Games

Tony Hawk’s been skating professionally for more than 40 years, and he doesn’t mind his fans being nostalgic for earlier parts of his career. If those fans want more remasters and remakes of past Tony Hawk games, including Tony Hawk’s Underground, he’s more than happy to give them what they want — if it’s within […]

The “pretend you won” option in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is a small, but radical little choice. It pops after you fail a boss fight and lets you skip the encounter entirely with a brief text explainer telling you how things would’ve unfolded if you won. You might get a lower ranking or

League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Games is endorsing and embracing the spread of sports betting in its esports competitions, the company announced Thursday. In a change announced by president of publishing an esports at Riot Games John Needham, Riot will allow esports gambling sponsorships for Tear 1 League of Legends and Valorant teams

We’ve all seen our fair share of battle arenas, but a battle arena in the form of a floating, rotating, basically shape-shifting block? That’s new. It’s called (what else?) The Cube, and it’s a massive multiplayer shooter from Atomic Heart developer Mundfish. Of all the 2025 Summer Game Fest announcements, The Cube struck me, thanks

Imagine, after two grueling waves in Elden Ring Nightreign, you and a couple of comrades reach the boss at the end of the second night and take him head-on, with surprisingly good results. It’s nearing the halfway mark of its health, and before Crucible Knight goes into its aggressive secondary phase, another health bar populates

Helldivers 2 launched in February 2024 to critical acclaim, winning a multitude of awards, including Best Ongoing Game and Best Multiplayer Game at The Game Awards. Aside from some server issues resulting from the sheer number of players attempting to access the game, Helldivers 2 launched without a hitch… until May 2024, when it was

Nintendo has done something rare: It put its first-party games on sale! The company’s Summer Sale on digital games through the Nintendo eShop kicked off Thursday and runs through July 9, at 11:59 p.m. PDT. So, for all the gamers who are in dire need of games for their Switch 2, there are a ton

Nintendo has revealed what will be the first post-launch addition to the GameCube library on the Switch 2: knockabout soccer title Super Mario Strikers, coming next week. Super Mario Strikers joins Soulcalibur 2, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and F-Zero GX on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service on Thursday, July

In summer 2023, Blizzard debuted Overwatch 2’s Flashpoint, a combination of Control and Assault where teams race to occupy a series of territory points. Flashpoint was the first new map type for the series since the unpopular Push launched alongside Overwatch 2, and kind of a big deal. It was also kind of a disaster.

Pragmata, Capcom’s long-long-delayed sci-fi action game, blew us away at this year’s Summer Game Fest. A clever mix of quick-turn puzzles and shooter action, the PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X game is poised to be one of the big releases of 2026 (if Capcom can actually get it wrap it up on