And I also recently realized, after returning to Diablo 4, that in 2026, a backlog is becoming an outdated concept as forever games take over the industry and live-service titles get killed, making it ...

January is often a quiet month for big video game releases. So this cold, wintry month becomes a perfect time to evaluate your ever-growing backlog of video games and start chipping away at it. That’s ...

If you like goblins and artifacts, look no further as the Epic Games Store is giving away two fantastic stealth games.

Polygon covered a lot of end-of-year, best-of-the-year games stuff in 2024. We celebrated one of the most successful breakout indies in years (Balatro) and watched a horde of dedicated fans muster up ...

It might be a new year, but most gamers still have a large backlog of games to play before they get to any new ones, as one ...

The “backlog,” in the context of video games, is the stack of games you’d like to play but just haven’t gotten around to yet. Because playing and beating games is a huge time commitment, backlogs tend ...

The Thursday letters page is intrigued by the Astro Bot director’s defence of the PS5 generation, as a reader is unimpressed by Hideo Kojima’s views on AI and sequels. Games Inbox is a collection of ...

Many of us have gaming backlogs. It seems to be the current way of gaming, especially when so many of our titles are digital ones we just grab on a sale. (Like, these Black Friday and Cyber Monday ...

When you hear the term “Spring Cleaning,” you probably think about the old mail you could throw away or that bathroom that needs scrubbing. Usually, it’s a physical process that involves tidying your ...

Welcome back to The Backlog! For January, we are diving into games based on the word “fight,” but this doesn’t limit the games to a specific playstyle. Last week we covered the neverending brawl that ...

Welcome back to The Backlog for the last time this semester. It’s been a wonderful year for gamers, as they have certainly been spoiled. From “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” to “Mortal ...