I love retro arcade beat ’em ups but they haven’t felt the same since Absolum came out last year and raised the bar. While the 2025 roguelike didn’t get as much fanfare as Hades 2, it delivers a similarly satisfying action-RPG loop in ways that felt surprisingly fresh for one…

Microsoft has officially addressed why it decided to pull its divisive “This is an Xbox” marketing push. This move follows a period of major transitions within the Xbox leadership team as they re-evaluate how the brand presents itself to the public. For those following the Xbox hardware updates, this shift…

Players trying out Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream’s early demo have quickly discovered that the new simulation game does not contain a profanity filter. The return of the cult classic life simulation game putting players in charge of their islands populated by Miis was a big surprise when Nintendo first…

When Life is Strange: Reunion was first announced, many fans were surprised because Double Exposure was reportedly a huge loss for publisher Square Enix. Compounding this, although not likely the only reason, is how fans were upset by Double Exposure’s treatment of Max and Chloe’s relationship. It seems many fans…

It’s been a big week for bad news in gaming, and that included Sony announcing yet another price hike for the PlayStation 5, the second increase in less than a year.When the new PS5 pricing goes into effect on April 2, the base digital edition of the PS5 will have…

Microsoft recently did something very strange and nuked all mentions of the 2024 “This is an Xbox” marketing campaign from its website. The Xbox Wire post about the initiative is gone, too, but you can still watch the video on YouTube. A report by The Information assigned credit for that…