Latest articles by Heather Wald
This Cyber Monday deal takes Breaker special edition Xbox controllers down to a record low price, and I honestly can't decide which color to get
Deals Save $30 on special edition Xbox controllers this Cyber Monday, with record-low prices on Breaker gamepads.
Best Black Friday board game deals 2025, from new favorites to beloved classics
Deals Black Friday board game deals are bringing some fantastic discounts this year, here are all my top picks.
Black Friday iPad deals 2025: the best sales available now
Deals Black Friday iPad deals will return in November, and 2025's offerings already look exciting.
The best visual novels that'll capture your imagination
Best List Looking to get lost in a good text-based adventure? Our list of the best visual novels is here to help
The best Sims 4 expansion packs to buy right now
Best List To celebrate the release of the Adventure Awaits pack, here are the best Sims 4 expansion packs to play right now
The best games like Skyrim that'll satisfy your need for adventure
Best List Here are the best games like Skyrim to play right now while we wait for The Elder Scrolls 6
The 15 best farming games to help you reap what you sow
Best List From Stardew Valley to Fields of Mistria, here are the best farming games to play right now
The 25 best N64 games of all time
Best List Looking back on the best N64 games that defined the classic console, from Paper Mario to Banjo Kazooie
25 Best Xbox 360 games of all time
Best List Counting down the best Xbox 360 games of all time, from Black Flag to Dishonored
10 games like Stardew Valley that'll keep you working on the farm until the cows come home
Feature There are plenty of games like Stardew Valley if you're craving an immersive farming sim-meets-RPG experience
The 10 best Kirby games to adventure through
Best List With over 30 years of adventures, here's the 10 best Kirby games to play right now
The best Battle Royale games to play right now
Best list From Warzone to Apex Legends, these are the 10 best battle royale games that you can (and should) play today on PC, PS5, Xbox, and more
After 11 years and roughly 1500 hours, Dragon Age Inquisition is still the one BioWare RPG I replay the most
Opinion Opinion | I adore every Dragon Age game, but 11 years on, I started thinking about why it is that Inquisition is the one I come back to the most
The 25 best FPS games to play in 2025
Best list Shoot sharp in the best FPS games of all time, from Half-Life to Halo 2
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
10 Games like Call of Duty that you should play now
Best List Looking for a new FPS? Then you'll want to check out our list of the best Call of Duty alternatives
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – Everything you need to know about the new shooter
Guide Black Ops 7 is finally here and returns us to BO2's dark, tech-dominated future
Winter Burrow is like a very cozy, laid back Don't Starve with a bittersweet edge that tugs at the heartstrings
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Winter Burrow had me knitting clothes, baking pies, and contending with the cold
The 10 best Resident Evil games of all time
Best List Discover the best Resident Evil games of all time, plucked from the survival horror series' 30-year legacy
The best Zelda games of all time
Best List From Majora's Mask to Tears of the Kingdom, here are the 10 best Zelda games to play right now
The best JRPGs to play right now
Best List From Metaphor: ReFantazio to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play today
The 25 best PS2 games of all time
Best List Looking back at the best PS2 games that defined Sony's second gen console
Stop everything, this vampire decorating sim screams dark romantasy and I can't wait to get my hands on it in 2026
Opinion Opinion | I'm locked into my romantasy era, and My Eerie Lair is firmly on my wishlist
The Outer Worlds 2 is an RPG that's as much about what you can't do as what you can: "Everybody is going to have a different experience, and they may not see everything, and that's okay"
Interview On the Radar | "We want the player to understand the breadth of what the game is, but also their place in that and where they could be going"
I love that the Flaw system calls me out on my RPG behavior in The Outer Worlds 2's and then asks me to double-down on it: "Because flaws are optional, we knew we could actually push them a little bit harder"
Interview On the Radar | "We're always trying to look at and observe the player doing something"
