Anthem players log in to say goodbye to the game they loved before it's gone forever: 'Strong alone, stronger together'

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The sound of this one specific bird from Age of Empires keeps haunting me through pop songs, movies, and across other games

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Five new Steam games you probably missed (January 12, 2026)

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A dev on Minecraft-like Hytale has already used its creative tools to make a homebrew side-scroller

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Warhammer World, Games Workshop's pub-slash-hobby store celebrating the venerable wargame, is coming to the US

'Don’t toil away on the things that don’t really matter': Peak creator says its rapid development cycle has 'proved that there are definitely different, but maybe better ways to make games'

The Elder Scrolls 6 can top Skyrim with a killer intro

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'

Larian says Divinity's character customisation will be 'even better' than Baldur's Gate 3's: 'More colors, more options, more control'

Final Fantasy Tactics' ending completely redefines its opening cutscene

From Star Wars to Lost: J.J. Abrams is the kind of dramatic entrances

Animal Crossing defined cozy gaming — yet cruelty made the original special

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'

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

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'

'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

Video game bosses with two health bars are good, actually

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'

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

The 5 best Twilight Zone opening monologues of all time

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