The fungal zombie apocalypse game is relentlessly grim and wrenching — but there are a few bright moments. One of them is Dina, the love interest, and one of video gaming's rare Jewish characters.
The classic role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons has announced changes aimed at correcting racist in-game descriptions — including altering how some mythical races are deemed monstrous and evil.
The hotly-anticipated, pandemic-delayed sequel to 2013's fungal apocalypse game The Last of Us packs all the visual and emotional wallop of the first — and more.
The Streets of Rage video game franchise was known for its cutting edge, club-inspired soundtrack. Composer Olivier Deriviere set out to recapture that magic in Streets of Rage 4.
If you've got a dusty game console sitting around, why not boot it up again? You may find those old save files are more than just half-finished games — they're windows to your past.
Our video gaming columnist says she was a reluctant student as a child — but video games, even non-educational ones like the Assassin's Creed series, helped her get interested in learning.
A non-gamer discovers peace in the pixelated world of Minecraft, where the horizon stretches on forever, and while there may be zombies, spiders and skeletons — there are also ways to fight them.
In Hideo Kojima's famously strange new game, you're often alone, trekking across deserted post-apocalyptic America. But you're also not alone, as you find clues and connections left by other players.
Riot Games is known as the League of Legends studio — apart from some spinoffs, they've never done anything else. But now they're trying something new, a first-person shooter called Valorant.
This was a big spring for mainstream game studios — but summer was looking dry even before the pandemic upended everything. So it's a great time to check out some independent games.
It seems like everyone's obsessed with Nintendo's hit Animal Crossing right now. But writer Hannah Epstein is thinking about a game she loved as a kid — the text-only virtual world of MOOSE Crossing.
A five-year-old video game about coming together to battle a nightmarish plague of werewolves proves a surprising consolation during a real-world pandemic.
After thirteen years, a new Half-Life video game is finally here. Aside from being the latest entry into an anticipated franchise — it's also one of the biggest virtual reality games yet.
Capcom's remake of its classic 1999 survival horror game is gorgeous — taking full advantage of new technologies not available then. But it suffers from more muted scares and a lack of replayability.
Students at the Bronx High School of Science haven't set foot on their campus in weeks. But now they can visit any time they'd like — in the virtual building game Minecraft.
If your regular game night's been disrupted by social distancing, here are a few ways that you can take tabletop games online — so you can stay safe and still trash talk your friends when you win.
