Next Player Please

IGN snootily turned down an offer to review the Nex Playground around its 2023 release. And why not? It’s a casual games console from a company with no cachet in the space – a colorful little cube whose primary input method is your own body, via an ultra-wide camera lens on the front of the system. And yet, like the Wii before it, this underestimated machine (scoffed by elite gaming media types everywhere!) managed to outsell Microsoft’s Xbox consoles over the 2025 holidays. Were we, the gaming media, wrong? So now, here I am as one of IGN’s child-having freelance writers, with a review of the

Don't Starve's eatin' good.

33 Immortals has been available via early access for some time, but if you've been itching to experience the full game, you needn't wait much longer. Announced as part of Summer Game Fest and Day of the Devs, 33 Immortals' 1.0 release arrives on June 10. That date applies to both the PC versions--across both Steam and Epic Games Store--as well as the Xbox Series X|S version. It existed on Xbox previous as part of the Xbox Game Preview program, with functions similarly to Steam Early Access. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOH4jKB4SQg "After over a year of community feedback and optimization du

A 100-player milsim that's inspired by Arma but plays like Battlefield.

If you live for piloting heavy tech in the heat of battle, it's time to suit up and join the fight. RF Online Next, Netmarble’s new MMORPG based on the long-running RF Online franchise that has attracted more than 20 million players across 54 countries, throws players into a world of large-scale warfare, strategic competition, and futuristic combat. At the center of the action is the iconic Mining War, where hundreds of players clash in a battle for supremacy and valuable resources.RF Online Next's Mining War is a massive Realm vs Realm (RvR) conflict that supports up to 450 players in