Latest articles by Robin Valentine
I did not expect the most promising turn-based tactics game of Steam Next Fest to star the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but here we are
TACTICOOL You can try TMNT: Tactical Takedown for free until March 3.
You probably don't remember Remember Me, but its one brilliantly unforgettable idea lives on
MIND GAMES A melancholy trip down memory lane.
Drop Duchy is an unholy fusion of city builder, roguelike deckbuilder, and Tetris, and you can try it for free right now
DROP IN Check out the demo during Steam Next Fest, ending March 3.
You can get an official Avowed fungus kit that lets you grow a piece of the Dreamscourge in your own home: 'If you don't do anything, eventually the mushrooms will find their way out… They'll just burst out of the box'
NEWS And you can 3D print your own infected bear to grow it in.
RPGs like Avowed need to stop letting me steal everything that isn't nailed down
RPG SPREE When I literally take the bread off a starving man's plate, I feel like I might deserve a telling off.
The best uniques in Avowed that you can grab early in the game
Name brand Don't wait around to have great gear in Avowed—you can grab some pretty cool weapons within the first few hours.
Avowed's huge 66GB update includes major improvements for the game's whole progression system, along with key bug fixes and buffs for companions
NEWS Patch 1.2.2 is surprisingly extensive for a launch day update.
Avowed is overrun with bears and I need to find out why
URSA ERROR I can't bear it anymore! (Sorry.)
The best weapons in Avowed and how to get them
WEAPONS FREE Two weapon loadouts, a ton of possibilities.
Make sure to sleep regularly in Avowed—if you don't, you could miss out on lore, quests, and magic items
SNOOZE CLUES A solid eight hours a night is just as important in the Living Lands.
The first thing you should do in Avowed is make a beeline for this badass flaming sword
HOT TIP Last Light of Day is a weapon you can count on.
This tabletop RPG has one of the cleverest ways of teaching you the rules I've ever seen—and it's inspired by a D&D set from over 40 years ago
MIST ASSIST Legend in the Mist's latest preview shows off its lavish tutorial.
Do goblin dice math, slap your D&D players with severed troll limbs, and take revenge on Shakespeare in this year's wonderfully weird ZineQuest RPG kickstarters
NEWS Small projects, big ideas.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review: Toothless writing, old-fashioned open world design, and a shaky PC port—but at least the swinging still feels great
SUPERFLUOUS A flawed port of a flawed sequel.
Jedi Power Battles is old-fashioned, weird, and frustrating—but God, I wish they still made Star Wars games like this
PLO'S BROS Good to see you again, Plo Koon.
That Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles roguelike I refuse to stop going on about is adding Casey Jones as a playable character and a junkyard full of frogs to goongala your way through
NEWS TMNT: Splintered Fate's first DLC arrives February 5th.
This fascinating Lovecraftian RPG has me determined to build an army of ghoul-slaying cats—and no I haven't been driven mad by forbidden knowledge, why do you ask?
SLEEPWALKING Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a monochrome nightmare.
Death Howl is an impossible and brilliant blend of soulslike, turn-based strategy, and deckbuilding, and you can try it for free now
PRIMAL SCREAM A brutal journey through a prehistoric spirit realm.
Reddit users are officially as sick of Elon Musk as I am, with a number of popular subreddits completely banning all links to X
NEWS The site is being blacklisted en masse in the wake of Musk's latest controversy.
Diablo 4 meets Vampire Survivors in this clever roguelike that makes every round its own epic viking adventure
THOR SCORE Embrace the power of the Norse gods in Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.
The run up to the US TikTok ban got as messy, emotional, and weird as the final days of an MMO—and now everyone's back and no one can look each other in the eye
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Tears shed, grievances aired, secrets spilled, and most importantly, plenty of content generated.
A not-so-subtle tease suggests Games Workshop is finally bringing Total War: Warhammer 3's Grand Cathay army to the tabletop wargame
NEWS Big news for fans of very long, thin dragons.
