Crimson Desert is finally out, and while it’s already passed a major player milestone, its reviews leave something to be desired. It’s been a long road to this point, with Pearl Abyss delaying the game multiple times since its 2019 reveal and some fans getting upset about the lack of…

Mega Crit released the patch notes for v0.100.0, the first major post early-access launch update for Slay the Spire 2, as it enters testing on the game’s beta branch. One of its most notable additions is a Phobia Mode toggle, which lets players adjust the art of things in Slay…

Does Crimson Desert have the word-of-mouth juice to be a GOTY contender, or will its initial momentum stall as more people get their hands on it? Can an activist investor convince FromSoftware to add more microtransactions to its games? And will we catch a glimpse of CD Projekt Red’s new…

​​Sword Art Online returns with Echoes of Aincrad, a medieval fantasy RPG framed within SOA’s unique, Matrix-like premise. Like the other games in the series, Echoes of Aincrad is a game within a game: the player’s avatar, every NPC, and the setting of Aincrad itself are parts of an advanced…

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is celebrating its one-year anniversary today, March 20, 2025. Below, we look back at how its immersive and sometimes unfriendly open world makes it feel real.We’re so awash in open-world video games that they can all start to feel very similar, like theme parks waiting for you…

In the past 24 hours, Slay the Spire 2 has dropped to a Very Positive 83-percent rating on Steam (as of this writing), all the way from its Overwhelmingly Positive 97-percent rating on March 19. Not the end of the world, but a hefty drop when you take the total…