How to use your Oculus Quest 2 to play any PC VR game wirelessly

Play the most visually demanding games while being untethered

By Cameron Faulkner

Among Us was 2020’s most downloaded mobile game

InnerSloth’s breakout hit continues to soar

By Megan Farokhmanesh

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By Jay Peters January 8

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OnePlus is offering a free pair of Bud Z wireless earbuds when you preorder the Nord N10 5G

By Taylor Lyles January 8

League of Legends: Wild Rift’s open beta comes to North America in March

By Andrew Webster January 8

No headline can possibly do this photo justice

By Jon Porter January 8

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Monster Hunter Rise looks like a strong Switch successor to World

By Sam Byford

The series returns to portable hardware

Play this long-lost Tomb Raider remake

By Ian Carlos Campbell January 7

Duracell isn’t secretly paying Microsoft to put AA batteries in Xbox controllers

By Taylor Lyles January 7

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A Trump tax means you’ll pay even more for Nvidia and AMD’s impossible-to-find graphics cards

There is once again a 25 percent tariff for GPUs coming from China

By Sean Hollister January 7

Lenovo chases dream of making a PC Nintendo Switch with the LaVie Mini concept

By Mitchell Clark January 7

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Acer’s latest gaming monitors include its first with HDMI 2.1

By Cameron Faulkner January 7

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Here’s what Hitman 3 will look like in virtual reality

By Cameron Faulkner January 7

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Steam is getting expanded Xbox controller support

By Jon Porter January 7

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Get two years of PlayStation Plus for only $58 today

By Taylor Lyles January 6

Nintendo once laughed Xbox execs out of the room over a Microsoft acquisition offer

By Megan Farokhmanesh January 6

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Netflix on the Wii U and 3DS will shut down on June 30th

By Jay Peters January 6

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More than half of Americans turned to video games during lockdown

By Megan Farokhmanesh January 6

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Microsoft commits to fix Xbox Series X controller disconnects in a future update

By Sean Hollister January 5

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Microsoft’s ambitious Minecraft Earth game is closing down on June 30th

By Tom Warren

The pandemic has hit the game hard

Hades, one of 2020’s best Switch games, is $20 at Best Buy

By Taylor Lyles January 5

Nintendo to acquire Luigi’s Mansion developer Next Level Games

The Canadian studio is already a close partner

By Sam Byford January 5

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Start the first week of 2021 with the Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon

By Nick Statt January 4

Fortnite developer Epic Games just bought a North Carolina mall for its new headquarters

By Kim Lyons January 4

Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild basically uses fancy Miis as NPCs

If you think this means Miis can be modded in as characters in the game, you’re right

By Mitchell Clark January 4

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Game-beating Nier: Automata cheat code discovered after nearly four years

By Nick Statt January 4

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The Persona soundtracks are coming to Spotify tomorrow at midnight

By Bijan Stephen January 4

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The PS5 and Xbox Series X are so big that Ikea has mock consoles in store to help you buy a media cabinet

By Jay Peters January 4

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Here’s where you can buy a Nintendo Switch

By Taylor Lyles January 4

Cyberpunk 2077 website promised free DLC in early 2021 — but don’t bet on ‘soon’

By Sean Hollister January 1

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17 great games on Google Play Pass for your new 2020 Android phone

By Jay Peters December 31, 2020

8 great Apple Arcade games for your new 2020 iPhone or iPad

By Andrew Webster December 31, 2020

Metro: Last Light Redux is free on GOG

By Mitchell Clark

Probably one of the most nerve-wracking games I’ve played, now for free

Maneater and the latest Tomb Raider are among the latest free games for PS Plus subscribers

By Cameron Faulkner December 30, 2020

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10 great games to play on your new 2020 VR headset

By Taylor Lyles December 30, 2020

A modder has made a Nintendo 64 that’s smaller than the original’s controller

By Mitchell Clark December 29, 2020

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You can escape this room, but you’ll never escape Google Docs

By Ian Carlos Campbell December 29, 2020

Investor sues CD Projekt over bungled Cyberpunk 2077 launch

By Ashley Carman December 26, 2020

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10 great games from 2020 for your new Nintendo Switch

Chess, coffee, and cute critters

By Andrew Webster December 26, 2020

10 great games from 2020 for your new gaming PC

By Cameron Faulkner December 26, 2020

10 great games from 2020 for your new Xbox

By Cameron Faulkner December 25, 2020