author_name|Kris Holt

There were several major surprise announcements during this year's edition of The Game Awards, but perhaps none was quite as out of the blue as word of a sequel to

It was always a question of when, not if, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth would land on PC, and Square Enix took a moment at

Brawlers Absolver and

Epic Games has struck a deal with Telefónica to have its mobile storefront pre-installed on millions of compatible Android devices.

Google's latest push into extended reality is taking shape.

There's been a bit of a resurgence of stop-motion games in recent years.

What would it look like if you took the fast-paced arena shooter stylings of Doom Eternal and flipped the gory, grimdark aesth

There's something inherently compelling about one-button games since developers are giving themselves a tight constraint for their creativity. Sometimes, they take full advantage of that.

Your phone is a gateway to an increasingly large swathe of gaming options. However, using a touchscreen to control a game, especially one that requires precise inputs, isn't for everyone. So a dedicated physical controller may be a more optimal solution.

Still Wakes The Deep is one of this year's standout horror games. It's a narrative-heavy survival title that pits you — an electrician stuck on an oil rig — against eldritch terrors from the briny depths of the North Sea. Not only that, but because you're off the coast of Scotland, there's some harsh weather to contend with too.