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Displaying all articles tagged:
Gaming
video games
Feb. 27, 2024
‘I Love Working in Dangerous and Fictitious Companies!’
Playing through
Lethal Company
’s cosmic-horror capitalism offers a kind of catharsis.
By
Kieran Press-Reynolds
video game review
Feb. 22, 2024
Going Through It in
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
The open world of Cloud Strife & Co. is weirdly relatable.
By
Lewis Gordon
vulture recommends
Feb. 6, 2024
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Brings the Vacation to You
The Yakuza series’ fidelity to real-life locations is staggering, even if the latest entry emphasizes sprawl over density.
By
Nicholas Quah
pregaming
Jan. 25, 2024
What If Psyduck Could Cap You in the Knee?
Everyone’s playing
Palworld
, an early access
Pokémon
rip-off facing battles of its own.
By
Nicholas Quah
goodbyes
Jan. 10, 2024
MatPat Is Taking a Big Step Back From YouTube
The Game Theorists founder said he will be “handing off” his channels in March.
By
Jennifer Zhan
need stars plz
Jan. 3, 2024
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
Just Doesn’t Want to Work Anymore
The beloved mobile game is shutting down after ten years.
By
Zoe Guy
extremely online
Dec. 30, 2023
Kylie Jenner Is Now Doing Promo for a Match-and-Merge Mobile Game
And the internet is kurious about how much money she kollected.
By
Jennifer Zhan
awards szn
Dec. 8, 2023
Timothée Chalamet’s Alter Ego Presents at the Game Awards
YouTuber ModdedController360 in the house.
By
Zoe Guy
twonka
Nov. 13, 2023
Wonka
Mods Xbox Controller in His Image
Inspired by Timothée Chalamet’s YouTube modding days, probably.
By
Zoe Guy
let’s link tryna build
Nov. 7, 2023
Link Is Crafting His Way From Hyrule to Hollywood
Nintendo confirms a live-action movie is in development.
By
Alejandra Gularte
the law
Nov. 3, 2023
Kyle Hanagami’s
Fortnite
Choreography Lawsuit Will Respawn
He’s claiming the video game stole his moves to Charlie Puth’s “How Long.”
By
Justin Curto
video game review
Oct. 30, 2023
Keep Mario Weird
The pleasures of
Super
Mario Bros. Wonder
, and Nintendo broadly, are rarely just about the strengths of its gameplay.
By
Nicholas Quah
one afternoon at vulture
Oct. 27, 2023
Falling Down the
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Rabbit Hole
A deeply complex lore is waiting — if you can get past the jump scares.
By
Luke Winkie
making games
Oct. 23, 2023
The Triple-A Game Studio With an Indie Spirit
How does Remedy Entertainment convince billion-dollar companies to make its esoteric games?
By
Luke Winkie
vulture asks
Oct. 20, 2023
Who’s Your Mario Main?
Yoshi is silly, Bowser Jr. is babygirl, Pink Gold Peach is c****.
By
Vulture Editors
review roundup
Oct. 18, 2023
Did
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Level Up With Critics?
After taking over the box office, Mario and Luigi are back on their old stomping grounds, video games.
By
Alejandra Gularte
jump scares
Oct. 17, 2023
21 Horror Games to Play This Spooky Season
From slightly spooky for the scaredy-cats to totally terrifying for the hard-core horror fanatics.
By
Mike Rougeau
epic fails
Oct. 16, 2023
Bandcamp Hit With Layoffs Amid Sale to Songtradr
Around 50 percent of employees have been laid off since Epic sold the company.
By
Justin Curto
explainers
Oct. 5, 2023
The SAG-AFTRA Video-Game Strike Authorization, Explained
AI threatens to ruin things again.
By
Caryl Espinoza Jaen
vulture lists
Oct. 2, 2023
The 10 Best Apple Arcade Games
The subscription service exclusive to Apple devices holds some indie treasures.
By
Luke Winkie
fall preview 2023
Aug. 23, 2023
10 Video Games We Can’t Wait to Play This Fall
There’s some extra life in the video-game industry, which continues to surprise us.
By
Luke Winkie
vulture recommends
July 17, 2023
Story of Seasons
Is Basically
Harvest Moon
(Taylor’s Version)
The cult-favorite farming sim gets a modern update.
By
Alejandra Gularte
extremely online
June 17, 2023
Twitch Gamer xQc Signs Streaming Contract Worth $70 Mil
The Canadian gamer is heading over to the new platform Kick.
By
Alejandra Gularte
hard mode
May 25, 2023
So You Want to Beat
Tears of the Kingdom
in 75 Minutes …
The speedrunner Gymnast86 shares the techniques and mind-set that helped him set the game’s first fastest-time record. (Now broken.) (Many times.)
By
Eric Vilas-Boas
game review
May 24, 2023
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Taps the Ceiling of What Switch Can Do
It’s a god game with the patina of a ronin story that makes you wonder,
This is good, but is this as good as it gets?
By
Craig Jenkins
vulture lists
May 22, 2023
The 100 Hardest Video-Game Bosses, Ranked
From gods and zombies to a shark and a tree, the one trait they share is an ability to end your game swiftly.
first impressions
May 19, 2023
One Week in
Tears of the Kingdom
Welcome to our awestruck reactions and DM convos shared upon playing the latest
Zelda
game.
By
Vulture Staff
extremely online
May 14, 2023
Hear Ye, the
Tears of the Kingdom
Memes Have Arrived
Via exploding cart.
By
Alejandra Gularte
trailer mix
Apr. 14, 2023
Am I Prepared to Sob
Tears of the Kingdom
? Is Anyone?
Cue the music!
By
Eric Vilas-Boas
up over and gone too soon
Mar. 31, 2023
Who Killed Sonic The Hedgehog?
Up, over, and gone too soon.
By
Alejandra Gularte
sexual harassment
Mar. 11, 2023
Grace Van Dien To Focus on Twitch After On-Set Sexual Harassment
The
Stranger Things
star said she will be more “selective” on future projects.
By
Alejandra Gularte
video games
Feb. 23, 2023
Hogwarts Legacy
Is J.K. Rowling’s Legacy, Summed Up in a Dud of a Game
The feverishly anticipated
Harry Potter
video game can’t muster the fantasy escapism it so desperately wants.
By
Lewis Gordon
video games
Dec. 2, 2022
The Callisto Protocol
Ups the Ick
The spiritual successor to the survival-horror classic
Dead Space
doesn’t let the dread build.
By
Lewis Gordon
vulture lists
Oct. 31, 2022
The 25 Best Games on Nintendo Switch Online
The service recently added N65 games to its library of SNES and NES classics.
By
Luke Winkie
gaming
Sept. 13, 2022
Don’t You Want to Jump Off These Little
Tears of the Kingdom
?
The long-awaited
Legend of Zelda
installment comes out May 12, 2023.
By
Jackson McHenry
video games
Aug. 30, 2022
Whatever Happened to Marissa Marcel?
Solve an unsettling Hollywood mystery in Sam Barlow’s new video game,
Immortality.
By
Lewis Gordon
vulture lists
Aug. 15, 2022
The 10 Best Mobile Games You Can Play With a Netflix Subscription
Netflix Games is offering some real hidden gems.
By
Luke Winkie
vulture recommends
Aug. 15, 2022
Poinpy
Is a Bite-Size Joy
The Netflix Games gem is a deceptively hard-core throwback to early iPhone games.
By
Emad Ahmed
80s nostalgia
July 27, 2022
Dark Tower
’s Redemption
How a legendary board-game failure became a thoroughly modern hit.
By
Keith Law
rip
July 1, 2022
Technoblade, Late Minecraft YouTuber, Honored by Gaming World
“He will be missed dearly,” the official Minecraft account tweeted.
By
Jason P. Frank
solidarity forever
May 24, 2022
Activision Blizzard Employees Win Vote to Form Company’s First Union
On the same day that federal labor officials alleged that the gaming company illegally threatened staff.
By
Jennifer Zhan
video games
Mar. 24, 2022
The ‘Petroleum Blues’ of
Norco
Tribeca’s first Games Award winner is a point-and-click gothic adventure.
By
Lewis Gordon
indie
Mar. 2, 2022
Bandcamp Acquired by
Fortnite
Developer Epic Games
The latest indie to go mainstream.
By
Justin Curto
deals
Jan. 19, 2022
It’s All About the Metaverse
What Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard means for the future of gaming.
By
Nicholas Quah
gaming
Jan. 18, 2022
Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion Amid Sexual-Harassment Suit
It’s the biggest video-game-industry deal ever.
By
Justin Curto
git gud
Nov. 2, 2021
Netflix Has Games But Won’t Share With Everyone Yet
iPhone users will have to wait.
By
Eric Vilas-Boas
haunted pixels
Oct. 15, 2021
When Video Games Feel Haunted: Inside the Low-Res Horror Boom
Indie designers are conjuring meta-scares with fuzzy pixelated graphics.
By
Luke Winkie
trailer mix
Oct. 7, 2021
This
Resident Evil
Trailer Has Everything: Zombies, Trailercore, Donal Logue
Welcome to Raccoon City.
By
Emily Palmer Heller
pretty sus
Aug. 18, 2021
Fortnite
’s New Mode Sure Sounds Like an
Among Us
Impostor
The
Among Us
creators agree.
By
Luke Winkie
console wars
July 15, 2021
Steam’s New Handheld PC Could Be a Game Changer
But we have some questions …
By
Luke Winkie
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