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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 -
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 8 Comments -
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 -
Scout of luckHow to complete An Unheard Farewell 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 8 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 -
Lost and foundHow to complete The Scarecrow 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 -
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 13 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 7 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 8 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 37 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 8 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 -
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 -
Mage warsI was excited by Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons until the protagonist pulled out a swordBy Rick Lane Published 37 Comments
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