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Ragebound
performs a vital bullshit-ectomy on the
Ninja Gaiden
series
By William Hughes
August 1, 2025 | 12:00pm
2025 is still somehow The Year Of
Balatro
By William Hughes
July 25, 2025 | 9:00am
Hey, should Donkey Kong be eating all these giant metal bananas?
By William Hughes
July 18, 2025 | 7:00am
Type Help
is a perfect example of why mystery games are so damn good right now
By William Hughes
July 11, 2025 | 7:00am
When did video games become too lazy to actually teach you how to play them?
By William Hughes
July 4, 2025 | 12:00pm
The best games of 2025 (so far)
By A.V. Club Staff
June 27, 2025 | 12:00pm
Death Stranding 2
is the latest front in Hideo Kojima's war on subtlety
By William Hughes
June 27, 2025 | 10:00am
Nioh 3
's demo is a junk food addict's take on
Elden Ring
By William Hughes
June 20, 2025 | 10:00am
Lies Of P: Overture
is the right kind of video game fanservice
By William Hughes
June 13, 2025 | 11:00am
We've finally got the Switch 2—now what?
By William Hughes
June 6, 2025 | 8:00am
Monster Train 2
is an addictive breaker of brains
By William Hughes
May 30, 2025 | 11:00am
Two hours previewing
Lies Of P: Overture
add new life to an unsung gem
By William Hughes
May 21, 2025 | 11:00am
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
has Charlie Cox and it knows how to use him
By William Hughes
May 16, 2025 | 11:00am
The Hundred Line
is shameless game design in the best way
By William Hughes
May 9, 2025 | 1:00pm
12 fourth video games that blew up the franchise rules
By William Hughes
May 2, 2025 | 2:00pm
Promise Mascot Agency
drives players to the far limits of charm
By William Hughes
April 25, 2025 | 9:00am
The Great Circle
is a very faithful Indiana Jones game—and that's
mostly
a good thing
By William Hughes
April 18, 2025 | 8:00am
Blue Prince
is the wrong kind of frustrating
By William Hughes
April 11, 2025 | 8:00am
We played with the Switch 2, and it's Nintendo's least-weird console ever
By William Hughes
April 3, 2025 | 9:00am
10 years later,
Xenoblade Chronicles X
remains frustrating, breathtaking, and unique
By William Hughes
March 28, 2025 | 10:00am
Monster Hunter: Wilds
makes it far too satisfying to cut off the monsters' butts
By William Hughes
March 21, 2025 | 8:00am
"Reverse whodunnit"
Expelled!
makes being bad too much work
By William Hughes
March 14, 2025 | 10:00am
This quiet, sad detective game is an antidote for gaming excess
By William Hughes
March 7, 2025 | 11:00am
Avowed
understands the appeal of a lil' Waterfall Treasure
By William Hughes
February 28, 2025 | 9:00am
So far,
Elden Ring: Nightreign
is
Dark Souls
minus the soul
By William Hughes
February 21, 2025 | 9:00am
Eternal Strands
: If you're going to steal, steal from the best
By William Hughes
February 14, 2025 | 9:00am
What does it actually mean for a video game to be "horny"?
By Grace Benfell
February 12, 2025 | 2:00pm
Press X to get dumped: 10 instances of video game romantic rejection
By William Hughes
February 11, 2025 | 1:00pm
Citizen Sleeper 2
only makes sense when it's hurting you
By William Hughes
February 7, 2025 | 10:00am
Is there such a thing as too much game?
By William Hughes
January 31, 2025 | 10:00am
Can
Doom: The Dark Ages
live up to the gory perfection of 2016's
Doom
?
By William Hughes
January 24, 2025 | 10:00am
The A.V. Club
's most anticipated games of 2025
By William Hughes
January 18, 2025 | 11:00am
One of our favorite games of 2023 just got a gorgeous new version
By William Hughes
January 17, 2025 | 10:00am
How are you getting through the January gaming dead zone?
By William Hughes
January 10, 2025 | 10:00am
Not every "gambling but better" game is going to turn out like
Balatro
By William Hughes
January 3, 2025 | 10:00am
Crosstalk: Is petting the dog bad, actually?
By A.V. Club Staff
December 31, 2024 | 11:00am
Make
Rise Of The Golden Idol
your murderous holiday treat
By William Hughes
December 27, 2024 | 10:00am
What was missing from our best games of 2024?
By William Hughes
December 20, 2024 | 10:00am
The best games of 2024
By A.V. Club Staff
December 19, 2024 | 11:00am
For a comic book mash-up,
Marvel Rivals
is hard as hell to read
By William Hughes
December 13, 2024 | 9:00am
8 games, 8 years: How the weird lil' Nintendo DS took over the gaming world
By William Hughes
December 9, 2024 | 6:00am
Free dress-up game
Infinity Nikki
is addictively weird
By William Hughes
December 6, 2024 | 10:00am
What's your deep-dive holiday game?
By William Hughes
November 29, 2024 | 9:00am
Why the hell can't an
Elden Ring
expansion be a Game Of The Year contender?
By William Hughes
November 22, 2024 | 8:00am
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
shows why the Switch is a good system, not a great handheld
By William Hughes
November 15, 2024 | 8:00am
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
is a garbage-collection sim that wishes it was an RPG
By William Hughes
November 8, 2024 | 8:00am
The
Silent Hill 2
remake is a horror game with the lights on
By Grace Benfell
November 2, 2024 | 12:00pm
6 hours with the
Monster Hunter Wilds
beta suggests this one's for the action perverts
By William Hughes
November 1, 2024 | 10:00am
Do yourself a favor, and make more ugly characters in video games
By William Hughes
October 25, 2024 | 10:00am
Satisfactory
kicks you in a hole, murders you, and makes you like it
By William Hughes
October 18, 2024 | 7:00am
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
is accurate
Dragon Ball
—for good and ill
By William Hughes
October 11, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory:
Echoes Of Wisdom
is Nintendo's latest effort to blow up
The Legend Of Zelda
By William Hughes
October 4, 2024 | 10:00am
We pick the best, worst, and weirdest games from four decades of
The Legend Of Zelda
By Anthony John Agnello
September 28, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory: Congratulations,
Frostpunk 2
is exactly as miserable as it wants to be
By William Hughes
September 27, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory:
UFO 50
is a massive trove of twists on old-school gaming genius
By William Hughes
September 20, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory:
Deadlock
is one of those games where hell is other people
By William Hughes
September 13, 2024 | 11:46am
Game Theory:
Astro Bot
is one of the most joyful games of 2024
By William Hughes
September 6, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory: No, seriously, go play
Tactical Breach Wizards
By William Hughes
August 30, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory: When is it time to give a free game your money?
By William Hughes
August 23, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory:
Doom + Doom II
is a beautiful museum of blood and guts
By William Hughes
August 16, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory: Give two hours to one of the funniest comedy games in years
By William Hughes
August 9, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory: Y'all are playing the Box Office Game, right?
By William Hughes
August 2, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory:
Nintendo World Championships
is a lazy speedrunner's delight
By William Hughes
July 26, 2024 | 10:00am
Game Theory: Are AI murderers worth the cost?
By William Hughes
July 19, 2024 | 9:00am
Game Theory: How much do "free" games end up costing us?
By William Hughes
July 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: What's the perfect game to play on a plane?
By William Hughes
July 5, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: There's beauty in a game that's just too damn hard to beat
By William Hughes
June 28, 2024 | 1:30pm
Game Theory: 5 spoiler-free tips for surviving
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
By William Hughes
June 21, 2024 | 2:00pm
Game Theory: Oh god, there's too many demos!
By William Hughes
June 14, 2024 | 1:00pm
The 10 best—and one weirdest—game trailers from today's Summer Game Fest
By William Hughes
June 8, 2024 | 2:24am
Game Theory:
Tactical Breach Wizards'
demo
is all about the joy of sending jerks through windows
By William Hughes
June 7, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: You don't need to wait to play
Hades II
just because it's in "Early Access"
By William Hughes
May 31, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: The video game where Jason Voorhees can murder Steven Universe is coming back
By William Hughes
May 24, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: 5 fascinating games to sample from Steam's latest buffet of demos
By William Hughes
May 17, 2024 | 2:00pm
Game Theory: Microsoft killed some damn fine game studios this week
By William Hughes
May 10, 2024 | 12:00pm
Game Theory:
SpongeBob Squarepants
meets
Dark Souls
, somehow kind of rocks
By William Hughes
May 3, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: Which
Fallout
game should you play, now that you've finished the show?
By William Hughes
April 26, 2024 | 12:00pm
Game Theory:
Hades II
is already incredible, and it's barely getting started
By William Hughes
April 19, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: How much bullshit are you willing to sit through to get to the actual game?
By William Hughes
April 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: Which amazing games slipped through last year's cracks?
By William Hughes
April 5, 2024 | 12:00pm
Game Theory:
Dragon's Dogma 2
pulls one of the meanest video game tricks we've ever seen
By William Hughes
March 29, 2024 | 12:00pm
Game Theory: Let's talk about the wild ending of
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
By William Hughes
March 22, 2024 | 11:00am
Game Theory: Yes, please, bring on the
Vampire Survivors
clones
By William Hughes
March 15, 2024 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: This free demo is one of the best deals in gaming right now
By William Hughes
March 8, 2024 | 12:00pm
Let's rank all the chores in
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
by how much of a pain in the butt they are
By William Hughes
March 5, 2024 | 3:00pm
Game Theory: Thank god, someone finally fixed poker
By William Hughes
March 1, 2024 | 3:00pm
A.V. Club Readers: Introducing the Kotaku Newsletter
By AV Club Staff
February 29, 2024 | 9:00pm
Game Theory: Have you done your part for Super Earth today?
By William Hughes
February 23, 2024 | 4:00pm
Game Theory:
Skull And Bones
finally arrives, and it's already out of date
By Sam Barsanti
February 16, 2024 | 3:00pm
Game Theory:
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
's first 4 hours made our jaws drop
By William Hughes
February 9, 2024 | 4:00pm
Ranking the 10 best video game remakes of all time
By William Hughes
February 8, 2024 | 2:00pm
Game Theory: Maybe every
Silent Hill
game should be 2 hours long
By William Hughes
February 2, 2024 | 3:00pm
The
Batman: Arkham
trilogy is still video gaming's best version of the DC universe
By Sam Barsanti
January 31, 2024 | 6:00pm
Game Theory: Why is everyone playing this
Pokémon
rip-off that lets you eat your Pokémon?
By William Hughes
January 26, 2024 | 4:00pm
Game Theory:
The Finals
' twist on online shooting takes your feet right out from under you
By William Hughes
January 19, 2024 | 3:00pm
Game Theory: Has
Tekken 8
finally become the right kind of stupid?
By William Hughes
January 12, 2024 | 3:00pm
Game Theory: The super-charming
Cobalt Core
got us through the holidays this year
By William Hughes
January 5, 2024 | 3:00pm
Game Theory:
Against The Storm
is a bite-sized, addictive apocalypse
By William Hughes
December 29, 2023 | 4:00pm
Game Theory: It’s been a great year for video games, but not for Xbox’s Game Pass
By Sam Barsanti
December 22, 2023 | 1:00pm
Game Theory: So, why
did Baldur's Gate III
beat
Spider-Man 2
?
By William Hughes
December 15, 2023 | 3:00pm
What will be the biggest gaming trends of 2024?
By William Hughes
December 13, 2023 | 2:00pm
Game Theory: We're getting down in the blood and guts of
Warhammer 40,000
By William Hughes
December 8, 2023 | 4:00pm
What's the future of video game awards shows?
By William Hughes
December 7, 2023 | 4:00pm
Game Theory: Every internet detective should be playing
The Roottrees Are Dead
By William Hughes
December 1, 2023 | 4:00pm
What’s the future of the video game movie?
By William Hughes
November 29, 2023 | 3:00pm
Game Theory:
Persona 5 Tactica
goes heavy on the
Persona
, light on the tactics…a
By William Hughes
November 24, 2023 | 1:00pm
Diablo IV
's developers talk about their big year, big plans—and big, nasty Butcher
By William Hughes
November 22, 2023 | 5:00pm
We went to BlizzCon 2023 to find out if it's the future of gaming conventions
By William Hughes
November 20, 2023 | 3:00pm
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