Reviews

Games have lots of different characters. Some of them are Mage Ladies. Some of them are Sad Dads. A few of them are even Creepy Kids. But one of the most ubiquitous character types is the Bald Dude. There are so many of them! How are you supposed to know which ones are the best?...

Many tabletop role-playing enthusiasts had to make big changes to their playstyles in 2020. Whether it meant suspending long-running games, moving to virtual play sessions, or playing more with those they lived with, it’s been a challenging time to get a fix of that dice-rolling goodness. Regardless, there was no shortage of wonderful new RPG...

Coming off a year where I experienced both personal and professional turmoil, 2020 was going to be the year I turned it all around. I decided that as much as I traveled in 2019, I was going to do even more in 2020. Not just that, but I was going to do more in general:...

You already know our staff-wide Top 10 Games of 2020, but that list doesn’t paint the whole picture. As you might imagine, these lists are often hard-fought battles over many hours as members of our staff struggle to squeeze their favorites onto our official list. Unfortunately, not every game we played and loved over the...

A few years back when Diablo Immortal was unveiled, I was less than enthused. Headlining Blizzcon with a mobile game when the Diablo community was desperate for anything related to Diablo 3 or 4 was a rough reveal, and what’s more the game didn’t look or feel anything like I was hoping it would. I’ve...

Click to watch embedded media In the first Replay episode of the year, the Game Informer crew plays through the second installment in Valve’s iconic zombie series, Left 4 Dead 2. Join Andrew Reiner, Liana Ruppert, Kim Wallace, and myself for an FPS romp through the game’s first campaign, during which we navigate a hotel that’s engulfed in...

Click here to watch embedded media Looking to get into streaming? Or do you want to start a YouTube channel? In this episode of Shout! Esports, Jess Brohard walks you through how to start creating gaming content in 2021. Are you curious about how to talk to your audience or address viewers when you’re new...

Games at the end of a console generation are supposed to demonstrate the outgoing systems’ true power – the culmination of developers’ years of practice and technical expertise. But I guess sometimes that doesn’t work out, and studios just need to push whatever they have out the door so they can start working on better things....

I’ve been bouncing between Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077 recently, and something has stood out during that time: These two games have broken from genre tradition by introducing children into their open worlds. I’m so used to seeing entire cities devoid of young people that the first time I saw one walking around the...

2020 was a challenging year to enjoy the full breadth of the tabletop hobby. Many players were unable to gather with friends and gaming groups to play in person, but it didn’t stop publishers from continuing to pump out some remarkable and incredibly fun games. And many players responded by finding ways to play games...