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…

Halloween has become an iconic part of the year for the best horror games, giving developers an excuse to bring players back for seasonal events, limited-time challenges, and new ways to make already-scary games even more unsettling. Few games are better suited to the holiday than Phasmophobia, which has spent…

Obviously, Disney Dreamlight Valley and The Witcher aren’t properties one would expect to see in the same sentence. The former is one of the best cozy life sim games where players decorate the titular valley, complete quests for various Disney characters, and work on Dreamsnaps each week for a chance…

Stadia might be dead, but Google isn’t giving up on gaming. The company has rolled out Playground, a platform built around AI that “lets you create, play, and share custom games.” It’s browser-based and labeled as an “experiment” to start. There’s also Unity Spark support, which will offer more development…

The PlayStation jailbreaking and homebrew scene is in absolute disarray at the moment, as the sudden explosion in vibecoded AI-slop projects is taking its toll on the community. If you’re curious exactly how bad it’s gotten, Read Only Memo published an article three days ago stating that there were roughly…