Eric Frederiksen

Eric is a freelance writer specializing in games, technology, film, and television. He's written previously for GameSpot, Playboy, IGN, Batman-News, The Tech Report, TechnoBuffalo, Syfy, and others. Disclosure: No crypto holdings.

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Will the Nintendo Switch 2 Be Too Big?
The handheld market is a wildly different place from when the Nintendo Switch launched as the successor to both the Wii U and 3DS—though the Switch is still the king with over 140 million units sold since March 2017. We recently got our first look at the Nintendo Switch 2, and the full reveal is just days away on April 2. While it's quite similar to the original Switch, there's one thing we can say: It's definitely bigger. But a game system can only get so big before it stops being portable, and...
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Eric FrederiksenMar 29, 2025
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The Biggest Games Releasing in March 2025
March 2025 is a big month in video games, simply for the fact that Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally releasing after a handful of delays. The game has been controversial with fans, to say the least, but it's also the most anticipated Assassin's Creed game in years. This month also brings us wrestling, fragging, and living our best virtual lives. For many gamers, this month is going to be a tough one because we're all busy playing Monster Hunter Wilds, which was released on February 28. If th...
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Eric FrederiksenMar 2, 2025
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The Biggest Games Releasing in February 2025
This month has everything: Medieval role-playing, legendary strategy, unforgiving monster-hunting action, and a one-eyed yakuza who lost his memory and thinks he's a pirate. Seriously—there's something for just about any kind of gamer here, from comedy to fantasy, and strategy to action. Last year was an excellent one for games, and it already seems like 2025 will hit the same heights. Below are our favorite highlights from the month. And beyond these, a few honorable mentions worth watching in...
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Eric FrederiksenFeb 2, 2025
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Love Card Gaming Sensation 'Balatro'? Play These Games Next
The surprise hit of 2024 was Balatro, a quirky little roguelike deck-builder that used standard playing cards combined with jokers with weird powers. It also features a bunch of modifiers that make the game addictive, with scores starting in the hundreds but quickly reaching massive numbers—even beyond a trillion. I have put about 90 hours into the game, and I know people who have progressed into the hundreds of hours trying to unlock every card, deck type, and stake. Forget Winter: Dive Into T...
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Eric FrederiksenFeb 1, 2025
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Forget Winter: Dive Into These 9 Sweltering Hot, Tropical Games
If you’re above the equator, it’s winter. For the Midwest and Northeast U.S., plus Canada, it’s been brutally cold lately—unbearable with windchill and potentially deadly when the winter winds pick up. Instead of chattering your teeth, why not escape to the warmth of your home, wrap yourself up in a blanket, and dive into a video game? If you're a real masochist, you could play Frostpunk 2 or Skyrim. But we recommend going the opposite way and finding games about sweltering heat, especially one...
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Eric FrederiksenJan 26, 2025
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The 5 Biggest Upgrades Expected for the Nintendo Switch 2
When the Nintendo Switch launched eight years ago, it marked a sea change for the games industry. Suddenly, pocket-sized games could come with you wherever you go, along with a console-like interface to play them. Since then, we've seen the release of the Steam Deck, the Asus ROG Ally, the Lenovo Legion Go, and many other handheld systems looking to bring that experience to PC gaming. The Nintendo Switch debuted in early 2017, and even then, the hardware was pretty outdated. The Nvidia Tegra X...
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Eric FrederiksenJan 11, 2025
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7 Under-the-Radar Gaming Gems From 2024 That You Might Have Missed
There was a time when you could conceivably play every great game that was released within any year. That time is in the distant past though, and we're now in a time where hundreds of games can be released in a day. Among the unending deluge of interactive entertainment, though, are games that will pay you back for your time in spades with fun gameplay, unique art, and elements that just wouldn't work in a big studio game release. There are far too many in that deluge, but we've fished out seven...
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Eric FrederiksenJan 5, 2025
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The Biggest Games Releasing in January 2025
When it comes to game releases, the only time of year as traditionally slow as December is January. Holiday shopping is done, people are busy chasing resolutions, and they've spent all the money they want to spend for a little bit. Also, The Game Awards have already happened, and games from December and January are often forgotten for consideration the next time around. There's not a lot of reason to release a game right now. As such, this month is pretty slow—especially when you consider what a...
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Eric FrederiksenJan 1, 2025
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The 7 Best Video Game Remakes and Remasters of 2024
There's a reason so many of us get the same thing every time we go to a restaurant or have a movie we can watch dozens of times. Sometimes, the comfort of a known quantity enhances its enjoyment. Sometimes, we have too many remakes and remasters, but that just means there's comfort food for everyone. Right? This year's release calendar was no different, with a pile of remakes and remasters available, ranging from a simple texture refresh to a complete, ground-up philosophical rethinking of the...
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Eric FrederiksenDec 30, 2024
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The Best Co-Op Games of 2024 to Play With Your Pals
Playing games on your own can, after long enough, get a little lonely. Playing competitive games can get your blood pumping, but it can also make your blood boil. That's where cooperative games come in. Decent co-op games can be hard to find, but a good one can cement itself as a permanent activity with your group, or even be a way to make new friends if you start diving into the community. They demand communication and focus, but also skip over the frustration of getting stomped by the same t...
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Eric FrederiksenDec 29, 2024
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The Best Games of 2024 That You Can Snag for Under $25
While many of the most popular games this year demand spaceship-level tech or are out of reach due to costs, you don't need a GeForce RTX 4090 to play a handful of this year's memorable experiences via the Steam store. For once, we're not suggesting you throw your wallet into a fire as a sacrifice to the Mighty Retail Lords. In fact, you could get every title on this list for the cost of a little more than two full-price retail games. Let's look at the best games of 2024 under $25. Editor's not...
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Eric FrederiksenDec 26, 2024
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7 Massive Games From 2024 Worth Playing Over the Holiday Break
For many of us, the upcoming holiday break means having a lot of time on our hands. We're at home with the family, off work or school, and we can only stand so many Christmas movies, so many cookies, and so much time with our beloved family members. Instead of looking for a million little ways to distract ourselves or doomscrolling on our phones, why not look for a single game to invest time in? The following games will each provide you with dozens of hours of fun, and the only regret you'll...
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Eric FrederiksenDec 25, 2024
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Most Anticipated Video Games Releasing in December 2024
Parts of the year that we used to consider dead zones for games—January and February, the doldrums of summer—are now just as likely to be hotspots, with companies releasing blockbuster games right when no one else is. December, though, marks the last few weeks before Christmas, and has now become the home of Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards (ft. Hideo Kojima). As such, it still tends to be a pretty quiet month, with most of the big holiday releases hitting store shelves in the weeks prior. As su...
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Eric FrederiksenDec 1, 2024
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7 Best Free Games to Play on Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch launched over seven years ago and remains a hit, selling over 140 million units in the process. It's an ancient piece of hardware by technology standards, but still one of the most popular. Games won't look as good on the Switch as they will on PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X; it'll be a pretty big gap, in fact. But chances are that if you have a Nintendo Switch, then you know some other people with Switch consoles, and that alone makes it one of the strongest pieces of gami...
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Eric FrederiksenNov 3, 2024
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Most Anticipated Video Games Releasing in November 2024
October is almost in the rearview, meaning it's nearly time to put the spooky games away and look toward the new month ahead. Except we have a game from the director of the original Silent Hill, a PC release of a console classic with a beloved zombie-themed expansion, a puzzle game about murder, and a bleak post-apocalyptic sci-fi game for you this month. So maybe we'll just keep up with the spooky games. Don't worry, though—the list also features Mario, Tetris, LEGOs, and a 2D platformer too....
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Eric FrederiksenOct 27, 2024
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7 Spooky Games for Halloween That Won't Scare You to Death
National Spooky Month is coming to an end, but there's still time to celebrate with a few games that will send shivers down your spine. Here's the thing: Not everyone enjoys being scared. Some of us just want to enjoy some spooky vibes to remind ourselves that the woods really do get that dark or that the sea really is that deep, without anyone having to complete murder puzzles or be hunted down by unspeakable things. This list features seven stellar games that are jam packed with spooky vibes,...
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Eric FrederiksenOct 27, 2024
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7 Best Free Games to Play on Xbox Series X and S
Microsoft has lowered the bar to gain access to lots of games on Xbox with an Xbox Game Pass—for just $10 a month, users can pick up a whole bunch. Still, you're looking at $120 a year minimum to get gaming on a system that probably cost you $500. Even if great games are worth the money, our budgets only stretch so far. You can get games like Forza Horizon 5 or Starfield that will last hundreds of hours, but even then, those may only keep your attention for so long. That's where free-to-play ga...
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Eric FrederiksenOct 19, 2024
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7 Best Free Games to Play on Sony PS5
Video game consoles are expensive. To take home a PlayStation 5, you're looking at $450 for the minimum point of entry. While there was probably at least one game that led you to buy the system in the first place, the other games out there are expensive, with many of them ringing up at $70 at the register. And that game you bought with the system—even if it's a super-long game like Horizon Forbidden West, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, or Metaphor: ReFantazio—is eventually going to feel old enough t...
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Eric FrederiksenOct 13, 2024
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7 Freaky Horror Games to Scare Your Pants Off This Spooky Season
What makes a scary game? There are many different ways that games can fry your brain. Some games put you on the wrong end of a deadly chase, where one wrong move can kill you. Others depend on maintaining a sense of dread and tension that can stick with you long after you put the game down. Last year, we offered some spooky games for the Halloween season that would give you the chills without necessarily having to crank up your heart rate. This year, we want to do the opposite—highlight the gam...
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Eric FrederiksenOct 6, 2024
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Most Anticipated Video Games Releasing in October 2024
National Spooky Month is nearly upon us. It's time for leaves to fall and the dead to rise. People celebrate by watching horror movies, having costume parties, going trick-or-treating, and more—but we're going to celebrate with some video games. Of course, The Casting of Frank Stone, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, and Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster just came out in September, but we're already looking forward to the Silent Hill 2 remake to mix in with our other favorite spooky games. The horror genre has...
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Eric FrederiksenSep 29, 2024
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