The Best Summer-Themed Games And Levels
22.7.2022
Summer is here. But, likely, you live in a part of the world where recent heat waves and high temperatures have been prevalent. So, I don’t need to tell you it’s summer. But while summer is often a time when the world gets very hot, it’s also the time of year when many people start going outside...
Plus: all hail Stray, as 'that cat game' goes big...
22.7.2022
Also looking at all the other new and trending PC/console games, of course!
Real Human Being LeBron James Is Taking His Talents To MultiVersus
22.7.2022
MultiVersus, the free-to-play Smash-like based on Warner Bros. properties like Scooby-Doo and Steven Universe, launches in open beta on July 26. And according to fresh news out of today’s Comic Con presentation, NBA superstar LeBron James will join the fighting game as a playable character that...
Why The Cat In Stray Is Orange (And How You Can Change It)
22.7.2022
Stray strays from modern conventions in one notable way: It doesn’t allow you to customize your character—at all. But three days into the game’s release cycle, modders are already doing their damndest to set things straight.Read more
Top 10 Pokémon That Should Die
22.7.2022
Pokémon. They come in all shapes and sizes, with enough diversity that everyone can find at least one they like. And though it’s difficult to have beef (or pork) with many of them, odds are you’re going to run into a few bad apples when you have over 900 of something. Humans are imperfect,...
The Last Of Us Part I Remake's New Options Make A Case For Why The Game Needs To Exist
22.7.2022
The leaks continue with The Last Of Us Part I, but don’t roll your eyes at the idea you could be spoiled on a game you’ve already played and hasn’t changed just yet. This one’s actually great. Screenshots of the game’s accessibility features are rolling in, and they show essential options...
Do's And Don'ts For Gaming In A Neverending Heat Wave
22.7.2022
The whole world has a bad fever. Here, in New York, I sit inside with the fan directly on my face as the city sweats out its hottest week in almost a decade. Europe is getting swallowed in wildfires, drought is constricting East Africa, and unrelenting monsoon rains are drowning Bangladesh....
Batman Really Is Dead In Gotham Knights (And The Joker's MIA)
22.7.2022
Bruce Wayne really and truly bites it at the start of Gotham Knights, creative director Patrick Redding confirmed at a San Diego Comic Con panel on Thursday. WB Montreal’s upcoming loot-focused beat ’em up won’t feature the Joker either, though Redding left the door open to Harley Quinn showing...
What You Should Know About Mario Striker's Big Free Update
22.7.2022
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10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing MultiVersus, WB's Smash-Like Fighter
22.7.2022
MultiVersus is a free-to-play platform fighter, a statement that might draw comparisons to Nintendo’s original take on the genre, Smash Bros. But a good platform fighter will take the basic foundation established by Nintendo’s popular franchise and use it to create something newish. MultiVersus...
The Best Free Games On Nintendo Switch (Right Now)
22.7.2022
It’s not quite Steam, but the Nintendo Switch is full of free games. There are plenty of obvious ones, of course—y’know, games like Rocket League, Pokémon Unite, Apex Legends, or that one battle royale named after a frankly silly British chronological term. But Nintendo’s handheld is full...
Steam Horror Game Challenges You To Beat It Before You Can Refund It
22.7.2022
It may look and play like an asset flip, but Refund Me If You Can is nothing if not clever with its premise: You have two hours to evade a monster, get out of a sewer-like maze, and you must to promise—on your honor—that you will not request a refund through Steam. You are otherwise, and the game...