It’s hard to put down the M15 loadout in Black Ops 7, I’ll admit, but if you can, you’ll find what is potentially an even better assault rifle in the AK-27. Plus, since it unlocks at level 4, which is also when you unlock custom classes, you can get cracking with the best BO7 AK-27…
I think most of us would agree that cheating is a scourge upon multiplayer gaming. Anyone who’s seen a blatant wallhacker or obviously-bot-assisted player rampaging their way across the map like Rambo after too much sugar would likely agree that something should be done. Well, Microsoft appears to be doing that something, as it’s laid…
So much of data management feels floaty and ephemeral, with just one misplaced click wrecking untold devastation. ‘Click, click, wait…no, no, no! I didn’t mean to delete the entire folder of fanfic!’ So when it comes to intentional data destruction, there’s something compelling about a dedicated device that acts like it really means it. Enter…
Silent Hill f recently received a big update that adds a casual difficulty, speeds up NG+ runs, and reduces the number of areas where players are forced to engage with combat. The patch seems like a sensible response to some general criticisms of the acclaimed horror revival. But fans of the series are convinced that…
Digging into Escape From Tarkov‘s 1.0 release? In classic Battlestate Games fare, there’s an ultra-rare LEDX that spawns in the tutorial, and if you miss it you’ll need to find a whole extra LEDX later to either upgrade your MedBay to level 3, or hand it in for the late-game quest, Private Clinic. Even if…
Just three days out from Stalker 2’s first birthday (doesn’t time fly?) GSC Game World has released another meaty patch for its unique, ambitious, and at times conflagrating shooter. Patch 1.7 is a doozy—you can tell because it’s one of those patches a developer puts out a video to mark—and it’s out now. There are…
Phasmophobia is one of those unproblematic success stories. It launched in early access with such a well-conceived and executed core experience that I breathlessly proclaimed it “the best ghost game ever made.” In the five years since, developer Kinetic Games has slowly but surely built Phasmophobia into the PC’s definitive spook-buster (to the extent there’s…
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Category: Announcements November 17, 2025 Xbox Partner Preview: See the Latest Games From Our Amazing Third Party Partners This Week Danielle Partis, Xbox Wire Editor We’re excited to reveal that the next Xbox Partner Preview – our broadcast that shines a light on upcoming games from our talented third-party partners – is coming this Thursday,…
Thoughts and prayers. There’s a version of Indika I’d call one of the most singularly audacious narrative exploration games in recent memory, a daring title that defies easy classification with its surrealist flourishes, cinematic art direction, and cynical inversion of familiar video game mechanics. Unfortunately, the Nintendo Switch version isn’t it. Part spiritual tragicomedy, part…