Simple game loops never really disappear. They get remixed, reskinned and moved onto new devices, but the basic rhythm stays familiar: input, pause, feedback, reset. That rhythm is easy to understand ...

Opening moments of games can often feel long and slow, and may even be boring as the game must teach you how to play it first thing. They’re a necessary evil, but there's a new high bar, as the new ...

Raging Loop developer Kemco has announced Depth Loop, a tentatively titled new werewolf game visual novel developed in collaboration with Jiro Ishii and Jinrou TLPT. “With Jiro Ishii signing on, we ...

Random rewards are often described as pure surprise, but that misses the real design trick. The strongest reward loops make players understand the possible outcome before it happens, then leave just ...

New Trump passport alarms woman after family not allowed to opt out Something weird is going on with the 66 billion trees China planted in a huge wall Bear charges father outside Lake Tahoe home, ...

Online gaming in 2026 feels less like a single genre and more like a design language. Platforms borrow from one another constantly. Mobile games use social loops from streaming culture. Competitive ...

Redeem Survive The Loop codes, wake up, fight enemies, and open chests to get stronger. Fight a terrifying boss and do it all again, except this time you have seventeen stacked items, and you're ...

It looked like a kicker would be wearing the goat horns at the end of Sunday night’s game between the Ravens and the Steelers, but it turned out to be Ravens rookie Tyler Loop instead of Steelers ...

Tyler Loop hoped all season for a game-winning field goal attempt. It finally came in the final seconds of the Ravens' regular season, with the division title on the line. There could be no better ...

It was only a week ago when we learned that JJ Abrams' studio Bad Robot Games was teaming with Sony and Left 4 Dead designer Mike Booth on a new gaming project. Now, thanks to an appearance by Abrams ...

J.J. Abrams and Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth took to The Game Awards 2025 to announce that their mysterious new co-op video game is a sci-fi third-person shooter called 4:Loop. A video for Bad Robot ...

Tyler Loop's memorable first NFL road game had the perfect ending. After drilling five field goals in the Ravens' 31-13 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the second preseason game, Loop was officially ...