Watch a random world record speedrun all day, every day

I got Commander Keen on my first flip Speedrunning is one of my favorite things to watch. Sometimes presented with our without commentary, I just love watching people tackle a game and using strategies from the community while adding their own spins to it. It helps me become a better player and it feels like a shared experience — something I see first-handwhen I attend AGDQevents. A new website has spawned from that passion called speedrunwr....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 163 words · Mrs. Julia Paul

Wattam brings its quirky world to the Steam Store December 18

Just the perfect blendship The “ultimate goof around simulator”,Wattam,is preparing to make its debut on the Steam platform. Annapurna Interactive’s curious tale of fun and freaky friendship has previously been available on PS4 and PC via the Epic Games Store, but will hit Steam on December 18. Wattamallows players to explore a bizarre and colorful universe, with the goal of befriending as many people, creatures, and seemingly inanimate objects as possible....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Christina Adkins

What are your favorite party video games?

–CaptiosusreviewsHalo Infiniteon the Xbox Series X. –BlanchimontreviewsFinal Fantasy XIV: Endwalkeron the PC. –Kerrik52reviewsRise of the Tomb Raideras part of his Traveller in Playtime reviews blogging series. –Virtua Kazamadiscusses the interesting case of Taka-Arashi from theVirtual Fighterseries. –PhilsPhindingsdiscusses the similarities between the soundtrack ofFinal Fantasy VIand baroque music. –Black Red Gamingannounces the release of a newCookie Clickerboard game. (Satire) –Queen of Philosophyopens this week’s TGIF community thread for open discussion....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Kenneth Davis

What the Aliens franchise could learn from Outlast

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [] The whine of a pulse rifle is a quintessential and iconicAlienssound. And over the course ofColonial Marines, it’s one you’ll get utterly sick of. This is partly because, as in all aspects of that excuse for a videogame, the arsenal of weapons available seem to have been programmed by the work experience kid in between smoke breaks. But even if your pulse rifle didn’t fart out a dribble of bullets anemically when you squeezed the trigger — even if it was the finest replication of that iconic movie weapon —Colonial Marineswould still misunderstand what makes the franchise work....

July 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1142 words · Bethany Key

(Update) GONNER2 launches on PC and consoles October 22

I hear you like rogues… [Update:Publisher Raw Fury and developer Art in Heart have officially announced thatGONNER2will launch on PS4, PC (via Steam and GOG), Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on October 22. you may check out a brand new trailer below.] Art in Heart’s beautiful-but-quirky roguelikeGONNER2has received a launch date for its Nintendo Switch release. The surreal adventure will hit the eShop on October 22. GONNER2sees returning hero Ikk on a mission to take out a dark and mysterious presence that has invaded the lair of Death herself....

July 16, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Sarah Hall

AGDQ 2018 draws to a close, raises over $2.2 million for charity

Speedrunners of the world, unite The curtain has dropped on Awesome Games Done Quick 2018 (AGDQ). Once again speedrunners from all over the world descended upon Herndon, Virginia to play hundreds of great (and not so great) video games, in order to raise money for charity. Over the week, donations have poured in from across the globe. Viewers could enter competitions to win exclusive prizes and vote on in-game variables, such as save file names or narrative decisions....

July 16, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Charles Warner

Alaska, vampires, Jurassic Park: Ubisoft polls future Far Cry settings

Copy-paste the formula to a new locale Not that it was in doubt afterFar Cry 4‘s sameness (toFC3), butFar Cryhas been Ubisoft’d, its mechanics ripped and torn from one setting to another in the name of disconnected virtual tourism. Ubisoft polled its fans on the future of the series, as picked up byEurogamer, and the options are just, “Far Cryin…” which I guess is fine, but a little less interesting than, say,Far Cry 2seems to be....

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · 225 words · Alexis Garcia

All 3 Gauntlet car locations in GTA V

The three Gauntlet missions V are part of the Heist package which was one of the new feature thatGTA Vbrought to the franchise. Procuring cars is definitely a big part of the Heist missions and, indeed, finding these three particular vehicles is an essential part of completing the Gold Heist. But since those cars can be pretty easy to miss, we will be providing you with the particular locations of the vehicles in the game, along with details on how to successfully follow the gold requirements....

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Shawn King

Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s Vietnam expansion is free on Xbox Live today

Main game is discounted, too Every Xbox player is a fortunate son today asBattlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnamis free on theLive Marketplace.Bad Company 2is one of the many backward compatible games on Xbox One, so nabbing this will let you experience it on your newer console. In addition to giving away the highly rated expansion, the main game is on sale for $10, so anyone without a copy can get the “complete” experience for a small chunk of change....

July 16, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Brandon Thornton

Bending Battlegrounds codes (April 2024)

Updated Jul 06, 2025 Searched for new codes! In this merciless arena, you must endure to the very end to take the win.Bending Battlegroundsis challenging, but if you know how to mix earth, sand, and lava-bending fighting styles, you will win your first round in no time! But don’t be surprised if it gets tough fast. Since I fell in love with this game in seconds, I looked for someBending Battlegroundscodes for freebies and found them!...

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Joseph Barajas

Co-op RPG Neverwinter announced for PC

Atari and Cryptic Studios have today announced a brand new roleplaying game set in theDungeons and Dragonsworld,Neverwinter. The relatively successful MMO developer has peggedNeverwinteras a “co-op RPG” and it’s due out for PC in Q4 of 2011. Neverwintergives players one of five classicD&Dclasses to choose from. They can them team up with AI or human allies to create a co-op team of five characters. Players will also be able to create their own quests and stories using a new content generation system that has been given the working title of Forge....

July 16, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Samantha Patterson

Cut the Rope: Time Travel takes Om Nom to the past

New puzzle title coming soon ZeptoLab is preparing to release a follow-up title to their hit mobile puzzle game (and now 3DS game),Cut the Rope. This new game,Cut the Rope: Time Travel,has cute little green guy Om Nom traveling to the past to visit his ancestors. He’ll go back to ancient Rome, the Pyramids, and even to prehistoric dinosaur times, giving us more opportunities to, well, cut the rope. I’m sure it’ll be even more of the can’t-put-it-down puzzle action we got from the previous titles....

July 16, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Paige Rojas

Diablo 4 Steam launch will be Steam Deck Verified

Diablo 4Community Director Adam Fletcherrevealed on Twittertoday that the ARPG will be Steam Deck Verified when it launches on Steam.Diablo 4will be heading to Steamwith the upcomingSeason 2, Season of Blood. The second season releases on October 17 on all platforms, and will be the first timeD4is playable on Steam. TheStore Pagefor the game on Steam has already been updated to indicate its verification. We have been hearing some questions regarding Steam Deck verification for#DiabloIV....

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · 232 words · Krystal Vasquez MD