Amnesia: The Dark Descent scarred me for life. Horror games have come a long way in the 16 years since its debut, and Dark Descent might seem quaint or unsophisticated now, but when it was new it was awful. It was such a traumatizing experience that by the time I was into the final stretch…
There’s a whole part of Path of Exile that goes unseen by anyone who has never played it. Alongside the monster smashing and loot collecting is a whole item economy that drives players to grind for hours, not for upgrades, but for the cash to buy the upgrades from other people. Until a recent update…
Deus Ex is just so damn great. I know we say that a lot around here, but you can never say it enough, so I’m saying it again: Deus Ex is great. One of the greatest ever. And one of the most distinctive elements of that greatness is its soundtrack, which like the game itself…
Amid the doom and gloom in the games industry right now—the mass layoffs, the studio closures, the declarations that TikTok is winning the attention war—there are still little studios plugging away at good, niche games and making it work. Mohawk Games, founded in 2013 by ex-Firaxis developers, is one of them. Mohawk is about to…
FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new. Videogames: they’re fake. So they say, but occasionally artists do such a bang-up job that…
Category: ID@Xbox March 27, 2026 The Evil Clown Psychology: How Birthday Boy Bridges Generational Horror Baris Tarimcioglu, Developer, Playstige What makes a clown terrifying isn’t the makeup or the maniacal laugh. It’s the shattered trust between child and protector. I’m really happy that ID@Xbox has welcomed Birthday Boy because I’m excited at the idea of…
PUBG: Blindspot showed real promise when we took it for a spin in 2024: PC Gamer’s Jake Tucker said that “with some polish to the controls and a proper onboarding experience, this could be a genuinely fun, highly accessible tac shooter.” But it failed to make much of a splash when it launched into early…
“Welcome to die!”. The prize in Limited Run’s Marvel Maximum Collection, unquestionably, is Konami’s 1992 X-Men: The Arcade Game. Famously, it holds a Guinness World Record for being the only arcade beat ‘em up to support six simultaneous players. This port allows you to switch between two, four and six player options — in line…
Category: ID@Xbox March 27, 2026 New GigaBash DLC Adds New Maps, Original Characters, and Story Chapter Muhammad Hazim Azri Narrative Designer, Passion Republic Games Prelude Murmurs in the audience. The air, electric with anticipation. A spotlight pierces the dark. Behold, the biggest, most ambitious addition to GigaBash thus far! Taking the stage as the newest…
Professional casino play does not run on luck stories. It runs on numbers, discipline, and timing. Strong players do not judge themselves by one good night or one ugly session. They look at decision quality, money control, and how well they hold their nerve when the pressure rises. That is why the same names keep…