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Do it for Shacknews Award 2023 – Nightdive Studios

Find out how Stephen Kick, Larry Kuperman, and the rest of the Nightdive Studios team did it for Shacknews in 2023.

Best Of 2023: Hi-Fi Rush’s Roquefort Fight Proves That Boss Battles Can Still Be Exciting

Following the lukewarm reception to its latest horror game Ghostwire: Tokyo, few might have expected the next game from the Shinji Mikami led-Tango Gameworks to be a brightly colored, rhythm-based…

Best Of 2023: Dredge And Its Mysterious Archipelago Are Peak Lovecraftian Horror

A mysterious fog-covered town, a tropical paradise covering up something deadline in the great below, and vast ocean canyons that sailors rarely make it out from. Every section of Dredge's…

Shacknews Best Developer of 2023 – Nintendo

No other developer this year came close to delivering such a large quantity of high quality titles across a broad range of genres.

Shacknews Best Publisher of 2023 – Larian Studios

Larian Studio's work self-publishing Baldur's Gate 3 is one of this year's greatest achievements.

The Hardest In-Game Decision Of 2023

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is an excellent game, but it also has one of the most difficult in-game decisions of all-time. Here's how CD PROJEKT RED pulled it off.

Firearms Expert’s MOST CURSED Weapons Of 2023

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down some of the most cursed weapons of 2022, including the Budget Arms from…

Best Of 2023: Remnant 2’s Final Boss Is Brutal And Mind-Altering In The Best Way

Remnant 2 has a fair few bosses. There's a corrupted alien wolf that's got altogether too many eyes and really wants you to kill off a magical deer. There's also…

Celebrating the wild, weird and wonderful. What were your favorite gaming moments of 2023? #PS5

Best Of 2023: Super Mario RPG’s Level-Up Screen Proves ArtePiazza Understood The Assignment

Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars is one of my favorite games of all time. I've played it once a year for over a decade, and as such…