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AI-Powered Aloy From Horizon Zero Dawn Demos Our Terrifying Chatbot Future
11.3.2025
Horizon Forbidden West’s Aloy is a clone in a post-apocalyptic future who uses a bow and spear to fight giant robot animals and corrupted AI programs. It’s a neat premise for what happens to be a very cool sci-fi action-RPG series. But what if Aloy was also controlled by an AI program and could...
How To Make Sense Of Your Skills In Monster Hunter Wilds
11.3.2025
Surviving in Monster Hunter Wilds requires more than strong weapons and sick-looking armor – you also need to make use of your skills. While long-time fans will adjust to mechanical changes and some new types of skills, any novice hunters are sure to be overwhelmed. Layers and columns of stats...
Disco Elysium Studio Finally Gives Us A Tease Of Its Long-Awaited Next Game
11.3.2025
ZA/UM Studio, the entity which at one point released Disco Elysium, a critically acclaimed detective RPG about navigating the ruins of capitalism and solving a murder, has finally revealed its next game nearly six years later. Instead of Disco Elysium 2, it’s a spy RPG still mostly shrouded...
How Long To Beat Monster Hunter Wilds Is Entirely The Wrong Question
11.3.2025
The launch of a brand-new Monster Hunter is always a chance to dive into a fantastical world, with exciting characters and gameplay mechanics. But it also leaves plenty of questions. For example, how long does it take to finish Monster Hunter Wilds? Well, it’s something of a trick question, as...
The Last Of Us Has Us Wishing These 8 TV Shows Were Video Games
11.3.2025
The best TV shows create fictional worlds you want to explore and characters you sometimes want to be. That’s part of the reason why every show from The Sopranos and Lost (in the PS2 era) to M*A*S*H (way back on the Atari 2600) have been turned into (mostly pretty lousy) video games. (Of course,...
Who Is The Best Boarding Squad Leader In Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii?
11.3.2025
As you start your pirate journey in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii—an absolute fever dream of an experience—you’ll find your meager pirate crew proves initially lackluster. Sure, you have a washed-up drunken father who can navigate, and a cook wielding the most enormous cleaver I’ve ever...
Fallout Season 2 Set Leaks Reveal First Look At New Vegas
10.3.2025
Fallout’s first season ended with a big tease: New Vegas would be featured in the next season. And now, thanks to some new set leaks, we’ve got our first shaky look at New Vegas as it will appear in Fallout season 2 on Amazon Prime.Read more
Lego's New Mario Set Is The Best One Yet
10.3.2025
Mamma mia, Mario, your new Mario Kart Lego set looks wonderful! And the large set, which was just officially revealed by Lego after a few leaks, might just be the best Nintendo-themed build yet! Read more
What You Need To Know About Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
10.3.2025
The Suikoden series may not have the mainstream appeal of a franchise like Final Fantasy, but its first two entries have long been considered some of the best RPG games of all time by genre aficionados. Now, with the release of Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, both returning fans and first-time players...
Where To Find Avowed's Best Sets Of Armor For Every Class
10.3.2025
Armor is a vital part of both your defensive and offensive capabilities in Avowed, providing powerful passive boons that help you stay in the fight against your foes. The best armor for you depends entirely on your build, so we’ve compiled a list of what we consider the best choices for the average...
Death Stranding 2 Gets Another 10-Minute Trailer, Teases A Very Metal Gear Moment
10.3.2025
A new, very long Death Stranding 2 trailer has finally given the Hideo Kojima sequel a release date and more mysteries, like what’s with the guy who looks almost exactly like Metal Gear’s Snake near the end of it? Read more
Nintendo’s 30 Best Switch Games, Ranked
10.3.2025
This month marks the eighth anniversary of the Nintendo Switch’s release. With the Switch 2 looming later in 2025, this is likely the last year we’ll see Nintendo develop and publish most of its games on the handheld hybrid that revolutionized how we play console-quality games. Over those eight...
Here's How To Play Split Fiction With Any Friend On Any Platform
10.3.2025
Hazelight Studios has made a name for itself with thrilling co-op adventures that have captured the hearts of gamers worldwide. Its newest outing is Split Fiction, which tasks two players with exploring two worlds at the same time—one person battling through a high fantasy setting and the other...
How To Snag Avowed's Best Weapons, 5 Great Mods To Make Monster Hunter Wilds Even Better, And More Hot Tips
9.3.2025
If, like us, you’re currently spending a lot of your spare time in the Living Lands of Avowed, you may want to check out our pointers on where to find some of the game’s best weapons, as well as some of its rarest upgrade materials. We’ll also point you to a handful of mods that can make your time...
Split Fiction Is The Good Time Everyone Needs Right Now
9.3.2025
EA and Hazelight’s latest co-op adventure, Split Fiction, is out now across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. As with previous Hazelight games, like It Takes Two, Split Fiction is a co-op only experience that features a dazzling amount of gameplay mechanics. One moment you’ll be flying dragons and later...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Could Be Amazing, The Switch Launch Was One For The Ages, And More Of The Week's Takes
8.3.2025
This week, we went hands-on with the imminentClair Obscur: Expedition 33 and think it could be a turn-based RPG classic. We also reminisced, eight years after the fact, about what made the launch of the Nintendo Switch so unforgettable, and gushed about why Monster Hunter Wilds’ Rove is easily...
24 Games We're Stoked For In March, Great Switch Games On Sale For Mario Day, And More Of The Week's Top News
8.3.2025
This week, we got some insight into what prompted Ubisoft to add a “canon mode”—which strips out all narrative choices in favor of adhering to one set story path—to the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Also, we looked at 24 games coming out in this fairly packed month that we can’t wait to...
Nintendo Switch Just Quietly Got Two Cult-Favorite Game Boy Games
7.3.2025
Nintendo’s Switch Online retro library just inducted two more cult-favorites from the Game Boy. Mario’s Picross and Donkey Kong, commonly referred to as Donkey Kong ‘94, joined the subscription service overnight. That probably doesn’t mean anything to most people but you’d be wise to pay attention....
Split Fiction Is A Smash Hit By Every Metric And A Lesson to EA And Others
7.3.2025
As I write this sentence, the latest co-op adventure game from Hazelight, Split Fiction, hasn’t even been out for 48 hours. Yet based on player count numbers, Metacritic rankings, reviews, and player ratings, it is already one of EA’s most successful and critically acclaimed games in years....
The Best RoboCop Game Is Getting A Sequel And Is Only $10 On Steam Right Now
7.3.2025
RoboCop: Rogue City is getting a standalone sequel, and that’s awesome. It is easily the best RoboCop game ever made. And we don’t have to wait long for the new installment, as RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business is set to arrive later this year. Oh, and if you haven’t played the first game...