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There are a ton of free games on PS5, free games on Xbox, and free games on PC, but the ones that stand out offer players a lot of content without charging anything or at least allow you to experience ...

It's hard to believe that it was only in late 2021 that Wordle blew up. The social aspect of sharing results and stickiness of the one-round-per-day format proved to be a winning formula. So it's ...

Word games are enjoyable because they are simple. There are a variety of word games. You can find words within a massive jumble of letters, unscramble anagrams, or fill in crossword puzzles. You can ...

From Scrabble to Wordle, word puzzle games are a firm favorite amongst gamers, thanks to their mind-training capabilities and the sense of pure elation when you nail your lexicon mastery. So, to help ...

Put down the plastic and pick up a controller to play these top, no-cost PC games for desktop, laptop, or handheld PC. In 2014, I began my career at PCMag as a freelancer. That blossomed into a ...

Mia is a freelance writer and a recent graduate with a master's degree in Film, Visual Culture and Arts Management. She locates her academic interests within the realms of horror cinema, gaming ...

We recently highlighted our favorite puzzle games for iPhone and iPad, but we purposely left out word games from that list. Why? Well, it helped us finely focus our selections, certainly—but more ...

With consistently lower title costs and regular deep-discount sales, Steam is a bargain gamer’s paradise of free-to-play games. Sales are great, but aren’t completely free games even better? Before ...

You don't need to spend a cent to play good games. These excellent, no-cost titles deserve a spot in your Steam library. In 2014, I began my career at PCMag as a freelancer. That blossomed into a full ...

The term “free-to-play” has slowly lost the negative connotation it once held, thanks to the rise of high-quality titles like Fortnite, Rocket League, and Apex Legends. Free-to-play games have come to ...