FIFA severed the licensing deal partnership with Electronic Arts Inc. this month, making FIFA23 the last new EA game with the involvement of both sides. (Pictured: FIFA 22.)
Pitched battle for soccer gaming supremacy
FIFA and EA Sports go head to head in soccer's new video game rivalry
Worldslayer, by Square Enix.
New Outriders expansion Worldslayer gives fans reasons to return to Enoch
Game development company People Can Fly has refined the Outriders campaign and made fixes to its end game, and naturally, that work has dovetailed into the franchise’s first expansion — Worldslayer.
In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, every attack has to be carefully timed.
Star Wars games for every fan of the franchise
Soccer is one of the more expansive activities and includes a Shootout Mode and one with full team play in Nintendo Switch Sports.
Nintendo Switch Sports reminds us of the fun in motion controls
That feeling of movement and responsive action can’t be conveyed over a streamed internet connection.
The major features of MLB The Show 22 are nearly identical to the game’s previous iterations.
MLB The Show 22: a familiar pastime
Best baseball simulation in video game form is one every fan should own, but only once.
When you start playing LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, you get the chance to play through the series at the beginning of any of the three-episode arcs, with “The Phantom Menace,” “A New Hope” or “The Force Awakens.”
The Skywalker Saga is a fun Lego set with unnecessary extra pieces
The Skywalker Saga has a lot of heart and may be the best iteration of the Lego series. It’s just hard for me to say I had a wonderful time with a game that easily could have been a bit smaller in scope and just as fun.
One of the diverse environments in Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a theme park. Each area is unique and has its own distinct visual style.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is more of the same in the best way
Kirby and the Forgotten Land undeniably pushes the series to a new scale, but at its core, it's more of the same. That's not a complaint, though. If anything, it shows that the Kirby team knows its audience, as the franchise's predictable formula is part of its appeal.
Video games: Too much of a good thing?
Modern titles keep getting longer. Is the length of a video game a selling point, or a problem?
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s downloadable content doesn’t enhance the main storyline in any meaningful way.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: In need of an endgame
After 300 hours of play, reporter has had more than enough of endless open-world possibilities
Lost Ark broke records during its February launch, and the popular game’s servers are often so busy that it’s hard for players to join.
Lost Ark: this season’s surprise big hit
Lost Ark broke records upon its February launch across North America and several other regions, becoming the game with the most concurrent players of all time on Steam. It's hard not to be hooked.
Gran Turismo 7 feels like the racing game for car enthusiasts.
Gran Turismo 7: A lot of car culture, a little racing
The latest installment of the Gran Turismo series is like the “Sunday drive” of racing sims.
Every space in the almost unimaginably expansive open world of Elden Ring is designed with purpose, evoking a feeling of adventure and mystery.
Elden Ring offers endless exploration
This unofficial sequel to Dark Souls is colossal beyond belief.
Arcadia Kim started a business in 2019 advising parents on forming healthy relationships between their kids and their screens.
Video game addiction, now a globally recognized illness, seeks a treatment
The World Health Organization formally acknowledged the condition for the first time this year, kicking off a race to offer remedies.
Outcast-turned-redeemer Aloy explores the lush forests, sunken cities and towering mountains of a far-future America in the open-world RPG Horizon Forbidden West.
Horizon Forbidden West is a sprawling and satisfying sequel
Stunning visuals, enhanced mechanics help to immerse players in a world that truly feels alive.
Dying Light 2 Stay Human is an open-world parkour game that requires a heavy time commitment from players.
Latest Dying Light chapter is all about the journey
Dying Light 2 Stay Human is a surprisingly fun foray into a zombie-infested open world.
Players will need to work together if they want to get through all the zones and mission on a map in Rainbow Six Extraction.
Rainbow Six Extraction is a deep, grinding co-op experience
Online game lets teams of three take down alien hordes through slow-paced tactical confrontations
Although "Humankind" borrows a lot of ideas from "Sid Meier's Civilization" series, Amplitude Studios adds enough new ideas to stand on its own for better or worse.
Humankind a strong but flawed challenger to Civilization series
Humankind developers add enough twists to story simulator to make it distinct within the strategy-game niche.
Horizon Forbidden West promises more outlandish dystopian settings in its PlayStation title, due to be released Feb. 18.
10 video games you will want to play in 2022
It’s a great time to be a gamer. The next 12 months are full of much-hyped video game releases.
Supernatural is essentially a rhythm game that prompts users to swat or punch floating orbs hurled at them with recognizable music hits in the background.
Oculus Quest fitness app Supernatural serves up inspiring workouts in VR
Instead of urging me to surpass goals, the virtual reality app Supernatural focuses on the thing that's vexed me most around working out: finding the motivation to simply show up and do it.