After a series of cryptic tweets from creative director Alex Hutchinson, fans have uncovered yet another secret ending in Far Cry 4.

DT Game of the Year 2017 'Zelda: Breath of the Wild' and Editor's Choice 'Horizon Zero Dawn' lead the 2018 GDC Award nominations.

Shadowgate is a loving recreation from the creators of a seminal point-and-click adventure with a few modern touches tacked onto a thoroughly 1987 chassis, for better and for worse.

Escape Dead Island is as arduous as it is unambitious, a boilerplate zombie game dabbling in stealth, action, and story, but not getting very far with any of them.

Gameband + Minecraft is Mojang’s first wearable, a USB bracelet that lets you take your creations anywhere and a high-quality, programmable LED watch.

‘Until Dawn: Rush of Blood’ will likely be among the first VR experiences for many newcomers, and it’s a solid introduction to the medium.

Dishonored 2 recaptures the magic of the original, adding more powers to play with, and places to explore, and people to assassinate.

Super Mario Maker is just as brilliant as it was for the Wii U, but lacks the online capabilities that bring the concept to life.

'NieR: Automata' makes its niche mechanics more accessible in clever, new ways, creating a game unlike anything we’ve ever played.

'Yooka-Laylee's Kickstarted nostalgia for 3D platformers may bring back childhood feelings, but is that enough?

‘Flinthook’ is nostalgia done right and a masterclass in retro-styled 2D platforming, but its tightly balanced gameplay is at odds with its roguelike structure.

Playing ‘Prey’ can feel like both a dream and a nightmare, and we’re head over heels with both.

Monument Valley 2 elegantly builds upon on the original’s ideas and mechanics to make the sequel we hoped for.

The Xbox One Recon Tech gamepad brings some of the best features from the Elite controller at a much more approachable price.

Can ‘Bastion’ developer Supergiant games strike gold again with its newest game? Read our ‘Pyre’ review and find out.

‘Metroid: Samus Returns’ returns to Nintendo’s glory years of 1991, but as our review explains, it’s not exactly as you remembered.

‘Code Vein’ is more than just an anime Soulslike, but that’s still a great description. We went hands-on to find what makes the upcoming action RPG stand out.

‘Blood & Truth’ a full-length version of Sony London’s PSVR demo, ‘The London Heist,’ packs in more cinematic VR action.

The new version of Sony’s PlayStation VR headset offers minor, but appreciated, improvements. Read more in our review.

‘Detroit: Become Human’ is the latest from ‘Heavy Rain’ and ‘Beyond: Two Souls’ designer David Cage, pushing his vision of games as playable movies further than it’s ever gone. The results are mixed, but it’s an undeniable accomplishment of adventure games.

Ubisoft’s upcoming open world racing sequel ‘The Crew 2’ adds planes, boats and a staggering menu of activities for you to try out, but its smartest addition might be a renewed focus on the world racing community. There’s no shortage of activities on land, sea, and in the air.

We loved the tough and beautiful 2015 indie gem ‘Ori and the Blind Forest.’ Microsoft and Moon Studios are back with a sequel, coming in 2019, and it looks to have more of everything we so adored about the first game.

‘Starlink: Battle for Atlas’ is a smart next step for toys-to-life, adding interaction to the toys themselves. In practice, however, it didn’t necessarily enhance the gameplay enough to justify all the additional expense that the genre entails. Cool spaceship toys don’t buy themselves.

After months of rumors, Nintendo announced the Super Nintendo Classic Edition will hit stores September 29.

‘Dead Cells’ is a Castlevania-inspired roguelike action platformer with a pinch of progression dash of ‘Dark Souls.’ Can it stand on its own or will it drown in its influences?

The latest round of free games on PS Plus includes, Transistor, Rogue Legacy, Thief, Yakuza 4, Apotheon, and Kick & Fennick, across PS3, PS4, and Vita.

Epic Games has released a gameplay video with developer commentary that shows the classes of its upcoming exploration/construction/defense game Fortnite.

David Cage has reined in a lot of his past excess with the new Detroit: Become Human, but his serial killer noir thriller 'Heavy Rain' looks more like The Room than anything else, in retrospect. The game’s lack of meaningful interaction for players is a flaw that’s even harder to tolerate today.

80s and 90s kids, rejoice! The Internet Archive has made a collection of nearly 2,400 MS-DOS games available to play for free in a browser-based emulator.

Cthulhu-creator HP Lovecraft’s influence can be found all over pop culture, and especially in games. Where most other media has reduced his work to a style, however, Alexis Kennedy’s new ‘Cultist Simulator’ captures the spirit of Lovecraft’s work better than anything we’ve ever played.

Pre-orders are now live for the Xbox Adaptive Controller and its many accessories, slated to ship in early September. It will open up a whole new world to disabled gamers everywhere. Microsoft opted to keep prices down by only including the bare minimum in the package and then allowing users to expand it à la carte.

The Xbox Adaptive Controller takes the most serious approach to accommodating physically disabled gamers that we’ve ever seen from one of the video game industry’s major hardware-makers. We spoke with Microsoft Senior Hardware Program Manager Gabi Michel, who managed development of the Adaptive Controller, to learn about how the project came to be, how it works, and how it will inform their approach to hardware going forward.

A federal jury has charged Tyler Barriss with calling in two bomb threat hoaxes in December 2017, including one that delayed the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality vote. Barriss is already in custody, however, for a deadly "swatting" incident that same month.

Elite gamepad manufacturer Scuf has announced the Vantage PS4 controller, developed in partnership with Sony. The Vantage brings many of the same pro-level customization features that we saw in the Xbox Elite Controller to the PS4, but even further improved.

Playing 'The Sims' in high school was a fun way to imagine independent life. Going back to play it again in your 30s is a very different and more sobering experience that casts light on how dehumanizing the endless treadmill of modern life can be.

Video games are among the most nostalgia-driven art forms. Classic heroes like Kratos, Lara Croft, and B.J. Blazkowicz have all had critically adored returns to form in recent years, so we dug deep to find another wave of characters we think might be suitable for a modern reboot.

A new payload map, Rialto, has gone live in Blizzard's hero shooter Overwatch. Set in Venice, Italy, players first experienced a nighttime version of Rialto in the recent Retribution co-op event. The map arrives alongside a substantial overhaul for archer Hanzo, replacing his long-maligned Scatter Shot.

Kratos faces all manner of challenges across the nine Norse realms in God of War, but when you're looking to cut out the puzzles and just focus on proving your worth in the battlefield, the volcanic realm of Muspelheim is the place to go. We've compiled tips for each of the different challenges, sorted by arena.