Bad rolls RNG can make you fail even mundane tasks in Disco Elysium, which opens the door to surprising story moments.

PCG Q&A What's the best pack for your stash?

Deals Start the year with the best cheap gaming laptop deals the internet has to offer.

Pixel pushers We found all the best cheap graphics card deals for the week just for you.

Speedy Deals These are the cheap SSD deals you'll find this week, anywhere on the internet.

mission critical Pick a gun, and then pick a side.

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Old Jobs From small-town sheriff to snake oil salesman, here are some new specialist roles that could spice up Red Dead Online.

Oh the Humanity Humankind will shake up assumptions about "winning" history with a focus on fame.

Flight Plan Take a gander at all the technical feats planned for the next Microsoft Flight Simulator.

Royale Blood Assimilation is imminent.

Console command Console-only games we'd love to get our hands on, ranked.

long list All together now.

sanctuary The calm in the middle of the storm.

Eternal Hours The game industry's long hours used to be an open secret, but two major developers have a new tactic: transparency.

Power trip Going from zero to hero in Remedy's supernatural shooter.

Wow weekly Make time for evil this reset.

Tactical A shooter that rewards teamwork on a massive scale.

Tell us! Here's what we've been up to. What about you?

dino-might Ark: Genesis is bringing a new map, new biomes, new creatures, an AI companion, and more starting in December.

Monorail! "Good morning and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System."

PCG Q&A No judgement here.

Bleak myth We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.

Back in Black The worst place in Skyrim is coming back to haunt me, and it's going to be much, much bigger.