For the rest of 2020's best games, head here.  #10: BPM Bullets Per Minute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L36pPvuWfzg Much like this year's indie darling Hades, BPM Bullets Per Minute requires you to restart your roguelike run if you die. The kicker? BPM is a first-person shooter where you have to fire your gu

Gaming has brought me so much joy in this strange, terrible Twilight Zone episode of a year. 2020 gave us humongous releases like Final Fantasy 7 Remake and The Last of Us Part 2 - games that some folks have been looking forward to for years. It brought new console generations. It brought us Hades. It brought us Palm

We're only a few days away from the end of 2020 and the start of a new year. Steam has unveiled its Best Of 2020 lists, including the top-selling and most-played games of the year. The Top Sellers category features Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers. However, Steam doesn't exactly reveal how much revenue that

Review aggregation website OpenCritic has announced its list of winners for the 2020 Hall Of Fame. However, they do not include ports, remasters, enhanced re-releases, expansions or DLC of any kind. That means games like Persona 5 Royal or Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate don't get to enter the OpenCritic 2020 Hall Of Fa

For the rest of our top 30 of 2020, head here. #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24. #23: Doom Eternal (PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) Among all the shooters available and loaded for 2020, Doom Eternal is perhaps the most cathartic among the bunch. Your objective is to reach from point A to B, killing as man

The Game Awards 2020 just concluded, and it was probably the biggest iteration of the annual event yet. It featured tons of surprises in the form of new game announcements, trailers, reveals, and a slew of guest appearances. Here are the winners of The Game Awards 2020 (they're highlighted in bold): Game of

The PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year polls are now live and you can vote on PlayStation Blog now. There are 17 categories this year, and the polls will remain open until 3.59pm GMT+8 on 14 December 2020. Malaysian-based Metronomik's No Straight Roads managed to garner two nominations, including Best Independent Ga

Remember when we said that Xbox Game Pass will be getting its last few Gold titles for the year? They'll be sweetening that already-lucrative pot with even more free games for the month. How does Remedy's latest sound? That's right: Control will be available to play on Xbox Game Pass on Xbox consoles and PC this ear

This article is still under development, since the PS5 is still brand-new and may get more backwards compatibility updates down the line. Next-gen is already here, if you're lucky to even snag one of these machines. In this case, we're focused on the PlayStation 5 and its backwards compatibility for the past gaming

With Black Friday coming up, the Steam Autumn Sale is now here. It will take place from 25 November 2020 to 1 December 2020. That's less than a week, so you'll have to be quick and grab the best deals before the sale ends. Hades (RM35.20) Sure, it's only going for 20 percent off, but even at full price, Supe

The Game Awards 2020 is taking place on 10 December 2020, but Geoff Keighley has announced the nominated games three weeks earlier. Despite being plagued with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year has seen some pretty good games. You can vote now on the official website here. Check out the full The Game Awards 2

The Xbox Game Pass initiative keeps getting bigger. Starting this November and December, EA Play games will be available on Xbox consoles and PC respectively. Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S this November, PC this December. The catch? You have to subscribe to the Ultimate edition which will cost you US$14.99 per month.

Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest 2020 has concluded with the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020 live stream earlier today. The presentation featured more than 30 games from over 18 publishers, including new game announcements but primarily focused on updates from announced titles. Check them out below: Age Of

The PlayStation Days Of Play sale begins today and will run until 16 June 2020, offering great deals and discounts on various PS4 games, software, and peripherals. Digital titles on the PlayStation Store are being offered at discounted prices as well, with discounts up to 85 percent. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/wa

What happens when you mix Doom Eternal with a rhythm game like Rhythm Heaven? You get a humble little shooter like BPM: Bullets Per Minute. Brought o you by Awe Interactive, this shooter is a "rhythm-action FPS roguelik" where you move, jump, and shoot your way through randomly-generated dungeons to the beat of an epi

This "new normal" world set in a COVID-19 environment is bringing out the good in people. Companies as well; Bethesda Softworks said it will donate US$1 million to local and international "front-line organizations" working to support the effort to fight the pandemic. The ginormous cheque will be split three ways: US

The holy month of Ramadan has arrived, but this year's occasion marks a stark change for Malaysians and other Muslims around the world who will have to spend the fasting month in self-isolation and quarantine amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Many have turned to video games to fill their free time while stayin

I don't own a Switch, but it's easy to see how the latest Animal Crossing game has taken over the world based on all the memes and social media posts. So it's also no surprise to hear that the game has broken a sales record. According to Superdata, Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold 5 million digital units within a si

The MCO was recently announced to have been extended to 28 April. Coincidentally, Green Man Gaming is having a Spring sale that largely corresponds with that timeline, with its sale running from now till 24 April. As usual, we've taken the opportunity to highlight some of the deals on offer. Borderlands 3 (RM89.50)

Google Stadia was pretty much dead on arrival, and far from the trailblazer for cloud-based gaming that it was supposed to be. Many issues attributed to this, one of which is the fact that its library of games remains pathetic. At the time of writing, only 28 games are currently playable. According to a recent report