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Guild Wars 3’s approach to combat and movement is like nothing I’ve ever seen in an MMO before: ‘One of our big goals when we make a new game in the Guild Wars franchise is to set out and try new things’

There are few things as exciting as the prospect of a new MMO. And when that new MMO is from ArenaNet, the studio that’s been focused on Guild Wars for more than two decades, the excitement is even greater. Having seen Guild Wars 3 in action at Gamescom, and spoken to game director Colin Johanson…

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Alien: Isolation 2’s Gamescom demo kept its cards close to its chest, but I’m definitely ready to be terrified again

It’s like seeing an old friend: the clanking in the vents over your head, the way the ribbed tail passes over objects with a thunk-ka-thunk-ka-thunk-ka-thunk, the head-within-a-head, the screaming. You are here, you are back, you have been impaled through the abdomen and killed. I have played perhaps 20 minutes of Alien: Isolation 2 at…

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Acer’s bizarre hybrid handheld/laptop concept is way more interesting than what is actually getting released this year

While I’ve bemoaned the expensive state of handheld gaming PCs at length, that doesn’t mean I find a cool concept model any less head-turning. Enter Acer’s latest Project DualPlay creation: a handheld gaming PC with a flippable screen that can turn into a laptop. The Project DualPlay Mini was shown off on-stage at IFA 2026,…

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