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Thank Goodness You’re Here is a vibrant, funny, unashamedly silly game

I'd watch this if it was a TV series.

Thank Goodness You’re Here is a vibrant, silly game based in the fictional northern-England town called Barnsworth, which is definitely 80 percent Barnsley, 20 percent plausible deniability. It's also actually, truly, funny.

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Mat Smith

3 hours ago

  • an hour agoNYT Connections bot uses AI to highlight each day’s top mistakes
  • 19 hours agoElectrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out
  • 08.31.2024No, a video game spin-off of The Batman is not in the works, James Gunn says
  • 08.31.2024Dragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start a new project
  • 08.30.2024Zelda can wield a sword in Echoes of Wisdom after all
  • 08.30.2024The latest Tamagotchi is made with real eggs
  • 08.29.2024Nintendo can't repair your New 3DS because it ran out of parts

The best Playdate games for 2024

Puzzles, platformers, shoot ‘em ups, dungeon crawlers and high score chasers too strange to categorize.

Here are some of the best games available on the Playdate Catalog. That includes puzzles, platformers, shoot ‘em ups, dungeon crawlers and high score chasers too strange to categorize.

by

Cheyenne MacDonald

08.29.2024

Concord aside, PlayStation is having a great year

All signs point toward the hero shooter being a colossal flop.

By all accounts, Concord looks like a painful failure for Sony. However, that flop aside, PlayStation is quietly having a great year overall.

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Kris Holt

08.28.2024

The best Apple Arcade games for 2024

These are some of the best games to play on your iPhone or iPad, period.

These are the best games you can play on Apple Arcade, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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Nathan Ingraham

08.28.2024

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The best Playdate games for 2024

Puzzles, platformers, shoot ‘em ups, dungeon crawlers and high score chasers too strange to categorize.

Here are some of the best games available on the Playdate Catalog. That includes puzzles, platformers, shoot ‘em ups, dungeon crawlers and high score chasers too strange to categorize.

by

Cheyenne MacDonald

The best online games and puzzles you can play daily in 2024

Challenge yourself and have fun each day with these games that are not all simply Wordle clones.

These are the best daily online games like Wordle you can play right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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Kris Holt

The best Netflix games for 2024

Netflix subscribers have access to a treasure trove of great mobile titles.

These are the best Netflix games you can play right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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Kris Holt

The best budget gaming laptops for 2024

You don't have to break the bank for a decent gaming PC.

Here's a list of the best budget gaming laptops you can buy right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.

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Devindra Hardawar

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  • NYT Connections bot uses AI to highlight each day’s top mistakes

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    Kris Holt

    an hour ago

    A new bot will tell you just how well or poorly you're doing at Connections, a New York Times word game. The bot also uses AI to deduce players' thought processes for failed guesses.

  • Thank Goodness You’re Here is a vibrant, funny, unashamedly silly game

    by

    Mat Smith

    3 hours ago

    Thank Goodness You’re Here is a vibrant, silly game based in the fictional northern-England town called Barnsworth, which is definitely 80 percent Barnsley, 20 percent plausible deniability. It's also actually, truly, funny.

  • Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    19 hours ago

    Electrolight is a charming short adventure game in which you play as a gleam of light trying to find your way out of a computer to experience the world.

  • No, a video game spin-off of The Batman is not in the works, James Gunn says

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    08.31.2024

    Responding to a question on Threads about whether Warner Bros. has a game in the works based on the Robert Pattinson-led film, DC Studios’ co-head James Gunn said, 'Sadly there is no truth to this whatsoever.'

  • Zelda can wield a sword in Echoes of Wisdom after all

    by

    Kris Holt

    08.30.2024

    Fret not, fans of adorable murder: Zelda will have a sword after all in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

  • The latest Tamagotchi is made with real eggs

    by

    Mariella Moon

    08.30.2024

    Bandai used recycled egg shells to make the Original Tamagotchi Celebration model.

  • Nintendo can't repair your New 3DS because it ran out of parts

    by

    Anna Washenko

    08.29.2024

    Nintendo has stopped offering repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS because it has simply run out of parts.

  • The best Playdate games for 2024

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    08.29.2024

    Here are some of the best games available on the Playdate Catalog. That includes puzzles, platformers, shoot ‘em ups, dungeon crawlers and high score chasers too strange to categorize.

  • Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland crawls out of its playpen on September 10

    by

    Danny Gallagher

    08.28.2024

    Tommy, Chuckie, Lil and Phil are back on your console or PC in the new platformer game Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland set for release on September 10.

  • Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of 'bad faith bargaining' by Raven Software union workers

    by

    Danny Gallagher

    08.28.2024

    Raven Software filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over its union negotiations with Microsoft.

  • GameStop pivots to retro gaming at select locations

    by

    Will Shanklin

    08.28.2024

    GameStop is pivoting to retro games at select locations. As the industry moves to digital media — and the retailer struggles to adapt to the shifting landscape — the company is betting on the old school.

  • Xbox's streaming app is coming to more Fire TV devices

    by

    Lawrence Bonk

    08.28.2024

    The latest Xbox update brings the streaming app to more Fire TV devices. There’s also deeper integration with Discord.

  • MMORPG Blue Protocol shuts down before most people got a chance to play it

    by

    Jeremy Gan

    08.28.2024

    MMORPG Blue Protocol shuts down before planned worldwide release.

  • The best Apple Arcade games for 2024

    by

    Nathan Ingraham

    08.28.2024

    These are the best games you can play on Apple Arcade, as chosen by Engadget editors.

  • Razer's first controller with Hall effect joysticks is the $200 Wolverine V3 Pro for Xbox and PC

    by

    Jessica Conditt

    08.28.2024

    The Wolverine V3 Pro introduces Hall effect joysticks for the first time in a Razer gamepad, and it’s also the company’s first fully wireless controller for Xbox consoles.

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a turn-based RPG with beautiful artistic flair

    by

    Mat Smith

    08.28.2024

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a dreamy fantasy adventure that taps into the turn-based style of '90s RPGs.

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