Dear reader, I’ve started to be able to set my watch by the amount of time between the release of a new FromSoftware game and the eventuality, sure as the heat death of the universe, of a YouTuber swaggering along and making me feel very bad for the amount of times I’ve seen the ‘You…
Though you can only pick one class during character creation, Dune: Awakening trainers offer another way to learn the art of all five specializations—so don’t worry too much about locking yourself into one skill tree. After picking a starting class between the Trooper, Planetologist, Mentat, Bene Gesserit, or Swordmaster, the other four class specialists will…
Names are for friends, so I don’t need one. Hitman! A rebooted and re-suited assassination spectacular that I once got in a spot of bother over (never reveal that you’re gonna kill Sean Bean in a computer game on social media, lest people mistake it for a threat), has finally — and without the need…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since Divinity composer Kirill Pokrovsky died unexpectedly at the age of 53. I still remember being shocked by the news: Pokrovsky was one of my favorite videogame composers, and he was a high-profile presence at Larian Studios, having created the music for every game the studio…
Grab your snacks, fill up your Stanley cup and get ready: The games are coming. Summer Game Fest 2025 kicks off at 2 pm Pacific, and we’ll be covering all the announcements from the LA showcase as they happen. How to watch Summer Game Fest Summer Game Fest goes live on Friday, June 6 at…
Rich Stanton, Senior Editor (Image credit: Future) This week: I went back to Heroes of the Storm for the 10th anniversary, and played so badly one of my teammates called me an NPC. Then IO dropped the 007 First Light trailer and all I could think was “the name’s Bland. James Bland.” I couldn’t quite…
The Borderlands series is having a massive stonking sale, and regardless of your opinions on some of Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s recent—er, let’s just call them ‘online moments’—the sale is downright generous. For starters, Borderlands 2 was made straight-up free yesterday. If you are at all a fan of shooters, looters, or either genre, you…
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Category: Playtests June 6, 2025 GOALS – Xbox Insider Playtest is Available Today! Tim, Xbox Program Manager Ready for a fast-paced PvP football showdown? The JOGO Festival kicks off today in GOALS! Jump into fast-paced PvP football action in the Xbox Insider Playtest, available now on Xbox Series X|S. Take on the competition, complete challenges…
Oblivion’s renowned meme king, the YouTuber Bacon_, has recently regaled us with tales of rescuing Emperor Uriel Septim, secret agent-style, and why the original’s chaotic Radiant AI system remains the gold standard for Bethesda NPCs. Bacon unsurprisingly has a lot of love for the recent remaster and believes that it makes “lots of good changes…