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The stamp of GOG's preservation program in front of some classic games.

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Good For Old Games | GOG is launching a new preservation program, and it looks like good news for PC folks who love playing classics without having to mess around

"We continue our mission to make games live forever."

Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

A plane flying over fields towards a tornado in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

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Now That's Variety | November's first batch of Xbox Game Pass titles includes tactical metallic slugs, simulated goats, turnips robbing banks, and a whole lot of planes

Plenty of bang for your buck here.

Nov. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Multiple horror game characters are shown. From left to right, there is: Fatal Frame Project Zero's Ose Kurosawa, Alien Isolation's Xenomorph, Resident Evil 7's Jack Baker, the chef from Little Nightmares, and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2

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DOUBLE JUMP SCARES | The best horror games to play in 2024

From founding fathers of horror to underrated gems, here are some of the best horror games to sink your teeth into.

Nov. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Tell Me A Good One | The best story games to play in 2024

If you're looking for a game with a story that will captivate you, check some of these out.

Oct. 23, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

Oct. 22, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Brighter Shores screenshot showing someone inspecting something, a large pink crystal behind them.

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Vote Of Confidence | Whoopsie, the creator of RuneScape's newest MMO catches a delay of a single day, all because of "some sort of election thingy on the 5th"

Easy thing to forget about.

Oct. 13, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Bonnie, Freddie, and Chica all crowded round something offscreen in the Five Nights at Freddy's movie.

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New Nightmare | The Five Nights at Freddy's 2 movie is "gonna be scarier" according to Josh Hutcherson, which can only be good news for parents of kids traumatised by the first one

"I think the fans are gonna flip for it."

Oct. 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024

Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.

Sept. 30, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Phoenix Wright, a hand-drawn man with slicked back, spiky hair, is pointing at something offscreen in a court room in Ace Attorney.

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No Objection Here | Capcom hasn't said it's working on a new Ace Attorney, but it is certainly thinking about ways it can continue "producing content" for the series

All it'll take is a little merch.

Sept. 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Oldschool RuneScape characters sat facing another character, a black heart floating next to them.

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Real Old School | Still playing Old School RuneScape and wish there was an easier way to make custom private servers? Jagex has some great news for you

Giving players exactly what they want.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Back in It | No Rest for the Wicked's combat gets more brutal, the Crucible gets a revamp and stray animals arrive in latest update

It's been a while since No Rest for the Wicked has received a major update, and this latest one has certainly been worth the wait.

July 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

Miles Edgeworth in Ace Attorney Investigations Collection.

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Objection! | Ace Attorney Investigations Collection announced at Nintendo Direct, arrives in September

Oh, hey, it's Miles Edgeworth, doing court things.

June 18, 2024 Mark Warren

Our little Wishlisted mascot looks on lovingly at a distinctively Japanese skyline, including a tall pagoda. The title of the game, "So to Speak", is superimposed across the sky.

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Totemo Suteki Desu | So to Speak gamifies the teaching of basic Japanese, but you shouldn't sleep on this fun retro puzzle game even if you have no aspirations to learn the language

Relax and take in the sights in a pixel-art Japanese town while practising your kanji, in this upcoming indie by solo dev Erik Andersen.

June 7, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Gumshoe, Edgeworth, and Maggey Byrde stand in a plushly decorated hallway.

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PLEASE, CAPCOM | I am once again asking Capcom to remaster Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (and its sequel) for modern platforms

AAI1 turns 15 today, so let's party like it's 2009 with one of the fandom's most popular talking points.

May 28, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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FINALLY! | No Rest for the Wicked finally lets you remap controller buttons in its biggest update yet

No Rest for the Wicked continues to get better, and this most recent patch has delivered a lot of new and highly-requested features.

May 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

A mixture of screenshots and key artwork from five different PS1 games are shown. From left to right: Silent Hill, Gran Turismo, Mega Man X3, Dino Crisis, and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

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PLAY HAS NO LIMITS | The best PS1 games to play in 2024

Still have your PlayStation kicking about? Here are some of the best games you can still play on it today.

May 16, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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WHAT THE FUNK | Funko Fusion just got a new trailer, and your kids will either love it or hate it, because no one understands children

They could well also just be totally indifferent to it. Honestly, they kind of scare me, the little twerps.

May 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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IN FOR THE LONG HAUL | No Rest for the Wicked dev's CEO boldly compares it to Lord of the Rings, as he lays out why we won't see Ori 3 for a long time

"To be clear: We'll be working on No Rest for the Wicked for another 5-10 years."

April 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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SO FAR IN SO LITTLE | No Rest for the Wicked's biggest hotfix yet brings major performance boosts, adds quality of life updates, and 8 new shields

It's the one week anniversary of No Rest for the Wicked, and Moon Studios is celebrating with a beefy hotfix.

April 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

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NAMESAKE | No Rest for the Wicked is already making some of its most most annoying mechanics better

No Rest for the Wicked wrapped up its first weekend with a duo of hotfixes that definitely made a few things better.

April 22, 2024 Sherif Saed

A circle of hands linked together in No Rest of the Wicked's key art.

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FORAGING FOR HERBS | No Rest for the Wicked makes a killer first impression, but I’m worried about all the crafting and survival guff

I am wary about how No Rest for the Wicked's mechanics could drive players away over time.

April 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

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MIXED FOR THE WICKED | No Rest for the Wicked has players divided, as it launches to Mixed Steam reviews and plenty of complaints

No Rest for the Wicked is Moon Studios' first Steam Early Access launch, and it shows.

April 19, 2024 Sherif Saed

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CAVEAT-EMPTY | As Star Wars Outlaws locks missions behind $100 paywall, No Rest for the Wicked isn't afraid to buck the trend

No Rest for the Wicked looks to be a refreshing return to a time when games were content to sell you on an experience and leave it at that.

April 17, 2024 Sherif Saed

A collage of characters and locations from some of our favourite mobile games. L-R: Dan Heng from Honkai: Star Rail; America Chavez and Groot from Marvel Snap; a domed tower level from Monument Valley 2; Diluc from Genshin Impact; and Darius III and Artoria Pendragon from Fate/Grand Order.

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GAMES IN YOUR POCKET | The best mobile games to play in 2024

Want to know the best games you can handily check out on your mobile device?

April 12, 2024 Rebecca Jones

FNAF movie - Freddy Fazbear and the gang

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FREDDY 2.0 | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 locked in at Universal, will likely dominate Halloween 2025 regardless of quality

They should figure out the tone this time around.

April 11, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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EXTENDED EDITION | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – SUBS ONLY

As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.

April 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

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PODCAST | The best FREE games we'd love to PAY FOR – The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 94

As the old saying goes: the best things in life have a flat upfront cost and no microtransactions.

April 9, 2024 Jim Trinca

The player using a power and a gun to battle an enemy in Judas.

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BRICK DADDY | Bioshock creator's new game Judas reportedly feels a lot like, er, Bioshock

The upcoming game from Ken Levine-led Ghost Story Games also involves that famous “Narrative LEGO”.

March 27, 2024 Mark Warren

Several fantasy knights fighting toads around a pond in Brighter Shores.

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WHAT'S YOUR MMO? | Bored of RuneScape? Its co-creator has finally revealed their new, free-to-play MMO 10 years in the making

On to Brighter Shores.

March 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PIXEL HEARTS | The best dating sims to play in 2024

Whether you’re looking for a goofy romantic experience or something that’ll tug at your heartstrings, here are some of the best dating sims to give a go.

Feb. 5, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

A domestic scene from the original The Sims base game. In a kitchen/dining room stocked with middle-tier items, an adult male Sim gives a backrub to an adult female Sim, while a female child stands looking at a baby in a bassinet.

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QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS | 24 years later, no-one can quite agree on when exactly The Sims actually came out

One year short of the franchise's big quarter-century anniversary, we set out to trace it back to its exact calendar roots.

Feb. 4, 2024 Rebecca Jones

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JUDUSSY | Judas trailer unveils more of BioShock creator Ken Levine's enigmatic first-person shooter

Some good ol' fashioned spooky action.

Feb. 1, 2024 Connor Makar

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CHEESY PRIZES | Chuck E. Cheese is preparing a Squid Game-like game show as it keeps riding the Five Nights at Freddy's wave

Creepy animatronics potentially included.

Jan. 18, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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LEGENDARY MISFITS | Grab Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy for free on the Epic Games Store

Take a wild ride across the cosmos.

Jan. 4, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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CHIPPIN' IN | The best cyberpunk games that aren't Cyberpunk 2077 to play in 2024

There's multiple, great big dystopian worlds out there for you to find.

Dec. 19, 2023 James Billcliffe

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The best 3DS games to play in 2024

Zelda, Mario, Dragon Quest, Phoenix Wright, and even Metal Gear Solid. The 3DS had it all.

Dec. 8, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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The best Nintendo DS Games to play in 2024

While the NDS library sits at over 2000+ titles, there are a few that stand out from the rest.

Dec. 8, 2023 Kelsey Raynor

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Connections hints and definitions for November 24, 2023

Shed some light on today's exceptionally difficult puzzle with these Connections clues!

Nov. 24, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Connections hints and definitions for November 23, 2023

Today's Connections clues touch on everything from tasty treats to countries!

Nov. 23, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Let these Connections clues guide the way!

Nov. 22, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Nov. 21, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Nov. 20, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Connections hints and definitions for November 19, 2023

These Connections clues can lead your forward!

Nov. 19, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Nov. 18, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Nov. 17, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Connections hints and defintions for November 16, 2023

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Nov. 16, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Connections hints and definitions for November 15, 2023

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Nov. 15, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Connections hints and definitions for November 14, 2023

Today's clues add a little flair to proceedings!

Nov. 14, 2023 James Billcliffe

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Connections hints and definitions for November 13, 2023

These Connections clues are a cut above the rest!

Nov. 13, 2023 James Billcliffe