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Scythe, one of the best board games in years, is now in Early Access on Steam It’s a very bare-bones port, though, so you might be better off playing the Tabletopia version instead, at least for now.

Driving Game Recreates The Actual Surface Of Mars

Red Rover is a driving game on Steam that drops you in the seat of a very overpowered Mars rover and lets you explore the actual surface of the red planet. With support for Oculus VR, Red Rover doesn’t exactly give you much to do while you’re down there, but the hook here isn’t the…

Let’s Remember Some Xbox 360 Games

I think we all took the Xbox 360 for granted. Other all-time greats like the SNES and PS2 seem to be remembered more fondly than Microsoft’s console, which tends to be recalled as more of a thing that happened than a platform to be treasured. I wonder if that’s down to recency. It could have…

The Hottest New Doll Accessory Is A Tiny Xbox One S

You can now buy a teeny tiny Xbox One S for your American Girl doll. I might actually buy this. American Girl, an expensive brand of dolls aimed at young girls that want an eighteen inch plastic version of themselves they can take to school and eventually ruin by forgetting to brush their hair, said…

Serious Sam 4 Is Aiming For 100,000 Enemies On Screen At Once But It’s Not There Yet

The developers at Croteam, the studio that makes the Serious Sam games, are looking to do the unthinkable with the fourth numbered installment in the series: render 100,000 enemies on screen at the same time. Watching a hands-off demo of the game behind closed doors at E3, I was excited to see that feat in…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has finally joined Xbox One’s backwards compatibility list. If you didn’t keep your old Xbox 360 disc, the digital game is currently on sale for $14.99 with this week’s Deals with Gold.

Why Won’t These Hot Demons Seduce Me Already?!

Sometimes I wonder if writing about sex games has ruined me. It’s certainly ruined my experience of Steam, given that my home page recommendations are now made up of roughly 50 percent visual novels that are really just two-hour-long excuses to look at anime boobs. Nevertheless, I was optimistic about the romantic visual novel Seduce…

Sea of Thieves‘ New Event Is All About Exploration

Sea of Thieves is slowly expanding with new monsters and new events aiming to bring excitement and color to a game derided for repetitive content. A new event involving exploring and hunting down hidden thrones throughout the world shows one way the controversial pirate game could build a community. Part of the fun in Sea…

All The Games Cecilia Played At E3 2018

This was the first E3 I’ve attended IRL, and I spent most of it interviewing producers of games like Splatoon 2, Jump Force and SoulCalibur 6. Between learning tidbits about whether Splatoon 2’s squid kids eat squid and why SoulCalibur 6’s women still look like pin-ups, I managed to play a few upcoming games that…

Frostpunk’s survivor mode is live today. The mode only has pause in menus and you can only save on exit, so there goes my ability to retcon my bad decisions. Sounds fun!

Stressful Games Help Me Relax 

Every day after E3, I loaded up my run of Stardew Valley on Switch. I optimized my crop layouts, looked up which plants were most profitable, and grinded in the dungeon until I could upgrade all my farming tools twice over. It was probably the most stressful way to play the game, but it was…

The Best, Worst, And Weirdest Jurassic Park Games

This year is the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Jurassic Park film and the start of a massive franchise. Four films, with a fifth film releasing later this month and a sixth film already planned, multiple comic books, toys and of course video games. The first Jurassic Park game came out in…

Fortnite just got Stink Bombs, super-rare grenades that deal five damage every half-second anyone is in the stink cloud. We don’t know yet whether they’ll pass our sniff test—they’re hard to find—but we hope we won’t get hurt in the process! 

Steins;Gate Elite, an updated of 2009’s Steins;Gate, has a release date for Japan. The game will be out September 20 on the Switch, PS4 and, in Japan, on the PS Vita. It was supposed to be out this March but was delayed. The international release date is still TBA.

Sony Changed The Color Of Its New Character 

In fall 2017, Sony announced a new character named “Gonjiro.” When Gonjiro debuted, it was black with big eyes, large lips, a red button on its chest and an exposed butt. The character, it seems, is now red. Aimed at children, the character is a collaboration with CoroCoro Comics and Aniplex. Memories of the controversy…

A Moment of Pause. Nara Prefecture, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft | Twitter JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!   

Nike Made Some Xbox Air Jordans

Just so you know they’re not playing favourites, Nike is following up its PlayStation AF1s with some Xbox-branded Air Jordan 1s. It’s not just that these are green sneakers; there’s Xbox branding on the insole and aglets: And the sole glows in the dark as well: These were worn by various Xbox reps at E3…

FAR: Lone Sails Is A Pleasant Ride Through The End Of The World

In the universe of FAR: Lone Sails, the world is ending. The seabed has dried up, most people are gone, and you’re left to wander the wastes alone in a rickety old ship that’s constantly running out of fuel and breaking down. As depressing as all that sounds, though, the game is actually a nice…

There’s a Killer7 remaster on the way, so we’re starting up a new playthrough of the original live now on Twitch. Come and see why people are so excited to play Suda 51’s cult classic again.

The Xbox One’s new avatars are almost here. An editoris rolling out to Xbox Insiders now that lets them build and tweak their avatars ahead of the actual release of the mascots, which MS says is coming “soon”. Related: if you’d like to read about the creation of Xbox avatars themselves, here’s an old feature…