If you like mandatory co-op games, this one's for you: introducing WheelMates, a new two-player co-op action-adventure where each player controls an R/C car in the house of an eccentric scientist, ...

An HR advisor with a background in recruitment and HRIS functions, with a passion for video games and writing. Oliver grew up playing Call of Duty with his siblings and has garnered 1000s of hours ...

Based on our analysis, the best play-to-earn game in 2026 is Axie Infinity. It is a browser-based game where you earn tokens by playing, not by buying expensive hardware. You build a team, improve it ...

Survival games have been around for a while, and for good reason. Games that challenge you to stay alive by gathering resources, battling enemies, and slowly building up your defenses offer a gameplay ...

The New Scientist Book Club moved from the dystopian near-future imagined by Grace Chan in Every Version of You in November to the utopian far-future imagined by Iain M. Banks in The Player of Games ...

Tutorials might well be the bane of the video game industry's existence. Teaching a player how to do something is surprisingly difficult to do. Even if a developer crafts an educational and ...

Kentucky will officially go to work in the transfer portal on Friday. Who will the program target? These are the players to watch. Over 70 names as Will Stein's roster build gets rolling.

Movement is something we might take for granted in games. Characters are expected to move in certain ways, and controls are often similar across games (an A button to jump, clicking in a left stick to ...

Netflix is acquiring Estonian startup Ready Player Me, a company creating "cross-game avatar tech" that allows players to bring their digital personas with them to different games, the company's CEO ...

Whether your squad is playing together from the couch or remotely, these are the best co-op games to try right now. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a ...

Umamusume: Pretty Derby has been crowned Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, marking a huge moment for one of the year’s biggest global breakouts. The horse-girl racing sim took home its TGA win ...

Who hasn’t thought to themselves, I’d really like to play something new again, but unfortunately my wallet looks so empty. These days, a full-price game costs at least $70–sometimes even more. There ...