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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.

by

Mat Smith

a day ago

  • 37 minutes agoValve hires key employees from Risk of Rain developer
  • 21 hours agoResident Evil mobile ports now require an online check-in before you can play
  • a day agoNYT Connections bot uses AI to highlight each day’s top mistakes
  • 09.02.2024Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out
  • 09.01.2024No, 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

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.

by

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.

by

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.

by

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.

by

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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  • Valve hires key employees from Risk of Rain developer

    by

    Mariella Moon

    37 minutes ago

    Hopoo Games' co-founders and other staff members are joining Valve.

  • Resident Evil mobile ports now require an online check-in before you can play

    by

    Kris Holt

    21 hours ago

    Several mobile ports of Resident Evil games now require an internet connection when starting the app.

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

    by

    Kris Holt

    a day 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

    a day 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.

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

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    09.01.2024

    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.'

  • Dragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start a new project

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    08.31.2024

    Hideaki Itsuno, who directed the Dragon’s Dogma series and other major games for Capcom, announced on Saturday that he’s leaving the company.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • It sure seems like the PS5 Pro will be announced in the next few weeks

    by

    Lawrence Bonk

    08.29.2024

    It sure seems like the PS5 Pro will be announced in the next few weeks. We also have some alleged details on the design of the console.

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

    by

    Danny Gallagher

    08.29.2024

    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.

  • 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.

  • Concord aside, PlayStation is having a great year

    by

    Kris Holt

    08.28.2024

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

  • 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.

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