The Case of the Golden Idol

A Lovecraft-inspired first-person puzzle adventure with emotionally gripping mysteries and characters.

Call of the Elder Gods follows up 2020's Call of the Sea with another brainy puzzle game with bigger ideas.

Original Xbox: The Console and the Games (Hardcover) $19.33 (was $43) See at Amazon Picture this: it's November 2001, and Microsoft has just entered the chat with the biggest, beefiest-looking video game console the world has ever seen. The original Xbox was the first console to ever feature a built-in hard drive and an Ethernet port for broadband internet, and it launches alongside the now-legendary first entry in the Halo franchise, Halo: Combat Evolved. It's been close to 25 years since this pivotal moment in gaming history, and if you remember it fondly, there's a way to revisit it: throug

Sony’s big State of Play announcement was God of War Laufey, the next game in Sony Santa Monica’s God of War franchise due out exclusively for PlayStation 5. While the fact the game would focus on Faye as opposed to Kratos had leaked months before the showcase, it’s fair to say Sony’s 20 minute gameplay reveal sparked a vociferous reaction across the internet.

The rumors about a new God of War game proved to be true during Sony's latest State of Play event. That's why the reveal of God of War Laufey wasn't unexpected. What was a surprise was its cubic, talking, gelatin-like companion character, Phranque (as voiced by The Boys' Jack Quaid), is the character who turned out to be the breakout star of State of Play. As seen in the video below, Quaid even provided the motion-capture performance for Phranque. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKMCqyeBWmU&t=102s Ostensibly, the focus was supposed to be on Faye (Deborah Ann Woll), the late wife of Kratos