Best Buy's full Black Friday sale is now live - these are the 26 gaming deals I'd grab this week
Deals Best Buy's Black Friday deals are now live - and I've trawled through the entire sale to find the biggest sales available.
-
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi says award nominations prove remake trilogy concept
-
-
Zelda voice actor Patricia Summersett on if the Princess deserves her own Breath of the Wild style game
-
Briana White's reaction to winning a Golden Joystick Award is so wholesome
-
Helldivers 2 dev says the games industry is in a dire state
-
Black Myth: Wukong wins Ultimate Game of the Year
-
Neil Newbon draws Astarion
-
Fallout Prime show wins best game adaptation
-
Forget Bloodborne, remake Nightmare Creatures instead
-
Astro Bot developer Team ASOBI is crowned Studio of the Year
-
Is This The Greatest Speedrunning Achievement Of All Time?
-
Talking with Ben Starr: host of the 2024 Golden Joystick Awards
With the 42nd annual Golden Joystick Awards just around the corner, we sat down with host Ben Starr, and chatted games, acting and everything in between. Video by Hal Dimond
-
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Review | The best but most broken game of 2024
-
After failing his deathless GTA 5 run 8 times, Crayator spends 45 hours beating Rockstar's Western with no deaths on the third try
-
"Being one of the only girls in a 99% male field, I'm constantly degraded"
-
Shadow Generations takes Sonic’s level design to new heights!
-
The Rise of the Golden Idol reviewed in 60 seconds
-
Lego Horizon Adventures review | This unlikely build fits together perfectly
Studio Gobo, Guerrilla Games, and even Lego's very own Master Builders have brilliantly rebuilt this PlayStation icon! Lego Horizon Adventures is beautiful, blocky, and clearly built with love! Reviewed by Justin Towell Video by Hal Dimond
-
The first new Super Smash Bros Melee Major winner in almost 20 years almost refunded his flight when he saw his "scary" bracket
News Never doubt yourself
Skyrim player goes on intricate murder spree by stealth-killing every bandit in the land, before turning on the Emperor for their 1000th kill
News Oh boy! Here I go killing again
Avowed's party camp feature captures what I love most about RPGs like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Baldur's Gate 3
Preview Preview | "As a player, I love the companion moments", agrees Avowed's game director, Carrie Patel
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director thinks an MMO team-up with Final Fantasy 14 would be a "great idea": "There's definitely a lot of things that could possibly come up along those lines"
News Hamaguchi and Yoshida "often get together" to discuss "the future of Final Fantasy"
Avowed lead isn't worried about launching between Assassin's Creed Shadows and Monster Hunter Wilds because you're never "going to find a window where absolutely nothing is coming out"
News Obsidian is "very confident that Avowed is going to stand on its own"
Borderlands 3 creative director says he left Gearbox partly because creativity can get stifled on 400-person teams: "There'd be great design ideas that would never bubble up to the top"
News "When you get into that mindset, you're not in the creator mindset"
Avowed might look like Skyrim, but its director says Obisidian's new fantasy RPG is actually much closer to The Outer Worlds than anything from Bethesda
News And there's a healthy dose of Pillars of Eternity too, of course
Borderlands 3 creative director says "co-op has been radically underserved for years" and that's why Helldivers 2 was such a breakout success
News Arrowhead's success "shows people are hungry for this co-op experience"
"It was like f***ing Da Vinci": Almost every companion in one of the most iconic D&D RPGs ever made was crafted in "a day or less" by a guy who'd never made a 3D model before
News "The guy turned out to be one of the best 3D modelers I've ever seen"
The first new Super Smash Bros Melee Major winner in almost 20 years almost refunded his flight when he saw his "scary" bracket
News Never doubt yourself
Skyrim player goes on intricate murder spree by stealth-killing every bandit in the land, before turning on the Emperor for their 1000th kill
News Oh boy! Here I go killing again
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director thinks an MMO team-up with Final Fantasy 14 would be a "great idea": "There's definitely a lot of things that could possibly come up along those lines"
News Hamaguchi and Yoshida "often get together" to discuss "the future of Final Fantasy"
Avowed lead isn't worried about launching between Assassin's Creed Shadows and Monster Hunter Wilds because you're never "going to find a window where absolutely nothing is coming out"
News Obsidian is "very confident that Avowed is going to stand on its own"
Borderlands 3 creative director says he left Gearbox partly because creativity can get stifled on 400-person teams: "There'd be great design ideas that would never bubble up to the top"
News "When you get into that mindset, you're not in the creator mindset"
Avowed might look like Skyrim, but its director says Obisidian's new fantasy RPG is actually much closer to The Outer Worlds than anything from Bethesda
News And there's a healthy dose of Pillars of Eternity too, of course
Borderlands 3 creative director says "co-op has been radically underserved for years" and that's why Helldivers 2 was such a breakout success
News Arrowhead's success "shows people are hungry for this co-op experience"
"It was like f***ing Da Vinci": Almost every companion in one of the most iconic D&D RPGs ever made was crafted in "a day or less" by a guy who'd never made a 3D model before
News "The guy turned out to be one of the best 3D modelers I've ever seen"
One of our most-anticipated JRPGs for 2025 was being made "just for fun in the beginning" and "everybody was working for free"
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has scrappy origins
Dragon Age creator admits "honouring previous game choices" is "a sucker's game" because "you will never be able to deliver divergent plot"
news "It's a question of resources, and there's never enough to go around"
Towers of Aghasba review: "Exploration is a joy thanks to gorgeous visuals and a varied landscape"
Not yet ratedReview
Sorry We're Closed review: "Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill can't match this neon-soaked survival horror for its sheer inventiveness"
Review
Codenames review: "The ultimate pick-up-and-play party game"
Review I spy with my little eye, one of the best party games of all time
The Rise of the Golden Idol review: "Finding new ways to stretch your little gray cells"
Review
Great God Grove review: Sucking up (and blasting out) speech bubbles is a wildly creative twist for this story-first adventure
Review
Avowed's party camp feature captures what I love most about RPGs like Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Baldur's Gate 3
Preview Preview | "As a player, I love the companion moments", agrees Avowed's game director, Carrie Patel
Ark 2: Everything we know so far
Feature It's almost 2025, and we're still waiting for Ark 2 news
The 10 best Halo games of all time
Best list From old-school classics to newer entries, the best Halo games show off some of Bungie's most exciting sci-fic shooter experiences
Stalker 2 is secretly a spiritual successor to Fallout: New Vegas, and after 45 hours in The Zone I'm ready to die on this irradiated hill
Opinion Opinion | What do Skif and Courier Six have in common? Quite a lot, actually
Avowed: Everything we know so far
Feature With the Avowed release date now set for 2025, there's plenty of new gameplay details to get caught up on
The 25 best games to replay for maximum value and reward
Best List The best games to replay will keep you busy for years to come and help you get the most bang for your buck
3 hours in, here's the 10 things I love most about Avowed so far
Feature Feature | Setting out to adventure in The Living Lands, Avowed has impressed me with its incredible sense of space and tactile action that allows for plenty of experimentation
The 25 best heroes in games of all time
Best List Of all the video game heroes we've come to know and love, here are the top 25 most memorable
This ultra-chill food truck simulator gave me whiplash after playing nothing but Stalker 2 for a week
Feature Indie Spotlight | Fruitbus is a cutesy culinary treat with a tenuous grasp on finance
The best Game Boy Color games of all time
Best List The 10 best Game Boy Color games ever made if you want to relive the glory days, from Pokemon to Donkey Kong
Arcane season 2 showrunner says the $250 million budget was "risky," but "it's just nice to see that we didn't waste people's money"
News You can see the benefit of every dollar
Andor season 2 received no notes from Disney as showrunner reveals how the "critical appreciation" of season 1 helped allow for an unusual amount of creative freedom
News The show could get even more radical
Arcane season 2 showrunner says its animators were "always hunting" for chances to switch up the League of Legends show's animation style
News Let their creativity shine I say
Will there be an Arcane season 3? Here's what the creators have said about what's coming next
Guide A look ahead to League of Legends' on-screen future
Arcane season 2 showrunner admits he's "somewhat anxious" about the finale because there aren't many TV shows "that had an ending that everyone is satisfied with"
News Exclusive: Christian Linke talks the Arcane series finale
Netflix subpoenas Discord to find the Arcane and Squid Game leaker who claimed responsibility for "the worst leak in streaming history"
"I know what I'm doing. I have a plan."
Arcane season 2 showrunner says the $250 million budget was "risky," but "it's just nice to see that we didn't waste people's money"
News You can see the benefit of every dollar
Andor season 2 received no notes from Disney as showrunner reveals how the "critical appreciation" of season 1 helped allow for an unusual amount of creative freedom
News The show could get even more radical
Arcane season 2 showrunner says its animators were "always hunting" for chances to switch up the League of Legends show's animation style
News Let their creativity shine I say
Will there be an Arcane season 3? Here's what the creators have said about what's coming next
Guide A look ahead to League of Legends' on-screen future
Arcane season 2 showrunner admits he's "somewhat anxious" about the finale because there aren't many TV shows "that had an ending that everyone is satisfied with"
News Exclusive: Christian Linke talks the Arcane series finale
Netflix subpoenas Discord to find the Arcane and Squid Game leaker who claimed responsibility for "the worst leak in streaming history"
"I know what I'm doing. I have a plan."
Cobra Kai season 6, part 2 review: "Returns to the sort of hard-hitting form that made it such a fan favorite in the first place"
Review
Dune: Prophecy review: "HBO's prequel occasionally stands up to Denis Villeneuve's movies – but largely falls short"
Review
Gladiator 2 review: "A rousing spectacle with Ridley Scott and Denzel Washington on top form"
Review
Paddington in Peru review: "Endlessly easy to love with a pitch-perfect Olivia Colman"
Review
Silo season 2 review: "A commanding performance from Rebecca Ferguson makes it a dystopian future worth staying in"
Review
Here are Netflix's Top 10 TV shows right now – and the highlights you need to stream
Guide These are the best TV shows to watch on Netflix's Top 10 right now
A thriller that's essentially Mean Girls in the Vatican has become a cult hit online – and for good reason
Big Screen Spotlight Big Screen Spotlight | Conclave is not what you think it is but don't let that put you off, it's actually its greatest strength
Wicked ending explained: Easter eggs, cameos, differences to the Broadway musical, and more
Guide Your biggest questions answered
Tron: Ares release date, trailer, cast, plot, and more news
Guide Tron 3 is coming out in 2025! Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming Disney movie
Arcane season 2 will mark the end of Jinx and Vi's tale, but I think our next big villain has been hiding in plain sight since season 1
Opinion Opinion | Pack your bags, we're going to Noxus
