Metroidvania might be a silly name for a genre, but it's certainly one of the more interesting video game genres. In recent years, we've seen an explosion of games following the formula set out by ...

Gears of War is one of the most iconic Xbox series, spawning sequels, spin-offs and books. I fell in love with the series almost 20 years ago when the original landed on the Xbox 360. Microsoft ...

We have a holiday present ready to open for everybody! Here are 16 indie games you can play now. We cover a wide array of genres in our list; Songs of Silence, I am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival, ...

Microsoft added a few other games to the service, too, but everyone knows we're here to play Silksong, right? Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station ...

Game sequels are always tricky to pull off. Whether you're The Witcher 4 trying to live up to millions of fans' lofty expectations or Hades 2 trying to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was the ...

Despite hundreds of thousands of games on the Play Store, very few become comforting escapes from the harsh reality. Games that you can play anywhere and without any special skillset, with one motive: ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...