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This upcoming PC game from developer Happy Volcano puts players in charge of sprawling factories to meet the demands of an AI that expects greater productivity and output. The voxel art modules your factories produce are used to construct larger and more complex facilities. Add it to your Steam wish list now.

To celebrate Monument Valley 3, Netflix and Ustwo Games released this animated short that builds on the style of the artful puzzle game. The short drops us onto a mysterious island where Sula is on a quest to get to a towering lighthouse to send a signal of hope to everyone on the planet. We loved seeing this universe fleshed out in three dimensions.

Celebrate your love for classic video games every time you type. This artisan keycap from MMi Keycaps was inspired by the Super Nintendo game controller. The detailed cast-resin keycap is designed to fit 1.5U key locations and comes with SNES purple or the Japanese Super Famicom’s multicolor buttons. Compatible with Cherry MX switches and clones.

Naughty Dog gave us Uncharted and The Last of Us. Here’s a look at their next PS5 title. Set in the distant future, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet follows the story of a bounty hunter on a quest to take down a crime syndicate. The trailer teases appearances by Kumail Nanjiani, a Porsche spaceship, and our second reference to Pet Shop Boys today.

Turtle Beach engineered the Stealth Pivot game controller with rotating button clusters that flip between layouts. One side is ideal for retro games and fighters, and the other is great for FPSes and modern games with its dual analog sticks. It’s compatible with Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows PCs and offers wireless and wired connectivity.

This tabletop pinball table combines two arcade classics in one. It has graphics and sound effects from Pac-Man and big machine features like mechanical bumpers, directional saucers, three flippers, and LED lighting. It automatically keeps scores and stores high scores. Evil Genius Entertainment has a full review. You can also find it on Amazon.

Looking for the perfect gift for the retro gamer in your life? This glass decanter is modeled after the original CX-10 joystick from the Atari 2600 game console. The set includes a 750 ml decanter, two Atari logo whiskey glasses, and a matching tray with Atari’s 21st-century “Futuristic Since Forever” tagline.

The Bazaar is an upcoming free-to-play auto battler with a delightful board game-like interface. Pick from one of six heroes, each with a unique ability. Each round, you’ll shop for items or weapons to arm yourself. Then pick an NPC enemy to beat for gold and XP. Finally, you’ll go up against the loadout of another player who played that round.

Get your brick on every morning with some delicious Tetrimino-shaped waffles. This official Tetris waffle maker cranks out seven interlocking puzzle pieces, encouraging you to play with your food and stack your blocks at the breakfast table. Earn bonus points for adding food coloring to the individual waffles.

Dead Cells was the gift that kept on giving. And now, with the release of its board game, you and up to three other players can enjoy the game’s infinite replayability in a new format. The roguelite board game lets you journey through the four original biomes with hundreds of weapons, mutations, and skills to unlock.

Mario thought he was in another castle, but it turns out that Bowser has set up shop in the Overlook Hotel. Filmmaker Mark Cannataro created this amusing CG short featuring our favorite plumber trapped in a Stanley Kubrick movie. Things could have gone much worse in that bathroom scene, but this clip is rated PG.

Raw Fury Games looks like they hit the jackpot with an unlikely combo. Ballionaire combines roguelites with an equally addictive game: pachinko. Create your own machine with a crazy arsenal of triggers, balls, upgrades, and stages of all sizes and shapes. Profit off the chaos while admiring the cartoonish occult aesthetic of the world’s first “autobonker”.

GiiKER’s interactive puzzle game combines the digital and tactile worlds by displaying a puzzle arrangement on its LED screen, then asking you to solve it by sliding the pieces into the proper positions. It comes loaded with more than 500 challenges. Great for kids and adults and an excellent alternative to playing on phones.

Metal Slug Tactics brings the arcade shooter’s eye-popping pixel art and over-the-top action to a more manageable yet no less chaotic form. The game features a turn-based battle system with roguelite elements. It features 110 handcrafted maps, 36 weapons, and nine characters with different skill trees. Drops 11.5.24 on Steam and all major consoles.

This teensy replica of the Atari 2600 comes with a miniature TV cabinet. It’s small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and is loaded with nine 8-bit video games, including Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Combat, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong Tempest, Warlords, and Pac-Man. They’re actually better than the original 2600 versions.

There are many multi-platform game controllers, but what makes the GameSir Tarantula Pro different is that its button layout can be swapped on the fly. A motorized wheel rotates the positions of its ABXY buttons. It has high-precision analog sticks, a D-pad, nine programmable buttons, a 6-axis gyro sensor, rumble motors, and separate racing + FPS trigger modes.