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Robin’s off at Gamescom this week, which means it’s up to me to step into his size-15 Riddler shoes and attempt to gin up some kind of devilish quiz. But what? What could it be about? What!? More quizzes! (Image credit: Larian Studios, PC Gamer) Want to keep testing your knowledge of gaming trivia? We’ve…
It’s a little odd that Age of Empires is one of the liveliest RTS series of the 2020s. Perhaps that speaks to the sorry state of the genre in general. But a genuinely great fourth game from Relic and several well-judged remasters have undeniably helped the series defy the tide of history. In any case,…
Team Fortress 2 modders love nothing more than imagining alternate histories for Valve’s long-running multiplayer shooter, and this year has seen several of these nostalgia-tinged conversions migrate from the rolling pastures of the web into Steam’s smog-belching metropolis. In March, Team Fortress 2 Classic revealed it would be launching on Valve’s platform sometime in 2025,…
If those green letters just aren’t turning up as often as you’d like, or if they are and they’re not half as useful as you hoped, we can help. Our hints for the August 23 (1526) Wordle can give you a fresh angle and new ideas, quickly getting your game back on track. Too close…
The US Supreme Court recently chose not to intervene in the enforcement of a Mississippi state law that requires social media sites to verify and track user ages. As a result, unofficial Twitter offshoot Bluesky will go dark in the state. “Starting today, if you access Bluesky from a Mississippi IP address, you’ll see a…
Almost a week removed from the Battlefield 6 beta, I wouldn’t blame you for being tired of hearing about weapons being open or closed. On its face, the debate appears moot as Battlefield Studios keeps saying it will support both rulesets in BF6 regardless of their popularity. New players coming over from Call of Duty…
To prove to the growing number of players who think Marvel Rivals’ ranked mode is rigged or somehow unfair, the official X account dropped a video that reveals a surprising amount of detail about why that’s totes not the case. Lead combat designer Zhiyong spends a packed 18 minutes explaining the math that determines how…
Escape from Tarkov, a primary influence on the extraction shooter genre, is still technically in beta, if you can believe it, but it won’t be for long. Eight years after opening its doors to players, Tarkov will finally hit 1.0 on November 15, 2025, a day after Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 releases. According…
When I was your age, videogames were released at a rate of about seven per year, so there was plenty of room for everyone and we were all thankful for what we got. It’s a bit more crowded these days—nearly 19,000 new games were released on Steam alone in 2024—and so, inevitably, some of them…
Since Enshrouded launched into early access in January of last year, players have been clamoring for water. The big, beautiful world of Embervale already has lots to offer, especially since you can build on or modify the terrain just about anywhere on the map you want… but would a couple rivers and lakes here and…