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February 29
- I harnessed the power of deceit to conquer Hell in Solium Infernum, but I'm still not sure what I'm doing
- 19 essential Balatro tips to make you a master of the blinds
- Ken Levine's Judas has a little sister, and her name is Void Bastards
- The Best of CES 2024
February 28
- Intel plots 1nm silicon for 2027 but are the wheels coming off its existing roadmap?
- 5 things you always think are going to be amazing in games but never are
- Creative Assembly's Total War: Warhammer 3 Shadows of Change mea culpa is a generous update that's almost completely misdirected
- Best cheap gaming laptop deals
- The best survival games on PC
February 27
- Square Enix won't let us play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PC yet, so my consolation prize is finally playing Final Fantasy 15
- Helldivers 2 lore is funny and unapologetically political: bugs are oil, bots are commies, 'Managed Democracy' is a scam
- 'I don't play poker at all' says solo developer who made the poker roguelike I can't stop playing
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake isn't just needless, it's as creatively bankrupt as a remake can get
- The best Honkai: Star Rail Sparkle build
- PowerWash Simulator's 40k DLC makes cleaning off the accumulated filth of 10,000 years of war surprisingly fun
- Last Epoch is everything I wished Diablo 4 was, and the first ARPG to drag me away from Path of Exile in over a decade
- How to get common, rare, and super samples in Helldivers 2
February 26
- How to find Immortal Eyes in Last Epoch
- Helldivers 2's first big war isn't suffering because of tough evac missions or medal-hoarding farmers—it's the pass-or-fail reward structure that's spoiling the fun
- Konami's Penguin Adventure deserves to be remembered for so much more than just Hideo Kojima
- Transparent screens have been turning up at trade shows for years, but I still can't work out why you'd really want one
- Best ultrawide monitor for gaming in 2024: the expansive panels I recommend for PC gamers
- Looking for a gaming laptop or handheld with extra smarts under the hood? MSI’s 2024 lineup ushers in the AI era
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 26, 2024)
February 24
- We put our humanity on the line analyzing every scrap of Deep Lore in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's trailer
- This mecha passion project refreshes the genre with technical innovations and a whole lotta' sparks
February 23
- Arcane Clash: The Legendary Mages Set to Debut In Dragonheir's Multiverse
- From Helldivers 2 to Last Epoch, 2024 is already the year of server issues
- Upscaling and frame generation are the final nails in the coffin for overclocking, and I'm absolutely okay with that
- Last Epoch is the fourth breakout game of 2024
- How big is Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's new map, and how will we reach it?
February 22
- Sons of the Forest cheats: How to spawn every item in the game
- Magic: The Gathering's Fallout crossover understands they're RPGs about reading lore on terminals and hoarding junk until you're encumbered
- How to maximize your island sanctuary in Final Fantasy 14 without being too sweaty
- Helldivers 2 is one of the funniest games in recent memory
- 8 tips to triumph as a solo player in Helldivers 2
- Evil playthroughs of Baldur's Gate 3 aren't just weird and lonely—they're mechanically harder, too
- A free weekend, a big update, and a Reloaded Edition await in Dying Light 2: Stay Human
- I'm calling time on stick drift and getting Hall effect in every one of my controllers in 2024
- 10 tips for surviving Pacific Drive's deadly exclusion zone
- Where to find ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive
- How to get lead platelets in Pacific Drive
- How to open Dumpster Pearls in Pacific Drive
- How to get Unstable Energy and Corrupt Energy in Pacific Drive
February 21
- Even if you don't like deckbuilders, you need to try Balatro
- 6 reveals from the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC trailer that had us shaking in our greaves with excitement
- Nightingale's tutorial worlds are full of helpful rewards if you don't blast through the objectives
- Nightingale's introduction will probably annoy sandbox survival fans, but old-school BioWare fans are going to dig it
- How to get stone blocks in Nightingale
- How to solve the Bastille of Intellect in Nightingale
- Craft yourself a Fae realm escape in base-building survival game Nightingale
February 20
- Card activated Fae portals give humanity a fighting chance in this upcoming survival-crafting game
- CorpoNation combines silly minigames and sharp writing into a Sorry To Bother You-style farce about life in 2024
- Where to find gems in Nightingale
- How to use the Realmic Transmutor in Nightingale
- How to craft cards in Nightingale
- How Sites of Power work in Nightingale
- How to increase your gear score in Nightingale
- How Realm Cards work in Nightingale
- Where to get Essence Dust in Nightingale
- Taking on Helldivers 2's missions solo is like playing the world's scariest tower defence game
- A jack of all trades in D&D, an absolute monster in Baldur's Gate 3: Why the College of Swords Bard is the best choice for Honour Mode
- There are still massive problems with OLEDs as gaming monitors and that's why I'm sticking with my gorgeous glossy IPS for now
- How to find and kill Hunters in Helldivers 2
February 19
- How Blizzard balances and rebalances World of Warcraft's raids to evolve with players: 'It is important to keep in mind the audience that is engaging with an encounter at a given time'
- There's no worse feeling than missing out on the big game all your pals are playing, and it's only gonna get worse with how many amazing games are coming in 2024
- The best Helldivers 2 armour
- Helldivers 2's reinforcement system fixes my biggest issue with horde shooters—it makes dying fun
- From Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag to Sea of Thieves, there are plenty of pirate games better than Skull and Bones
- Racing wheel experts MOZA have a big 2024 in store
- How to find and kill Devastators in Helldivers 2
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 19, 2024)
February 17
- 9 things Helldivers 2 doesn't tell you that are actually pretty important
February 16
- 6 PC gaming superstitions busted
- Survival games are having another viral moment, making PC players the tastemakers once again
- The humor and open-ended skill system in this strategy RPG convinced me it isn't just another Final Fantasy Tactics wannabe
- News Tower serves up the ultimate journalistic fantasy: a stable work environment
- We'll never be free from AI paranoia, so as long as the burden of detective work keeps falling to the masses
- How to clean your computer
February 15
- 11 things I wish I knew before playing Skull and Bones
- From the mind-flayer larva in your head to Wyll's devil horns, Baldur's Gate 3 is a game about transforming—whether you want to or not
- Fellow Helldivers 2 players, I'm begging you to stop calling the extraction shuttle early
- PSA: Helldivers 2 side objectives can be completed in seconds with the right weapons
- Once again I am forced to tap the 'singleplayer games are not dying' sign
February 14
- Helldivers 2 on PC is the future of PlayStation 'exclusives'
- Islands of Insight has a great gauntlet of logic puzzles that overshadows its beautiful but aimless world
- This joyfully chaotic Halo total conversion mod for classic Battlefront 2 is a perfect complement to the Bungie campaigns
- Helldivers 2 is an important reminder that live service games aren't always the enemy
- Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 meta guns and loadouts
- How to get Resplendent Sparks in Diablo 4
February 13
- Helldivers 2 is the least I've felt pressured to spend money on a game in years, so of course I'm buying everything in the store
- Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's forgettable enemies, empty missions, and incongruous gun obsession prove why superheroes and live service do not mix
- How to get Medals in Helldivers 2
- The best ways to kill Chargers in Helldivers 2
February 12
- Helldivers 2 reminds us that friendly fire isn't just an annoying penalty—accidentally obliterating your buddies can be good, actually
- I demand better from horror visual novels than the same exhausting sexist tropes developers are still using in 2024
- Nightingale stands out from the co-op survival game crowd with compelling world-building and the power to create and explore your own magical realms
- How to destroy Fuel Silos and Rogue Research Stations in Helldivers 2
- The best Helldivers 2 Stratagems
- After more than 60 books spread out over 18 years the Horus Heresy series is finally over, so please be kind to the Warhammer 40,000 tragics in your life
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 12, 2024)
February 10
- I played 50 Steam Next Fest demos this week, and these are my top 5
February 9
- 11 things I wish I knew before playing Helldivers 2
- We're in a golden era of game demos
- This Steam creator cracked the code of cozy hidden objects games to create 42 charming puzzlers in just 2 years
- Our simulated Super Bowl 2024 predicts only a single touchdown because it's really hard to score a touchdown in the pinball game we used for the simulation
- I can't stop telling this necromancer to eat everything I find in one of Steam Next Fest's best demos
- Tribes 3's Next Fest demo has me hopeful for a Tribes game that finally sticks
- Helldivers 2 had an extremely rough launch, but it's already in much better shape
- How to get and use Boosters in Helldivers 2
- So far, the Skull and Bones beta has just made me want to play Sea of Thieves again
February 8
- Yes, I will play Magic: The Gathering crossed with Clue
- The Half-Life vibes are intense in the free Steam demo for co-op survival game Abiotic Factor
- Lightyear Frontier makes mechs cozy with its low-stress approach to alien planet environmentalism
- All WoW Season of Discovery Phase 2 runes
- How to solve the Relics of the Past treasure map in Skull and Bones
- Every Phase 2 class quest in WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
- MMOs are still the best place for truly inhabiting a character
- Star Trucker is sluggish, frustrating and my favourite Steam Next Fest demo
- This 'rustic fantasy' tabletop RPG couldn't feel more different to D&D: 'That sense of the hidden and the spiritual has just been dumped, and we want to bring that back to life'
- Everything you can do in WoW Season of Discovery Phase 2
- Collaborative RPG Project ORCS is the future I dreamed of when I started using Roll20 to play D&D
- How to get Acacia in Skull and Bones
- The original Homeworld still feels fresh and unique 25 years on
- I'm still catching up on 2023's hidden gems, and now I want everyone to play the most underappreciated retro platformer of last year
February 7
- The impact of 16,000 games industry layoffs, in one chart
- Indika is a bit like an old Resident Evil with no combat but more Satan, and its freaky Next Fest demo has made it my most anticipated game this year
- This month's PC Game Pass highlights have a distinctly Japanese theme
- All Destiny 2 Ascendant Chest locations for this week's Riven's Wish quest
- Nvidia Blackwell: What we expect and what we want to see from Nvidia's next-gen GeForce GPUs
- Despite Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth not having a concrete PC release date, it's just shot right to the top of my 2024 wish list for one hella big reason
February 6
- The 6 best Sims 4 challenges, from marathoning parenthood to serial killer spouses
- Synergy has shot straight to the top of my most anticipated survival city builders list thanks to its Next Fest demo
- The best Palworld settings to tweak for catching Pals, exploration, and speedy progress
- How to complete Loving Yourself, Your Way in World of Warcraft
- It sounds like Halo Season 2 still hasn't nailed how to turn Halo into a great TV show
February 5
- Baldur's Gate 3's quad world record-holding speedrunner dishes on the invisible bears, companion murdering, and moon jumping that changed her life
- After Palworld and Enshrouded, will Nightingale be the third survival game hit of 2024?
- This strategy game's historical ignorance made me so mad I became a post-apocalyptic dictator out of spite
- I can't believe how well this new roguelite combines twin-stick shooting, pinball, and Sonic the Hedgehog-style spindashing
- The best Honkai: Star Rail Black Swan build
- There's one thing gaming laptops need to learn from Valve, Lenovo, and Ayaneo handhelds: Trust us
- Larian's art director on the outfits of Baldur's Gate 3, and why making them fit matters but 'the main thing is looking cool'
- This 2D brawler is like Double Dragon meets Double Fine in a synth-soaked ’80s wonderland
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 5, 2024)
- In Baldur's Gate 3, like so many RPGs, the mod to remove the party size limit is essential
February 2
- Japanese games are kicking ass on PC so far this year
- How 'driving survival game' Pacific Drive is being built for people who don't like survival games
- Palworld vs. Ark: Survival Evolved shows just how much survival games have changed in 9 years, even when they seem so similar
- Batman's introduction in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League makes a great case for a Dark Knight survival horror game
- This drill-wielding platformer lets you dive through the earth like a dolphin torpedo
- Alan Wake 2's latest patch could be a sign of more anti-jumpscare toggles in horror games to come—and I'm all for it
- Unforetold: Witchstone's ambitious living world has a lot of promise and even more jank
- A willfully old school point-and-click reminded me why we put up with moon-logic puzzles in classic adventure games for so long
February 1
- The PC game releases we're most excited about in February
- We thought Death Stranding was Peak Kojima, but Death Stranding 2 already looks like it's scaling new heights of his personal WTF mountain
- Penny's Big Breakaway makes me wish I'd spent more time playing platformers before Penny's Big Breakaway
- Kill whole camps of cultists with a single bullet in this psychic and psychedelic puzzle shooter
- Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast'
- Weird, niche mods make PC gaming great, and these ones prove it
- Everything cool I noticed in the new Death Stranding 2 trailer after sinking 150 hours into the first Death Stranding