Games Features
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As time runs out on 2025, what "must-play" games have you missed? By William Hughes October 24, 2025 | 8:00am
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We have no objections to Ace Attorney's action-packed music By Marc Normandin October 22, 2025 | 2:15pm
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Reunion is a great post-car-crash game By Wallace Truesdale October 21, 2025 | 5:30pm
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The strength of Super Metroid's soundtrack is in its silences By Maddy Myers October 21, 2025 | 4:27pm
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Have we smashed into the ceiling of which games you can turn into a "roguelike"? By William Hughes October 17, 2025 | 10:00am
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Nintendo's Mario Galaxy remasters are a return to the tyranny of motion controls By William Hughes October 10, 2025 | 11:00am
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Hades II is a reminder that sometimes repetition is just more of what's great By William Hughes October 3, 2025 | 10:00am
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Baby Steps is way more fun than an endless war with your own feet should be By William Hughes September 26, 2025 | 7:00am
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Recent Star Trek: Lower Decks Hugo winner Warp Your Own Way is fun, but is it a game? By William Hughes September 19, 2025 | 9:00am
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Just like Star Wars fans, pinball can't let the past die By William Hughes September 15, 2025 | 2:00pm
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Hollow Knight: Silksong wants to squash you like a bug By William Hughes September 12, 2025 | 9:00am
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Is "climbing" video gaming's best verb? By William Hughes September 5, 2025 | 8:00am
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It's 2025, and your RPGs need to go faster By William Hughes August 29, 2025 | 12:00pm
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The Rogue Prince Of Persia slams into the limits of a good first impression By William Hughes August 22, 2025 | 10:00am
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2005 kicked off the long, strange, and now-lost decade of the plastic instrument By William Hughes August 15, 2025 | 11:00am
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In 2005, games started rewiring our brains By William Hughes August 11, 2025 | 7:00am
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An ode to "Oh, Banana," the best video game noise of 2025 By William Hughes August 8, 2025 | 7:00am
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Ragebound performs a vital bullshit-ectomy on the Ninja Gaiden series By William Hughes August 1, 2025 | 12:00pm
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2025 is still somehow The Year Of Balatro By William Hughes July 25, 2025 | 9:00am
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Hey, should Donkey Kong be eating all these giant metal bananas? By William Hughes July 18, 2025 | 7:00am
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Type Help is a perfect example of why mystery games are so damn good right now By William Hughes July 11, 2025 | 7:00am
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When did video games become too lazy to actually teach you how to play them? By William Hughes July 4, 2025 | 12:00pm
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The best games of 2025 (so far) By A.V. Club Staff June 27, 2025 | 12:00pm
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Death Stranding 2 is the latest front in Hideo Kojima's war on subtlety By William Hughes June 27, 2025 | 10:00am
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Nioh 3's demo is a junk food addict's take on Elden Ring By William Hughes June 20, 2025 | 10:00am
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Lies Of P: Overture is the right kind of video game fanservice By William Hughes June 13, 2025 | 11:00am
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We've finally got the Switch 2—now what? By William Hughes June 6, 2025 | 8:00am
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Monster Train 2 is an addictive breaker of brains By William Hughes May 30, 2025 | 11:00am
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Two hours previewing Lies Of P: Overture add new life to an unsung gem By William Hughes May 21, 2025 | 11:00am
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has Charlie Cox and it knows how to use him By William Hughes May 16, 2025 | 11:00am
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The Hundred Line is shameless game design in the best way By William Hughes May 9, 2025 | 1:00pm
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12 fourth video games that blew up the franchise rules By William Hughes May 2, 2025 | 2:00pm
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Promise Mascot Agency drives players to the far limits of charm By William Hughes April 25, 2025 | 9:00am
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The Great Circle is a very faithful Indiana Jones game—and that's mostly a good thing By William Hughes April 18, 2025 | 8:00am
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Blue Prince is the wrong kind of frustrating By William Hughes April 11, 2025 | 8:00am
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We played with the Switch 2, and it's Nintendo's least-weird console ever By William Hughes April 3, 2025 | 9:00am
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10 years later, Xenoblade Chronicles X remains frustrating, breathtaking, and unique By William Hughes March 28, 2025 | 10:00am
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Monster Hunter: Wilds makes it far too satisfying to cut off the monsters' butts By William Hughes March 21, 2025 | 8:00am
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"Reverse whodunnit" Expelled! makes being bad too much work By William Hughes March 14, 2025 | 10:00am
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This quiet, sad detective game is an antidote for gaming excess By William Hughes March 7, 2025 | 11:00am
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Avowed understands the appeal of a lil' Waterfall Treasure By William Hughes February 28, 2025 | 9:00am
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So far, Elden Ring: Nightreign is Dark Souls minus the soul By William Hughes February 21, 2025 | 9:00am
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Eternal Strands: If you're going to steal, steal from the best By William Hughes February 14, 2025 | 9:00am
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What does it actually mean for a video game to be "horny"? By Grace Benfell February 12, 2025 | 2:00pm
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Press X to get dumped: 10 instances of video game romantic rejection By William Hughes February 11, 2025 | 1:00pm
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Citizen Sleeper 2 only makes sense when it's hurting you By William Hughes February 7, 2025 | 10:00am
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Is there such a thing as too much game? By William Hughes January 31, 2025 | 10:00am
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Can Doom: The Dark Ages live up to the gory perfection of 2016's Doom? By William Hughes January 24, 2025 | 10:00am
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The A.V. Club's most anticipated games of 2025 By William Hughes January 18, 2025 | 11:00am
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One of our favorite games of 2023 just got a gorgeous new version By William Hughes January 17, 2025 | 10:00am
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How are you getting through the January gaming dead zone? By William Hughes January 10, 2025 | 10:00am
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Not every "gambling but better" game is going to turn out like Balatro By William Hughes January 3, 2025 | 10:00am
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Crosstalk: Is petting the dog bad, actually? By A.V. Club Staff December 31, 2024 | 11:00am
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Make Rise Of The Golden Idol your murderous holiday treat By William Hughes December 27, 2024 | 10:00am
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What was missing from our best games of 2024? By William Hughes December 20, 2024 | 10:00am
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The best games of 2024 By A.V. Club Staff December 19, 2024 | 11:00am
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For a comic book mash-up, Marvel Rivals is hard as hell to read By William Hughes December 13, 2024 | 9:00am
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8 games, 8 years: How the weird lil' Nintendo DS took over the gaming world By William Hughes December 9, 2024 | 6:00am
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Free dress-up game Infinity Nikki is addictively weird By William Hughes December 6, 2024 | 10:00am
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What's your deep-dive holiday game? By William Hughes November 29, 2024 | 9:00am
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Why the hell can't an Elden Ring expansion be a Game Of The Year contender? By William Hughes November 22, 2024 | 8:00am
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Mario & Luigi: Brothership shows why the Switch is a good system, not a great handheld By William Hughes November 15, 2024 | 8:00am
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a garbage-collection sim that wishes it was an RPG By William Hughes November 8, 2024 | 8:00am
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The Silent Hill 2 remake is a horror game with the lights on By Grace Benfell November 2, 2024 | 12:00pm
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6 hours with the Monster Hunter Wilds beta suggests this one's for the action perverts By William Hughes November 1, 2024 | 10:00am
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Do yourself a favor, and make more ugly characters in video games By William Hughes October 25, 2024 | 10:00am
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Satisfactory kicks you in a hole, murders you, and makes you like it By William Hughes October 18, 2024 | 7:00am
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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is accurate Dragon Ball—for good and ill By William Hughes October 11, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Echoes Of Wisdom is Nintendo's latest effort to blow up The Legend Of Zelda By William Hughes October 4, 2024 | 10:00am
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We pick the best, worst, and weirdest games from four decades of The Legend Of Zelda By Anthony John Agnello September 28, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Congratulations, Frostpunk 2 is exactly as miserable as it wants to be By William Hughes September 27, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: UFO 50 is a massive trove of twists on old-school gaming genius By William Hughes September 20, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Deadlock is one of those games where hell is other people By William Hughes September 13, 2024 | 11:46am
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Game Theory: Astro Bot is one of the most joyful games of 2024 By William Hughes September 6, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: No, seriously, go play Tactical Breach Wizards By William Hughes August 30, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: When is it time to give a free game your money? By William Hughes August 23, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Doom + Doom II is a beautiful museum of blood and guts By William Hughes August 16, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Give two hours to one of the funniest comedy games in years By William Hughes August 9, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Y'all are playing the Box Office Game, right? By William Hughes August 2, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Nintendo World Championships is a lazy speedrunner's delight By William Hughes July 26, 2024 | 10:00am
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Game Theory: Are AI murderers worth the cost? By William Hughes July 19, 2024 | 9:00am
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Game Theory: How much do "free" games end up costing us? By William Hughes July 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: There's beauty in a game that's just too damn hard to beat By William Hughes June 28, 2024 | 1:30pm
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Game Theory: 5 spoiler-free tips for surviving Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree By William Hughes June 21, 2024 | 2:00pm
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Game Theory: Oh god, there's too many demos! By William Hughes June 14, 2024 | 1:00pm
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The 10 best—and one weirdest—game trailers from today's Summer Game Fest By William Hughes June 8, 2024 | 2:24am
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Game Theory: Tactical Breach Wizards' demo is all about the joy of sending jerks through windows By William Hughes June 7, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: You don't need to wait to play Hades II just because it's in "Early Access" By William Hughes May 31, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: The video game where Jason Voorhees can murder Steven Universe is coming back By William Hughes May 24, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: 5 fascinating games to sample from Steam's latest buffet of demos By William Hughes May 17, 2024 | 2:00pm
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Game Theory: Microsoft killed some damn fine game studios this week By William Hughes May 10, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Game Theory: SpongeBob Squarepants meets Dark Souls, somehow kind of rocks By William Hughes May 3, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: Which Fallout game should you play, now that you've finished the show? By William Hughes April 26, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Game Theory: Hades II is already incredible, and it's barely getting started By William Hughes April 19, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: How much bullshit are you willing to sit through to get to the actual game? By William Hughes April 12, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: Which amazing games slipped through last year's cracks? By William Hughes April 5, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Game Theory: Dragon's Dogma 2 pulls one of the meanest video game tricks we've ever seen By William Hughes March 29, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Game Theory: Let's talk about the wild ending of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth By William Hughes March 22, 2024 | 11:00am
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Game Theory: Yes, please, bring on the Vampire Survivors clones By William Hughes March 15, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Game Theory: This free demo is one of the best deals in gaming right now By William Hughes March 8, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Let's rank all the chores in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth by how much of a pain in the butt they are By William Hughes March 5, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Game Theory: Thank god, someone finally fixed poker By William Hughes March 1, 2024 | 3:00pm
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A.V. Club Readers: Introducing the Kotaku Newsletter By AV Club Staff February 29, 2024 | 9:00pm
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Game Theory: Have you done your part for Super Earth today? By William Hughes February 23, 2024 | 4:00pm
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Game Theory: Skull And Bones finally arrives, and it's already out of date By Sam Barsanti February 16, 2024 | 3:00pm
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Game Theory: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's first 4 hours made our jaws drop By William Hughes February 9, 2024 | 4:00pm
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Ranking the 10 best video game remakes of all time By William Hughes February 8, 2024 | 2:00pm
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Game Theory: Maybe every Silent Hill game should be 2 hours long By William Hughes February 2, 2024 | 3:00pm