Valorant’s latest update adds a new pistol to spice up early rounds, as Riot plans to take ‘a holistic look’ at the shooter’s arsenal through 2026

When Valorant launched back in 2020, it was pitched as Counter-Strike with added superpowers, a combination that proved irresistible for shooter expert Morgan Park in PC Gamer’s Valorant review. Over the last few years, however, the emphasis has gradually shifted to the point where Valorant has turned into superpowers with added Counter-Strike. This problem came…

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If for some reason you can’t get enough of Stranger Things’ Vecna, you can now play as him in Dead by Daylight’s latest crossover

I can’t pretend to be anything other than relieved that Stranger Things is over. While I enjoyed the first few seasons of its pulpy Spielberg pastiche, it ultimately became far too big for its Nike high tops. But if you still haven’t had enough of the gang explaining its preposterously convoluted plans to kill Vecna,…

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A classic space sim conceived by Star Citizen’s creator just got an unofficial sequel after 15 years of development: ‘The project was based on the crazy idea that Microsoft “axed” Christ Roberts’ Freelancer’

Before he spent thirteen years struggling to finish Star Citizen, Chris Roberts spent six years struggling to finish Freelancer. Digital Anvil’s third-person space-sim was conceived by Roberts in the late nineties. But after blasting through both Freelancer’s budget and its planned two-and-a-half-year development cycle, Digital Anvil was acquired by Microsoft. Roberts left the company shortly…

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Luto is an underappreciated 2025 horror gem with the perfect mixture of Stanley Parable narration and P.T. ambience

It’s happening again. You’ve ignored your body’s alarms and pushed yourself well beyond the threshold of exhaustion. It’s Monday, or maybe Thursday, but who’s keeping track anymore? Your body moves independently from thought—either unconcerned or incapable of addressing the growing detachment—and you repeat the same, torturous daily routine with a mechanical ease. You’re not physically…

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