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“Video Games Are Cooked”: The Harsh Reality of AI’s Grip on the Industry

More And More Games Are Asking A Question Even Philosophers Haven't Been Able To Answer

Sunset Visitor's upcoming game Prove You're Human bears an ominous title. Its debut trailer is just as provocative as its name lets on, and introduces us to Mesa, a seemingly rogue...

You Can’t Game Your Way to a Real Education

Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.

The game that makes me actually want to exercise

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 127, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, my Scorpion challenges your Sub-Zero to a duel, a...

1000xResist studio reveals next game Prove You're Human

The Peabody Award-winning studio sunset visitor revealed its next project after 1000xResist: a narrative-focused game about debating an uncanny AI.

GameMaker says AI coding is inevitable, Sony clarifies DRM confusion, and how video games are helping Rikers inmates - P...

Plus: Is job security now a 'romantic' notion within the video game industry?

Devs Behind Beloved Party Game Rush To Apologize After Getting Review-Bombed Over AI Video Contest: ‘Ah Hell Nah’

If every contest entry is AI-generated, but “all submissions must be original works,” does that mean everyone gets disqualified?

Artius: Pure Imagination is Sonic the Hedgehog for art students in a post-AI world

A thing that kind of got lost somewhere along the way in the Sonic the Hedgehog series is its themes of environmentalism. The games just kind of became about doing Cool Things or k...

Surreal Boomer Shooter goblinAmerica Asks You To Speedrun Through Our Crumbling Political Landscape

Solo developer Gil Lawson's surrealist time travel shooter asks if you're a bad enough goblin to save the president, i.e. yourself

Gaming, Metrics, and The Value of Ignoring Recipes: C. Thi Nguyen’s The Score

A deep dive into scoring systems, gamification, and what's truly important in life. The post Gaming, Metrics, and The Value of Ignoring Recipes: C. Thi Nguyen’s <i>The Score&...

Salmon Sex, Psychedelics, And ‘Shake-A-JPEG Technology’: The Story Behind One Of 2026’s Best And Most Baffling Games

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

1000xResist Studio Turns The Internet's Most Annoying Task Into A Game With Prove You're Human

Back in 2024, Sunset Visitor released its debut game, 1000xResist, to tremendous critical acclaim. Now, the studio is back with a new narrative-driven work of science-fiction: Prov...

what kind of world will your actions create? serpentine’s online game makes ethics playable

danielle brathwaite-shirley’s interactive artwork asks players to consider how their judgements shape the world we share. The post what kind of world will your actions create? ser...

Titanium Court: The Kotaku Review

The IGF-winning strategy puzzle game is a hypnotic dance between match-three tiles, Saussure and absurdity

Sometimes Being Bad At A Game Is Most Of The Fun

In both Pragmata and Dispatch, my own failure to master core mechanics only enriched my experience

‘Pragmata’ Is a Great Robot-Fighting Game That Online Creeps Can’t Stop Being Weird About

The new sci-fi shooter is a hit for Capcom—and the latest video game to become a culture-war lightning rod.

Hooman Nissani: Building Smarter Worlds in Modern Gaming

Video games are often judged by their graphics or story. But the real magic usually happens under the hood. That is where developers build the systems that make worlds feel alive....

Activists Install Arcade Game Mocking Trump on the National Mall. You Can Play It in Your Browser Right Now

You'll lose this war, too, but at least it'll only cost a quarter.

Convince a giant robotic head on a stick it's not human in Prove You're Human, the new game from 1000xResist developer

I wouldn't have thought it would be that hard to convince an AI that it's not human. Just ask 'Would you be stupid enough to create a language where 'Sanction' can mean both to for...

I Resurrected My Favorite Childhood Games Using Gemini Vibe Coding

Retro gaming can cost a fortune. I vibe coded "demakes" of my favorite games for free.

How does Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope deal with sharing his work in this era of AI? A severe lack of posting

This current era of the internet is very easily the worst one, even within its comparatively short existence. A myriad of reasons contributes to this, the most annoying and newest...

The Top-Rated Steam Release Of 2026 Is A Clever, Creepy Inversion Of Cozy Games

Did you know octopi love chicken parm?

My memories of classic GTA have been gloriously smothered by this reasonably SFW giantess erotica game

My intolerable efforts to become Rock Paper Shotgun's new Erotica Uncle proceed apace with Step 'n Smush, a free WIP browser game in which you play some extremely large women sexil...

How To Stop Playing Tomodachi Life The Wrong Way And Just Enjoy It

Treat it like a reality TV show where you create the cast