Summary Games like Catan are classic staples at board game nights, especially for people who’ve played every tabletop game in the book. It’s easy sometimes, if you’re a real lover of complex board games, to avoid games that seem ‘casual’ or like they’re for beginners because you really want a challenge. But, there are some beginner board games that are worth your time too. These more casual beginner board games can actually prove really fun, even if you consider yourself a die-hard Catan fan or lover of complex games....

Summary PlayStation’s Days of Play sale is now live, and with it comesthe first time it has cut the price of the PS5 Pro. If you’re in the US and were hoping regularPS5s were going on sale, unfortunately, they’re not. There is a new way to get one for less thanks to a bundle that was introduced to kick off the sale, though. ACall of Duty: Black Ops 6PS5 bundle is now available to buy via PlayStation Direct....

Summary Clair Obscur: Expedition 33came out of nowhere, and has quickly become one of the contenders for Game of the Year. Not only did it sella million copies in one day, but it also claimed the spot ofhighest-rated game in 2025so far. Not content with that, the game casually took the mantle ofhighest-rated user-scored game on Metacritic ever. A lot of this is down to the game’s artistic choices and setting, while the unique approach to turn-based combat undoubtedly helped....

Donkey Kong Bananzais massive. It’s the type of game that, years down the line, players will still be finding new tricks, skips, and Easter Eggs hidden away by the team atNintendo. Just a few days after launch, playershave found a way to skip the first boss, and references toa long-forgotten Kong(which we won’t spoil, so enter at your own risk), and the classicNintendo arcade version of Donkey Kong. As we at TheGamer were making our way through Ingot Isle and the depths below, we stumbled across another Easter Egg to a much less well-known Nintendo arcade game....

Summary We all have our comfort games, the worn-out discs we pull off the shelf every year to take us back to a moment in time that we’ve carefully preserved in a digital world. It can be as simple as nostalgia, or it can be a game that changed your perception on life, helping you to find yourself. Stories like this are a dime a dozen inPride Month, but each is a reminder of what a powerful impact games can have....

Summary Animeis known for itsunbelievable power scaling,featuring overpowered characters and nonstop action, which can make it easy to overlook the little things, such as the wonderful pets that are always there for the main characters through thick and thin. This does not include animal-like characters, such as Happy and Chopper, who aren’t considered pets in the same sense and are more members of their respective crews, serving a vital role in addition to being cute and lovable....

There sure has been a whole bunch of video game consoles. While it used to feel like they were coming out left, right and center, it slowed when the console industry started to focus mainly aroundPlayStation,Xbox, andNintendo. That was the period I grew up in. As such, each new console tended to define periods of my life. So while this article is about ranking how much I personally liked each console I owned, it’s really going to be a ranking of my childhood through these consoles....

Final Fantasy 14 Mobile released in China earlier today, giving us a first look at how the game will run, what it’s like to play, and most importantly, how it’s going to be monetized.Final Fantasy 14runs on a subscription service and asks players to purchase expansions when they’re released, butFinal Fantasy 14 Mobiletakes a much different approach and is actually a free-to-play game. It’s a sensible decision, as mobile titles are primarily free-to-play, and doing this opens up the possibility of bringing in a whole new audience that could move onto the full game proper....

Quick Links Check out theGarden Tower Defense codeslisted below to claim free in-game rewards and boosts; they will give you a helpful start as you jump into the game. Just remember, these Roblox codes expire quickly, so be sure to redeem them as soon as you can. Keep in mind that we’re always on the lookout for new codes and regularly update this list, especially after game updates, so you don’t miss out on the latest rewards....

UPDATE: 2025-07-17 16:01 EST BY JACK COLEMAN Geoguessr No Longer In Esports World Cup In response to the blackout, Geoguessr AB announcedin a statementthat Geoguessr will not be played at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh. Summary It has not been a pleasant couple of months forGeoguessr. Thelocation guessing game has been review-bombed on Steambecause of the game’s monetisation, which locks everything above the lowest rank of competitive gameplay behind a subscription service....

Grammy-winning music producer Jermaine Dupri has claimed thatGrand Theft Auto 6will feature custom radio stations that celebrities can upload their music to, with Drake specifically mentioned as an example. Without a doubt, one of the most iconic parts of the wholeGrand Theft Autoexperience iscruising around and listening to each game’s radio stations.From West Coast Classics to Flashback 95.6, GTA’s radio stations are just as important to the series as stealing cars and shooting pedestrians....

Xboxowners have been having a rough time of it lately. On top of the platform’s exclusives being slowly ported to other platforms, which I still don’t see as bad, but some do,mass layoffs at Microsoftresulted in Xbox studios being gutted and games getting canceled. After all that,the imminent arrival of Helldivers 2gave them something to cling to, but somePlayStationplayers don’t even want them to have that. With some of Xbox’s biggest series arriving onPS5, it was only a matter of time until something went the other way....

Quick Links The Altersis a game that mixes quite a few genres together, including narrative adventure and survival. One of those types of games is usually fairly short with a clearly defined ending, while the other can often be an endless experience. That puts The Alters in a bit of a weird spot when it length expectations. While it can vary quite a bit depending on how you go about getting through the game and how many different systems you spend a lot of time interacting with, there is a pretty reasonable window inside which you may expect to wrap it all up....