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In our Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy review, we dive into how the game’s emotionally resonant storytelling weaves into its gameplay to make it the biggest surprise of 2021.

Sable is an open-world adventure from Shedworks and Raw Fury where you traverse a striking desert land. It’s a slow moving, but meaningful adventure.

Metroid Dread makes huge gameplay changes to Nintendo’s long running franchise on Nintendo Switch, with difficult bosses and new, terrifying enemies. And it looks great on the OLED Switch.

Dungeons & Dragons is undergoing an incredible resurgence in popularity, fueled in no small part by our desperate need for human interaction during these trying times. The giant machine that is Wizards of the Coast has been churning away for years now on the game’s 5th edition, publishing popular scripted campaigns that groups can pick up and play from start to finish. It’s next book, however, is quite different. Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft arrives on May 18, and it has the potential...

is small enough that I almost didn’t notice it. After defeating a boss to get the item I needed to move forward, I returned to the titular town for the fourth time, basking in the gorgeous streaks of sunlight that pelted the abandoned houses I would skulk around at dusk. As I did my rounds to see if any new items had cropped up since my last search, I noticed them: a couple of ominous black goats now grazing just outside the graveyard. There’s no cutscene that announces them, no shriek of a...

Pokémon Snap expands dramatically on that now-quaint photojournalist adventure. Players snap digital photos of hundreds of Pokémon, save their pics to their Nintendo Switch, and share them with other Pokémon fans online. New Pokémon Snap blends the excitement of going on a safari with the safety of a Disney theme park. Riding in a protective on-rails vehicle, players can comfortably photograph creatures in the wild without fear of being stomped on by a Meganium or scorched by a Typhlosion. ...

For the last few years, Dungeons & Dragons books have bordered on formulaic. There’s a bunch of narrative or rules-heavy content up front, then a few appendices full of monsters, spells, and magic items in the back. It’s been a winning formula, to be sure, boosting the original role-playing game to newfound heights. But it’s also gotten a little stale. Candlekeep Mysteries is completely different. Inside you’ll find 17 new adventures from 20 different authors, each of which could serve ...

It’s a terrific console with great games, but the fact that I’ve spent five times more gaming time there than I have elsewhere is entirely because of its portability. I’ll take a steep dive in visual fidelity in exchange for the ability to kick back on the couch, toss Bob’s Burgers on the TV, and grind out monster bounties without usurping the entire living room. That said, the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and Windows PC all support remote play options that should let me bring my ga...

A Viking-flavored game of survival is taking the world by storm, and for very good reason. While your mission is one of destruction, you can always choose to live in peace, build a home, and help others.

Persona 5 Strikers is a genre-bending sequel to Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal. And while it may play like an action game, Persona 5 Strikers carries so much of what makes the Persona series special. We explore what makes it a worthy successor to Persona 5 in our review