Sonic the Hedgehog is everywhere when it comes to merch, but finally some more underrated characters are getting airtime thanks to Steady Hands

Portal 2's opening has one of the best video game jokes ever

Here's that noir thriller built in the original Half-Life engine you asked for

5 weird PS5 colors we'd love Sony to make next

The Witcher 3's former lead quest designer says 'of course' there is romance in upcoming vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker: 'You can expect to build relationships with characters'

Bye Bye Bye: The making of Deadpool & Wolverine’s iconic dance number

Former Assassin's Creed director doesn't think the current way of making big budget games is 'tenable': 'I think the future lies in smaller teams'

John Woo's Hard Boiled opens with the best shoot-out ever

Manor Lords' dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for 'deliberate economic strategies', including establishing monopolies on resources

Jennifer Hale reflects on Mass Effect 2's Shepard 15 years later

Jennifer Hale 'would love' to return as Shepard for Mass Effect 5

Anime genres explained: Breaking down the meaning of shonen, isekai, and more

After Netflix pulled the rug from under Monument Valley 3 six months after launch, its developer says it's a 'PC first' studio: 'we can build more direct relationships with our audience and community'

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Divinity: Original Sin 2's brilliant armor system is one of a kind in RPGs, and I'm bummed we'll apparently never see it again

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Original Fallout lead Tim Cain reckons vitriol around games has always been around, but it's 'more hostile' these days: 'I see lot of people arguing past each other, even if that means denying that the other group even exists'

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'Every year they got f***ing chocolates that we didn't': Valve gives a box of sweets to Steam's biggest breadwinners every year, and Peak's devs finally got one after years of jealously watching their Slay the Spire office mates enjoy GabeN confections

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Video game bosses with two health bars are good, actually

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Deadlock dev teases the community over its favorite hero that was briefly tested and removed: 'We made delicious stock out of his bones and meats'

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Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts

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The 5 best Twilight Zone opening monologues of all time

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Critical Role's animated intros are a master class in storytelling

'I can finally do the thing I wanted to do in every previous game': Divinity's head of design teases a new mechanic without saying what it is

Mass Effect 2’s opening death was my first contact with the series

MTG's Dramatic Entrance card explains one of Avatar’s best season 1 moments

If you've got a spare 200 hours, the massively ambitious sci-fi grand strategy from the creators of X-COM: The Long War just launched out of early access

Video game openings used to say more with less

Red Dead Redemption 2's snowy tutorial is the most important part of the story

Valorant's latest update adds a new pistol to spice up early rounds, as Riot plans to take 'a holistic look' at the shooter's arsenal through 2026

If for some reason you can't get enough of Stranger Things' Vecna, you can now play as him in Dead by Daylight's latest crossover

Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Great Plateau reinvented the series

A classic space sim conceived by Star Citizen's creator just got an unofficial sequel after 15 years of development: 'The project was based on the crazy idea that Microsoft "axed" Chris Roberts' Freelancer'

Satoshi Kon's Paprika opens with a mind-bending credits montage

Luto is an underappreciated 2025 horror gem with the perfect mixture of Stanley Parable narration and P.T. ambience

Tron 3, The Long Walk, and a new Predator are finally streaming this weekend

Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer hopes we won't want to save scum in Divinity: 'Our ambition is certainly to make failure more interesting'

Valve spent 2025 ripping apart Deadlock and putting it back together, and it delivered better live service than most live service games

2026 RPG That Lets You Ride Dragons Promises A Map Twice The Size of Skyrim

Baldur's Gate 3 composer Borislav 'Bobby' Slavov is coming back for Divinity: 'We wouldn't be able to stop him even if we wanted to'

Arc Raiders player ranks 30 common outfits by how likely they are to shoot you in the back, and I have to admit it's right on the money

The best Game Pass games with amazing intro sequences

Mothership Is A New Website About Gender And Games Which Feels Like A Radical Thing To Launch In 2026 But Shouldn’t Be

GameStop CEO Aims For $35 Billion Payout As Stores Close By The Hundreds

Competitive demon slaying is about to take over Diablo 4 as its next update finally adds official leaderboards

With an NBA game coming, Nex Playground is in for a big 2026

AI-Fueled PC Gaming Crisis Has One Store Begging For People’s Old Rigs

Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 opening references: Stunning opening is jam-packed with symbolism

Over half of The Sims development team is working on The Sims 4 and 'the next evolution' so I guess it's time to start speculating again

Divinity's reveal trailer was brutal and dark for a reason, Larian's writing director says: 'We want to give players the opportunity to be the light in that darkness'