Latest articles by Robin Valentine
How well do you know your videogame spells? Put your arcane knowledge to the test with our latest quiz
SPELL CHECK Find out whether you're an archmage or just a lowly apprentice.
One of Warhammer's oldest discontinued armies has finally returned—but to a different universe
NEWS The Chaos Dwarfs are back as the Helsmiths of Hashut.
Can you identify these games from their bland-faced, generic-looking protagonists?
FACE OFF The most forgettable heroes in the business.
Cop Bastard is a retro first-person shooter that's exactly as aggressively weird as you'd expect from a game called Cop Bastard
SOFT BOILED I'll admit it, I just enjoy saying that name.
These 15 PC games died for our sins—can you even remember their names?
REST IN PC Not an active server in sight.
For just $16 you can get a little Warhammer 40k JoyToy action figure to guard your PC gaming desk this Prime Day
Prime Day An adorable space marine of your very own.
Get 34% off the Star Wars Shatterpoint core set this Prime Day and start playing my favourite miniature wargame ever
Prime Day Not only can you make Anakin Skywalker fight Darth Maul, you can even make swooshy lightsaber noises with your mouth while you roll the dice.
The new Rimworld expansion adds therapy pandas, tameable insect hive queens, nanotech-enhanced alligators, prehistoric beasts, giant toads, flamingos, and something called a 'bog hound'
NEWS Odyssey is packed with animal magic.
Can you guess gaming's weirdest currencies in our latest quiz?
STRANGE COINS Test your knowledge of fictional financials.
Videogames on the scale of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 could be on the way for other World of Darkness TTRPGs, including Mage: The Ascension and Changeling: The Dreaming
NEWS "There's no obstacle or gatekeeping function that would prevent any of these from making it out into a videogame and getting the Bloodlines treatment."
Get an entire tabletop role-playing library for the price of one book, thanks to what might be the most impressive bundle of RPGs I've ever seen in my 22 years in the hobby
NEWS Grab $1,227 worth of games for just $40.
Moonlighter 2 perfectly refines and streamlines the first game's engrossing shopkeeper RPG formula, and it's got a free demo you can try right now
NEW MOON From dungeon-crawling to commerce, the game is full of more interesting and impactful choices.
Balatro creator finally gets the last harrowing achievement he needed to 100% complete his own game, now feels 'better equipped' to design its upcoming expansion
NEWS LocalThunk is free from his self-inflicted purgatory.
Design your perfect battle car block by block, then watch a legion of alien robots blow it up because you suck at 3 point turns, in this explosive Vampire Survivors-like
REIGN OF TERRA You can try out TerraTech Legion now with a free demo.
These 7 games need a remaster, and they need it now
REMASTERMIND Neglected classics that deserve a second chance.
The 50 most-played demos of Steam Next Fest include musical martial arts, a Stalker-inspired MMO, a superhero management sim, and at least 2 games that are basically Sea of Thieves in space
NEWS Time to double the length of your Steam wishlist.
The best open world games
vast travel Looking to escape into a new open world? Check out our expert recommendations.
This strategy roguelike is like trying to fight off an alien invasion with a bunch of PCs from the late 1970s
Bleep bloop Xenopurge's free demo is available now on Steam.
This Minesweeper roguelike is a chaotic corporate nightmare, and I love it
ENEMY MINE BroomSweeper turns an old classic into a surreal challenge that feels completely unsolvable, until you solve it.
The 10 best games of Summer Game Fest 2025
BEST IN SHOW Our favourite announcements and reveals from another whirlwind weekend.
Space Marine Master Crafted Edition provides a slick second life for a Warhammer cult classic—but you might struggle to find a match in the multiplayer
Eternal war Improved visuals and a modernised control scheme are the headline features of this light touch remaster.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's first new class is the cop from hell and his robot dog
PCGS 2025 The Adeptus Arbites arrive June 23 to dispense law and order.
TerraTech Legion is basically like if you got to drop your own deadly LEGO car into Vampire Survivors
PCGS 2025 Build and customise your perfect death-car in this new spin-off.
