Latest articles by Ian Birnbaum
The best co-op games to drag your pals into
Updated! The best co-op games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.
The best Dragon Age: Origins mods
Cleaned Up If it's your first time or your third replay, you'll need mods to make Dragon Age: Origins playable today.
The best of QuakeCon cosplay
Role Call Doomguy, Nuka-Girl, Commander Keen, and lots more colorful costumed characters visited QuakeCon 2019.
The best custom PCs from QuakeCon 2019
Case Race Stained glass, towering aluminum, a hamster cage, and a PC that serves cocktails. It's gotta be QuakeCon.
This Massive Halo 1 overhaul mod makes the campaign feel fresh in 2019
Remaster Chief SPV3's weapons, overhauled graphics, and entirely new levels expand the sandbox and restore some of Halo's razzle dazzle.
Crackdown 3 review
GROUNDED Even with Terry Crews, Crackdown 3 fails to reach the highest agility orbs.
Overkill's The Walking Dead review
Stiff Bugs and bad networking make this co-op zombie shooter a shambling mess.
This Starship Troopers mod turns the movie's big action scene into a Horde mode shootout
News Military shooter Squad gets a total conversion. How long can you hold out again wave after wave of giant bugs?
Here are all the times companies have tried to make 'Netflix for gaming'
Cloudy future From GameFly to OnLive, a lot of game streaming services have come and gone before Google's latest announcement.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Mythological Beasts guide: How to kill Odyssey's toughest monsters
Mythbusters We guide you through the mythological missions in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which puts you against Greek legends like Medusa.
How to kill Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Legendary Animals
Trophy hunt A simple guide to beating The Goddesses' Hunt sidequest and where to find each of the Legendary Animals.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Orichalcum guide: Ubisoft's daily challenges for special rewards
Making Rock We break down Orichalcum, the in-game currency you earn for completing daily and weekly quests in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey armor guide: the best armor for assassinating in Ancient Greece
Dress sharp We break down Assassin's Creed Odyssey's armors, their bonuses and perks, and which outfits will have you the best dressed for war.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey weapons guide: the best weapons and skills for open combat
Killing tools We break down each weapon type, their strengths and weaknesses, and what skills will turn you into a god of war.
Tips for playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey
guide A guide to the key differences between Assassin's Creed Odyssey and previous games in the series.
NHL team bans video games on the road
On the night of a new season, the Vancouver Canucks vow no Fortnite or other games while traveling.
Star Control: Origins review
DOCKED Origins grinds away the clever fun it should have embraced.
Ark plays better on mobile than you'd think, but really needs crossplay
Pocket Dinos Ark looks surprisingly good on iOS and controls fairly well, but missing crossplay and spotty performance are drawbacks.
Kerbal Space Program mod recreates Andy Weir's The Martian
Mars Attacked Welcome to The Dunation.
