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The best video game documentary ever just got better

Double Fine PsychOdyssey adds a 90-minute prologue and a Blu-ray release

By Chris Plante

Reviews

Flock shows us a gentler (and smarter) approach to creature collecting

It scratched an itch that Pokémon hasn’t for a while

By Ana Diaz

Puzzle games should always let you skip levels that are too hard

By Zoë Hannah July 26

The platonic ideal of tabletop terrain is finally back in circulation with the reboot of Heroscape

By Charlie Hall July 25

I’m running out of reasons to keep Apple Arcade

By Joshua Rivera July 25

The voices of your favorite video game characters are going on strike

By Nicole Carpenter July 25

As Genshin Impact fans criticize ‘whitewashing,’ a voice actor joins the chorus

By Ana Diaz July 25

Razer comes for cozy gamers with its Hello Kitty gaming accessories

By Alice Jovanée July 25

Collegiate League of Legends and Valorant champs have to pay for their own trophies

By Nicole Carpenter July 25

Could Overwatch 2 bring back the 6v6 team format? Blizzard says it’s considering it

By Michael McWhertor July 25

Palia’s black market card game is causing player arguments

By Cass Marshall July 25

The best puzzle games to play right now

By Ana Diaz, Oli Welsh, and 4 more July 25

Guncho is a truly mind-melting old west cowboy shooter

By Christian Donlan July 25

Apex Legends reverses (some of) the battle pass changes everyone hated

By Oli Welsh July 25

More game studios are changing the industry by unionizing

By Nicole Carpenter July 24

Take home the 8BitDo Famicom mechanical keyboard for its lowest price ever

By Alice Jovanée July 24

World of Warcraft’s new character-select screen made me emotional

By Oli Welsh July 24

Monty Python and the Holy Grail becomes the latest addition to Magic: The Gathering

By Alice Jovanée July 24

A table covered in cards and player mats from the board game Slay the Spire, with the box for the game sitting up right in the middle.

Co-op makes Slay the Spire: The Board Game an instant classic

By Clayton Ashley July 24

Warframe 99 lets you fight a ’90s boy band in space and I don’t know what else you want

By Cass Marshall July 24

Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight RPG adds clever new dice to its more traditional d20-based system

By Charlie Hall July 24

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure’s masterful, clever design is clear right from the start

By Nicole Carpenter July 24

The 25 best games on Game Pass

By Oli Welsh, Ryan Gilliam, and 3 more July 24

The Operator is the deep state sim I’ve craved for so long

By Cass Marshall July 23

Helldivers 2’s biggest update ever puts an end to grief kicking

By Cass Marshall July 23

The 14 best Zelda-likes to play after Tears of the Kingdom

By Mike Mahardy, Nicole Clark, and 3 more July 23

Sky Team board game soars to prestigious Spiel des Jahres win

By Charlie Hall July 23

Disney Lorcana Gateway is a perfect entry point for the trading card game

By Ross Miller July 23

Lego’s four new Fortnite sets are big ol’ boxes of color and fun

By Nicole Carpenter July 23

Survival horror game Conscript puts you face-down in the muck of World War I

By Toussaint Egan July 23

Netflix plans to launch a new game every month

By Alice Jovanée July 22

You need to play Cryptmaster — but dear god, don’t use a compact keyboard

By Nicole Carpenter July 22