Microsoft’s second gaming showcase of the year airs later this week. The Xbox Partner Preview will have updates on games like The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, but also reveals for unannounced games. Plus, it’ll be the first broadcast since new gaming CEO Asha Sharma has taken over for Phil Spencer. The…

The Sims 4 has collaborated with popular music-streaming YouTube channel Lofi Girl to create an album of lo-fi remixes of various songs from the game’s soundtrack. The playlist is available to stream for free now on YouTube and Spotify.”Enjoy your favorite Sims classics, remixed into lo-fi vibes with @LofiGirl x…

If you played games in the early 2000s, you probably did so on a Game Boy Advance. First introduced in 2001 as a purple, vaguely hexagonal brick, the hardware boost alone over the Game Boy Color’s archaic tech ushered in an era of lush pixelated gameplay. Then came the ultra-stylish…

The first time Rotom ever appeared in Pokemon, it was jumping out of an old TV to attack the player in the middle of a haunted mansion. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl’s Legendary Pokemon battle theme played in the background of this once-per-game encounter at the Old Chateau. With the dramatic…

Crimson Desert has a lot of skills, tools, and abilities that let you interact with the world in unconventional and unexpected ways. Players are learning this for themselves and have discovered that one of the game’s earliest skill unlocks has multiple use cases that developer Pearl Abyss doesn’t outright tutorialize.Blinding…

One does not simply walk into Cryo Archive. The endgame Marathon map requires gear preparation, checking up on mechanics so you understand how they work before you encounter them, and a tight-knit team willing to coordinate closely and communicate constantly. Even then you will fail more often than not. Bungie…