Hello Kitty Island Adventure takes the Sanrio characters and blends them with an Animal Crossing-style game in a cozy life sim.
New Hello Kitty title brings Animal Crossing vibes to Apple Arcade

Hello Kitty Island Adventure allows players to create an animal avatar and roam around several different biomes. Advancement in the game comes from leveling up friendships with in-game characters.

U.S. Navy hovercraft from the USS Green Bay and USS Ashland land on Langham Beach during the Talisman Sabre finale near Stanage Bay, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
Multinational beach landings cap largest-ever Talisman Sabre drills in Australia

Hovercraft packed with troops and armored vehicles zoomed onto a beach during the culminating event of Talisman Sabre, a massive exercise involving 30,000 mostly American and Australian troops.

Dave the Diver includes diving gameplay by day to collect exotic species of fish, and by night, players run a popular sushi restaurant.
Dive into the best video games of 2023 so far

The number of quality releases is overwhelming, with several titles offering the peak of their respective genres and franchises.

The Crew Motorfest takes place in Hawaii and focuses on a vehicle festival on the island.
The Crew Motorfest takes players on curated trip to Hawaii

Ubisoft is taking its next driving game, The Crew: Motorfest, to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.The game looks better than the company’s past efforts, and it goes to show that more expansive driving territory isn’t necessarily better.

Immortals of Aveum mixes fantasy and a military shooter with surprisingly engaging results.
Immortals of Aveum is more than just Call of Duty with magic instead of bullets

Ascendant Studios creates a narrative-driven magic first-person shooter that has intriguing potential by mixing fantasy and military themes.

Final Fantasy XVI takes inspiration from “Game of Thrones” in its latest adventure.
Medieval battles and mysticism

Final Fantasy XVI goes full 'Game of Thrones' with dizzying action, cinematic exposition

With the introduction of Lilith in Diablo IV, the franchise has a villain who is more intriguing and far more nuanced than any before it.
Diablo IV has the content and quality to take over your life this summer

Even after finishing the campaign’s story, players will find tons to explore in this impressive sequel

Ryu returns in Street Fighter 6, which could be the most important fighting game to come out in over a decade.
With Street Fighter 6, Capcom could have another landmark fighting game

From top to bottom, the latest Street Fighter game could change what fans could expect from the genre.

A screenshot of Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James in NBA 2K23, the professional basketball video game facing controversy from fans who are worried that the game’s developers aren’t listening to them.
NBA 2K mega-fans are preparing to leave the game behind

Fans and gamers are expressing frustration with what’s to come next for the game.

“Final Fantasy XVI” will be big, sprawling and complex, but comes with a story built for newcomers.
Summer games we can’t wait to play

The season’s most anticipated titles include Final Fantasy XVI, Oxenfree II

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is double the size of Breath of the Wild. Islands, caves and dungeons dot the sky, while an underground region rests below the land of Hyrule — it’s a pitch-black network of caves and ancient ruins that’s also a dark mirror to the overworld.
Latest Zelda title builds a sense of satisfaction

Tears of the Kingdom encourages players to get creative and construct their own solutions.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty’s Military Appreciation Month: An interview with Dan Goldenberg

The Call of Duty Foundation highlights how women and particularly women of color often have the most difficulty in their transition to civilian life.

Players can tackle the campaign in a co-op mode in Minecraft Legends.
Minecraft Legends is a strategy spinoff with some flaws

Like any good franchise, Microsoft has found a way to spin off and evolve its characters, concepts and aesthetic. The latest project, Minecraft Legends, takes the franchise's core concepts and adapts them to a real-time strategy game.

Jedi Cal Kestis goes on an existential quest in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
Star Wars storytelling at its best

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor combines action adventure and slight hokiness in a way that feels personal.

Players in Firewall Ultra have a main weapon, a pistol, a gadget and a grenade of some sort.
Firewall Ultra finds a way to balance VR immersion with fun

Firewall Ultra, a tactical shooter coming for the PlayStation VR2, is essentially Counter-Strike, but with amazingly reactive virtual reality.

Death, CEO of Death Inc., in Have a Nice Death.
Have a Nice Death has charm to die for

Have a Nice Death is a lively departure from the rogue-lite crowd of titles.

Is he or isn’t he dead? “The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog” is a free, downloadable mystery game.
How Sega killed its star

It started as a joke, but The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is a surprisingly sincere video game endeavor.

Redfall takes Arcane’s hallmark gameplay and adds fresh twists to it -- open-world and co-op play.
Redfall making vampires popular again

Redfall beautifully meshes Arkane’s hallmark gameplay with an open world.

Valor, honor, fidelity: Behind the scenes of Call of Duty

Call of Duty allowed Stars and Stripes to do an interview with the head writer Brian Bloom and two military consultants: Mitch Hall and Steve Sanders.