Gaming Resources
The best sites in gaming, curated and kept current.
Reviews
Metacritic and OpenCritic both aggregate scores, but they weight differently: OpenCritic excludes outlets it considers unreliable and shows a "% recommended" figure that is often more useful than the raw average. Go to IGN and GameSpot for video reviews, and Eurogamer when you want a critic who will argue with the consensus.
News
Polygon and Kotaku lean toward culture and industry reporting, The Verge covers the business and hardware angle, and PC Gamer is the one to read for anything GPU, storefront, or Steam related. Game Informer remains strong on long-form previews.
Deals & Stores
CheapShark powers our own live deals feed and is best for current PC prices. IsThereAnyDeal is the one to use when you want price history, because it shows whether today's discount is genuinely a low or just a routine sale. GOG is worth checking for DRM-free versions and regular free game giveaways.
Community
r/Games is the more moderated, discussion-focused counterpart to the much larger r/gaming. ResetEra skews toward industry watchers and is usually first with analysis after an announcement. GameFAQs still has the deepest archive of player-written guides for older titles anywhere on the web.
Streaming
Worth watching gameplay before you buy, particularly for performance-sensitive releases where a streamer on your exact platform will show you framerate problems no review screenshot will.
Cheats & Guides
HowLongToBeat is the most practical of these: it tells you whether a game is a 12-hour campaign or a 90-hour commitment before you spend the money. TrueTrophies and TrueAchievements are the trophy and achievement trackers for PlayStation and Xbox respectively.