Gamers who still haven't played Halo 2 or Half-Life 2 in 2026 are plainly missing out.

From sweeping space operas to moody indie mysteries, video games are packed with worlds, characters, and plotlines that can carry a full cinematic story. The picks below span genres and eras, each ...

You might be tired of hearing about AI, but it remains a fascinating subject when tackled by actual scientists and fiction writers. Over the decades, we’ve imagined both benevolent and malevolent ...

You already know how it is: you load into a match, your buddy's having an off day, you get annoyed, he feels bad, it sucks for everyone. Why not play some games where you cooperate to destroy ...

If I sat down next to you and told you to get Battle Shapers, Black Mesa, and Doom Eternal in one sentence, you'd probably get whiplash. Sure, they may belong to the same genre, but the gameplay ...

“Another TV is possible,” is one of many taglines for Blippo+, a channel surfing simulator available on the Playdate, Switch, and PC that’s packed with original programming from an alien planet called ...

Matthew Mendisana is a journalist and writer with a passion for storytelling and a love for games and movies. That love carried him through college, while not letting his Autistic Spectrum hold him ...

Anyone who played FPS games in 1998 will have fond memories of their first play-through of Half-Life. Many of us probably recall sleepless nights shortly before our Thanksgiving break of that year, as ...

Aliens are so exciting because the possibilities are endless. There could be anything out there on the edges of the universe. Games featuring aliens have an open canvas to create all sorts of ...

Dave is a veteran game newswriter and has reported for a variety of outlets for over a decade, writing news, reviews, guides and more for online game sites wherever he can find them. Whenever the full ...