USA TODAY has launched PLAY, a digital hub that brings together puzzles, crosswords, games, horoscopes and classic comics.

Based in Rome, Diana loves all kinds of stories, even though she’s too lazy for most things that aren’t games. She's a freelance writer with a degree in Art History, contributing to GameRant while she ...

Chris Harkin is a gamer who creates all sorts of content across the internet, from writing and video creation to streaming gaming on YouTube. He loves taking on challenges and gaming every day in one ...

It’s no understatement to say puzzles form the backbone of video games as a medium of entertainment. For me, it started with games like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, in which dungeons ...

Multiplayer games have largely moved from local co-op to the internet, but few take advantage of that physical disconnect the way that couch co-op games like Overcooked benefit from letting you yell ...

The puzzles of Blue Prince feel less like the gridlike blueprints you draft in the game and more like an intricate web. Even seasoned puzzle lovers might feel tested by its mysteries. In Blue Prince, ...

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch If friction is what you’re looking for, The Talos Principle 2 is one of the more demanding puzzle games we’ve played ...

I heard from many of you who were disappointed when we ended the separate puzzles section in The Post-Standard a few months ago. Advance Local, our parent company, decided to streamline the offerings ...

I never expected that Void Stranger, a monochrome, Game Boy-styled block puzzler become one of my favorite games of the year, especially after Baldur’s Gate 3 and Armored Core 6 captured my heart back ...

With most out-of-home entertainment experiences unraveling during pandemic lockdowns, leisure facilities have been forced to devise alternative experiences to connect with their audiences in the home ...