There are still a handful of great games locked to other launchers like Epic and Battle.net, but in recent years Ubisoft, EA and Microsoft have all come crawling back to Steam with their biggest games ...

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Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Atari is proving that retro gaming isn’t just a nostalgic fling—it’s a full-on revival. In 2025, new cartridges for the Atari 2600 and 7800 are still being produced, fueled by the popularity of the ...

We all know that free Android games aren’t always free these days, but many of them are very close if you have a little patience. Most free-to-play bottlenecks occur when players get impatient.

Put down the plastic and pick up a controller to play these top, no-cost PC games for desktop, laptop, or handheld PC. In 2014, I began my career at PCMag as a freelancer. That blossomed into a ...

As video games continue to evolve and mature, it can sometimes be difficult to find a fun, family-friendly PC game. The best FPS games on PC and best MMORPGs on PC are easy to find and have dominated ...

The video game industry is now bigger than it has ever been before, with more and more young people interested in developing their very own video games –- and rightly so. After all, game development ...

When Noah saw the email, a wave of anxiety hit. It was spring 2023, and the Activision artist was reading a message from the company's then chief technology officer, Michael Vance, about how ...

Franchises have become the lifeblood of an entertainment industry obsessed with name recognition and familiarity. That can sometimes be a bad thing. It can be difficult for new ideas, new names, and ...