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For as long as Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Princess Peach have existed, another group of characters have been waiting…

Yoshi, upon its debut, was a bright green agent of change in the Mario franchise. In its first appearance, it bursts…

How do you evolve a franchise with an almost-static main character? You look to his antagonist: Bowser, King of the…

35 years on, Princess Peach’s lot is somehow still primarily about being kidnapped and rescued. But is there hope on…

When LittleBigPlanet creators Media Molecule launched the game-as-an-engine PlayStation 4 exclusive Dreams into…

There are so many games. The Nintendo Switch sees 30 releases a week. More than 50 PC games come out a day on Steam. …

For parents, the Christmas vacation is, at its best, a fortnight of Sundays. No school, but also everything else is…

We made it, everyone. It’s winter 2020, which is really just a couple of weeks of 2020, with the vast majority of…

Back in May, shortly after the murder of George Floyd, the juggernauts of the gaming industry issued statements in…

Our culture suggests that this time of year is all about family, and while family can be a lovely thing, it also…

“Retinas are fried after cranking up brightness to see enemies.” That is the headline of a Reddit post submitted one…

In the midst of this chaotic, late-2020 world, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the most comforting game I’ve found by far. Y…

As I finished the short delight of Astro’s Playroom, sitting back in satisfaction at having defeated those daft…

If you’d told me back in 2006 that Monolith Soft would go on to become one of Nintendo’s most talented and…

Flat Earth Simulator recently appeared on Steam with no fanfare at all. Costing $5, it’s a beautifully presented—if…

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is a big game with a story that will take most players over 40 hours to fully complete.…

Destiny 2’s next big expansion, Beyond Light, is out tomorrow, so it’s a great time to catch up on all of the game’s…

The PlayStation 5. The Xbox Series X. The next generation of console gaming is upon us. As is our sacred duty, we…

It’s Thursday, November 5, our Xbox Series X and S review is up, and the embargo has fallen. It’s time to ask us…

Time passes strangely these days, so it is easy to forget things that happened or were said or were pledged just…