The Nex Playground, a kid-focused motion-control console that exploded in popularity last year, is the latest bit of video game tech to announce a price increase directly connected to the ongoing RAM shortage caused by AI hyperscalers rushing to build...
The Korean open-world fantasy game Crimson Desert has had an incredibly successful launch, though not without its share of slip-ups. The game’s extremely high fidelity and impressive graphics are a big part of the sales pitch, which made it all...
The flowers are blooming and the air is warming up. Probably. I live in Kansas, where it recently snowed. But somewhere, spring is here and so, too, is Valve’s annual Spring Sale. As usual, 14 metric tons of games (I...
KPop Demon Hunters has officially won the Oscar for Best Original Song. “Golden,” the lead single for Netflix’s animated musical, beat out the likes of Sinners‘ “I Lied To You,” and “Dear Me” from Relentless. But where does “Golden” land in a ranking...
Bungie’s newly released extraction shooter Marathon received its first big post-launch patch earlier this week. And one tweak it made to gunshot noises seemingly changed the game overnight for many players, leading to a lot of yelling online. Now, Bungie...
SAG-AFTRA has issued a “Do Not Work Order” against the twelfth mainline entry in the Mega Man series, titled Mega Man: Dual Override, as Capcom has failed to “initiate the signatory process” required to hire unionized actors. As a result,...
The Division 2 is having a mini-renaissance on Steam this weekend thanks to a massive discount and a recent roadmap outlining the game’s future and all of the content still coming to Ubisoft’s seven-year-old loot shooter. An anniversary event has...
Marathon’s beta is over, and it seems to be selling well, but not nearly as well as Arc Raiders on Steam. An Eevee Lego set was turned into a whole different Pokémon by a crafty fan. Resident Evil Requiem is...
Last week the Los Angeles Times reported on a surprising trend among young people. Physical media sales, DVDs especially, are experiencing a new burst of popularity. After a decade of freefall, enthusiasm among Gen Z halved a 20 percent sales...
I’m pretty spoiled when it comes to platformers. I grew up on a healthy diet of Mario, Sonic, Sly Cooper, and pretty much every other mascot run-and-jump game you can name, so I’m real particular about whether a platformer’s movement...
