Features

These games tell powerful stories that make us introspective about our lives and our deaths.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This week we take a look at Contra: Shattered Soldier, an excellent reboot of the series that released for the PlayStation 2 in 2002.

We crack open the collector's edition of Sonic Mania and check out the big statue.

Watch new gameplay footage from the PS4 port of Undertale and as we show off some of the spoiler-filled tweaks.

Solve devilish puzzles, uncover hidden treasures, and avoid certain death in this innovative card game twist on the escape room formula.

Dan Tack and Jeff Cork share their thoughts on the blood-soaked co-op mode after some hands-on time.

Watch game directors Masuda and Ohmori talk about the role of storytelling and whether the Pokémon series will take design cues from full Breath of the Wild.

Game Freak walked us through some of the process of designing a new Pokémon and tells us why the eyes have changed so much.

Epic Games' Darren Sugg answers our burning questions as we play through a mission.

We look at Tales of the Rays and Egglia: Legend of Redcap in this week’s column.

Nothing supernatural, no magic, and no virus - these zombies are (somewhat) scientifically scary!

When you chase nostalgia, you run the risk of falling into a rut.

We recently traveled to Japan to tour Game Freak's offices and learn about its history, including the pre-Pokémon days.

A few nice surprises popped up this week for science-fiction gamers.

Watch our exclusive interview with Masuda and Ohmori on fan feedback and the pressure of high expectations.

The publisher behind the XCOM, Doom, and The Witcher tabletop games is taking a trip into the post-nuclear wasteland, and we got the first look. 

Zen Studios has tapped three classic film franchises for the first table pack of its upcoming release of Pinball FX 3, and we've got exclusive hands-on impressions.

The latest from Ninja Theory, the studio behind games like Heavenly
Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC, is out today and in many
ways it's not what you expect.

Do this year's additions change the formula or is it business as usual?