The original Dawn of War games have 109 new Steam achievements after 20 years—if you have the definitive edition, at least

I’m no RTS expert, but I’m nonetheless ride or die for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. I’ve poured what must be hundreds of hours into campaign and skirmish modes across the game’s four versions, gleefully gunning down gue’la for the greater good and deep striking dreadnoughts where they are least welcome. Granted, there’s no record…

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Constance is a metroidvania that wants its monsters to mean something

Constance’s store page on Steam insists its titular heroine, the one with a flappy cloak, slender weapon, and impeccable animation, is more than just another Hornet. This is a game set in “a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health” where I can “Experience playable flashbacks about personal struggle, creativity, work-life-balance, and…

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The League of Legends trading card game is surprisingly good, because it embraces the best trends in card games

Trading Card Games are in an odd place. They’re probably more popular than ever, with more playing them than ever. Given Magic: The Gathering’s recent big focus on crossover events, which makers of Wizards of the Coast keep reporting as being phenomenally successful, they’re probably making more money than ever. At the same time TCGs…

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Why I love Injustice 2’s story mode

Who would win in a fight? Comics writers know this is what fans argue about, endlessly, and feed those arguments with crossovers and stories like Batman vs. Superman. Usually it’s naff stuff where characters just biff each other for a bit and then abruptly form a getalong gang as if they weren’t battering each others’…

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