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“How do I craft a backpack?” is typically the fifth question I ask when starting a new survival game, following “How do I craft an axe?” and “Where can I find water?” and “How do I make a campfire?” and the all-important “What the hell was that noise?”  That’s because when carrying resources and food…

Grab your blueprints, fire up your bulldozer, and start memorizing zoning regulations: it’s a new year, and 2024 is packed to the brim with exciting city builder games. There’s something on the horizon for just about everyone, whether you’re into survival, strategy, or cozy and relaxing building games, or if you want to build on…

Ever been idly clicking through the Steam store and something causes you to immediately hit the brakes and add a game to the top of your wishlist? That happened to me today while looking at upcoming city builders. There’s just something about an isometric city builder with retro pixel art that immediately appeals to me,…

One of the things I really don’t get about Starfield is the whole mech situation. Mechs are everywhere. There’s a bunch of lore about mechs being used in the Colony Wars that took place decades earlier. There are mechs you can look at in factories and junkyards and museums. There was even a shot of…

No longer content to reside on your desktops, consoles, phones, and tablets, videogames are now taking over movie theaters and streaming services. After some strong years on the backs of shows like The Witcher, Arcane, and Castlevania, plus movies like Sonic and Super Mario Bros, Hollywood is finally going all-in on adapting games. Will it…

Before you scroll down in a flurry of mouse-wheeling to see if Cities: Skylines 2 is on this list… it’s not. Believe me, it feels weird to say that considering how excited I was to play it, and I’m still optimistic that patches and improvements will make it the game we all hoped it would…

How do you celebrate the end of another year? By looking back to see how far you’ve come and what you’ve learned? By looking forward at the road ahead and thinking about everything you want to accomplish? By reflecting on the fact it’s all meaningless and we’re really just microbes riding a wet grain of…

You know when you’re playing The Sims and you’re directing your little person to make improvements to their house or cook a meal or try on some new clothes? Then a neighbor abruptly appears at the front door and suddenly your Sim has a tantrum because they’re a little hungry or sleepy? It’s cute stuff.…

Thanks to its delightful sandbox traversal, Tchia became our favourite open world game of the year. For more awards, head to our Game of the Year 2023 hub. Chris Livingston, Senior Editor: I love open world games, but such a familiar formula has been established that so many of them wind up feeling predictable. Collection…

It’s a great feeling when you find a new nightly game—something you want to sit down and play for an hour or two every evening after a long day. A couple weeks ago I found my newest obsession: Balatro, a roguelike deckbuilder that uses poker rules (and then utterly shatters those rules). Since I found…