Games

I added player-seeking hit squads to GTA 5, though the billion other mods I have installed keep getting in their way

With GTA 6 leaker hunt 'rapidly evolving,' Take-Two asks court to keep latest subpoena request sealed to avoid tipping off leakers

Onimusha: Way of the Sword review: Some live, some die

A 38-year-old NES platformer is getting a Steam remake by its original husband-and-wife team, as the pair's 'final major game product'

1666: Amsterdam's developer says it 'won't be using any AI anymore', and the tech was only used 'in conception and pre-production'—arguably the most creative phase of the entire process

Thanks to a dedicated team 'art-directing' every single NPC, GTA 6 has over 10 times as many unique animations as GTA 5

A native port of Donkey Kong 64 is finally playable on PC thanks to a team of programmers who boast that 'no generative AI [was] used at any point in the process'

All the key details on HoYo's co-op monster slayer Nodusfall

Rockstar considered having four protagonists in Grand Theft Auto 6, but the studio 'worried about diluting the amount of player time' with each character

'I would love that but we're cheap and poor': Jeff Kaplan speeds through everything players should know about his upcoming cowboy survival game, The Legend of California

The new Rusty Lake game is a grim, sinister tale of family, destiny, and cooking: I fed a man porridge filled with dead bugs and he told me it tasted good

Thimbleweed Park 2 is happening because Ron Gilbert's friend knows a rich guy who's a big fan of the original and wanted more

Immortality creator Sam Barlow reveals his next game: A 'sci-fi horror' collaboration with Brandon Cronenberg

Can you play Big Walk alone or with randoms?

Thimbleweed Park 2 is 'not really a sequel, not really a prequel,' but it is finally happening

Cyan releases teaser for the first new Myst game in 20 years, then breaks the news that it's not actually being made

A classic Giger-inspired adventure game just got a sequel

A classic Daedalic adventure is free on GOG, and it's not one I particularly like but you can't beat the price

Battle royale goes grunge: there's a new PUBG game and it's set in the '90s

Arkheron, an isometric Diablo-like battle royale where you ascend a tower, is getting a more forgiving Spire mode to prepare you for the big leagues

Indie dev earns Reddit love after telling people not to buy their game because it's going on sale soon

The Fortnite-Overwatch crossover means we're talking about Tracer's butt again

It took a while, but Overwatch's iconic heroes have finally been bitten by the collab slop curse

Epic keeps jamming more incredible shotguns into Fortnite, and it might be the best meta ever

Best weapons in Fortnite battle royale, including a funky shotgun-sniper hybrid

Fortnite Showdown: Rivalries explained, map secrets, mythic weapon locations and more

Fortnite teases its next collab with Toy Story, but while fans are wondering where Woody is all I want to know is whether we'll be able to play as the aliens

Black Library veteran Toby Longworth gives us his tips for voicing the perfect Space Marine

We asked the voice of Eisenhorn, Gaunt, and Garro in Warhammer 40k who his favorite character to play is

Dark Sun, D&D's most heavy metal setting, will be back in 2027

One of my favorite Warhammer 40,000 books is getting an unexpected sequel

Some days I fondly recall Warhammer 40k's first Inquisitor was called 'Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau' and he's still too powerful to be retconned

Top scientists uncover way to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance more complicated—turn it into a board game

I've found 12 deals on board games you'll actually want to play this Prime Day, which means you can start an argument with your loved ones from just $16

Down with tactical rocks

Today I learned the real reason Warhammer 40k's iconic 'Land Raider' got its name and it ain't because it raids the land

Post Malone breaks into his $2 million The One Ring, stressing out a whole room of Magic: The Gathering players: 'our insurance doesn't cover that card'

Following its excellent Lord of the Rings cards, Magic: The Gathering's new Hobbit set is a bit of a second breakfast

The Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition scans to help combat scalpers

Stardew Valley comes to Magic: The Gathering and fans aren't taking some of the new artwork well

Two men plead guilty to stealing over £71,000 worth of Pokémon TCG in a string of burglaries targeting small card stores

Magic's Marvel Super Heroes set fixes the biggest problems of its Spider-Man cards

Guild Wars 3 isn't the only new Guild Wars on the way: ArenaNet just announced a Guild Wars card game

Magic: The Gathering's Marvel Super Heroes set brings back completely uncontroversial and universally beloved comics event Civil War

Balatro publisher Playstack only discovered it because they had a guy checking all the new releases on Steam every day: 'I saw the game the day it went up on Steam'

Manor Lords celebrates 4 million copies sold with a new major update which gives players the chance to become 'a cow-herding mogul'

Corsair Cove review: The best pirate game I've played this year

Forget Black Flag Resynced, the best pirate game of 2026 might be a logistics-heavy city builder

You will never guess who turns up in this video about why you can't build British towns in SimCity 4

Boldly go where no gamer has gone before in a new Star Trek colony builder that just dropped a demo

You can help save the whales by buying this reef-building game written by the scribe of the Tomb Raider reboot

The sequel to flying city-builder Airborne Kingdom just hit 1.0 with a huge update and a 50% discount

I know all you pirates are busy with Windrose, but you should drop anchor and check out this new pirate-themed city builder

After his city builder flopped in early access, Firewatch's Nels Anderson didn't give up: 'Smarter people than me … probably would've pulled the plug'

Empulse and Splitgate: Arena Reloaded are officially over as 1047 Games says it's probably done making arena shooters

This newly announced FPS will let you blast through the worlds of Medieval Europe's weirdest artist, and I really hope it includes the 500-year-old butt song from hell

A massive cache of Valve data has reportedly leaked online, appearing to include Portal 2's elusive beta build and a potential weapon from Half-Life 2: Episode 3

Activision serves cease and desist to infamous Call of Duty cheat maker—and films the whole thing: 'We will find you'

Star Citizen's Squadron 42 delayed again, this time to avoid 'the attention buzz saw of GTA 6' says Chris Roberts

Almost 20 years later, Arkane's founder says he understands why Valve cancelled the Ravenholm game that never was: 'It all came down to the economics'

Metro 2039 devs say the ongoing war in Ukraine has changed how they write morality: 'The franchise's very nature is getting too close to reality'

Metro 2039 takes us back to Moscow, but it's still got some delicious bits of Exodus in there

Metro 2039 gameplay trailer looks like bad news for your aging graphics card

Riot is ending development of its 2XKO fighting game

Marvel Tōkon's simple but effective combo trials are an elegant tutorial solution that I wish more fighting games had

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review – A great fighting game suffering from some uniquely PC problems

Marvel Tōkon's first big PC patch has mostly fixed performance woes, though it hasn't done much for its Steam reviews

Marvel Tōkon devs vow to fix performance issues for launch day next week: 'To our PC players, message received'

Marvel Tōkon's developer has apologised to PC players for the beta's performance issues, with only a week until launch

Blade and Magik lead as Marvel Tōkon's most popular characters during its beta

I suck at fighting games, but Marvel Tōkon has the sauce

Marvel Tōkon beta start time and everything you'll be able to play

Hello Neighbor's multiplayer spinoff has been 'temporarily shut down' after a hacker wiped player progression and demanded the game's 'removal from sale across all platforms'

Konami is aiming for a new Silent Hill game every year with producer Motoi Okamoto trying to quell fears by promising fans that they 'will be able to provide positive kinds of surprises'

Poppy Playtime studio reveals its next survival horror game, and this time it's co-op

The hardware crisis has hit a new low: We're now using rats for RAM

The upcoming Resident Evil movie will have first-person POVs as it demonstrates how authenticity is a moving target for a series that spans 30 years

A disturbing '90s point-and-click horror game about waking up in a rundown asylum with no recollection of who you are is getting a glow up in 2026

All active Dandy's World codes in September 2026 and how to redeem them in Roblox

Silent Hill: Townfall's latest gameplay trailer reminds me why the series shouldn't have guns

The Sinking City 2 review: The Shadow Over Innsmouth meets over-the-shoulder survival horror

Haunted Chocolatier's development has been 'very productive' in recent months, Eric Barone says: 'Working on Haunted Chocolatier is what I’m most eager and driven to do'

Fields of Mistria review: The best farm sim of the past Stardew-chasing decade

Absolutely everything you need to know about romance and marriage in Fields of Mistria

Fields of Mistria's cast has me head over heels in a way no farm sim has since Stardew Valley

Juniper romance walkthrough: The full Juniper gifts list, heart events, and marriage details for the arrogant witch in Fields of Mistria

March romance walkthrough: The full March gifts list, heart events, and marriage details for the grumpy blacksmith in Fields of Mistria

Oh no, crafting an engagement ring in Fields of Mistria requires getting really deep into the mines!

Fields of Mistria officially becomes the best farm sim since Stardew Valley with its 1.0 update today

Fields of Mistria 1.0 changes: What's new in the full release version?

Blizzard doing 'a thorough scrub' of illegitimate World of Warcraft Mythic-Plus dungeon rankings, with more changes to come

Some of WoW's hardest dungeons and raids have gotten just a bit easier—that's on purpose, developers say

A Star Wars Galaxies community server was allegedly hacked with AI assistance by a Reddit moderator harboring a primeval grudge

I want MMOs to waste our time again

EverQuest Legends dev says 'I'm sure we would' add new classes, races 'in the longer-term vision of the game'

SWG lead's new MMO, Stars Reach, almost lost me—until I met an animal conservationist mayor

2XKO's shutdown has me feeling glum about Riot's future MMO—because I don't think the genre can survive corporate cut-and-run tactics

Thanks to this Final Fantasy 14 roleplayer survey, I know exactly how basic my Warrior of Light's backstory is

Star Citizen has a disastrously laggy stream with horrendous vibes, which isn't a great look when you're past $1 billion in funding

Valve assures Deadlock players hungry for its next big update that it will notify them, 'or order a ton of pizza', when it's ready

League of Legends YouTuber unearths the original investor pitch from when the game was called Onslaught: War of the Immortals

Deadlock's new ranked mode is driving players mad as they try to escape the casual modes and climb back to where they were

Valve finally gives Deadlock a proper ranked mode, warns that matches will be 'very rocky' to start

Faker becomes an honorary Korean police officer to help discourage online gambling

Riot quickly backpedals on paid old-school skins in League of Legends Classic after backlash

League of Legends' 'classic' mode has a release date, and it isn't just an old version of the game—players will vote on new patches, Old School RuneScape-style

Riot delays 'last hit indicators' in League of Legends ranked mode after fan response: 'We want to get more data and feedback'

Riot teases League of Legends Classic, with a full reveal coming in two weeks

AI is 'just a plagiarism machine that makes people lose their jobs' in the eyes of The Talos Principle 3's writers

Big Walk is a new co-op puzzle game classic

This spy game is a dream come true if you love spending time in character creators

Big Walk devs talk the Australian bush and friendslop: 'I'd prefer the second word wasn't slop'

Big Walk review: A thoughtful puzzle game that takes co-op communication to new levels

This week's most compelling new Steam game is Horse Magnifier, which is about magnifying horses

Big Walk has sold 1 million copies, making it a bigger hit than Untitled Goose Game

Big Walk: So, what's the deal with that number puzzle?

Big Walk patch addresses voice volume complaints with restraint: 'We consider it an important part of the game's design that you can only hear players who are close to you'

One of Elden Ring's top sleuths has already unmasked its new DLC characters

After the debacle of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt says The Witcher 4 is already running on PC and consoles, promises 'it's going to run' on all target platforms

The best RPGs on PC

The Blood of Dawnwalker review: A gorgeous horror RPG with real bite

Fable's story will be '15-20 hours' long, according to its game director, although the game's life systems are 'limitless'

'Sidequests are almost my reason for doing videogames in the first place:' The dev behind one of the coolest upcoming RPGs says its word count is ballooning because they just love side stories so much

Star Wars Zero Company's permadeath makes it a better RPG than most RPGs, even though it's not really an RPG

Elden Ring's Tarnished Edition is exciting enough on its own, but it's also our last chance to properly experience the game's launch day hype

Elden Ring players are hard at work putting the new Tarnished Edition DLC's gear to the test

Brütal Legend is available free in honor of Tim Curry

That Game of Thrones RTS is still coming, still very HBO, but no longer due out this year

The new Company of Heroes is a wave-based defense game that throws prospective generals straight into the action

Dawn of War 2’s The Last Stand mode is still the best co-op MOBA that never was

Company of Heroes is back, and so is my urge to ruin friendships

I made treants awkwardly rub shoulders with ringwraiths in the Total War-style RTS roguelike Tabletop Tavern, and I'm surprised as anybody that it worked

StarCraft 2 development ended 6 years ago, but Blizzard still won't stop messing with it

Dawn of War 2 review (2009)

Demigod review: 'A fantastically imaginative gameworld of gods, dinosaurs and giants'