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  • 13 minutes agoiFixit now carries official Xbox replacement parts
  • 14 hours agoCities: Skylines II is free to play until December 9
  • 15 hours agoNightdive’s ‘The Thing’ remaster is available right now
  • 16 hours agoNew trailer for Revenge of the Savage Planet crash lands on YouTube
  • 17 hours agoPUBG creator Brendan Greene just announced a handful of new games
  • 18 hours agoOverwatch 2 will test 6v6 role queue matches starting December 17

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: Great movie, good game

The script, direction and performances are excellent, but there's a lot to fix in post.

Jessica Conditt

14 hours ago

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CRKD's Nitro Deck+ keeps its best features and adds typical stick layout

Extra buttons and firmware tweaks add to the upgrade.

Mat Smith

11.28.2024

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HTC Vive Focus Vision review: A premium VR headset with average performance

I expect a lot more from a $999 headset today.

Devindra Hardawar

11.08.2024

  • The Latest News

  • 13 minutes agoiFixit now carries official Xbox replacement parts
  • 14 hours agoCities: Skylines II is free to play until December 9
  • 15 hours agoNightdive’s ‘The Thing’ remaster is available right now
  • 16 hours agoNew trailer for Revenge of the Savage Planet crash lands on YouTube
  • 17 hours agoPUBG creator Brendan Greene just announced a handful of new games
  • 18 hours agoOverwatch 2 will test 6v6 role queue matches starting December 17

Features and Previews

Firing Pat Gelsinger doesn't solve Intel’s problems

You can’t pin 20 years of bad decisions on one scapegoat.

Daniel Cooper

12.03.2024

Avowed preview: Classic Obsidian fantasy on a AAA budget

Fungus? More like fun game.

Jessica Conditt

11.21.2024

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything we know about the coming release

It likely won't get announced until 2025.

Lawrence Bonk

11.11.2024

How Fear the Spotlight became Blumhouse's first video game

"What would you do if you had an extra year to work on it?” Blumhouse asked Cozy Game Pals.

Jessica Conditt

10.25.2024

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The best gaming monitors in 2024

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Power up your system with some fancy peripherals.

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The best Xbox Series X and Series S accessories in 2024

These controllers, headsets, remotes and more can take your gaming experience up a notch.

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The best PS5 accessories for 2024

Plus some of our favorite games for the console, too.

Igor Bonifacic

The best VR headsets for 2024

Virtual reality is here, and there's never been a better time to snag a VR headset.

Devindra Hardawar

The 13 best retro gaming gifts for the 2024 holidays

Because everything old can indeed be new again.

Jeff Dunn

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  • iFixit now carries official Xbox replacement parts

    As part of a deal it struck with Microsoft last year, iFixit has started selling genuine Xbox parts and offering repair guides.

    Steve Dent

    13 minutes ago

  • The best gaming monitors in 2024

    Choosing any computer monitor can be tricky, but it gets even more confusing when you want a new display for gaming. Here's everything you need to know before buying a gaming monitor, plus the best gaming monitors you can get today.

    Igor Bonifacic

    4 hours ago

  • Cities: Skylines II is free to play until December 9

    Cities: Skylines II is free to play until December 9 on Steam and GeForce Now.

    Danny Gallagher

    14 hours ago

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: Great movie, good game

    MachineGames made a classic Indiana Jones movie, but they could’ve polished the game aspects a little more -- especially on Xbox Series S.

    Jessica Conditt

    14 hours ago

  • Nightdive’s ‘The Thing’ remaster is available right now

    Nightdive Studios surprise-released a remaster of the 2002 game The Thing, updating the third-person shooter with 4K visuals and new animations.

    Ian Carlos Campbell

    15 hours ago

  • New trailer for Revenge of the Savage Planet crash lands on YouTube

    Play solo or in co-op mode in Revenge of the Savage Planet heading to consoles and PC in May of 2025.

    Danny Gallagher

    16 hours ago

  • PUBG creator Brendan Greene just announced a handful of new games

    PUBG creator Brendan Greene has unveiled a trio of new games, and there’s a demo of one available right now. Greene left Krafton to form his own studio back in 2021.

    Lawrence Bonk

    17 hours ago

  • Overwatch 2 will test 6v6 role queue matches starting December 17

    A new season starts for Overwatch 2 next week, but one of the special modes we'll be getting in the near future is a throwback to the past.

    Anna Washenko

    18 hours ago

  • Forza Motorsport on PC is getting an enhanced lighting upgrade

    Ray-Traced Global Illumination is coming to Forza Motorsport for PC in a new update.

    Danny Gallagher

    19 hours ago

  • Foamstars’ next season will be its last

    The wacky, team-based “party shooter” will hold its final season from December 13 to January 17. After that, all seasons will be playable.

    Will Shanklin

    19 hours ago

  • EA just made a whole bunch of accessibility patents open-source

    EA has made 23 accessibility patents available to other developers, by making them open-source. These patents include technologies for photosensitivity and speech recognition.

    Lawrence Bonk

    20 hours ago

  • Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is free on the Epic Games Store

    The Epic Games Store has refreshed its weekly games. One of the options this time around is the entertaining Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

    Kris Holt

    a day ago

  • Amazon is giving away games to promote its Secret Level anthology series

    Amazon is offering Prime members free codes to some games that inspired episodes in the upcoming Secret Level animated series.

    Anna Washenko

    a day ago

  • PlayStation VR2 will get hand-tracking support soon

    Sony is demoing hand-tracking support for the PlayStation VR2 at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024, an unannounced feature that would make the headset compatible with even more games.

    Ian Carlos Campbell

    12.04.2024

  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard's excellent character creator is now a standalone freebie

    Dragon Age: The Veilguard is known for its fantastic character creator. Now it’s free for everyone.

    Lawrence Bonk

    12.04.2024

  • A physical deck of Balatro cards can soon be yours for $16

    Balatro is one of the hottest games of the year and you'll soon be able to own a physical set of playing cards based on it.

    Kris Holt

    12.04.2024

  • The free-to-play My First Gran Turismo comes to PS4 and PS5 on December 6

    My First Gran Turismo is a streamlined game that’s intended for racers of all ages. It’s free and will be released on December 6.

    Lawrence Bonk

    12.04.2024

  • Three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is on sale for $29 right now

    Get it with the checkout code GAMEPASS.

    Sarah Fielding

    12.04.2024

  • Fantasian, an Apple Arcade RPG, is now coming to consoles and PC

    Former Apple Arcade exclusive RPG Fantasian is coming to consoles and PC as Fantasian Neo Dimension.

    Jeremy Gan

    12.04.2024

  • Ubisoft is giving up on XDefiant

    Ubisoft's first-person shooter XDefiant, which launched less than six months ago with some success, will shut down on June 3, 2025.

    Steve Dent

    12.04.2024

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