It’s October 16, which means Xbox Live Gold subscribers can now download new free games across Xbox One and Xbox 360. This month, the game is the same across both platforms: Telltale’s The Walking Dead. This is the complete, five-episode season, not just the first episode; the package normally sells for $25. In addition, Ubisoft’s […]

Update 2.2.0 for Nintendo’s popular Wii U shooter, Splatoon, will rebalance many of the game’s weapons, as well as tweak rankings, rulesets, stages and more. It is scheduled to deploy on October 20. A complete list of changes, as written by Nintendo, can be found below. Weapons Adjustments: Adjustments will be made to Main Weapons, […]

Blizzard has detailed upcoming matchmaking changes for its free-to-play MOBA Heroes of the Storm. According to a post on the game’s forum, many of these changes are being implemented in response to feedback from players. Blizzard community manager Trikslyr laid out the changes, which include “a couple of bug fixes to help the matchmaker identify […]

Just days after the game went gold, copies of Halo 5: Guardians are now showing up in the wild. The images below come from Imgur and give us a good look at the game’s box art. What’s more, the fine print reveals that you’ll need “up to 60 GB” of hard drive space to install […]

Hatred, the controversial massacre simulator that was pulled from Steam Greenlight late on Monday, has been reinstated a little more than a day later, following an intervention by Valve managing director Gabe Newell. In an email sent from Newell to the game’s Poland-based developer, Destructive Creations, Newell explains that Valve internally reviewed its decision to […]

What a year it’s been for the Wii U! After struggling for a long time, Nintendo’s latest console finally got the shot in the arm it desperately needed: great games. A good number of these remarkable experiences came from Nintendo, including Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, which marked its series’ triumphant return, but we […]

Danny and Chris are joined by Alexa and Peter as they duke it out for what games were the weirdest, most surprising, and most disappointing in 2014.

Turtle Rock Studio’s Mike Boccieri chats with Chris Watters about the Evolve Alpha, character progression, and more in this preview of Evolve on the Xbox one.

The PS4 is getting Spelunky, Nidhogg, and a lot more indie gaming fun soon.

GameSpot’s early access reviews evaluate unfinished games that are nonetheless available for purchase by the public. While the games in question are not considered finished by their creators, you may still devote money, time, and bandwidth for the privilege of playing them before they are complete. The review below critiques a work in progress, and […]