I did a bit of personal respeccing of my gaming habits and focused hard on cozy games. Like so many of us, I still love games like Stardew Valley and have given plenty of other farm sims or life sims or “casual” games a try in between Stardew sessions. But the label “cozy”…
Homeworld 3 is the third instalment of the Homeworld series, a space strategy game whose last instalment came out in 2003. It received a remaster in 2015, which we gave a 92 in our Homeworld Remastered Review—a worthy remake of “one of the most challenging and evocative strategy series ever made.” Homeworld 3 was voted…
Hello and welcome to the most important award that will be presented this year. This award seeks to honor the biggest swings, the boldest gambits and bravest storytelling choices gaming and entertainment had to offer us in the year 2023 of the Common Era. This is also the category where the fucked up stuff lives.…
Before we crown IGN’s Best Game of 2023, let’s first acknowledge what an amazing year it has been for game releases. There were great games almost every month, and every nominee — from Cocoon to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 — is certainly someone’s personal game of the year. But ultimately this year was defined by a…
When it comes to game night, it’s always a great idea to have a variety of board games around for people to choose from. Unfortunately, building that collection of games can oftentimes cost you more than you’d expect. Have no fear, though, as we’re here to help you out with a variety of deals on…
