It’s only March, but I’m calling it: Esoteric Ebb is 2026’s best RPG and the first worthy successor to Disco Elysium

On my first day investigating the bombing of a goblin tea shop in Esoteric Ebb, Christoffer Bodegård’s self-styled “Disco-like” CRPG, I didn’t let a second go to waste. Was it magic? An explosive? Did it have anything to do with the upcoming inaugural democratic election? Or was it a random act of violence? So many…

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‘I did create a whole mood board’: Playing Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem was ‘uncharted territory’ for Nick Apostolides because the stakes were so high

Capcom tried to hide it for as long as possible, but fans managed to sniff out Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem long before the game launched. Even so, Leon’s grizzled appearance still managed to surprise some players. “He’s yet wiser to the world, he’s been through 25 more years of missions and bs and…

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The OG Baldur’s Gates are freshly patched, and you can pick them up with 500+ hours of other CRPGs for $23 right now

It was a big day in the Wolens household (which consists of me, Wolens) when Beamdog suddenly released a surprise 2.7 beta patch for its collection of enhanced Infinity Engine games. It wasn’t anything earthshaking—Apple Silicon support for those of us playing on our Macs, some additional languages and whatnot—but it was a nice surprise,…

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Heart of the Machine review

Need to know What is it? A cyberpunk strategy RPG you can shape as a sentient AGI Release date March 6, 2026 Expect to pay $30/£25 Developer Arcen Games Publisher Hooded Horse Reviewed on Ryzen 7 3700X, RTX 4070 Super, 32 GB RAM Steam Deck Playable It’s difficult to imagine a world in which AI…

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Leon Kennedy’s voice actor doesn’t believe AI can replace human performances, and paying ‘for an actor’s voice session is not that big of a deal’ for games as big as Arc Raiders

The subject of AI being used to replace voice actors has been a recurring theme in videogames, with the debate reaching a pinnacle last October when Arc Raiders was released, as it was made clear that Embark Studios used AI to pad out voice lines. Since then, we’ve heard arguments as to why this isn’t…

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The core in Nvidia’s upcoming PC processor achieves ‘performance parity’ with Intel and AMD’s latest chips, but will it actually be any good for games?

The hardcore microarchitectrure analysts at Chips and Cheese have turned their beady gaze towards Nvidia’s GB10 ‘Superchip’ and concluded that its CPU cores are capable of achieving true desktop-class performance equal to AMD and Intel’s latest chips. Which is intriguing because because no lesser an authority than CEO Jensen Huang has said that GB10 is…

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Scientists warn against crappy age verification: ‘if implemented without careful consideration… the new regulation might cause more harm than good’

As age verification becomes more commonplace across the web, there are some trying to oppose its rollout on security and privacy grounds. An open letter signed by over 400 researchers and scientists arguing the many reasons why age verification (and most especially the current age assurance technology) isn’t all it’s cracked up to be is…

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