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newsRockstar co-founder Dan Houser says he 'failed' with Max Payne 3, and I'm sorry Danno but that's just plain wrongBy Andy Chalk Published 34 Comments -
World of Warcraft: Forever won't destroy what made the old classes so satisfying by modernizing them into oblivion: 'The level of mechanical complexity found in the beta classes is indicative of our intentions'By Tyler Colp Published -
newsGrand Theft Auto 6 rumored to be launching on PC sooner than anyone expected, but I wouldn't get my hopes up too highBy Andy Chalk Published 19 Comments -
Scout of luckHow to complete An Unheard Farewell in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
☠️How to complete The Emissary in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
Bonne chanceCan you beat General Lothaire in Valor Mortis?By Sean Martin Published -
Knowledge sapHow to equip ambers in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published
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Action
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newsGrand Theft Auto 6 rumored to be launching on PC sooner than anyone expected, but I wouldn't get my hopes up too highBy Andy Chalk Published 19 Comments -
Scout of luckHow to complete An Unheard Farewell in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
☠️How to complete The Emissary in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
Bonne chanceCan you beat General Lothaire in Valor Mortis?By Sean Martin Published -
Knowledge sapHow to equip ambers in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
Lost and foundHow to complete The Scarecrow in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
Los Santos CustomsI can summon jumbo jets and boats from the sky in GTA 5 now, and I'll do it in the middle of crowded intersections if I want toBy Joshua Wolens Published -
Los Santos CustomsI don't know what Rick and Morty's about but I have turned GTA 5 into its perfect replicaBy Joshua Wolens Published -
NewsThis Control-inspired action game set in a 'planet-scale alien mind' has one of the most stunning art styles I've seen this yearBy Rick Lane Published
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Adventure
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News'Overcooked broke you apart and Stage Fright is there to put you back together'By Christopher Livingston Published -
newsLeisure Suit Larry is about to take his final bowBy Andy Chalk Published 23 Comments -
newsA great indie studio is making a sequel to one of my favorite adventures 17 years later, for one simple reason: 'We're not getting any younger, and the world seems to be ending'By Andy Chalk Published 14 Comments -
NewsSubnautica 2 fans can finally hunt and kill those pesky Nibbler Mangos—in Dave the Diver's crossover DLCBy Christopher Livingston Published -
NewsSteam is about to start getting some of the best Japanese pixel art in gaming historyBy Wes Fenlon Published -
NewsDeveloper gets a little too silly, recommends deadly psychoactive ingredient in its bad boy-themed cocktailBy Mollie Taylor Published -
newsOne story about my first 30 minutes in this post-apocalyptic robot game led multiple people to buy itBy Tyler Wilde Published -
Toem 2 review: A sweet sequel that's a tad too easy to be memorableBy Lauren Morton Published -
Jade AnniversaryBeyond Good and Evil was never worth 20 years of angstBy Joshua Wolens Published 22 Comments
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Battle Royale
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NewsThis 78-year-old grandmother has an insatiable lust for violence (in Fortnite)By Lincoln Carpenter Published -
NewsBattle royale goes grunge: there's a new PUBG game and it's set in the '90sBy Christopher Livingston Published 9 Comments -
NewsArkheron, an isometric Diablo-like battle royale where you ascend a tower, is getting a more forgiving Spire mode to prepare you for the big leaguesBy Harvey Randall Published -
newsIndie dev earns Reddit love after telling people not to buy their game because it's going on sale soonBy Andy Chalk Published -
newsThe Fortnite-Overwatch crossover means we're talking about Tracer's butt againBy Andy Chalk Published -
Make it stopIt took a while, but Overwatch's iconic heroes have finally been bitten by the collab slop curseBy Tyler Colp Published -
Pump it upEpic keeps jamming more incredible shotguns into Fortnite, and it might be the best meta everBy Samuel Horti Published -
Super looterBest weapons in Fortnite battle royale, including a funky shotgun-sniper hybridBy Samuel Horti Last updated -
Drop inFortnite Showdown: Rivalries explained, map secrets, mythic weapon locations and moreBy Samuel Horti Last updated
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Board Game
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NewsBlack Library veteran Toby Longworth gives us his tips for voicing the perfect Space MarineBy Sean Martin Published -
NewsWe asked the voice of Eisenhorn, Gaunt, and Garro in Warhammer 40k who his favorite character to play isBy Sean Martin Published -
NewsDark Sun, D&D's most heavy metal setting, will be back in 2027By Jody Macgregor Published -
NewsOne of my favorite Warhammer 40,000 books is getting an unexpected sequelBy Jody Macgregor Published -
Case Clousseau'dSome days I fondly recall Warhammer 40k's first Inquisitor was called 'Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau' and he's still too powerful to be retconnedBy Sean Martin Published -
NewsTop scientists uncover way to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance more complicated—turn it into a board gameBy Joshua Wolens Published -
👎Down with tactical rocksBy Jody Macgregor Published 10 Comments -
NewsToday I learned the real reason Warhammer 40k's iconic 'Land Raider' got its name and it ain't because it raids the landBy Sean Martin Published -
NewsGames Workshop showed us The Emperor's current state for the first time in 38 years and it's hard to overstate how monumental that isBy Sean Martin Published 16 Comments
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Card Game
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Reigns, Card Shark studio Nerial is closingBy Andy Chalk Published -
NewsPirate poker battler Piroker has a playtest you can sign up for nowBy Issy van der Velde Published -
opinionsAfter 894 hours in Slay the Spire 2, these are our 12 strongest opinionsBy Evan Lahti Published 8 Comments -
NewsMagic: The Gathering's next big crossover is with itselfBy Jody Macgregor Published -
newsBalatro developer LocalThunk turns up on Discord to talk about the 1.1 update and life after burnout: 'I truly am having the best time making the game now'By Andy Chalk Published 11 Comments -
NewsHearthstone just got its first new class in four years: Warcraft's fire-breathing panda MonkBy Justin Wagner Published -
NewsPost Malone breaks into his $2 million The One Ring, stressing out a whole room of Magic: The Gathering players: 'our insurance doesn't cover that card'By Elie Gould Published 10 Comments -
NewsFollowing its excellent Lord of the Rings cards, Magic: The Gathering's new Hobbit set is a bit of a second breakfastBy Jody Macgregor Published -
NewsThe Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition scans to help combat scalpersBy Elie Gould Published 9 Comments
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City Builder
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Why not?Wait, how did Lego beat Minecraft to making a city builder?By Lauren Morton Published -
Block PartyAfter playing a bit of Lego Skylines, it seems like a city builder for people who care less about traffic jams and more about decoratingBy Christopher Livingston Published 18 Comments -
NewsManor Lords celebrates 4 million copies sold with a new major update which gives players the chance to become 'a cow-herding mogul'By Elie Gould Published -
YarrrrCorsair Cove review: The best pirate game I've played this yearBy Fraser Brown Published 24 Comments -
Sky piratesForget Black Flag Resynced, the best pirate game of 2026 might be a logistics-heavy city builderBy Fraser Brown Published 7 Comments -
NewsYou will never guess who turns up in this video about why you can't build British towns in SimCity 4By Rick Lane Published -
NewsBoldly go where no gamer has gone before in a new Star Trek colony builder that just dropped a demoBy Issy van der Velde Published -
NewsYou can help save the whales by buying this reef-building game written by the scribe of the Tomb Raider rebootBy Rick Lane Published -
NewsThe sequel to flying city-builder Airborne Kingdom just hit 1.0 with a huge update and a 50% discountBy Rick Lane Published
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FPS
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NewsSquadron 42 has a Steam pageBy Jody Macgregor Published 30 Comments -
Pack It InThe advent of first-person shooters introduced a wild frontier of unregulated video game level packs, and it ended in a lawsuit that changed copyright foreverBy Rick Lane Published 8 Comments -
NEWSWardogs will bribe players with cash and XP to pick Blue team in Season 2By Morgan Park Published 15 Comments -
FIGHT!Crowning the best FPS mode of all time through 1v1 combat (ROUND 2)By Morgan Park Published 10 Comments -
newsDespite the tragic death of its lead writer, one of the scariest games I have ever played will finally come out later this monthBy Ted Litchfield Published -
NewsYet another free fan level pack for Quake has arrived, and this one's all about a feature rarely seen in id Software's classic shooterBy Rick Lane Published -
newsValorant player claims to have inherited hardware ban through secondhand CPU, Riot anticheat boss disputes parts of storyBy Ted Litchfield Published 18 Comments -
FPS tourney updateBy Morgan Park Published -
Arc Raiders is free to play next weekendBy Andy Chalk Published
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Fighting
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NewsRiot needed absurd player counts 'in the high hundreds of thousands, if not millions' for 2XKO, dooming it from launchBy Harvey Randall Published 14 Comments -
newsRiot co-founder doesn't think 2XKO was 'a mistake' but perhaps a tough sell: 'You're not just competing against games, you're competing against everything'By Mollie Taylor Published 24 Comments -
newsRiot is ending development of its 2XKO fighting gameBy Andy Chalk Published 16 Comments -
Wombo comboMarvel Tōkon's simple but effective combo trials are an elegant tutorial solution that I wish more fighting games hadBy Mollie Taylor Published -
Tagged inMarvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review – A great fighting game suffering from some uniquely PC problemsBy Mollie Taylor Published -
newsMarvel Tōkon's first big PC patch has mostly fixed performance woes, though it hasn't done much for its Steam reviewsBy Mollie Taylor Published -
NewsMarvel Tōkon devs vow to fix performance issues for launch day next week: 'To our PC players, message received'By Rory Norris Published -
NewsMarvel Tōkon's developer has apologised to PC players for the beta's performance issues, with only a week until launchBy Rory Norris Published -
NewsBlade and Magik lead as Marvel Tōkon's most popular characters during its betaBy Rory Norris Published
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Horror
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NewsExpect plenty more Silent Hill over the next few years, as Konami has plans for 'second and third waves' of new games in its revived horror seriesBy Rick Lane Published 11 Comments -
Fine &All active Dandy's World codes in October 2026 and how to redeem them in RobloxBy Shaun Cichacki Last updated -
PT ON PCWhy a 21-year-old coder finally ported the real P.T. to PC: 'That something so influential could eventually become unplayable never sat right with me'By Morgan Park Published 13 Comments -
NewsCapcom's remake machine is ticking away, only problem is that means revisiting Resident Evil 5 and 6By Elie Gould Published 34 Comments -
Trigger-happySilent Hill: Townfall is the first horror game to make me feel bad for using a shotgunBy Elie Gould Published 7 Comments -
Silent Hill: Townfall's monsters are terrible at hide-and-seekBy Elie Gould Published -
NewsThere's something even scarier than Huggy Wuggy in the Playtime toy factory this weekendBy Christopher Livingston Published -
NewsResident Evil's executive producer explains the deeper meaning behind Requiem, and I just can't get on boardBy Elie Gould Published -
Bryan from the Resident Evil movie has been modded into Resident Evil 2By Christopher Livingston Published
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Life Sim
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Corpo CozyBe warned: Nivalis Nights may not be the cozy game you expect: 'If you want a cozy existence in this city, you're going to have to earn it'By Lauren Morton Published -
Love HUD'I was nice to you three times in a row, so can I have one sex please?': Why Nivalis Nights intentionally avoided transactional romancesBy Lauren Morton Published 12 Comments -
CorpopunkNivalis Nights review: An avalanche of fascinating characters carrying a decent shop sim on their backsBy Lauren Morton Published -
Musical7 musical clips of this incredibly charming magical school life sim with its goofy classmates and delightful soundtrackBy Lauren Morton Published -
Live from Nivalis Nights: A nightly photo journal of my cyberpunk noodle barBy Lauren Morton Last updated 20 Comments -
Second LifeAgony! Two life sims I really want to play launched back to backBy Lauren Morton Published -
Dragon Shelter has dragons on trampolines, animals on playground equipment trendBy Lauren Morton Published -
Play By Play14 days in Dragon Shelter: A play by play of my first season in the Stardew-style farm sim where dragons help bake piesBy Lauren Morton Published -
NewsInzoi's director says he is 'very much focused on our core goals' as he announces a multiplayer roleplaying mode designed to be like Ready Player OneBy Rick Lane Published
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MMO
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World of Warcraft: Forever won't destroy what made the old classes so satisfying by modernizing them into oblivion: 'The level of mechanical complexity found in the beta classes is indicative of our intentions'By Tyler Colp Published -
newsWhy alts are part of World of Warcraft: Forever's core progression plansBy Heather Newman Published -
REROLLWoW: Forever, by casting off modern convenience, has horseshoed back around to being casual friendly againBy Harvey Randall Published 29 Comments -
NewsWoW: Forever dev says 'there's a real longing for that slower, more deliberate pace' in MMOs: 'A deliberate pushback on this go go go nature'By Harvey Randall Published 24 Comments -
NewsWoW: Forever's list of changes snowballed as Blizzard got more excited, says dev: 'Our original pitch internally was: We'll do 4 new dungeons'By Harvey Randall Published -
newsBlizzard refuses to let World of Warcraft: Forever's dungeons become the fastest way to grind XP: 'We need to hold firm on these balance adjustments'By Tyler Colp Published 10 Comments -
newsBlizzard promises to make the blue elves in World of Warcraft: Forever look worse (positive)By Tyler Colp Published 10 Comments -
TIME IS MONEYWe tried to earn as much gold in WoW: Forever as we could in 2 hours—which involved a mugging, slander, and at least one crashoutBy Harvey Randall Published -
newsWorld of Warcraft: Forever drops the PvP grind so normal people can have fancy titles tooBy Tyler Colp Published 9 Comments
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MOBA
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APPLE OF MY EYEDeadlock's City Never Sleeps update makes Valve's MOBA my favorite videogame setting in yearsBy Harvey Randall Published -
NewsDeadlock surpasses Team Fortress 2's all-time concurrent player count peak as it adds a chess wizardBy Justin Wagner Published -
MONSTER MASHDon't worry, Valve: I've got your next Deadlock character concepts sortedBy Lincoln Carpenter Published -
Stay paws-itiveDeadlock isn't a MOBA or a third-person shooter anymore—City Never Sleeps has turned it into a horror gameBy Elie Gould Published -
Big CheeseDeadlock is the king of MOBA character designs, and it's all thanks to Valve's embrace of New YorkynessBy Justin Wagner Published -
NewsDeadlock's new hero Rat King has over 100 voice lines dedicated to throwing rats at youBy Rick Lane Published -
The Rat King has arrivedBy Tyler Colp Published -
Deadlock's got a scary trollBy Elie Gould Published -
I want to hang out in Deadlock's New York so bad, manBy PC Gamer Published
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Puzzle
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NewsTriple-A Minesweeper is a gleeful send-up of blockbuster gaming's worst habits, from yellow paint to characters who talk too muchBy Rick Lane Published -
MicropostYou should buy Lorelei and the Laser EyesBy Phil Savage Published -
Talos Principle 2 is $3By Morgan Park Published -
$30 extra for early access?By Tyler Wilde Published -
More weird asymmetrical co-op momentsBy Tyler Wilde Published -
NewsFree puzzle game 20 More Somehow Even Smaller Mazes follows the original 20 Small Mazes with an additional 20 (somehow even smaller) mazesBy Christopher Livingston Published -
NewsCo-op puzzle game We Were Here Tomorrow is out next month, so you've got time to practise your communication skillsBy Issy van der Velde Published -
Go bananas!The latest co-op indie game to take over the internet is like one of my favourite board games, just with bombsBy Elie Gould Published -
Big WalkmanMy favourite soundtrack of 2026 so far is tucked in one of this year's biggest sleeper hitsBy Mollie Taylor Published
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RPG
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Mage warsI was excited by Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons until the protagonist pulled out a swordBy Rick Lane Published 63 Comments -
NewsPearl Abyss goes easy on us critics for our Crimson Desert reviews: 'They had to play the build that is not the exact same version of the launched game'By Harvey Randall Published 9 Comments -
NewsSeamless Landing mod looks set to bring Starfield another step closer to No Man's SkyBy Jody Macgregor Published 12 Comments -
Cursed rollsRPGs are simply better when you're an idiotBy Fraser Brown Published 14 Comments -
News'If you're skilful enough, you can chop the head off a monster, kick it midair, and then kill another monster with it': Consider me sold on this indie first-person ARPGBy Rick Lane Published -
Up northHow to start the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen expansionBy Sean Martin Published -
In the snowHere's the Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen release time for your regionBy Sean Martin Published -
Spira MixMy most-played album of 2026? Sorry, Mitski—it's Final Fantasy 10: House Grooves, a real thing that existsBy Samuel Roberts Published -
Future crimesExclusive – Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy will let you be a crooked cop, pinning crimes on the innocent, or follow in good boy Gregor Eisenhorn's footstepsBy Fraser Brown Published 8 Comments
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RTS
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Unforsaken?Does Blizzard's revival of its classic games signal a return of the 'old Blizzard?'By Kwanghee Woo Published 10 Comments -
Vote wiselyQuarterfinals: Vote for the best RTS unit of all timeBy Fraser Brown Published 18 Comments -
This means warThe greatest RTS unit of all time, determined by democracyBy Fraser Brown Published 19 Comments -
Cha-ching!After Warcraft 3's first new campaign in 23 years, let's normalize releasing new DLC for ancient RTS gamesBy Samuel Roberts Published -
NewsStronghold 4 boasts castles aplenty and a rogue's gallery of weirdos to pit them againstBy Joshua Wolens Published -
newsWarcraft 3: Reforged adds always-online requirement, removes LAN modeBy Ted Litchfield Published 28 Comments -
REAL-TIME LEGACYDiscussing 20 years of Company of Heroes with the team carrying its torch into the futureBy Leana Hafer Published 16 Comments -
NewsWhy is Blizzard still announcing games years ahead of release? 'We want to convey confidence in some of our biggest bets coming forward'By Jody Macgregor Published 10 Comments -
NewsPlaying RTS with a controller? Total War: Warhammer 40,000 dev says it 'really does work' in their game: 'I think we've landed in a really solid spot'By Jody Macgregor Published 14 Comments
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More about Games
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Knowledge sapHow to equip ambers in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
Lost and foundHow to complete The Scarecrow in Valor MortisBy Sean Martin Published -
Los Santos CustomsI can summon jumbo jets and boats from the sky in GTA 5 now, and I'll do it in the middle of crowded intersections if I want toBy Joshua Wolens Published
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