Latest articles by Heather Wald
The 25 best free games you can play in 2025
Best List Get your hands on the best free games across PC, Xbox, PS5, and Nintendo Switch
Upcoming indie games for 2025 and beyond
Upcoming The most exciting upcoming indie games that should be on your radar in 2025 and beyond
Hades 2 guide: Everything you need to know
Guide The Hades 2 Warsong update has finally landed in Early Access for PC
The best JRPGs to play in 2025
Best List From Metaphor: ReFantazio to Dragon Quest 11, these are the best JRPGs you can play today
Kingdom Hearts 4: Everything we know so far
Feature There's no Kingdom Hearts 4 release in sight, but there is plenty of news and details to dive into ahead of Sora's next adventure
Ghost of Yotei: Everything we know so far about Ghost of Tsushima 2
Guide Here's everything we know so far about Ghost of Yotei, from the setting to its release date window, and more
10 Games like Genshin Impact to play next in 2025
Best List From Infinity Nikki to Zenless Zone Zero, here are the best games like Genshin Impact to play right now
I finally played The Order: 1886 for its 10-year anniversary, and I can't help but wonder where a scrapped sequel could have gone
Now Playing Now Playing | 10 years later, I finally tried The Order: 1886 and I was pleasantly surprised by its myth-laden Victorian setting
I don't fast travel in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to channel the immersive feel of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077
Opinion Opinion | Refusing to fast travel in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is making my encounters feel more organic - Red Dead Redemption 2 style
In Avowed I keep falling into the same habit as Skyrim's inescapable stealth archer, but I just can't resist
Now Playing Now Playing | I can't stop reaching for the bow in Avowed, but I'm loving my lethal stealthy approach
The best Yakuza games, ranked
Best List Kiryu, Kasuga, or Majima? The best Yakuza and Like a Dragon games merge action-packed Japanese crime capers with seriously silly fun
10 Games like Hollow Knight to play while you wait for Silksong
Best List The best games like Hollow Knight to play after you've beaten all those bosses
Everwild: Everything we know about the new game from Rare
Guide Everwild is a beautiful upcoming adventure game where natural and human worlds collide
Games like XCOM and XCOM 2 for more tough turn-based trials
Feature Plan your next move in these games like XCOM and XCOM 2, from Battle Brothers to Shadowrun
The Outer Worlds 2: Everything we know so far about Obsidian's new RPG
Guide The Outer Worlds 2 is on the way in 2025
Upcoming Obsidian games: Every new Obsidian game in development
Upcoming The list of upcoming Obsidian games is small but mighty, with The Outer Worlds 2 leading the charge
Games like Undertale that subvert and surprise
Feature These games like Undertale will scratch that itch Toby Fox's game has been causing since 2015
15 Best games like It Takes Two for more co-operative fun
Best List Here are the best games like It Takes Two to play right now before you check out Split Fiction
10 games like Ghost of Tsushima for open-world explorers
Feature Get ready to travel far and wide with these games like Ghost of Tsushima
Reflecting on Assassin's Creed's romances has me looking forward to "the more developed relationships" in Assassin's Creed Shadows
Opinon Opinion | I'm excited to discover what it'll be like to find love in Assassin's Creed Shadows
25 games like Minecraft to play that will let your imagination run wild
Best List Whether you're looking to build a world or simply survive in one, these are the best games like Minecraft to play today
Afterlove EP is a Persona-tinged mix of rhythm game meets visual novel, and its characters really steal the show
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Afterlove EP explores love, loss, creativity, and grief in a beautiful manga-inspired art style
The best thing about State of Play was Konami's new Inside-like platformer that promises to let me "truly understand what it feels like to be an octopus"
Opinion Opinion | I can't wait to dive into Konami and ZDT Studios' new platformer
