August 2017 NPD: Madden NFL 18 spikes the sales charts
Video game spending is down in the U.S. in August. The only exception to the downward trend is the accessories category, which is up...
Hiveswap: Act 1 review — a very internet adventure game based on the hit webcomic Homestuck
It’s been more than eight years since Andrew Hussie first created his sprawling, self-referential, surreal webcomic Homestuck. By the time it ended on April 13,...
UEBS: More than penguins vs. the Santa army
Presented by Intel “It was when I released the video of 11,000 penguins versus the Santa Claus army that I realized that this could...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with boot, narrator, shell, Edge, gaming, and input improvements
After releasing a Fall Creators Update build yesterday, Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with boot, narrator, shell, Edge, gaming,...
Inside one developer’s quest to make gaming a better place for women
Men dominate the video game industry, as they have for most of its history. But perhaps as a result of the perpetual spotlight that...
Nintendo’s Arcade Archives brings classic games to the Switch
Nintendo announced today during its Direct presentation that the 1983 Mario Bros. will be coming to the Switch as part of its Arcade Archives...
Mario Party: The Top 100 is coming to the Nintendo 3DS on November 10
Nintendo announced that Mario Party: The Top 100 will be coming to its 3DS handheld console. It will be out on November 10. The...
Microsoft’s Zo bot wants to play Exploding Kittens with you
Chat app users can now play Exploding Kittens with Microsoft’s conversational bot Zo, the company announced tody. Exploding Kittens is the first partner game...
Why someone would turn classics like Katamari into text games
Noah Swartz seems to specialize in abstracting adorable games and distilling them into text adventures. He’s turned colorful ball-roller Katamari Damacy and cutesy cat collector...
Ghost Recon: Wildlands’s new PVP mode enters open beta test September 21
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands is getting a new 4-on-4 mode called Ghost War. It’ll be available as a limited-time open beta from...