Video Games

There is a brand new release in the Epic Games Store free games of the week, in addition to a legendarily good fighting game, and a game that hits all kinds of nostalgia buttons.

We've hit the middle of May! The birds are singing, the thunderstorms are thundering, and games are... oddly not really releasing. Some are, which we will talk about this week -- but it looks like a lot of titles avoided releasing this week for fear of being crushed by DOOM: The Dark Ages. Which, of course, we'll be talking about this week!

This week the Epic Games Store is giving us a bit of whiplash in the thematic juxtaposition between the two games they're offering for free this week: the gleeful gorefest of Dead Island 2, and the devolving dreamscape (perhaps nightmare) that is Happy Game.

This past weekend I was lucky enough to be able to attend PAX East for the first time and experience the gigantic celebration of gaming culture first-hand.

This week, we're going to take an adventure with a fox and a raven (Spirit of the North 2), get revenge against a savage planet (Revenge of the Savage Planet), and to study some magic and relax (Ithya: Magic Studies). We'll also touch on a favorite of mine that's on sale, being we're a little light on new, well rated, interesting titles this week (Dark Souls 3).

This week the Epic Games Store is giving away two titles: Deadtime Defenders, which is being newly released to the Epic platform, and Touch Type Tale, a very unique take on classic RTS games.

Moonshot Games, one of the Dreamhaven game development studios, is launching another Community Preview playtest for their upcoming game, Wildgate, which will begin Friday, May 9 at 9AM pacific time and ending on Monday, May 12 at 5PM pacific time.

Super Space Club is the chillest space-based arcade gunner game I've ever seen, and the Epic Games Store is giving it away for free this week.

Feeling lost and confused with all of the new things in World of Warcraft this week? That's okay! Here's four new games for your weekend instead!

The Epic Games Store is giving us another game for free from Amanita games, similarly jam packed with wholesome but weird little guys: Chuchel.