Several years ago, I used to work at a toy warehouse. It was a lousy job with lousy pay and lousy holiday hours. But it also provided me with a lot of downtime, and in that time, I'd often daydream about hopping in the forklift that sat col...

After dropping out months ago, I'm contemplating resubscribing to Apple Arcade for another month just to play the new Grindstone update – that's how much I'm into Capybara's maniacal puzzle game. The "Back to the Grind" update adds 15...

Whoa that headline was a mouthful, but it's probably the best way to describe Get Packed, a new 1-4 player co-op (and competitive) game that's coming to Stadia first.  Developed by a small five-person indie outfit called Moonshine...

Human: Fall Flat, my favorite wobbly puzzle-platformer, is getting a new Thermal level. The cavernous stage was originally designed by Manuel Nowak for a 2019 level-design contest, and as one of two winners, Thermal is now joining Human: F...

The year is 2075, and all is not well beneath the ultraviolet lights of Neon City. Following the Android Revolution, which resulted in a civil war and the destruction of thousands of automatons, the bustling cyber metropolis and its surroun...

Ustwo Games is giving out its architectural eye-candy puzzle title Monument Valley 2 for free on the App Store and Google Play. "There are times when we just need a hug. So here is a virtual one from us." The game normally costs $4.99, so...

It may seem like Hello Games' attention has been solely on No Man's Sky for the last few years. After a tumultuous launch, No Man's Sky has finally found favor among those who still pay attention to it, thanks largely to a series...

Creature in the Well, the Breakout-with-swords action game from Flight School Studio, is rounding out its release list with one more port. The PlayStation 4 version launches on March 31, 2020. If you're someone with a penchant for video gam...

Qureate's eyebrow-arching puzzle adventure Prison Princess will be arriving on PC via Steam next month, following its original Nintendo Switch release back in January.Prison Princess' plot (which you play it for) tells the story of two glor...

A Monster's Expedition – an open-world puzzle game about rolling logs to build makeshift bridges and hop between islands – looks neat. It's wholesome in a way I can really get behind, especially in 2020. As the titular monster ...

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...