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Most gamers may not view Apple as a games company to the same degree that they see Sony with PlayStation or Microsoft with Xbox, but the iPhone-maker continues to uniformly…

Card ThiefArnold Rauers This is not a game where you actually steal cards. It’s actually something much more interesting: A strategy-stealth title where you must take as much treasure as…

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Running out of things to do with your kids? Terrified of what the fall will look like? We hear you. Here are 35 toys, accessories, and learning kits on sale…

Last night, the Trump administration issued a pair of stunning executive orders against Chinese technology companies, banning US transactions with the companies after a deadline of September 20th. Most of…

Media playback is not supported on this device 'It shows the country learns absolutely nothing' - Rodchenkov speak to BBC sports editor Dan RoanNo Russian athletes should be allowed to…

(CNN)Months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down American sports, the games are returning. For now, at least.Baseball and women's basketball have begun, hockey and basketball will return this week and…

Did Microsoft convince you that you wouldn’t need to next-gen hardware to play Xbox Series X games? Think again: fully half of the next-gen games that Microsoft showcased at its…

Tech 911Tech 911Do you have a tech question keeping you up at night? We'd love to answer it! Email david.murphy@lifehacker.com with "Tech 911" in the subject line.I enjoy playing PC…

Following the release of the first two Paper Mario games in the early 2000s, a single question has haunted each subsequent release: “Does it play like the first two?” The…

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It's a good time to buy a Nintendo Switch There's honestly never been a better time to get stuck into Nintendo Switch games.First off, there's a choice between the original…

"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" is a fantastic escape from the real world if you play the game completely "wrong." Image: alexis nedd All products featured here…

Media playback is not supported on this device Powerful people do not like to be criticised - MourinhoIncorrect penalty decisions were made by the video assistant referee in all three…

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Illustration: Jim CookeIt’s going to be an endless summer, and not in a cool “surfer-movie-from-the-1960s” way. You and your kiddies are looking at two more months of very little social…

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Image: Mashable composite; Nintendo, CD Projekt Red, Naughty Dog, Rockstar, Eidos, Bungie, EA Mobile By Adam Rosenberg2020-07-03 21:00:00 UTC Video game fans frequently try to crown one favorite or another…

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Runescape was my first online gaming experience. Like many firsts, it shaped who I am today Image: Bob Al-greene / mashable By Alexis Nedd2020-06-22 13:08:52 UTC I wasn’t allowed to…

No camp? No problem. From super-sized Jenga-style blocks to pool games, here are our favorite outdoor games to keep kids entertained and engaged all summer long. All products featured here…

We’re a few months away from the launch of Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X. As is the case with any new console generation, there’s a lot of excitement…

Crash 4 picks up some time after the events of Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Decades after Neo Cortex, Dr. N. Tropy and Uka Uka were stranded on a distant planet, the…

New York (CNN Business)Nostalgic video games like Neopets and brands like Atari are still pumping out new content after decades, spawning a TV show, new games and even hotels.Keeping old…

Sony finally revealed its PlayStation 5 console hardware this week, and while the console design will undoubtedly be labeled divisive, the real surprise was Sony’s plans for two PS5 models.…

Approximately 40,000 years ago, back in March when time still had meaning, Lego and Nintendo made nerds weep with joy when the companies announced their first collaboration: a high-tech Super Mario…

This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us and some details about its DLC, Left Behind. Though my parents initially forbade me from playing video games as a little…

From a programming perspective, binary is embedded into the way developers make video games. But beyond the 1s and 0s of coding itself, for a long time another kind of…

It’s still rare for the Switch to get blockbuster games that weren’t made by Nintendo, but there has been a trend in recent months to port older games from the…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Colin Kaepernick (centre) and two other players kneel during the national anthem in 2016 The National Football League has said players should be allowed…

Photo: ShutterstockThese days, there is much more to social gaming than just inviting your buddies over to play Mortal Kombat. It’s easier than ever to share every game you play…

It's possible Mario's Game Gallery, originally released for Windows in 1995 with seemingly little involvement from Nintendo, was the first video game I ever played. It was pretty mediocre. You…

Image: ShutterstockSince California’s stay-at-home orders began in March a group of friends and I have had a standing Saturday night virtual game night. I think the first week we played…

It took the cancellation of games to shock most of us into realizing that the world as we knew it was gone, seemingly overnight. On March 11, the NBA abruptly…

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Every character has a primary attack and four abilities tied to Q, E, left Shift and your mouse’s right-click button. (You can remap the control scheme in the game’s settings,…

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Image: Jason Kempin / Staff (Getty)Have you ever wondered who would make a better plate of nachos: Bill Murray or Guy Fieri? Well, tonight you can find out when the…

Illustration: Kotaku (Photo: Evan Amos)If you played games in the early 2000s, you probably did so on a Game Boy Advance. First introduced in 2001 as a purple, vaguely hexagonal…

Premier League leaders Liverpool have nine games remaining, four of which are currently scheduled to be played at AnfieldPremier League clubs have been told they could have to repay an…

Games like Battleship and Yahtzee translate well to a FaceTime or Zoom playdate. Image: Vicky leta / mashable By Alex Hazlett2020-04-30 17:21:14 UTC It’s tricky to have a playdate when…

Andy Murray lifted the 2015 Madrid Open title by beating Rafael Nadal in the final - can the Scot beat him on the PlayStation?When Rafael Nadal claimed during an Instagram…

For years, the words “ Facebook” and “gaming” were more likely to evoke memories of an aunt’s dusty Words With Friends invitation than anything else. And for years, Facebook has…

If you weren’t playing games when Half-Life came out, it’s hard to drive home just how shocking a departure it was from what had come before. Though some familiar mechanics…

Admittedly, releases have slowed a little in 2020, so we haven’t made a lot of changes this time around. We did, however, cover a puzzle game blindspot.Assemble With CareApple Arcade…

Either way, we'll be regularly revising this list to tell you the ten games we'd recommend to someone looking to see what PlayStation 4 is all about.For this edition, we’ve…

Esports audiences are growing since the coronavirus pandemic halted conventional sportsHe has beaten Lando Norris, Nico Hulkenberg, Stoffel Vandoorne and Nicholas Latifi. But it took place on a virtual track.…

The summer Olympics were scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan beginning July 24th. On March 24, the International Olympic Committee announced the Tokyo Games would be postponed until July…

Welcome to Cozy Week, where we'll curl up by the glow of our screens to celebrate all that's soft in entertainment. Pour yourself a cup of hot cocoa and sit…

“Games aren’t just a product anymore…they’re now communities.” Victoria Tran does community management for Kitfox Games, which has previously published games like Dwarf Fortress and is currently developing a handful…

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We’ve been diligently following the development of virtual worlds, also known as the “metaverse,” on TechCrunch. Hanging out within the virtual worlds of games has become more popular in recent…

Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo)Some folks have been gaming for almost their entire lives. But others are new to it, and maybe would’ve never considered a console before social distancing and…

Why gaming’s virtual worlds are the next stage of social media Following web forums, web platforms and mobile apps, we are entering a new stage of social media — the…

Ashley Kang was getting ready for another day covering the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) in late February. She had devoted her career to bringing content from Korean players…

Commuting to work is an unfortunate, unavoidable reality of modern life, but mobile games make it a lot less miserable. Several popular titles such as Fortnite and PUBG have made…

Fans of games like Dungeons & Dragons know that the fun comes, in part, from a creative Dungeon Master—an all-powerful narrator who follows a storyline but has free rein to…

Today, Microsoft revealed some tantalizing specs for its upcoming Xbox Series X console, which arrives later this year. Speed is the biggest theme of today’s announcement, as Microsoft leans hard…

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Ever since the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy, US athletes on the podium have worn Nike. Nike apparel. Nike footwear. Not just on the podium, either; Team USA…

A burning meteor is headed for the wide, weird world of online Flash games. Adobe will discontinue support for Flash at the end of 2020, rendering the delightful—and sometimes disturbing—’90s-…

In the first episode of the Netflix adaptation of Vikram Chandra’s best-selling novel, Sacred Games, the criminal kingpin Ganesh Gaitonde makes a phone call to a detective, Sartaj Singh.“I want…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Richard went into space in 2008, paying $30m for the privilege The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the…

Photo: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo)When the Nintendo Switch arrived, I decided it was the first console on which I’d buy all my games digitally to improve its portability. Not having to…

We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more. Netflix for games We're a bunch of nerds and avid video game lovers. When it comes to game…

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Android Central The PlayStation 4 generation was an interesting one for Sony Worldwide Studios. It saw internal teams double down on blockbuster, cinematic games while…

Who knew one of my most beloved video game characters of the decade would end up being **checks notes** a golden poo? But that's Wattam in a nutshell: a golden…

Outer WildsDevindra HardawarSenior EditorYou wake up by a campfire, staring at a night sky teeming with celestial activity. A green moon (or is it a planet?) is in the distance,…

There were a lot of great games this year. Pokémon Sword and Shield, Death Stranding, Control, Untitled Goose Game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and Baba is You all hit in…

Video games can become a point of contention at family gatherings like Christmas.  But instead of grandpa yelling at the kids for not looking up from their Gameboys, there are…

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Your smartphone is a pretty decent gaming machine, which you might forget about when streaming videos, sending emails, or taking photos. In the last two years alone, 20 amazing games…

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For decades, Martin Amis’s Invasion of the Space Invaders: An Addict’s Guide to Battle Tactics, Big Scores and the Best Machines – part anthropological survey of New York’s arcade scene…

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On College FootballImageWith a victory over Navy and another in their bowl game, Kenneth Brinson and his teammates can set an Army record with 11 wins.CreditCreditDustin Satloff/Getty ImagesWEST POINT, N.Y.…

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The new deal will see Sky broadcast every play-off game live as well as the Carabao Cup and Checkatrade Trophy finalsThe Football League has agreed a record £595m five-year TV…

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Premature Evaluation is the weekly column in which Steve Hogarty explores the wilds of early access. This week it’s extremely not buggy pirate ’em up Atlas Developer: Grapeshot Games, Instinct…

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Brawl Stars is nearing its global launch For the last 18 months, Finnish game developer Supercell has been testing its next big thing.…

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