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Control was one of the best games of 2019, which is high praise: that was the year Disco Elysium, Untitled Goose Game, and Sekiro released. We gave it our “Best Setting” award, because even though Control is pretty much a third-person shooter at heart, its presentation elevates it into something much more interesting. This is…

Unlike its older, mobile-exclusive sibling, the worldwide Arknights: Endfield launch times and release date are almost upon us with a dedicated PC client in hand. The 3D spin-off will launch at the same time across all platforms, so you can have your pick between the fancy bells and whistles of your machine or take Endfield…

In a conversation at this year’s rich person convention—aka the World Economic Forum—Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that AI will lose public support unless it’s used to “do something useful that changes the outcomes of people and communities and countries and industries.” “We will quickly lose even the social permission to take something like energy,…

You might associate the platformer with console gaming as Nintendo claims many of the biggest ones and they’re usually best played with—gasp—a controller, but don’t count the PC gamers out. The scene would be unrecognizable without all the indie hits that first found a home on Steam, and early attempts to mimic that plumber in…