Holiday Gaming Hub
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Every fall, video game publishers kick into high gear to get their biggest releases out in time for holiday shopping. We’re here to make sure you don’t get overwhelmed. Our Holiday Gaming hub will give you all the news on the season’s hottest games and catalog our reviews to help make your holiday shopping (or listmaking) easier.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership review: Nintendo’s new RPG will leave fans divided
Mario & Luigi: Brothership adds more RPG depth to the series, but its flat writing and overabundance of gimmicks drag it down.
Slitterhead review: Silent Hill creator’s latest aims high, misses the mark
Slitterhead is an experimental horror-action game from Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, but many of those experiments don't quite pay off.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s best sidequest puts gender identity front and center
If you only have time to complete one companion quest in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, make sure its Taash's story.
What’s new in November 2024: 7 games to keep an eye on
Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Lego Horizon Adventures, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 are just a few of the games you should have on your radar this month.
Play this gruesome Japanese horror visual novel this Halloween
Visual novels and horror are popular in Japan. When the two merge together, you get a brilliant horror game experience in Spirit Hunter: Death Mark 2.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure already teases a direct sequel
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is out today and the narrative adventure includes some very clear sequel teasers.
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered looks incredible. Does it matter?
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered gives the 2017 classic a major visual overhaul that you need to see to believe, but does that really make it worth revisiting?
Life is Strange: Double Exposure makes more sense if you make this hard choice
One of the first major decisions in Life is Strange: Double Exposure is to decide if Chloe is alive or dead. One of those options makes for a better story.
It’ll cost $10 to roll over your Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp save
Nintendo has announced the paid app for longtime Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp players, and it'll cost $10 for a limited time.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review: thrilling campaign helps the series rank up
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 shocks and awes with a killer globe-trotting campaign, but its multiplayer remains the mixed bag we've come to expect year after year.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure review: Max Caulfield triumphantly returns
Deck Nine continues Max Caulfield's story in Life is Strange: Double Exposure, and does so in a very respectful and relatable fashion.
Alien: Rogue Incursion could be the best Alien game since Isolation
Alien: Rogue Incursion brings the series to VR, and it's every bit as tense as that sounds based on our deadly first demo.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard review: a very safe return to form for BioWare
Dragon Age: The Veilguard plays it a little too safe as an RPG, but provides a solid foundation for BioWare to build upon in the future.
The Callisto Protocol’s first spinoff is a strange, fun Hades clone
The Callisto Protocol's first spinoff game, [REDACTED], looks like a horror-themed Hades clone, but it has a few bright ideas of its own.
Sonic X Shadow Generations review: Sega finally lives and learns
Sonic X Shadow Generations brings together a flawed classic and a long-overdue sequel together for one vital collection.
The Jackbox Survey Scramble will turn your game night into Family Feud
Jackbox's latest game is all about the joys of filling out surveys, and it's surprisingly more thrilling than that sounds.,
Batman: Arkham Shadow review: the Bat’s best game since Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham Shadow proves the VR doubters wrong by delivering the best Batman game since Rocksteady's Arkham Asylum.
Wilmot Works it Out is the ultimate video game for jigsaw puzzle lovers
If you've ever enjoyed an evening quietly putting together a jigsaw puzzle, Wilmot Works it Out is a video game built for you.
I wish I played the original Romancing Saga 2 before its misguided remake
Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of the Seven reimagines an RPG cult classic, but its modern touches sand down the the original's pixelated charm.
Tetris Forever includes a new game with a time-warping twist
We checked out Tetris Forever ahead of its November release, and we got to play a new game created for the collection.
Alan Wake 2’s Lake House DLC takes cues from Annihilation and Alien
Alan Wake 2's final expansion, The Lake House, is out today. We spoke to Remedy about how it brought the world of Alan Wake and Control together for the DLC.
Fear the Spotlight review: Blumhouse’s lo-fi horror game is imperfect, but sincere
Fear the Spotlight doesn't quite land as a '90s horror throwback, but it delivers some great puzzles and eerie lo-fi images in a sleek package.
Maximum Football aims to make every play feel realistic
Maximum Football game director Micah Brown gave Digital Trends a deep dive into the game's physics-based approach to its simulation gameplay.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind finally lets you pilot the Megazord
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind isn't just a classic 2D arcade beat-'em-up. It'll let you punch Goldar out from the Megazord's cockpit too.
PC hit Phasmophobia comes to consoles this month with PSVR2 support
PC horror hit Phasmophobia is finally coming to consoles, and PS5 users will be able to experience it in VR.
Everything announced at the October 2024 Xbox Partner Preview
FBC: Firebreak, Subnautica 2, and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii headlined an entertaining Xbox Partner Preview showcase.
Nintendo’s Alarmo turned my bedroom into a battleground
The kids in your life are sure to love Nintendo's adorable Alarmo, but couples may want to think twice about the chaos it'll bring to their bedrooms.
Astro Bot’s first speedrun level drops today for free, with more to come
The Astro Bot developers are still being a bit coy about their speedrun level updates, but the first is coming to players today.
MechWarrior 5: Clans review: Thrilling mech game delivers 31st-century storytelling
MechWarrior 5: Clans buffs up an impressive action game with great mission design and more human storytelling.
Super Mario Party Jamboree review: party staple takes its Switch victory lap
Super Mario Party Jamboree juggles a few too many ideas at once, but it still mostly delivers a reliable hit of multiplayer fun.
7 free game demos you need to check out during Steam Next Fest
Steam Next Fest is here and it's full of eclectic video game demos you can, and should, check out for free.
Disney Pixel RPG is a pleasant, free mobile surprise
Disney Pixel RPG is a free new mobile game that's a lot of fun for fans of Disney and gacha video games.
Metaphor: ReFantazio fixes my one big Persona pet peeve
Metaphor: ReFanazio is full of great quality-of-life considerations, but one feature fixes an annoying Persona quirk that's always bugged me.
Activision weighs in on Call of Duty toxicity ahead of Black Ops 6
Activision knows Black Ops 6 will likely be another bed of toxicity, so it has some tools to help.
