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6 Competitive Games for Everyone—Not Just Pro Gamers
What do Counter-Strike, Dota 2, League of Legends, StarCraft II, and Ultra Street Fighter IV have in common? They’re the biggest games in esports today. These are games played by...Read More
Crusaders of the Lost Idols Tops Kongregate’s Idle Game Charts
Codename Entertainment has the number 1 idle game on Kongregate—a popular site that hosts browser games. It’s called Crusaders of the Lost Idols. An idle game (also called incremental or clicker game) is a genre in which...Read More
Check Out These Xbox One Bundles
There are a bunch of great Xbox One bundles available now, including several for preorder: Halo 5, Madden NFL 16, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and Forza Motorsport 6, specifically. Read More
Pew Survey of Teens Illuminates Digital Friendships
Pew Research just released the findings of a new research project. Researchers surveyed teens ages 13–17 nationally this fall and spring, along with some in-person focus groups conducted earlier in...Read More
Let’s Play Monday: Splatoon Single-Player Mode, Part 4
This week, in a slightly shorter-than-usual Let’s Play, Simone and Courtney take on the second half of the third area in Splatoon‘s single-player mode. Simone’s in control of the GamePad...Read More
Star Wars Battlefront Wins Best of Gamescom Award
Gamescom just wrapped up this weekend with a record 345,000 visitors attending, 10,000 up from last year. The Best of Gamescom Award went to Star Wars Battlefront. It also won...Read More
Zoombinis Review
Platforms: iPad, Android tablet (coming soon to Mac, PC, and Kindle Fire) We Played On: iPad Zoombinis is a family-friendly game that has you guiding a fleet of adorable blue creatures...Read More
Sneak Peek: Gathering Sky Is A Game That Will Calm You
Gathering Sky, by A Stranger Gravity, is a rare game that calms and focuses you. It’s coming out on August 13 for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux. Here’s what we...Read More
Reverse the Odds Is Fighting Cancer One Game at a Time
There are lots of games that spread awareness about a topic. So many, in fact, that the Serious Games Association has a directory of these games called Games for Good. Reverse...Read More
Dota 2 The International 2015 Winner is Evil Geniuses
It’s all over for another year, and the Evil Geniuses have won the Grand Finals in the Dota 2 championships. The International 2015, the annual Dota 2 worldwide championship, wrapped up tonight...Read More
The International Dota 2 Esports Tourney Takes Seattle by Storm
It’s The International week in Seattle, and lucky Dota 2 fans—the ones who managed to snag tickets—are camping out in Key Arena all day, watching their favorite teams. The esports tourney is a bit like other...Read More
Final Fantasy XV Is Confirmed for 2016
The next big installment in the Final Fantasy series is coming next year. Unfortunately, that’s about as much as we know. Director Hajime Tabata confirmed that we won’t see Final Fantasy...Read More
World of Warcraft’s New Expansion is Called “Legion”
Gamescom gave us a trailer for World of Warcraft’s new expansion, called World of Warcraft: Legion. We now have a pretty good idea of what the expansion will entail.Read More
Please Watch This New Unravel Video. It’s So Cute.
We just got a 3-minute gameplay video of Unravel from Gamescom, and it does not disappoint. Unravel captured pretty much everybody’s hearts after its Swedish creator, Martin Sahlin, took to the...Read More
