Gaming and Video Game News & Reviews | Engadget (2024)

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Netflix drops a proper trailer for Arcane's second (and last) season

The show will dig deeper into the hunt for Shimmer and the fight between cities.

Arcane's second season on Netflix will be its last.

by

Anna Washenko

14 hours ago

  • 17 hours agoThe biggest threat to Marvel Rivals is all the other rival team shooters
  • 20 hours agoKunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess feels as luscious as it looks
  • 20 hours agoDragon Age: The Veilguard is a fantasy epic filled with big decisions
  • 06.10.2024Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a tale of two very different assassins
  • 06.10.2024Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is still happening and it's coming out 2026
  • 06.10.2024Microsoft’s Xbox refresh can't compete with its leaked roadmap
  • 06.10.2024Empire of the Ants will let you explore a photorealistic bug’s life this November

Modder adds the vicious Shield Saw to the original Doom

The new weapon was introduced last weekend in the upcoming Doom: The Dark Ages.

The Doom modding community has already brought a few brand-new weapons from an upcoming game to the classic original shooter.

by

Cristina Alexander

15 hours ago

The biggest threat to Marvel Rivals is all the other rival team shooters

It’s a fun but hectic team-shooter in a hectic genre.

Marvel Rivals pits its greatest heroes against each other and it’s a lot of fun. It’s also a familiar kind of fun if you’ve ever played Overwatch.

by

Mat Smith

17 hours ago

BeReal, the buzziest app of 2022, has been bought by a mobile game publisher

Voodoo, known for its ad-supported free games, paid €500 million.

Game publisher Voodoo has bought the social platform BeReal for €500 million. Although BeReal has fallen off the radar since its much-hyped peak, Voodoo says the app has grown to 40 million active users.

by

Will Shanklin

17 hours ago

Latest reviews and previews

The biggest threat to Marvel Rivals is all the other rival team shooters

It’s a fun but hectic team-shooter in a hectic genre.

Marvel Rivals pits its greatest heroes against each other and it’s a lot of fun. It’s also a familiar kind of fun if you’ve ever played Overwatch.

by

Mat Smith

17 hours ago

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess feels as luscious as it looks

The game's first-ever demo proves it's way more than a pretty trailer.

After playing for nearly an hour at Summer Game Fest, it’s clear that Kunitsu-Gami is much more than a beautiful screenshot.

by

Jessica Conditt

20 hours ago

Skydance's Behemoth brings giant climbable monster fights to VR

Like Shadow of the Colossus, it’s all about battling giants.

Behemoth is an action-adventure game that draws on the combat and physics of The Walking Dead VR games but with a bigger focus on fighting. Also: scaling a giant and killing it dead.

Crow Country is a darkly meditative callback to survival horror’s past

Inspired by some genre-defining PS1 classics, Crow Country is a force all its own.

Crow Country, which was released on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox X/S on May 9, just about checks all the boxes for survival horror, but it takes a gentler approach to the genre, making it feel more like a test of mental endurance than a fight for your life.

by

Cheyenne MacDonald

05.24.2024

INDIKA weaves a mature tale of absurdity, hypocrisy and sexual violence

Hell is empty and the devils are inside me.

INDIKA demonstrates how a video game can tell a strange and beautiful story that involves, but isn't overwhelmed by, themes of sexual abuse.

by

Jessica Conditt

05.22.2024

Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door review: A Switch remake (mostly) befitting a masterpiece

Yes, it’s still an absolute treasure.

It’s criminal that there’s been no way to play Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for over a decade.

by

Devindra Hardawar

05.21.2024

The best gaming tech

The best gaming monitors in 2024

Refresh rate, resolution and response times? Let Engadget help you demystify it all.

Choosing any computer monitor can be tricky, but it gets even more confusing when you want a new display for gaming. Here's everything you need to know before buying a gaming monitor, plus the best gaming monitors you can get today.

by

Igor Bonifacic

The best free games in 2024 that you can start playing today

Some great games don't cost a thing.

These are the best free games you can play today, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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Engadget

The best Xbox games for 2024

Whether you have Series X, Series S, One X or One S, there's something here for you.

Here's a list of the best games for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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The 20 best PC games you can play right now for 2024

Where to start with a juggernaut like PC gaming?

Here is a list of the best PC games you can get right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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Latest news

  • Netflix drops a proper trailer for Arcane's second (and last) season

    by

    Anna Washenko

    14 hours ago

    Arcane's second season on Netflix will be its last.

  • Modder adds the vicious Shield Saw to the original Doom

    by

    Cristina Alexander

    15 hours ago

    The Doom modding community has already brought a few brand-new weapons from an upcoming game to the classic original shooter.

  • The biggest threat to Marvel Rivals is all the other rival team shooters

    by

    Mat Smith

    17 hours ago

    Marvel Rivals pits its greatest heroes against each other and it’s a lot of fun. It’s also a familiar kind of fun if you’ve ever played Overwatch.

  • BeReal, the buzziest app of 2022, has been bought by a mobile game publisher

    by

    Will Shanklin

    17 hours ago

    Game publisher Voodoo has bought the social platform BeReal for €500 million. Although BeReal has fallen off the radar since its much-hyped peak, Voodoo says the app has grown to 40 million active users.

  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess feels as luscious as it looks

    by

    Jessica Conditt

    20 hours ago

    After playing for nearly an hour at Summer Game Fest, it’s clear that Kunitsu-Gami is much more than a beautiful screenshot.

  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a fantasy epic filled with big decisions

    by

    Mat Smith

    20 hours ago

    For fans of Dragon Age, the latest installment is aimed at expanding the world you probably already love. And once again, there are big decisions to make in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

  • Thrasher, the psychedelic game from the artist behind Thumper, arrives in July

    by

    Mariella Moon

    a day ago

    Thrasher, which its developers describe as a "mind-melting arcade action odyssey," will be available for the Meta Quest and the Apple Vision Pro on July 25.

  • Just Dance VR is coming to Meta Quest headsets in October

    by

    Mariella Moon

    06.11.2024

    Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity will be available on October 15.

  • Resident Evil 7 and the Resident Evil 2 remake are coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac

    by

    Will Shanklin

    06.10.2024

    On a day when there were a few other Apple-related announcements, Capcom snuck in one of its own. Two more Resident Evil games are coming to iOS, iPadOS and macOS: Resident Evil 7 biohazard, coming next month, and the Resident Evil 2 remake, which is under development.

  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a tale of two very different assassins

    by

    Mat Smith

    06.10.2024

    Instead of choosing a single character to play the entirety of Assassin's Creed Shadows, you can switch between the characters for assassination runs and exploration segments. They have two very different playstyles, too.

  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake is still happening and it's coming out 2026

    by

    Mat Smith

    06.10.2024

    After all the delays, studio switches and confusion, Ubisoft says its troubled Sands of Time remake is coming in 2026.

  • Microsoft Xbox chief Phil Spencer: 'I think we should have a handheld'

    by

    Steve Dent

    06.10.2024

    After announcing several new Xbox Series X consoles including a $600 special edition model, Microsoft may be working on another one.

  • Microsoft’s Xbox refresh can't compete with its leaked roadmap

    by

    Aaron Souppouris

    06.10.2024

    Microsoft showed off three new Xbox models yesterday, but anyone following the mass of leaks last year may have been surprised at how little changed for this mid-cycle refresh.

  • Empire of the Ants will let you explore a photorealistic bug’s life this November

    by

    Will Shanklin

    06.10.2024

    Empire of the Ants, a real-time strategy game with dazzlingly photorealistic insects and other critters, arrives on November 7. Although the game isn’t exactly a remake, it comes from the same publisher as the 2000 RTS game of the same name.

  • Halfway to Dawn is a surprisingly tense, bite-sized survival horror game for Playdate

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    06.09.2024

    Halfway to Dawn, made by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf Studio) blends text-based narrative with top-down shooter to create an impressive horror experience for the Playdate.

  • We’re officially getting another Life is Strange game this fall

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    06.09.2024

    Life is Strange: Double Exposure sees the return of the series' original protagonist Max Caulfield. It will be released on October 29 for Xbox Series X/S, PC and PlayStation 5. A Nintendo Switch release will follow.

  • An all-digital Xbox Series X is coming this holiday season

    by

    Kris Holt

    06.09.2024

    Microsoft revealed three new Xbox variants, including an Xbox Series X with no disc drive.

  • Gears of War: E-Day is the origin story of the Gears franchise

    by

    Mat Smith

    06.09.2024

    As the grand finale of Xbox’s Summer Game Fest showcase, we were treated to the exclusive premiere of the latest addition to the Gears series.

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 kicks it back to the '90s on October 25

    by

    Aaron Souppouris

    06.09.2024

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox on October 25, 2024.

  • Xbox’s Fable reboot will come to Xbox Series X/S and PC next year

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    06.09.2024

    The game is slated to hit Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2025, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass from day one. The company dropped a new trailer for Fable during the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday.

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