(Image credit: Valve) It's strange to think about in hindsight, but Left 4 Dead 2 was a controversial game in the run-up to its release in November 2009—just one year after the original Left 4 Dead laid the foundations for today's enormous cooperative gaming scene. Indeed, it was that rapid…
One of my first appointments for Gamescom 2026 was a superb roguelike called Stupid Never Dies. It’s like the antithesis of Hades. Instead of fighting your way out of hell as a charming and handsome demigod, your objective is to break into hell as a bumbling zombie. This set-up piqued my interest…
The first thing that strikes you upon seeing the new Tomb Raider live-demoed on a massive 115” TV mere inches from your face, I can attest, is its visual fidelity: Legacy of Atlantis is absurdly pretty. Crammed with fine detail enough that every particle of dust and bat guano flitting through the…
There is a new free PC game on Steam available to all Steam users, including Steam Deck users, but compatibility is listed as “unknown” by Valve. Despite only releasing on September 1, and despite being a small independent game, the free Steam game has quickly amassed 138 user reviews, with a 97%…
One of the most iconic gaming franchises has just leaked its own arrival as a day-one Xbox Game Pass release, as the green team is getting a $30 freebie this October. Xbox has rapidly been decking out the Game Pass subscription with freebies and day-one releases that can save users a fortune while…
Top Discussions What are we all playing this weekend? There's already a The Blood of Dawnwalker mod which triples the length of its main quest timer, ensuring saving your family from vampires isn't stressful Miami-Dade police outraged by proposals to turn parts of Miami into GTA 6, saying that…
Pokémon is the latest global mega-brand to receive the LEGO Smart Play treatment, following in the footsteps of Star Wars. And I’ve built one of the sets already! If you missed the Star Wars launch earlier in the year, which served to introduce the concept of Smart Play to people around the globe,…
Skyrim players can now enjoy a brand new free quest that adds a new location to explore at their leisure. The Elder Scrolls VI is still nothing but a pipe dream, but now is the perfect time to fill out your Skyrim hours with the variety of free mods available. If you’ve already played through some…
Born out of the same genre as Rust and Valheim, this Steam sensation has over 100,000 positive reviews and is on sale for as much as a vanilla matcha from Starbucks. Survival games are quickly returning to fashion. Having once been carried by Minecraft, those of a certain age are now realising that…
Steam '70s inspired sci-fi roguelite invites you to explore the cosmos with free taster This charming indie sci-fi is being made with a younger audience in mind, but should have appeal for all age groups. Follow us on Google Discover Featured Image Credit: Bohemia Interactive Topics: Steam, Free…
The best Amazon finds are the ones that make you wonder how so many people discovered them before you did. These are the products that keep climbing in popularity without requiring a huge investment, whether they’re solving a problem you didn’t realize you had or adding a little convenience to your…
A new Star Wars game is officially a #1 best-seller, at least on Steam. How well it is performing on console is less clear because we do not have weekly charts for PlayStation and the Xbox Store. We have live charts, where it sits at #3 on Xbox and #9 on PlayStation, but this doesn’t tell us much.…
Nintendo is hosting two Directs in the coming days, and it’s pretty much all I’ve been thinking about since the announcement. On Tuesday, September 8, it’s The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, followed by a more general Nintendo Direct on Wednesday, September 9. While we wait, it's…
Tim Schafer, game designer and founder of Psychonauts developer Double Fine, gave a strong response after Xbox divested the studio as part of its massive restructuring efforts this summer. Speaking with Bloomberg's Jason Schreier in a September 2026 interview, Schafer admitted that he knew…
A PS5-exclusive horror game has been announced, and it is set to release on October 26. Whether the horror game will come to Nintendo Switch, PC, or Xbox Series X sometime after October 6 remains to be seen, but when it releases, it will only be on PS5. And only on the PlayStation Store, as it…
(Image credit: Bulkhead) The way our hobby talks about player counts is all sorts of messed up. Steam concurrents are a useful metric for gauging a game's general popularity, but they paint an incomplete picture. They're a single data point, yet have become the flimsy scaffolding on which the…
gamescom has provided a second response regarding the theft of developers’ equipment during its event, offering an apology for its initial reaction to the ordeal. On August 28, 2026, indie developer Ryan Laley uploaded a video to X/Twitter claiming that all of his laptops had been stolen at…
Plenty of things are terrifying about a man in a boiler suit creeping up behind you, but it's hard to be scared of Halloween: The Game's Michael Myers when he strolls around the neighborhood with all the urgency of a retiree on a golf course. Admittedly, my early experience with the latest…
Murals begins with you waking up in a twisted fairy tale castle, with no memory of how you got there. As The Hero, you team up with a sentient sketch named Loaf who informs you that not only do you not have a way out, but a bunch of hostile creatures called The Distorted are also wreaking havoc.…
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says a physical-disc future is possible if Sony lets third-party manufacturers press game discs. As physical media continues to be phased out in favor of an all-digital future, many still hope for a path forward. Of course, Sony has confirmed it will stop…
The “hidden movement” genre of board games is one of my favorites and I still remember where I discovered this type of game. I was watching Wil Wheaton’s “Tabletop” series, when the game of the week was “Fury of Dracula”, a game where one person assumes the role of Dracula, spreading terror and…
The Labor Day weekend is upon us (in Canada and the US, anyway, and we'll be sure to spare a thought for our UK colleagues who will be working on Monday) and holy cow, it is about time. If you find yourself in need of something to do, here's a thought: Play Civilization 7, because it's free to play…
For the past 20 years, Roblox games have been very recognizable. The simple game loops with blocky avatars were an unmistakable part of its identity. For kids, that was part of the appeal. The games looked like an extension of their toy chest. As the platform grew, so did the variety of games.…
A new collection of NES and SNES games has been stealth-released on Nintendo Switch and PS5. Oddly enough, there is no Nintendo Switch 2 version. Meanwhile, in the other direction, there is no PS4 version. This isn’t an issue for the users of the former thanks to backward compatibility, but those…