2024 gaming report card: How did PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo fare?
The PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch all had a strange 2024. Which console scored best in our annual year-end report card?
What’s new in January 2025: 7 upcoming games worth checking out
From Dynasty Warriors: Origins to Sniper Elite Resistance, these are the games that you should check out to kick off the new year.
We predicted gaming’s 2024 last December. Here’s what we got right (and wrong)
We made big predictions about Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft back in January. Almost none of them were correct.
The biggest gaming news of 2024: Concord flops, Palworld vs. Nintendo, and more
From Nintendo suing the company behind Palworld to Xbox shifting toward a multiplatform strategy, these news stories defined the game industry in 2024.
Pick up these games for under $5 before the Steam Winter Sale ends
There are tons of excellent games available for under $5 during this Steam Winter Sale, so make sure to pick these fantastic games up before the sale ends.
The best weird little guys of 2024’s video games
2024's video games were filled with weird little guys. Let's take a walk down memory lane and honor some of the year's best sickos.
3 new PS Plus games that you should play this weekend (December 27-29)
If you need something to play on your brand new PS5 or PSVR2 this holiday weekend, try out these three PS Plus games.
3 games leaving Xbox Game Pass you should play this weekend (December 27-29)
A bunch of games are leaving Xbox Game Pass at the end of 2024, so this is your last weekend to check them out.
These December games already deserve Game Awards 2025 nominations
The Game Awards 2025 may be a full year away, but games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circler are already early front-runners.
The best games of 2024 were the ones we didn’t see coming
2024 was filled with great games, but most of our favorites are the ones we couldn't predict.
Use your Christmas money to buy these games in the Steam Winter Sale
If you've got some gift cards to burn today, consider grabbing these great PC games during the Steam Winter Sale.
Get this underrated Star Wars game for just $2 in the Steam Winter Sale
You can pick up the highly underrated starfighter combat game Star Wars: Squadrons for just $2 during this Steam Winter Sale.
The Nintendo Switch 2 rumor mill was a comedy of errors in 2024
While Nintendo Switch 2 did not end up launching in 2024, rumors surrounding Nintendo's Switch successor dominated gaming discourse this year.
I’m a Steam Deck apologist. Here’s why I’ve been using the ROG Ally instead
I've had a love/hate relationship with the ROG Ally, but two apps have transformed it into my favorite handheld.
This minimalist puzzle game could be 2025’s Tetris
Faraway looks to capture the flow state of Tetris in a minimalist puzzle game all its own, and it's already winning us over.
At the end of 2024, Xbox finds itself as a crossroads
Xbox finally delivered the strong games it needed this year, but its mixed messaging left Microsoft's vision for the future unclear.
PlayStation had a better 2024 than it should have. Now it needs to focus
PlayStation established a clear vision at the end of 2023 that didn't come to fruition in 2024. Now after a mixed year, Sony needs to focus.
This Capcom bundle is the best deal of the Steam Winter Sale
Okami + Kunitsu-Gami Bundle offers up a pair of amazing, innovative games for an inexpensive price during 2024's Steam Winter Sale.
If you need a relaxing holiday vacation game, download this one
LOK Digital is a genius word search puzzle game that I will find myself playing for years to come.
3 new PS Plus games that you should play this weekend (December 20-22)
Get ready for the holidays by playing Forspoken, Rabbids: Party of Legends, or PHOGS! on PS Plus this weekend.
3 games leaving Xbox Game Pass you should play this weekend (December 20-22)
Make sure you play Lego 2K Drive, Humankind, and Party Animals before they leave Xbox Game pass at the end of the month.
In 2024, early access video games went mainstream
Between Palworld, Hades 2, and Path of Exile 2, early access became more mainstream than ever in 2024.
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound led a new kind of retro revival wave at The Game Awards
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and other retro revivals announced at The Game Awards 2024 understand what's required to bring a classic back.
Some of 2024’s best games were only as long as movies
2024 was filled with enormous video games, but more compact projects like Arctic Eggs and Mouthwashing proved the power of a short game.
This new Alien game will tide you over until Alien: Isolation 2
Alien: Isolation's sequel is still years away at this point, so fans should check out the new VR game Alien: Rogue Incursion for a similar experience.
Black Myth: Wukong’s impact is more important than any award
Black Myth: Wukong may not have won Game of the Year, but it leaves 2024 having made an even bigger impact.
Revenge of the Savage Planet spins Google Stadia trauma into comedy gold
The studio now known as Raccoon Logic was bought and then spit out by Google, but now it's getting the last laugh with Revenge of the Savage Planet.
If you didn’t become a VR gamer in 2024, you probably never will
The last 12 months proved that cheaper headsets and better games still might not be enough to launch VR into the mainstream.
Shadow Generations is a master class in confronting grief and moving on
Shadow Generations turns a tragic piece of the hedgehog's history into a moving story about grief and moving on.
You need to add these oddball 2024 hidden gems to your backlog
From Judero to Mouthwashing, these instant classics were some of 2024's best games.
Splitgate 2 is going cross-gen, and that’s good news for PC players
Splitgate 2 won't be ditching PS4 and Xbox One players, and that decision was designed to optimize PC performance.
The best Xbox games of 2024: Indiana Jones, Hellblade 2, and more
While 2024 has been a year full of ups and downs for Xbox, it delivered with games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2.
The Game Awards finally figured out its formula
After a rough show in 2023 defined by double standards, The Game Awards finally has a grip on how to make its mishmash format work.
Crimson Desert mixes fantasy action with pro wrestling, and it rules
We took down three of Crimson Desert’s bosses, giving us a look at the action game’s incredibly deep combat.