The popular farming sim Stardew Valley starts with you inheriting a plot of land from your late grandfather. As the scene plays out, you’ll see your grandpa laying ill in bed, clutching a letter stating that he has bequeathed his farm to you. In the original version of the scene, the grandpa’s bed looks rather uncomfortable, like the grandpa is […]

Playing World of Warcraft gives a player lots of choices and quests, which in theory is fantastic. However, over the game’s many expansions, the formula occasionally fails to work out. Some people like to focus entirely on developing their main, keeping one character of choice up to date with all the current content. Other people prefer to keep a whole […]

Return to Monkey Island won’t exactly be returning to everything fans may remember. In a recent (and rare!) interview with Ars Technica picked up by the folks at Eurogamer, Monkey Island co-creators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman gave the first hints at what the long-awaited sequel might look like. While the two are tight-lipped about what Return to Monkey Island […]

Throughout April, Microsoft’s Spring Sale has offered a slew of discounts on games for Windows PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Xbox 360. Now that the sale is ending later today, we’re doing one last roundup of some of our favorite titles across every Microsoft platform. The phenomenal metroidvania Ori and the Will of the Wisps is steeply discounted; […]

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will finally whisk players away to the Dragon Isles, where they’ll be able to roll new Dracthyr characters and play the new Evoker class. But outside of the fancy new content, Blizzard will also be focusing on revamping older systems with Dragonflight. More specially, the much maligned talent tree will see its first major overhaul in […]

If you’re a latchkey kid at heart who pines for the old Thundercats, Wheeled Warriors, or Masters of the Universe, you might want to keep an eye on MythForce. The roguelite RPG, inspired by the syndicated cartoons that were a staple of 1980s UHF television, launches on Windows PC in early access on April 20, exclusively from the Epic Games […]

Halo Infinite’s second season begins May 3, developer 343 Industries announced Friday. The season, called Lone Wolves, will add a new battle pass system, new maps, and additional modes. The trailer released Friday morning shows off a bit of those new maps — one Arena map called Catalyst and one Big Team Battle map called Breaker, which appears to have […]

Shipments for Valve’s new handheld console, the Steam Deck, have been trickling out since its release, but the shipments are about to speed up. The company started “ramping up” fulfillment for the console on Monday, according to a Tweet from Valve, and those who pre-ordered the console will be getting more emails about order availability weekly. When the Steam Deck […]

Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to announce a family plan option for its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. Citing trusted inside sources, Windows Central reports that this forthcoming tier of Game Pass will allow up to five players within the same country to play together using a single Game Pass subscription. This subscription would be under a single account holder, […]

I recently decided to stretch my creative muscles and engage in a new and exciting hobby: I’ve engaged in a slow escalation of increasingly sophisticated fraud in a video game to deliberately mislead and mock the in-game police officer role-players. While some people have spent their evenings playing battles royale and battling Margit the Fell Omen, I have been running […]