Humble Bundle currently has a tempting deal on a batch of eclectic games all housed under the Double Fine Presents banner. One minute, you might watch the circle of life unfold on a lone mountain; during another, pudgy blob men could pick y...

Whatever legacy ABC's Lost may leave, one line will always stick with me: "We have to go back." When in doubt return to your roots; it's something Ubisoft has done countless times with the Assassin's Creed series. Further and furt...

Rest in peace, Pioneer; we hardly knew ye. Ubisoft has canceled an open-universe sci-fi exploration game called Pioneer. Former Ubisoft director Alex Hutchinson (who's now at Typhoon Studios) confirmed on Twitter that the project is dead. ...

Ah, the farm-life sim. It's become something of a staple in my gaming diet. You might remember me checking in with My Time at Portia back when it first entered Early Access. That was almost a year to the day, and the post-apocalyptic t...

Late last week, detective agency Pinkerton sent a cease and desist letter to Red Dead Redemption 2 publisher Take-Two over the use of the Pinkerton name in Rockstar's latest hit game. Characters Andrew Milton and Edgar Ross were under fire ...

The early 2000s were a boon for action games. The PS2 was hitting its stride and would go on to cement itself as one of the most extravagant purveyors of the genre. While there were plenty of wild risks that seemed to endlessly pay off, a s...

Destiny might be the de facto blueprint for how to make a first-person, MMO, live service game, but it lacks one crucial element that could make it better: raid matchmaking. While BioWare had previously confirmed raid matchmaking would be p...

Like Lazarus, The Walking Dead: The Final Season has risen from the grave to continue shuffling toward its seemingly dour conclusion. After the unfortunate closure of Telltale Games last year, it seemed that all was lost for the story of Cl...

Anyone who couldn't quite pull the trigger on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is getting a golden opportunity to see what all the fuss is about. The game's most notable mode, the Blackout battle royale, is the subject of an upcoming fr...

Magic: Arena is a pretty fantastic rendition of the paper version: so fantastic that it's become my most-played digital card game at the moment. But there was one major issue plaguing the still-in-beta project, "the fifth card problem....

Sega has revealed a new trio for upcoming road-runner Team Sonic Racing. Today, it's the villains time to shine, as three baddies from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe form up to steal the chequered flag.Team Eggman consists of Deadly Six me...

When Nintendo has price drops for first party games, it's a rarity. There are years-old titles that still go for their full retail launch cost, so when they discount something, it generally matters as ripples will be felt throughout the col...

Indie developer Aurelien Regard and publisher Playdius have released ten minutes of gameplay footage from the colourful and weird-looking first-person adventure AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected, which is scheduled for release on multiple pla...

Last year I spent several months researching the state of the Mighty No. 9 3DS and Vita ports. It was a pretty exhaustive effort as I managed to track down nearly all of the parties involved: except for Comcept, who "saw" a Facebook me...

A new studio has been formed by two former Infinity Ward developer. Winterborn Games was founded by Kent Gambill and Moudy Hamo, both of whom have over ten years industry experience, including work with the legendary Call of Duty franchise....

I am a simple man: when I see Game Boy Advance era art, I'm immediately drawn to it. Created by Sea Handler Art, this fantastic rendition brings the Phantom Thieves to the forefront of a bygone handheld, and I have to say, it fits.&nbs...

The Dragon Ball news keeps on coming from publishers Bandai Namco. Following on from the reveal of the all-new title Super Dragon Ball Heroes comes the announcement that another wave of DLC characters is headed toward the great tag-brawler ...

Animal Crossing has been on my mind lately thanks in part to an 87-year-old superfan whose charming story has warmed the internet's chilly heart. Earlier this month, game designer Paul Hubans shared a photo of his grandmother's Animal Cross...

Enter our latest contest for your chance to win a Slayaway Camp/Friday the 13th Killer Puzzle prize pack for Switch! I keep saying that there's a disturbing lack of licensed puzzle games based off of iconic horror characters. Who wouldn't w...

There's a new Dragon Ball Z game in the works, and it's based on the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime. Bandai Namco has just announced Super Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission as part of its Dragon Ball Games Super Showcase...

It feels inevitable that Nintendo will add a curated list of SNES games to Nintendo Switch Online, a subscription service that currently (and disappointingly) offers only NES titles as one of its perks. When the day comes, I'm putting every...

Podtoid is back with its second episode of 2019. While Dan, Occams, and I await the return of Chris Moyse, we talk about tank controls, what it is about classic Resident Evil games that makes them so scary, and what's next for Bungie n...

Nathan Drake's silver screen aspirations can't be killed by something as trivial as once-director Shawn Levy pulling out of the production. The long-awaited Uncharted film has a new visionary leader, the man who was largely responsible...

Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition launched last week and finally brought the fan favorite entry to PC. While the port was perfectly competent, it did lack features that players have come to expect on the platform. In almost no time at a...

The next phase in Battlefield V's post-launch roadmap, Lightning Strikes, marks the return of the explosive attack-and-defend Rush mode. We're also getting another Grand Operation and Squad Conquest, a "tighter and more intense version of C...