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Hopping into Marathon‘s server slam last week, I was surprised when I saw that we could still only have one contract active at a time. People have had much bigger complaints about its hard to parse items, confusing UI, and fast TTK, but for me, the grindiness of Marathon’s faction system was a bit of…
There are seven characters in Marathon, known as Runner Shells, and each one comes with unique abilities to set them apart. Even if you’ve played old playtests for the game, the classes have changed quite a bit at launch—for one, they’re not characters in the ‘hero shooter’ sense anymore, they’re more like classes. Below, I’ll…
Released in 2017, Ruiner is a stylish, brutal top-down shooter that earned an 84% in our review as “a superb, if short, whirlwind of cyber-violence and sightseeing.” Nearly a decade later, developer Reikon Games says a sequel is finally on the way. Ruiner 2 will take players back to the corporate-ruled cyber-awfulness of Rengkok, “and…
Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and “several artificial intelligence companies” signed a pledge at the White House yesterday, dubbed the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” to pay for the cost of powering their data centres, the Guardian reports. But there are questions over the legal authority of the pledge and what it will amount to in practice. The…
Slay the Spire 2‘s release is almost here at long last. After a delay from late 2025, Slay the Spire 2 enters early access on March 5, with new and returning playable characters, a whole mess of cards, and a big new feature: four player co-op. Given the first game’s popularity, Slay the Spire 2…
Our Jacob Fox guessed that someone would figure out how to get a gaming mouse with a solid shell down to under 25 grams at some point this year. That still hasn’t happened, but he is nevertheless excited to point out this mouse from G-Wolves that comes pretty darn close, thus proving him almost correct….
Every now and then, someone brings up the haunting spectre of an AI-focused Windows 12. While recent rumours about the fabled, unicorn-like OS have since been debunked, it’s not difficult to imagine an operating system that may one day be developed by AI, and all the horrors that might entail. Or indeed, you could just…
Puzzling out the Dam Battlegrounds key locations in Arc Raiders is a big part of learning the map. While it’s exciting to find a keycard when you’re out looting, you then have to work out where to actually use it on the map, as well as if it’s worth your time. Uncommon rarity keycards, for…
Marathon isn’t exactly fluent at explaining its many systems and mechanics. One such hurdle you’ll soon run into when completing some early quests is DCONs, which you’ll need to find and interact with before being formally introduced to them—often while racing the clock. Knowing the DCON locations ahead of time can save you a lot…
Working out how to expand your vault in Marathon will help you hold onto more weapons, backpacks, and implants for your Runner. Staying stocked is not only useful in terms of exchanging resources for items in the armory, but it’ll also give you a nice little cushion of gear in case you die on a…