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Nintendo Switch

The best Nintendo Switch games for 2021

Mario and Bowser in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury.

The best upcoming Nintendo Switch games

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Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain review: There’s an app for that

Five characters from Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain stand in a line.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl review: Old faithful

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Shin Megami Tensei 5 review: Harder and better than ever

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With Mario Kart 9 rumors swirling, we need these 4 features

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Pokémon Legends: Arceus trailer shows new ways to catch ’em all

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Kirby and the Forgotten Land gives the pink puffball a release date and a gun

Kirby fishes with a waddle dee in Kirby and the Forgotten Lands.
Playstation

The best PS5 games for 2021

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Kena: Bridge of Spirits review: A legendary adventure

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Deathloop review: Live, die, repeat, and look good doing it

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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart review: Another PS5 superhero spectacle

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AMD’s FSR upscaling doesn’t do God of War justice on PC

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God of War looks great on PC, but don’t play it with a keyboard and mouse

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Sony Xperia 5 III is a $1,000 flagship in 2022 with hardware from 2021

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Xbox

The best Xbox Series X games for 2021

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The best upcoming Xbox Series X games

The best games on Xbox Game Pass for 2022

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The best capture cards for 2022: Xbox, PlayStation, and PC

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Everything we know about S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chernobyl

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Soldiers jump off a building in Battlefield 2042.

Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard in shocking deal

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Xbox is working on reactivating mistakenly disabled dev mode accounts

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Ubisoft+ is coming to Xbox, while Rainbow Six goes to Game Pass

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PC Gaming

The best PC games for 2021

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The best indie games on PC

The best multiplayer games on PC

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God of War PC performance guide: The best settings for high FPS

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The best free strategy games for PC

Halo Infinite PC performance guide: The best settings for a high frame rate

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New AMD RX 6500 XT: 3 graphics cards you should buy instead

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Nvidia just quietly launched a 12GB RTX 3080, and the price will shock you

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Upcoming Games

What Pokémon are in Pokémon Legends: Arceus?

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Everything we know about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

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Everything we know about Pokémon Legends: Arceus

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Everything we know about Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Kirby riding a star in Kirby and the Forgotten Lands.

Everything we know about Alan Wake 2

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Everything we know about Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga

Senua stares at a burning tree in Hellblade 2.

Everything we know about Star Wars Eclipse

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Everything we know about Homeworld 3

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Best Games of All Time

The best Halo games, ranked from best to worst

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The best EA games of all time

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The best Bioware games of all time

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The best Bethesda games of all time

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The best stealth games

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The best horror games of all time

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The best N64 games of all time

The best GameCube games of all time

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Game Guides

Everything we know about The Callisto Protocol

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The best USB-C monitors for 2022

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Call of Duty: Warzone guide with tips and tricks to win the war

Soldiers from the Warzone Pacific update.

The top 10 best racing games on PC

A sports car at dusk in Forza Horizon 5.

All Fortnite chapter 3, season 1 quests

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Destiny 2: Where to find Xur for the weekend of January 14

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The best PS5 controllers

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Fortnite chapter 3 guide: Season 1, week 6 quests and how to complete them

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How to win Fortnite

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How to breed Pokémon in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

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Mobile Gaming

The best Android games you can play offline

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The best iPhone games (January 2022)

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The best Android games available (January 2022)

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The best online multiplayer games for Android and iOS

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The best gaming tablets for 2022

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The best gaming smartphones for 2022

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Microsoft investors call gives more details on Activision Blizzard purchase

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OlliOlli World takes skateboarding games to gnarly heights

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The 5 best ultrawide gaming monitors

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Best Philips Hue deals for January 2022

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Best Amazon Fire tablet deals for January 2022

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I rescued Destiny 2 ‘new lights’ from a game-ruining fate

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How Wordle and Wordle! teamed up for charity

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Should gaming embrace NFT? Both sides of the debate weigh in

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5G’s big players make bold, exciting predictions for 2022

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In Project Zomboid, every brutal death is a learning experience

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Game studios, please agree on a rerelease naming convention

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Sweet relief: Nvidia says GPU supply will increase this year

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Final Dying Light 2 showcase highlights co-op gameplay

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The Onexplayer Mini has me skeptical about the Steam Deck

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