The Elder Scrolls Online’s subclassing feature shakes up the meta in its newest update, Seasons of the Worm Cult, as the devs set their sights on harder difficulties: ‘It’s in the works’

The Elder Scrolls Online just had a huge patch drop yesterday—titled Seasons of the Worm Cult, this new update marks the start of a few key changes to the MMO, alongside a nice helping of content for current or returning players to sink their newly subclassed mitts into. Subclassing, which I had a look at…

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Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate’s new exotics include the most powerful primary weapon I’ve ever used and gloves that enable one of the coolest player-requested abilities

The chocolate box of exotic gear that comes with a new Destiny 2 expansion is always one of the biggest reasons to log back in. With The Edge of Fate expansion, which launches on July 15, the slate of new supercharged weapons and unique armour pieces feels particularly fresh—including one item, Melas Panoplia, which enables…

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‘In a very interesting way, it actually reduces the work’: Destiny 2’s director explains why reinventing the wheel with The Edge of Fate was actually the easier option

It’s hard to think of a time in the decade since Destiny launched when the next expansion wasn’t make or break. As the first major release since last year’s The Final Shape, which did the improbable job of landing the game’s sprawling narrative successfully, this year’s The Edge of Fate expansion has the unenviable job…

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Unreal’s MetaHuman Animator can generate surprisingly lifelike animation with just your phone and it’s now integrated directly into Unreal Engine 5.6

The 2025 State of Unreal gave us some long-awaited updates on the tech powering The Witcher 4, and while I was picking my jaw up from the floor, something new found its way onto my screen—a bizarre animated alien rendered from a webcam feed in real time. Epic’s new updates to MetaHuman, its suite of…

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The ‘main goal’ for Epic Games’ new Unreal 5.6 engine is more performance on the PS5 and that should be good news for gaming on affordable PC hardware

Epic Games has been showing off its latest Unreal 5.6 game engine. While it’s full of technical innovations and new graphical and physics features, the main takeaway is that the latest version of arguably the most important video game engine is all about performance. Indeed, Epic’s Senior Director of Framework Engineering Julien Marchand says the…

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Penguins confront Lovecraftian cosmic horror in the next game from the developers of Umurangi Generation

Umurangi Generation wasn’t just a stylish cyberpunk photography sim. It was a meditation on climate disaster, an indictment of global capitalist hegemony—the kind of game that makes it a little surprising when you hear that developer Origame Digital’s next project is called Penguin Colony, which involves playing as penguins with different abilities. Don’t get me…

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SteamDB changes might finally herald the end of a long wait for Silksong (again), though with SGF on the horizon, I think Team Cherry has the potential to do the funniest thing of all time

Every time I write about Silksong, I feel as though I’m inching closer to an abyss of madness from which there is no return. Each article starts the same—a rite for the uninitiated, an explanation that yes, this game really was announced in 2019, and yes, it really was stated to be coming out “in…

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After almost 18 years, Team Fortress 2 just had its toughest tournament ever, and there could be more to come

Team Fortress 2 resides in the long shadows cast by Valve’s pair of popular titans, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2. But the class-based FPS has managed to endure despite its little-brother status, perpetuated by a passionate community that includes a competitive scene that’s still producing fireworks. During May’s Physgun Fireside Denver LAN, one fan I…

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