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10 Blockbuster Games That Sparked Massive Player Debate

Published: May 13, 2026 by Cheat Code Central Staff | Leave a Comment

Some video games are easy to agree on. Others split players almost immediately. These are the blockbuster releases that sparked […]

50 Best Games From the 2010s Worth Playing Again

Published: May 8, 2026 by Cheat Code Central Staff | Leave a Comment

The 2010s were one of the most important decades in modern gaming. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One helped define […]

The Best Single-Player FPS Games

Published: April 29, 2026 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

By the time Halo launched in 2001, the first-person shooter genre had undergone quite a transformation from the early days […]

Every Dark Souls Boss Ranked From Easiest to Most Brutal

Published: March 30, 2026 by Cheat Code Central Staff | Leave a Comment

Few games are as infamous for their difficulty as Dark Souls, and much of that reputation comes down to its […]

Great Indie Games Almost No One Played (But Should Have)

Published: March 26, 2026 by Drew Cumens | Leave a Comment

Indie games have become some of the most creative and memorable experiences in modern gaming. While titles like Hades, Celeste, […]

15 Open-World Games With the Most Satisfying Combat

Published: March 26, 2026 by Cheat Code Central Staff | Leave a Comment

Open-world games have evolved into some of the most popular experiences in gaming, offering massive worlds to explore and countless […]

20 Games That Almost Destroyed Their Own Franchises

Published: March 19, 2026 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Every gaming franchise — even the best, most iconic of the bunch — has its own proverbial “black sheep”, those […]

The Games That Kept Us Sane During COVID

Published: March 17, 2026 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

It’s almost hard to believe, but this week marks almost 6 years to the day that most of the United […]

10 Very Long JRPGs That Are Totallly Worth It

Published: March 8, 2026 by Drew Cumens | Leave a Comment

Most longtime fans of RPGs go into a new game expecting that there’s going to be a substantial time commitment […]

Every Game New to Xbox Game Pass for February 2026

Published: February 24, 2026 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Man, Xbox is really having a tough go of it this generation, huh? Slumping hardware sales pushed Microsoft to rethink […]

The Top 50 Games of the 2010s That Are Worth Revisiting

Published: February 16, 2026 by Drew Cumens | Leave a Comment

The 2010s were just as, if not more, important to the world of gaming as the decade preceding it, delivering […]

Return to Drangleic — Every Dark Souls 2 Boss Ranked Easiest to Hardest

Published: January 31, 2026 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

If you ever wanted proof of how player perception toward Dark Souls 2 has done a complete turnaround, look no […]

Vampire Games That Made Us Feel Like Dracula

Published: January 30, 2026 by Drew Cumens | Leave a Comment

Vampires and fiction based on those mythical bloodsuckers have long been part of just about every art form, to the […]

The Best Indie RPGs

Published: December 30, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

After covering some of the best retro throwbacks to NES gaming, it felt apt to move forward a generation or […]

Every Game in the Persona Series in Chronological and Release Order

Published: December 13, 2025 by Drew Cumens | Leave a Comment

The Shin Megami Tensei series began on the Famicom, but its popular Persona spin-off would not appear until the fifth […]

10 Xbox Games We’d Like to See On PS5

Published: December 12, 2025 by Drew Cumens | Leave a Comment

The recent announcement of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II coming to PS5 shows it as the latest in a long line […]

The Best 50 Games of the 2020s (So Far)

Published: December 6, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

The 2020s began with a massive gaming boom fueled by pandemic lockdowns, which boosted playtime, profits, and demand for the […]

The Best Character Action Games for Player Expression and Growth

Published: November 20, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

While action games existed long before Devil May Cry launched in 2001, that game is widely considered the blueprint for […]

December 2025 Game Releases — 15 Great-Looking Titles We Can’t Wait to Play

Published: November 20, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Anyone who thought 2025 would be a slower year for game releases after an absolutely jam-packed 2023 and 2024 was […]

Soulslike Games With the Best Combat

Published: November 19, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Combat is the star of the show when it comes to Soulslike games. Ironically, it also pulls some into the […]

Game Releases This Week — November 17, 2025 to November 21, 2025

Published: November 17, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

With this year’s installment of Call of Duty launching last week, you’d think that things might slow down in the […]

The Best-Selling Games on the Xbox One

Published: November 12, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

Despite Microsoft’s best efforts to come out of the gate strong with its 8th-gen console positioned as an all-in-one media […]

Challenging But Rewarding — The Hardest Games That Are Worth Playing

Published: November 7, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

The debate over the concept of difficulty in games has got to be one of the medium’s most enduring controversies. […]

15 Best Beat ‘Em Up Games Known to Man

Updated: October 17, 2025 by Matt Karoglou | Leave a Comment

The beat ’em up has been around nearly as long as video games themselves, with the craze kicking off in […]