Typically, my PAX East experience consists of a few constants: I sleep very little, I eat very poorly, I walk around a lot, and I play a ton of video games. In 2026, much of this remained true. I still...
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is out tomorrow on April 1 and the first wave of reviews has just come out. Can a bigger cast featuring Yoshi, Rosalina, and more pals elevate the sequel into more than just another animated...
Two years after its release, the legacy of Firewalk Studios’ 2024 hero shooter Concord is not, as the developers probably hoped, as a premium and well-liked alternative to Overwatch and Valorant. It is, instead, a yardstick against which live-service game...
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...
