Most of our contests revolve around bigger titles -- or at least, ones by development teams with at least a couple titles under their belts who know their way around the industry, even if only a little. But for this one, it's going to be a ...

Plucky indie developer Gears for Breakfast has put out a tweet today stating that there is a "special announcement" on the way, concerning their adorable retro-platforming game A Hat in Time.Zero hints were given about this announcement, bu...

Games these days, am I right? It's all downloads and teraflops and megawatts and gigabytes. What happened to the good old days when you could buy a game at a store, read the instruction manual on the way home, pop it into your console, and ...

Well hot damn! I think I sort of enjoyed the third episode of The Council.

So, you may have seen a popular PUBG streamer or YouTuber kill an enemy and make it look way too easy. However, thought and recoil precision...

Before The Walking Dead: The Final Season debuts on August 14, you'll have a chance to revisit your past choices and, if you feel like it, change history. Telltale has whipped up an interactive browser-based Story Builder that lets you crea...

Approximately 22 months ago, No Man's Sky was left for dead. Hello Games' magnum opus had an abysmal launch, as all the pre-release promises never lived up to the realities of this functionally-infinite universe. It was boring and tedi...

No Man's Sky is finally getting widespread acclaim. Almost two years after launching, Hello Games has eventually shaped No Man's Sky into the game that most everyone originally wanted. It has been quite the redemption story. It's ...

Twitch Prime is giving out free games throughout July and right now, you can score Fullbright's space-station adventure Tacoma and Obsidian Entertainment's RPG Tyranny. They're up for grabs until July 18. Are these games worth your time? Ta...

Hello Games has released a video showcasing the breadth of changes made to their universe-exploring space title No Man's Sky, which launched to some controversy back in 2016.The video details some of the major changes made to No Man's Sky s...

Bandai Namco has announced that its nocturnal RPG Code Vein will not make its initial 2018 release date. The tough-looking anime adventure has been delayed until next year.In a statement released by the publisher, Bandai Namco stated that t...

Mipumi Games' critically acclaimed adventure game The Lion's Song is now available for download on Nintendo Switch. An episodic tale of four different characters overcoming their own self-doubt, the title originally hit PC's in 2016 with th...

More and more games want to be interactive stories (even if only kinda sorta interactive) more than they want to be games. Provided they’re written well, that’s fine. If you’re looking for something unusual out of games li...

The Zero Escape series is, without a doubt, my favorite trilogy in all of gaming. Franchise creator Kotaro Uchikoshi crafted three absolutely spellbinding stories about survival, love, death, and time travel that rivals anything Hollywood h...

It's been a few years since ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove received its Kickstarter funding and got into production. Even with a slight delay postponing their return to Earth, the funky '90s duo is still trucking along. While a firm ...

Fable has had its fair share of video games that are adjacent to what people like about its core entries. Fable: The Journey was a Kinect title that required hand motions to ride a horse and cast magic spells. Last year, Fable For...

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit launched a few hours ago, and it's free on all platforms. If you like Dontnod's method of episodic storytelling, it's absolutely worth a play. If you've never tried something in the vein of Life...

It's always so sad when a child has to take on adult responsibilities. Like, someone in their life has failed them -- whether through extenuating circumstances or not -- and now a kid has to grow up faster than they should. The older you ge...

Although the backer demo for Koji Igarashi adventure Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was supposed to go live yesterday, the development team have unfortunately revealed that the beta will not be ready for another week.Speaking on Bloodsta...

Those who are looking forward to the next semi-chapter in the Life is Strange canon have one fewer day to wait. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit will now arrive next Monday instead of next Tuesday. Developer Dontnod tweete...

Dad switched from beer to whiskey immediately after breakfast. Things aren't going great. It's never explicitly stated, but there seems to be a dead mother in the mix. Dad's spirits aren't high, they're in the tumbler. Drain and flood, aga...

At E3, I finally learned what Transference is (aside from being a VR project with Elijah Wood's involvement). It's a first-person adventure game with a psychological thriller tinge that has you inhabiting a family trapped in a corrupted dig...

I can't figure Telltale out. It recently noted that it was spreading itself a bit thin with so many different licenses and shuffled some staff around. Now here it is announcing another major license at E3! The company, which has worked on a...

The shroud of mystery surrounding last week's Insomniac tease has been lifted. Just now, Insomniac Games has announced a brand new game called Stormland for Oculus Touch. The reveal comes via this three-minute announcement trailer. It...

Another World (Out of this World) has found its way to many platforms in the years since its original 1991 release. It's an important game, one I hope manages to reach new audiences every time it's re-released. Next on the list is Nintendo ...

To think, I nearly missed hearing about Europa. The self-described exploration adventure game just bubbled up from the depths of Twitter for me, and I feel obligated to pay it forward: you ought to set aside two and a half minutes to let it...