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 […]

The next Sea of Thieves adventure starts on Thursday, and it tasks pirates with the goal of saving the poor denizens of Golden Sands Outpost. Adventures are a relatively new addition to Sea of Thieves; these limited-time narrative events are meant to add a sense of liveliness to the world. Even if players weren’t there […]

Inscryption is full of twists, turns, and wild questions that celebrate games and the communities that spring up around them. It is also a game that’s designed to have a definitive end; eventually, you move on from that first table and card game to explore other parts of a mysterious digital world. The latest expansion, […]

Tunic, the Legend of Zelda-inspired action-adventure game starring a cute, tiny fox in a big, dangerous world, is now available on Mac, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X — and if you’re an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you have a nice surprise waiting for you: Tunic is available through Game Pass on Xbox […]

This isn’t your average slime enemy. Asher Zhu, or Vuthric on Twitter, is making a video game where you play the entirety of the game as a slime. Now, instead of fighting slimes as a hero, you can finally learn what it’s like to occupy a brainless blob of goo. We have slime and more […]

Microsoft has ceased all new sales in Russia, the company announced Friday. Microsoft also announced that it will work with Ukrainian cybersecurity officials to help protect the country against Russian cyberattacks. On Wednesday, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov urged gaming companies like Microsoft and PlayStation to pull out of the Russian market and to […]

Here’s a neat Friday surprise: Valve announced a free new game called Aperture Desk Job, and it’s set in the same world as the Portal series. The game will be available to download on Steam starting March 1, and while it is listed as working with Windows PC, Valve’s description says that the game will […]

House Flipper is a great game, especially for those who prefer a more tranquil experience. It fits in the same noble niche as titles like Stardew Valley, PowerWash Simulator, or Unpacking — you just get to turn your brain off a little and enjoy the placid experience of painting a wall or scrubbing a dank […]

Riot Games’ co-founder and former CEO is its new president of games. Marc Merrill, who co-founded the League of Legends studio back in 2006 with Brandon Beck, will soon oversee all of its ongoing and future gaming projects, Merrill announced on Twitter on Thursday. The president of games role will put Merrill at the head […]

Wordle has officially moved over to the New York Times website. Goodbye, powerlanguage.co.uk. Hello, nytimes.com/games/wordle. The original Wordle website will automatically redirect to the new page, but you might want to hold off on playing for a bit — if you want to keep your streak. Players on social media are reporting that most of […]