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Boxed in and outfought by Sony’s all-conquering PlayStation, Microsoft is navigating Xbox beyond the traditional console landscape. After two decades of living and dying by its hardware, Microsoft is ...

Nintendo Switch Online includes access to a library of classic NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis games. Here’s the complete list of available titles. In addition to online ...

Balatro picks up the top prize at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. Balatro was the big winner at the 25th annual GDC Awards. The roguelike deck builder developed by LocalThunk secured four ...

The Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards return to celebrate the creativity and innovation of indie game development. Leading this year’s crop of nominations is Consume Me by Jenny Jiao Hsia, ...

Digital Eclipse has set the standard for retro video game collections. Releases such as the Mega Man Legacy Collection, Disney Classic Games Collection, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga ...

Humanity and Lego 2K Drive lead this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox. Humanity is a new abstract puzzle game from Enhance, the studio founded by ...

Redfall headlines this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Redfall is the new open-world, co-op FPS developed by Arkane Austin, makers of Prey. Pre ...

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Protodroid DeLTA headline this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the final game from ...

Minecraft Legends top this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Minecraft Legends may not have won over reviewers, but we expect this blend of ...

Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection headlines this week’s lineup of new video game releases for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection arrives in ...

Digixart’s narrative adventure prequel is our pick of this week’s new video game releases. Road 96: Mile 0 follows the exploits of Zoe and Kaito in White Sands, a luxurious condominium that’s home to ...