Latest articles by Christopher Livingston
The new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps finally shows us stretchy Pedro Pascal (but only for about two seconds)
News C'mon, Marvel, we know Mr. Fantastic's rubbery noodle body looks goofy as hell. You can't hide it forever.
Co-op submarine survival simulator Barotrauma has a free weekend on Steam, so dive in with friends and experience the most comically horrifying deaths you can imagine
News It's the first free weekend for the submarine horror game since it went 1.0 in 2023.
You should buy our favorite co-op survival game of 2024 on sale now for $20—because the price goes up to $35 in May
News Abiotic Factor is getting a $10 price increase just before it's 1.0 launch, but you can save $15 if you grab it in April.
Valheim cheats: All codes and console commands to wield godly power
Godlike Valheim cheats to enable god mode, add skill points, spawn items, and more.
Phil Spencer says not every game has to have 'a movie or a TV show' tie-in, but promises 'you're going to see more' adaptations of Microsoft games
News "The videogame business is successful by itself. It doesn’t need this outlet," says the CEO of Microsoft Gaming.
Dune: Awakening: Everything we know about Funcom's survival MMO
Spicy The spice must flow in the alt-history Dune MMO.
Balatro's publisher beat gold stakes and the Jokerless challenge so quickly it even surprised LocalThunk: 'How did you do this so fast?'
News "I sent him the video of the score, going, like, screw you. Yeah, I got it!" said Playstack's Wout van Halderen.
Blue Prince tips: 10 useful tricks for mastering the mysterious mansion
house call Before you set foot in the ever-changing mansion, here's some spoiler-free advice to make things easier.
My favorite thing about Blue Prince's intricate puzzles is that they're optional—you don't have to solve most of them to finish the game
Thinker A puzzle in a game is often presented as a brick wall: no passing this point until you solve it. Blue Prince doesn't work that way.
Gamble or die in a 'never-ending debt simulator' that plays like Balatro spliced with a demonic slot machine
News CloverPit combines a slot machine with Balatro-like upgrades and progress, and there's a demo you can try now.
'Why just shoot your enemies when you can tear down the world around them?' Battle an endless cycle of evil machines in this FPS that features 'total environmental destruction'
news Void/Breaker, from the maker of The Entropy Centre, pits you against an army of robots controlled by an all-seeing AI.
Enshrouded's next update promises a 'rebirth of the shroud,' with new monsters, resources, and a whole new weapon customization system
News Keen Games felt the shrouded areas were "not strong enough," so they're being overhauled.
Barotrauma developer unveils its next co-op survival game: a dieselpunk FPS where your mobile fortress is a train
News No submarine this time: scavenge resources and battle abominations as you upgrade your locomotive in Fakefish's next game, Frostrail.
Blue Prince foundation elevator: how to use it
Guide There's an elevator in Blue Prince's foundation room: here are some hints and a full solution on how to get inside it.
Black Mirror Season 7 has an episode about a sim game where you take care of cute little creatures, and here's the twist: it's a real game you can play right now
News Gosh, they sure are cute. There's definitely no dark side to this.
It took me 25 hours to 'finish' puzzle strategy game Blue Prince—and 15 hours after that I'm still uncovering new mysteries
Key Discovery The mysterious mansion offers up new puzzles around every corner, long after I thought it was done.
Blue Prince dartboard puzzle: how it works and how to solve it
Bullseye The billiards room in Blue Prince has a mathematical dartboard puzzle that gets a bit harder every time you complete it.
Black Mirror Season 7's biggest nightmare is one we're all familiar with: the horrors of monthly subscription services
Cloudy We own nothing and stream everything: Game Pass. Spotify. Netflix. What's next?
How a hardcore survival game morphed into an open world town-builder where you play as a corgi mech pilot
News Animalkind went from hardcore to cottagecore.
Blue Prince review: this elaborate and elegant strategy adventure is one of the best puzzle games in years
Open House Unravel the mysteries of a mansion, room by room, in Blue Prince.
After being laid off from his triple-A 'dream job', this developer made a game about a disgruntled ex-employee seeking revenge on the corporate world
News In Vindefiant, your character "unleashes his powers and sparks a path of rage and destruction to get revenge on his former employer."
Dune: Awakening will have in-game radio stations featuring everything from Harkonnen propaganda broadcasts to classic '90s Dune tunes
News There will also be a "full multi-episode radio play."
A Minecraft Movie review roundup: some say it's 'okay,' others say 'it isn't actively boring'
News Most critics seem to think Jack Black's blocky blockbuster is a bit mid.
