In case you’re wondering how weird Valorant has gotten, the newest agent creates a pocket dimension where enemies are forced to 1v1 you to the death

Valorant, a competitive FPS that I’ve often criticized for being too conservative with character abilities, is cooking up something weird for its next agent. Iso, Valorant’s eleventh post-launch agent, is a Chinese mercenary who “reconfigures ambient energy into bulletproof protection.” Pretty useful skills for the aggressive pointman of the team, but pedestrian compared to his…

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Diablo 4’s new seasonal event drops so much legendary loot it feels like an exploit, but Blizzard says it’s intentional

Diablo 4’s new season dumps so many rare items on you that I’m pretty sure it would’ve been deemed a game-breaking exploit around the game’s release. Season 2’s Blood Harvests are a revamp of Diablo 4’s Helltides, which are essentially limited time events that take over a portion of the map. Like Helltides, Blood Harvests…

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Dino shooter Second Extension pulled from sale before even making it out of early access: ‘It regrettably did not achieve the success we hoped it would’

After three years in early access, Second Extinction is over. Developer Systemic Reaction has announced that it is ending “active development” game, and has removed it from sale. “After thoughtful consideration and exploration of our best course of action, we have made the difficult decision to end active development of Second Extinction,” the studio wrote…

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10 quietly popular games on PC

PC gaming is so ubiquitous and inherently decentralized that there are entire games and communities that go unnoticed all the time. It’s a global hobby, and that means some games won’t get the same level of attention as others. But that doesn’t make them any less significant. Over on Steam, there are games that routinely…

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