Baldur's Gate 3 set a new bar for role-playing games this year.

While 2023 was certainly a great year for movies and TV shows as a whole (unless you're the Marvel Cinematic Universe), it was an especially great year for adaptations of…

Since 2019, Andy Sinden has been on a altruistic quest to not only make the perfect light gun for modern TVs, but also revive an otherwise forgotten sub-genre of games.

Alan Wake 2 surprised us in many ways--how much it differed from its predecessor, how much Saga Anderson added to Alan Wake's story, the way Alan Wake 2 continued to…

(spoilers within for Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty; TW: discussion of suicide)Two fugitives are riding a monorail. They've escaped capture. They're home free. Both of them are tired, bloody, bruised, but…

Valve has released its annual "Best Of" list highlighting the top-performing games on Steam measured by gross revenue and player engagement. The categories are top sellers, best-selling new releases, most-played…

This year represented one of the most difficult game of the year discussions we’ve had in some time; 2023 was overflowing with fantastic games. But our opinions are not the…

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom builds upon the mighty foundations of the first game and evolves the open world experience.

F-Zero 99 boosted right by the competition this year to take home the honor of Best Racing Game at the Shacknews Awards 2023.

We've already published our staff-wide list of the best games of 2023, but every editor had a few games they wish could have received some praise. This is where we…