A brief summary of COGconnected's monthly reviews, featuring the highest and lowest ranked games from April 2026.

Some video games use their tutorials not just to teach mechanics, but to deliberately mislead players for narrative or thematic impact. These deceptive intros can hide major twists, reframe the story ...

A game 28 years in the making will be headed to the Secret Lair store soon.

While Nintendo has existed since 1889, it wasn’t until 1970 that it shifted its focus to video games and became one of the ...

Discover how Claude's plugins and latest creative tools are transforming game design, from ragdoll physics to real-time 3D ...

In the late nineties, we got a pair of bangers: a lesser-known but totally brilliant Game Boy title that played a bit like ...

I was deeply in love with my first few hours playing Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. But my honeymoon with this game was ...

First Light after a multi-hour hands-on, and interview with the James Bond game's art director, IOI's Rasmus Poulsen.

Quick rounds now define much of digital play, giving folks tight bursts of choices that slide neatly between daily tasks.

The game's designer discusses the challenges of incorporating all the highlights of Matt Dinniman's book series.

From the name alone, Bus Bound is what you'd expect it to be: a bus driving simulator. At the same time, it offers more ...

After having helmed The Witcher 3, one of the greatest RPGs of all time, director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz hopes to make another ...