Solasta: Crown of the Magister was a more combat-focused take on the rules of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition than Baldur’s Gate 3, and so it included a couple of tactical options that Larian’s narrative-heavy RPG didn’t. Dodge, for instance—an action that gives all attacks against you disadvantage and also gives you advantage on Dexterity…
Category: ID@Xbox February 11, 2026 Quirky Indie Games We’re Crushing On: Indie Selects for February Amy Connors, Oscar Polanco, Steven Allen, Deron Mann, Raymond Estrada – ID@Xbox Floral Department Every Wednesday, dive into the Indie Select Hub — your gateway to a fresh, curated indie collection plus four themed spotlights that rotate weekly! You can…
Diablo 2: Resurrected is a thorough revamp of Blizzard’s classic high-speed clicking game, but since 2021 it’s only been available to purchase via Battle.net. Not any more: Diablo 2 is now on Steam, which comes with two obvious perks: one, it is more easily compatible with Steam Deck and even has a Steam Deck Verified…
The excitement around the return of paladins to Diablo 4 almost made me forget that a second class was still on its way. During today’s Diablo Spotlight video, Blizzard reminded us that the Lord of Hatred expansion will launch with a second new class, one designed to contrast the bright and stalwart paladins. As some…
Category: Games February 11, 2026 The Warlock Comes to Diablo II: Resurrected Matthew Cederquist, Diablo II: Resurrected Game Producer Summary Diablo II: Resurrected welcomes the Warlock as its eighth class, marking the first new addition in over 25 years as part of the franchise’s 30th anniversary celebration. The Warlock introduces a unique gameplay style centered on summoning,…
I swore I heard the developers wrong on the Diablo 30th anniversary Spotlight video when they said that Diablo 2 would be getting a second expansion. Lord of Destruction came out 25 years ago; Diablo 2 is a really old game. Surely, they meant to say Diablo 4, the game that we already know is…
At today’s DICE Summit, a gathering of industry veterans paid tribute to Call of Duty and Titanfall co-creator Vince Zampella, who died in December. Joining the likes of Todd Howard, Randy Pitchford and Ted Price was Hideo Kojima, who, according to Gamefile, sought advice from Zampella when founding his own studio Kojima Productions. “He gave…
I sometimes have trouble keeping track of all the different Starship Troopers games out there, but the upcoming Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War stands out for a couple reasons. One, it’s being made by Auroch Digital, developer of the very excellent Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, and two, there’s now a demo on Steam so you can…
To spare myself the psychic turmoil, I decided to accept years ago that Half-Life 3 will never happen. Best case scenario, I get to be delighted by being proven wrong. Worst case, I’m sparing myself from the cyclical mass psychosis of reading an imminent Half-Life 3 announcement in whatever tea leaves we’ve convinced ourselves exist….
Not to sound like an old coot (though I am) but there’s at least one aspect of gaming that used to be a lot harder. If you got stuck on an adventure game puzzle in the 1980s, you couldn’t just ask the entire world for help: the internet hadn’t been invented yet. You just had…