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You probably can guess #1 My insatiable hunger for tracking and displaying the most revered games of the year will not end. I blame Metacritic. I also blame Metacritic for not doing a proper job in aggregating the best games of the year. While the site does an impeccable job of putting together film, TV and music critics’ best of the year lists, the site ignores videogames — offering up only a very confused list containing the highest scoring games, which includes maligned ports and games with only ~5 reviews....

Grand strategy fans take note Any rumorsHearts of Iron IVwould get delayed again have been squashed. July 17, 2025 is now the official release date since last week when the grand strategy game became available for pre-order. It starts at $39.99 for the Standard “Cadet” Edition and works up to $60 for the “Field Marshal Edition.” As of writing, Green Man Gaming now has the game on its site with a25 percent offHearts of Iron IVdeal....

As you climbPEAK’smountains, you’ll notice that some items are more helpful than others. While food is crucial for survival, other items, like the compass and bugle, have more niche uses. The introduction of binoculars and a flying disk raises one important question: are these items useful? Binoculars, in particular, are helpful in some situations. Although you may have to replace them with food or Mystical items later in your playthrough, they can, at the very least, provide some crucial information early on....

Disney Dreamlight Valleyis full of opportunities to make new friends, explore a magical world, and decorate your village with interesting furniture. Regardless of the style, obtaining Wrought Iron unlocks some great furniture and fencing options for decorating your world, making it worthwhile to collect. Where to get Wrought Iron in Disney Dreamlight Valley Wrought Iron is a reward fromRemy’s Bon Appetit quest.As you complete his daily food deliveries, he’ll give you three Wrought Iron....

Swig this down! When you first startDiablo 4,your potions are frustratingly weak and you’ll be using them up pretty quickly. Thankfully, there’s a way to upgrade potions inDiablo 4. In addition to giving more health to your character, they also provide an increase in your Maximum Life for a few seconds. Here’s how to get the most out of upgrading potions. Where to improve potions in Diablo 4 To gain improved potions inDiablo 4,you’ll want to visit the Alchemist in every hub town....

Recently,Resident Evillegend and former Capcom employeeShinji Mikamimade it pretty clear that there was no room in the modern gaming era for aDino Crisisrenewal. This is despite the fact that it’s themost-wanted Capcom revivalthat fans are after. Given this, it’s not surprising that people are deciding to forge their own path instead. As noted byDSO Gaming, fans have been attempting to create unofficial remakes ofDino Crisis, and there’s another one in the pipeline....

Look I just want my snack attack Level-5 has been biding its time withSnack World. Announced all the way back in 2015, the publisher envisioned the series like aYo-Kai Watchof sorts, spanning media from toys, to games, to TV, to manga. It’s done fairly well over in Japan but unlikeYo-Kai Watch, Level-5 hasn’t tested the waters internationally…yet. It seems like every year we might have gotten aSnack Worldwestern release, and the time is nearly here thanks to an ESRB rating....

KnyttandKnytt Storieswere both wonderful freeware platformers, especially when it came to the user-made levels for the latter. Developer Nifflas, Green Hill Studios, and Ripstone Publishing have announced a new game,Knytt Underground, so this is as good of time as any to suggest that you go play them both. As one might expect, this new title is headed to Windows, Linux, and Mac, though interestingly enough, it’s also going to see a release on PlayStation 3 and Vita this year....

Out now on Windows, Mac, and Linux Aimed at fans of games such asVVVVVVandSuper Meat Boy, LeGrudge & Rugged’sKrunchis not for the faint of heart. I’m not even sure what genre descriptor to use here, despite having played a bit for myself, but watch this trailer to get some idea. Though it might initially appear to be a platformer, it isn’t — at least not in the traditional sense. Your character is a floating robot attempting to escape countless rooms that are closing in on it, so there’s no jumping....

Update (02-07-2025):Since this article was published, Respawn Entertainment has provided a fix for the bug causing progression loss. The officialApex LegendsTwitter confirmedthat a fix has been issued that will prevent the progression loss bug from occurring for any players who log in after downloading the latest update. However, this doesn’t fix the issue of lost progression for those who logged in yesterday and discovered they’d had hundreds of levels and cosmetics removed from their accounts....

How does one create a captivating videogame world? For the folks behindLord of the Rings Onlineexpansion,Mines of Moria, the devil is in the details. The above video is a developer diary in which art director Harry Teasley and lead world designer Matt Elliot give us a glimpse of recreating Moria faithfully from Tolkien’s fabled trilogy. One thing about the expansion is certain – the scale is going to be massive. Teasley points out that the team sought to create the “most epic indoor adventure ever,” and it certainly looks like Moria won’t be any normal dungeon crawl....

Love can be difficult to find, especially if you’re caught up in a whirlwind conspiracy surrounding your long-lost mother. Thankfully, Ichiban has the Miss Match app inLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealthto help him get his groove back. Or at least get a few practice dates in before the next disaster. The Miss Match app is introduced in Chapter 5, after running into the proprietor Machiko-san and starting Substory 7: Miss Match....

Damage to global productivity likely minimized by high unemployment rate You may find this surprising, butHalo 4is performing pretty well from a sales perspective. Shocking, right? Microsoft released some estimated sales figures for the game’s first day performance and they total more than $220 million. That’s a whole lot of Master Chiefs. Microsoft’s PR made a point of comparing this figure to the opening day numbers of major motion pictures, pointing out that the all-time record holder in that totally different medium (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2) did not make this much money in the same length of time....