Announced in late 2019 with an "early 2020" target in mind, Rock of Ages III: Make & Break is finally arriving on pretty much every major platform (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Stadia, Switch), but not quite so "early." The official date for the ...

Imagine a Peggle-like puzzle game with fantasy character classes, RPG quests, elite monsters, and a one-more-run roguelike hook. Actually, you don't have to – that game exists! It's called Roundguard. After popping up at conventions ...

Enter today's contest for your chance to score a Steam copy of new mystery/puzzle game Murder by Numbers! You know the best thing about the '90s? All the mysteries, anime, robot assistants, and puzzles you had to solve just to clear your na...

"Are you sure it isn't Rocket Knight Adventures that's responsible?" said Sean Velasco of Yacht Club games, his vocal pitch shifting to a higher, more humble tone. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not, so I spelled out to him. Since...

Sega's mobile puzzler Sega Heroes might be getting a serious dose of style real soon, as it appears that Kazuma Kiryu, The Dragon of Dojima himself, is apparently headed to the crossover Match-3 game at some point in the near future.The tea...

So, you know when Poirot announces that Everyone Did It, or that great moment in Columbo where the shabby detective reveals the ultimate clue and the killer's smugness just drains away? Well, what if they came to their ultimate conclusion j...

Annapurna Interactive might hold claim to a prestigious-yet-regrettable crown within games: It's the publisher that consistently funds incredible projects but kind of goes unnoticed. Annapurna has been around for three years now. In that t...

[Update: In a follow-up blog post after the stream, Yacht Club Games confirmed that the other Shovel Knight spinoff, Dig, wouldn't arrive until "next year." So while Pocket Dungeon was announced months after Dig, it will beat it to mar...

Retro-releasers Hamster - amidst its run of classic SNK fighters and arcade shmups - occasionally drop a title that's a little more niche in its appeal. Perhaps the ultimate example of this is the publisher's latest Arcade Archives release:...

Don't let anyone undersell you on the value of animated intros for video games. I won't hear it! When done right, animated intros can fire up your imagination and establish the tone for the rest of the experience. Even before that point, th...

You want more classics on Switch? You got it. No franchise is safe from the Switch eShop, from the newer generation ports no one thought would be possible (Witcher 3) to just about every retro game ever made. If Disney could muster up a way...

Another week, another Epic freebie. This time, it's a topsy-turvy puzzler, a science-themed game that evokes the name of M.C. Escher because of all its perspective shifting. The Bridge is free on the Epic Games Store until January 30. ...

Electronic Arts is pulling the plug on its Tetris games for iOS and Android. If you head to the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store, you won't be able to find Tetris Premium or Tetris Blitz, two games that have represented fans' limite...

The source code for one of the greatest video games of the last decade, VVVVVV, has been released to the public by its creator Terry Cavanagh. The surprise drop happened during AGDQ, after runner Mohoc's crazy 100% run, which was held to co...

Ignorance is bliss. I'm perfectly happy not knowing how old my brain is, thank you very much. But maybe you're curious, or you're just in the mood for a pleasant little mental warmup. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training is back this week &n...

Fans of the frantic battle-royale-style puzzler Tetris 99 will be pleased to hear that the game has received a free update, adding an all-new Team Battle mode and other features to what is primarily a multiplayer free-for-all.Players can no...

Earlier today, during Sony's State of Play presentation, it was announced that Pillow Castle Games' lateral-thinking puzzler Superliminal will be landing in the PS4 in 2020, following on from its release on PC back in November.Superliminal ...

Have you played The Talos Principle yet? You should play The Talos Principle. It's a masterful game that ends up being far more than you'd ever expect. I'd recommend it to any and all puzzle fans. The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition is com...

Today's contest features Steam copies of hilarious puzzler Dandy Dungeon! The digital future sure is scary. Back when everything came on a disc or cart, they were there forever. Nowadays, if something gets its digital plug pulled you're pre...

In today's contest we're giving away a Switch physical copy of The Gardens Between, courtesy of Super Rare Games! Y'all know how much I love physical prizes. And y'all know how much I love limited releases of games. So of course I'm working...

Last weekend, after spending entirely too long sifting through filler on the Nintendo Switch eShop to try and turn up another afternoon co-op game, I found it: Wilmot's Warehouse, an ingenious little creation. It's a video game about an eve...

It's all a matter of perspective. If there's one thing Superliminal hopes to hammer home -- thoroughly, repeatedly, exhaustively -- it's this. There's no single universally-correct approach to every problem. Sometimes creativity is nee...

Tsum Tsums: kids love 'em, parents hate 'em! If you haven't seen these little worm-like mascot creatures before you will at some point in your life (whether it's due to a future kid, nephew/niece, or what have you). The gist is that th...

Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada is certainly the little title that could. After originally launching as a free-to-play app for mobile, where it found a small but thirsty fanbase, it seemed it might be lost to history when it was ...

It seems Natsume's Harvest Moon: Mad Dash isn't quite ripe just yet, as the fast-paced multiplayer title has missed its launch date of October 29, and will now be releasing on PS4 and Nintendo Switch on November 5.As previously reported, th...