Gabe Gurwin

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The Best PC Games To Play In 2025

1 week ago | gamespot.com | Steve Watts |Steven Petite |Gabe Gurwin |Mark Delaney

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. These are our selections for the very best PC games. Without a generational divide, the PC gaming library just keeps growing, so we focused on the best PC games to play right now. Some of these games, like Blue Prince and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, are recently released gems.
Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Joy-Cons Have Mouse-Like Functionality

3 weeks ago | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin |Hayley Williams

The Nintendo Switch 2's full unveiling on April 2 has confirmed one of its most exciting new features: mouse functionality. You can indeed use the console's new Joy-Con controllers like a computer mouse, opening up possibilities for point-and-click adventures and strategy games to be an even better experience on the system.
How A Fire Threw Another Wrench In Stalker 2's Development

1 month ago | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin

The Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl developers at GSC Game World have been through a lot, to put it mildly. Following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, roughly 200 developers opted to relocate to Prague in the Czech Republic, continuing to collaborate with their colleagues in Kyiv. This, in theory, should have led to a more peaceful development process for this group, but a large fire in the Prague office threw another unexpected wrench in its plans.
How Stalker 2's Developers Persevered As Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Began

1 month ago | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin

GSC Game World went through far more harrowing events than most game developers--or people--ever will, during the development of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. What began as a long-awaited revival of a classic FPS series soon took on new meaning as a show of defiance against a malicious invader in 2022. On February 24, Russia--under false pretenses--launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, threatening the lives of hundreds of game developers and their families.
Lost Soul Aside Slices And Dices At PlayStation State Of Play, Coming In May

2 months ago | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin |James Carr

Lost Soul Aside looks like it's going to deliver some high-octane hacking and/or slashing when it launches this year on May 30, and the game got its time in the spotlight during the February PlayStation State of Play event. The fast-paced trailer gave looks at the monsters invading the world, impressive traversal mechanics, and even giant Kaiju fights.
Every Game Delayed Right Now (2025 Edition)

2 months ago | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Death, taxes, and video games getting delayed--it seems these are the three constants in 2025, with a number of high-profile video games getting delayed past their initial release dates. Some of these have been delayed far past their initial dates, while others have only been delayed more recently.
MLB The Show 25 Revamps Road To The Show, Adds High School And College Ball

2 months ago | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin

MLB The Show 25 will be out this March, and as the first game in years to not release on day one for Game Pass, Sony's San Diego Studio had to make the case for you to spend your money at launch. New features coming to the game this year might just do that, with the sometimes-stagnant Road to the Show mode getting a big upgrade and Diamond Dynasty ditching a system players took issue with.
Xbox In 2025: Most-Anticipated Games And What To Expect

Jan 22, 2025 | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. 2025 may very well be a make-or-break year for Microsoft's Xbox brand. Following a relatively slow start to the generation--the lack of killer first-party exclusives has been notable--Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard, making Game Pass more enticing via yearly day-one Call of Duty launches.
Let Him Solo: Dr. Doot's Elden Ring Saxophone Run Was AGDQ's Big Moment

Jan 15, 2025 | flipboard.com | Gabe Gurwin

1 day agoElon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX, was called out by gamers after a disastrous ‘Path of Exile 2’ livestream sparked questions about his ability to play video games. Elon Musk is surrounded by almost constant controversy, but the latest scandal to rock the world’s richest man is surely the …
Let Him Solo: Dr. Doot's Elden Ring Saxophone Run Was AGDQ's Big Moment

Jan 15, 2025 | gamespot.com | Gabe Gurwin

When Dr. Doot took the stage on the final day of AGDQ 2025, the pressure was on. The speedrunner, whose nickname is surprisingly descriptive--he has a doctorate in music composition--was attempting a live run of Elden Ring using a digital saxophone as a controller. Beating Elden Ring's toughest bosses via traditional methods is difficult enough, but Dr. Doot put that PhD to good use and quickly slayed the final boss, as well as the maddingly difficult optional boss Malenia.