The creature-collecting genre has always had a pretty simple appeal: find a cool creature, figure out what makes it strong, and spend time turning it into something capable of taking on tougher opponents. Pokemon helped make that formula one of gaming’s biggest, but plenty of other games have taken the…

Now that a cool Pokemon Pokopia Mystery Gift has expired, the game is getting a replacement with five new freebies. After an incredibly successful launch and even managing to get one of the highest ratings in the series as a whole, The Pokemon Company’s new cozy life simulation, made in…

It’s the start of a new month, and like clockwork, the next batch of Xbox Game Pass titles has been announced for the subscription service. Gears of War: E-Day leads the new arrivals this month, and it’ll be joined by a few more big games, Battlefield 6 and Valor Mortis.…

There’s a lot of AI-generated slop out there these days. You might wonder, “Who even wants this?” Well, apparently, millions of people do, according to the folks behind Astrocade, a free online website and platform built around AI-generated games and experiences that now boasts 10 million monthly users. In an…

Published Oct 7, 2026, 12:21 PM EDT Adrian has been writing, critiquing, and thinking about games since he first picked up an N64 controller many years ago. These days he writes reviews, news, and features for Game Rant and believes games should be held to the same artistic standards as books,…

Not just one, but two brand-new Super Mario games have just been released on Nintendo Switch and iOS and Android devices. Geared firmly towards a very young demographic, Hello, Peach! and Hello, Luigi! are two free apps that let players pull and stretch the faces of the iconic Super Mario…