A lot of fantastic roguelites have been released in 2025, from Hades 2 to Absolum to Cloverpit. Each creates that feeling of “one more run” in their own unique way, but the one that has its hooks in ...

Ball x Pit is one of those games that, once you play it, makes you wonder how it took this long to be made. It takes the classic gameplay of 1976’s Breakout and adds modern roguelite mechanics to ...

For as long as I can remember, I've had trouble going to sleep. When I lay down, my mind inevitably starts racing a thousand miles an hour, thinking about anything and everything. On several recent ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Video games have been exploiting players’ brains since the halcyon days of the arcade where every cheap Shao Khan shoulder charge or blast from Krang’s ship was designed for maximum quarter extraction ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...

I first laid eyes on Ball x Pit at a presentation given by its publisher, Devolver Digital, in London back in January. I knew instantly that I had to play it. I was reasonably (or perhaps, ...

Ball x Pit is a fiendishly good time. The frenetic blend of Breakout and Vampire Survivors is easily one of the best games of the year. It’s immensely replayable. However, one reaches a point (after ...

Christian has over three years of experience writing in the gaming industry, including guides and reviews, for publications such as DualShockers, Attack of the Fanboy, and PC Invasion. He has been an ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The first week for Ball X Pit was pretty good, according to Devolver Digital and developer Kenny Sun. They rolled out statistics for the ...

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