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The best horror games to play in 2024

These spooky, scary games will wake you up with some serious terror.

Are you tired of feeling safe and happy all the time? Do you want an escape from all of the oppressive niceness around you? Here, we’ve collected more than a dozen of the most evocative and disturbing horror games in recent memory.

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Engadget

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  • 15 hours agoYou can finally fish in No Man's Sky as its Aquarius update rolls out today
  • 19 hours agoStylish neo-noir detective game Phoenix Springs is delayed until October 7
  • a day agoConcord players keep jumping off the map in a race to claim the Platinum trophy
  • a day agoThe Acer Nitro V 16 gaming laptop now comes in an Intel flavor
  • a day agoAcer's Project DualPlay is a truly wild gaming laptop with a built-in controller
  • a day agoAcer finally has a gaming handheld, the Nitro Blaze 7
  • 09.03.2024DraftKings gets slapped with fine for online slots that paid zilch

Astro Bot is one of the best games Sony has ever made

The mascot's first AAA outing is a delightful success.

Astro Bot highlights the importance of play. It’s Super Mario Bros. for a new generation of video game fanatics, at once an introduction to common video game mechanics and also a significant challenge for seasoned players.

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Jessica Conditt

38 minutes ago

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom plays like a traditional Zelda game, remixed

The huge variety of echoes at your disposal means there are lots of ways to solve a puzzle.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the first game in the Zelda series that lets you play as the game's namesake, and it feels well-suited to younger and older players alike.

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Nathan Ingraham

a day ago

Concord aside, PlayStation is having a great year

The hero shooter crashed and burned, but Sony's gaming division still has a lot going for it.

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

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Kris Holt

09.03.2024

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The best horror games to play in 2024

These spooky, scary games will wake you up with some serious terror.

Are you tired of feeling safe and happy all the time? Do you want an escape from all of the oppressive niceness around you? Here, we’ve collected more than a dozen of the most evocative and disturbing horror games in recent memory.

by

Engadget

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.

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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.

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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.

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Kris Holt

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  • The best horror games to play in 2024

    by

    Engadget

    38 minutes ago

    Are you tired of feeling safe and happy all the time? Do you want an escape from all of the oppressive niceness around you? Here, we’ve collected more than a dozen of the most evocative and disturbing horror games in recent memory.

  • Astro Bot is one of the best games Sony has ever made

    by

    Jessica Conditt

    38 minutes ago

    Astro Bot highlights the importance of play. It’s Super Mario Bros. for a new generation of video game fanatics, at once an introduction to common video game mechanics and also a significant challenge for seasoned players.

  • You can finally fish in No Man's Sky as its Aquarius update rolls out today

    by

    Mariella Moon

    15 hours ago

    No Man's Sky 'Aquarius' adds a fishing mechanic to the game.

  • Stylish neo-noir detective game Phoenix Springs is delayed until October 7

    by

    Kris Holt

    19 hours ago

    Gorgeous neo-noir detective game Phoenix Springs has been delayed until October 7.

  • Concord players keep jumping off the map in a race to claim the Platinum trophy

    by

    Kris Holt

    a day ago

    Concord players have resorted to drastic measures in a race to claim the Platinum trophy on PS5 before the game goes offline on Friday.

  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom plays like a traditional Zelda game, remixed

    by

    Nathan Ingraham

    a day ago

    The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the first game in the Zelda series that lets you play as the game's namesake, and it feels well-suited to younger and older players alike.

  • The Acer Nitro V 16 gaming laptop now comes in an Intel flavor

    by

    Kris Holt

    a day ago

    Acer has refreshed its Nitro V 16 gaming laptop with Intel CPUs and introduced an all-new 14.5-inch version.

  • Acer's Project DualPlay is a truly wild gaming laptop with a built-in controller

    by

    Lawrence Bonk

    a day ago

    Acer just revealed a truly wild gaming laptop with a built-in controller. Project DualPlay is just a concept design.

  • Acer finally has a gaming handheld, the Nitro Blaze 7

    by

    Lawrence Bonk

    a day ago

    Acer finally has a gaming handheld. The Nitro Blaze 7 could give the Steam Deck a run for its money.

  • DraftKings gets slapped with fine for online slots that paid zilch

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    Danny Gallagher

    09.03.2024

    Connecticut issued fines to DraftKings and White Hat Gaming for operating an online slot machine that did not issue the payment percentage they promised their players.

  • Concord aside, PlayStation is having a great year

    by

    Kris Holt

    09.03.2024

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

  • Until Dawn remake studio lays off staffers before the game’s even out

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    Danny Gallagher

    09.03.2024

    Ballistic Moon has let go an undetermined number of staffers and confirmed the news on Labor Day.

  • Concord is going offline two weeks after its PS5 and PC launch

    by

    Kris Holt

    09.03.2024

    Sony and developer Firewalk Studios have announced that they're taking Concord offline just two weeks after releasing the team shooter. Those who bought the $40 game will get a full refund.

  • Intel's Core Ultra 200V chips aim for AI PC dominance

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    Devindra Hardawar

    09.03.2024

    Intel's Core Ultra 200V chips, AKA Lunar Lake, are arriving on September 24th.

  • Valve hires key employees from Risk of Rain developer

    by

    Mariella Moon

    09.03.2024

    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

    09.02.2024

    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

    09.02.2024

    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

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    Mat Smith

    09.02.2024

    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.

  • Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    09.01.2024

    Electrolight is a charming short adventure game in which you play as a gleam of light trying to find your way out of a computer to experience the world.

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

    by

    Cheyenne MacDonald

    08.31.2024

    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.'

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