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When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world into lockdown, millions of people turned to video games to maintain social connections and escape the monotony of quarantine. Time spent gaming during the pandemic rose by double digits in all regions, and digital game purchases increased 21% a global statistics and market data platform

Saber Interactive’s Unreal Engine 5 horror game Hellraiser: Revival will not be censored on any platforms, including the Nintendo Switch 2.

Pikmin fans are getting something special in downtown Nashville this October with the Nashville Pikmin Gathering from Nintendo of America. (Nintendo/NCVC Corporate)

TL;DR: AFTERSHOCK’s Cherry Bloom is a $14,200 gaming PC with 70 handcrafted titanium cherry blossoms that open as the system heats up and close when it cools. Built in an APNX V2 chassis, it includes a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5080, 64GB RAM, and a 2TB SSD. Voice: Hassam NasirSpeed 0:00 / 2:43 Use left…

I got hands-on with Final Fantasy VII Revelation at Tokyo Game Show last week, playing about 25 minutes of the game’s first chapter. You can read more about my experience during that preview here, including what’s happening narratively and my thoughts on the game’s FITS system, but I also spoke with Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi…

I really like video games, and I really like movies and TV shows based on video games, and I like it when those adaptations are not contemptuous of gaming.

Steam is the biggest digital PC games marketplace and has been for several years. It was launched in 2003 as the brainchild of Gabe Newell and his company, Valve, with the intention of providing updates and patches for Valve’s games. Since then, it has grown astronomically and become the go-to platform for developers and publishers…

For those who don’t keep up with the state of video games as a business, the industry is in a bit of a crisis. Skyrocketing hardware prices are making the hobby less accessible, last-gen “console war” winner Sony is on a generational run when it comes to back-to-back PR disasters, and game studios have been…

Replaying childhood games can stir powerful nostalgia, but the magic often fades because memory, identity, attention and gaming skills change with age.

State of Decay studio Undead Labs has successfully divested from Xbox, but the separation has come at a cost.