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May 2024

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May 10
- Cyberpunk 2077's quest lead says it's a story 'about terminal illness,' and playing it while staring down the barrel of one was the most intense RPG experience I've ever had
- The best strategy games on PC
- Homeworld 3 performance analysis: Surprisingly scalable but no ultra-high frame rates
- AMD's gaming graphics business looks like it's in terminal decline
- Despite being just a humble CPU socket, AMD 'boldly suggests' AM4 has 'legendary status'
- Beta teething issues aside, Discord's Roll20 activity for running D&D and other RPGs inside the app works great
- 10 things I wish I knew before playing Animal Well
May 9
- If you're struggling with Hades 2's small changes, don't worry—they'll click
- Every gaming showcase scheduled for summer 2024
- Keycap delivery! This limited edition keycap set from Glorious has turned my clean-cut keyboard into crude doodles and I'm surprisingly here for it
- Multiplayer party game Sneak Out is like Among Us meets Pummel Party
May 8
- ARM-based processors are coming for traditional PC gaming so we've tested Apple's ARM-y MacBook silicon to see how well it plays games in 2024
- Hades 2's forget-me-not mechanic is so good that I think any game with a billion resources should be taking notes
May 7
- Steam review bombing is gaming's most powerful method of protest: 3 takeaways from Helldivers 2's weekend meltdown
- It's been an incredible few weeks for game companies making avoidable mistakes they immediately back down from
- The best Hades 2 weapons and how to unlock them
May 6
- Hades 2 is absolutely worth playing in early access right now
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 6, 2024)
May 5
- Love Sucks: Night Two is a horny game where the real fantasy isn't sex, it's enjoying a carnival without almost immediately getting tired and wanting to go home
May 4
- Seekers of Skyveil convinced me the extraction genre isn't just for shooters anymore
May 3
- I fell in love with Abiotic Factor the minute I strapped a couch cushion to my chest and called it armor—there's no other survival game like it
- Point-and-click horror Tales from Candleforth is the escape room equivalent of your childhood nightmares
- The first official AI PCs are just about to land but they're not what you're expecting
May 2
- Bethesda should just say 'screw it', move on from Starfield, and put all that energy into Fallout
- The Forever Winter is a looter shooter set amid a dynamic war between building-sized mechs, where firing your gun could be the biggest mistake you make
- Gray Zone Warfare delivers the odd hitch and stutter, but overall it's a reasonable Early Access ride
May 1
- The PC game releases we're most excited about in May
- Foundry is a very calm, pleasant building game I'd play if I got tired of several other ones
- Freakishly large graphics cards and super-hot SSDs mean the fundamentals of PC design needs a big change
- It's a shame Gray Zone Warfare is a performance nightmare, because it fixes so many problems I have with Escape From Tarkov