Forget live service. Great DLCs kept us playing old games in 2023
For years now, studios have been chasing the impossible dream. Rather than giving games one or two great expansions, we’ve seen a rise in live-service games looking to replicate the…
2023 was a renaissance for strategy games. Enjoy it while you can
The strategy game genre found itself in a renaissance this year — and you might not have noticed. Coming off the excellent Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Marvel’s…
Our favorite Xbox Series X games of 2023: Starfield, Hi-Fi Rush, and more
Digital Trends This was a year of low lows and high highs for Xbox. On one hand, Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition faced a whole lot of scrutiny and Bethesda’s Redfall was…
Starfield ends 2023 as a commercial success and marketing hype disaster
Starfield fans are “gaming’s smartest fans” — or so Bethesda’s Todd Howard said in the spacefaring RPG’s bustling subreddit. It’s a bit of warm flattery fused with careful marketing hype,…
Our favorite Switch games of 2023: Tears of the Kingdom, Mario, and much more
Digital Trends If 2023 was our last full year with the Nintendo Switch, what a heck of a sendoff it got. The rumor mill has been buzzing for months now,…