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Hades launches on PlayStation and Xbox, including Game Pass

Hades was such a phenomenally popular indie game (selling over one million copies) that I’d forgotten it’s only been available on PC and Switch — until now. Supergiant Games has...Read More

All-women speedrunning marathon Flame Fatales begins this weekend

Beloved charity organization Games Done Quick is hosting an all-women speedrunning marathon this weekend. It’s called Flame Fatales, and the live broadcast begins Sunday, August 15, and runs through Saturday,...Read More

Construct tabletop cities in Tinytopia on August 30

Publisher Mastiff and indie developer MeNic Games have announced the release date for Tinytopia: August 30th, for Windows PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, Microsoft Store), with Mac and Linux...Read More

Overcooked! celebrates fifth anniversary with free Birthday Party update

The zany Overcooked! franchise turns five years old this month. To celebrate, Team17 and Ghost Town Games have added a free Birthday Party update for Overcooked! All You Can Eat,...Read More

Alien: Fate of the Nostromo Review

Publisher: Ravensburger Age: 10+ Players: 1-5 Game Length: 45-60 minutes MSRP: $29.99 The original 1979 Alien film remains a masterpiece of horror filmmaking, taking the slasher genre into the terrifying confines of...Read More

The original Lego Marvel Super Heroes arriving on Switch in October.

WB Games, TT Games, Lego, and Marvel have announced that Lego Marvel Super Heroes is coming to Nintendo Switch on October 5th. In what many fans and critics proclaim as...Read More

Tile-laying game Dorfromantik gets Creative Mode in Beta Update

Tile-laying indie game Dorfromantik is one of our favorite games of the year, and it just got better. A big update has been added to the beta branch, unlocking the...Read More

Life sim My Time at Portia arrives on mobile devices

Popular life sim and RPG My Time at Portia has released on iOS and Android mobile devices, with a special launch week discount of $5.99 (normally $7.99). Mobile players will...Read More

Pokémon Unite: 5 things we love (and 5 we hate)

Pokémon Unite is a free to play MOBA that draws upon the deep roster of Pokémon. The result is a (mostly) winning combination that we’d love to gush about, along...Read More

First Pokémon Unite balance patch buffs Charizard, Talonflame, Venusaur

The first major patch and balance update hits online MOBA Pokémon Unite today, adding several character buffs and nerfs. It includes buffs for Charizard, Talonflame, and Venusaur, and nerfs to...Read More

Street Fighter 5’s final fighter is newcomer Luke

During the Street Fighter 5 Summer update 2021 stream (above), director Takayuki Nakayama and producer Shuhei Matsumoto revealed the final post-launch fighter. Luke, an entirely new character, will join the...Read More

Fintropolis is an educational Minecraft world that teaches middle schoolers finance

Two years ago, Ally Financial, a financial services company, hired four interns from Historically Black Colleges and Universities through their Moguls in the Making program to promote financial literacy in...Read More

New Pokémon Snap getting three new areas to explore in free update

New Pokémon Snap is getting a big content update next week on August 3rd, and it’s completely free. The update will add three new regions to explore along with 20...Read More

Activision Blizzard sued by California over sexual harassment and discrimination

As first reported by Bloomberg, the State of California has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, citing the major gaming publisher as a “breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against...Read More