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Obviously the dragons of Tarkir: Dragonstorm will get a lot of attention. They’re headliners, show-offs, they got their name in the title. But Magic’s next expansion isn’t just about fancy firebreathers. Since the Khans of Tarkir set in 2014, the plane’s five clans have also been an important part of its appeal. In Tarkir: Dragonstorm…
Realistic and physics-driven snowmobile simulator Shredders released out of early access last week, with developer Hanki Games saying that work on it will continue even as it hits full release and comes to consoles. Sledders is an open-world sandbox where you can move through authentic “deep-snow backcountry” terrain, sled custom courses, and play with others…
A new Civilization 7 update is coming tomorrow, and so today we get an early look at some of the highlights including the addition of a new “quick move” functionality, the ability to rename your settlements and commanders, and of course even more UI updates and polish. Civ 7 is doing fine, more or less,…
We named Caves of Qud the best roguelike of 2024 because of its indulgent procgen writing, its mesmerizing world simulation, and—importantly—its options for creating mutant player characters with an indefinite and increasing number of limbs. At GDC 2025, I met with Caves of Qud co-creators Jason Grinblat and Brian Buckley to talk about their game’s…
Metaphor: ReFantazio won PC Game’s RPG of the Year award in 2024, following Baldur’s Gate 3’s overall GOTY win in 2023. Both are turn-based RPGs, a category we’re happy to see thriving on PC—because for a few years there, it sure seemed like big budget roleplaying games were convinced that flashier action was the way…
The leadup to the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows was dogged by a relentless campaign of outrage driven by aggrieved gamers angered over the presence of a Black samurai in Japan. The potential impact of that campaign ahead of the game’s launch was a big question—but then the launch actually happened and by all indications,…
We said at the end of 2024 that after years of struggles, Ubisoft “desperately needs a win,” and it looks like Assassin’s Creed Shadows has delivered, with strong reviews, impressive player numbers, and maybe most important of all, no big catastrophes on the way out the door. In a message posted to the Assassin’s Creed…
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is still going. Nearly 10 years into its life, The Witcher 3 remains a popular canvas for modders adding new quests and locations, custom gameplay tuning, and the occasional oddity like Geralt on ice skates. For most of the last decade the mod scene had no official support from CD…
Skyrim is not an enormously realistic game. Yes, I’m brave enough to say it. Magic? Not real. Dragons? Largely undocumented. Guys who get hit repeatedly by arrows before returning to their usual patrol routes? This only rarely happens. These departures from humdrum reality exist to make the game more fun, so fair enough, but some…
The web is plagued by bots. That’s nothing new of course, but now we’re in the midst of our much-loved AI revolution (you do love it, right?) many websites are continually crawled by bots aiming to scrape them of their precious data to train AI content. Cloudflare thinks it might have the solution, however, as…