Far Cry New Dawn Brings Players into a Vibrant Post-Apocalyptic Frontier

‘The prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn’t completely gone’: despite Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s massive success, its director reckons real-time action games still have an easier time

The runaway success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been exhaustively documented by this point. But the game’s ecstatic reception by players came as a surprise not only because the game was made by a small (though not that small) team, but also because it’s a turn-based RPG at a time when the market is…

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I’m sad Deadlock is ‘just’ a MOBA—not because I don’t like them, but because I’m in love with Valve’s lore and characters enough to want any other game instead

Harvey Randall, Staff Writer (Image credit: Future) Last week I was: Begging people not to have a baby for a free copy of GTA 6 (it is financially inadvisable). Also, playing a lot of Deadlock. I have a love-hate relationship with MOBAs, but Deadlock—after its new Old Gods, New Blood update—has dragged me back to…

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PlayStation at GDC 2019: What We’re Up To

The annual Game Developer’s Conference is upon us, and we’re excited to meet with many of the talented developers who are gathering here at this event. We’ve put together this post as a guide to all of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s (SIE) GDC activities. From March 20 through March 22, you can find the PlayStation booth…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, February 8

Kickstart your weekend Wordle with our clue for the February 8 (1330), designed to give you a helping hand without immediately giving the game away. You can also use it further into the puzzle if you like, to nudge any yellow letters into place and sweep away those greys. Not clicking? Not enough rows left…

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In The Zone – How S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s Brilliantly Unforgiving Setting Presents Horror As Normality

Category: Games In The Zone – How S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s Brilliantly Unforgiving Setting Presents Horror As Normality Danielle Partis Published November 20, 2024 As I cowered in the rafters of an abandoned farmhouse, my mind reckons with the type of game that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is going to be. My torch…

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‘I try to play as a completionist and leave no stone unturned and no enemy unkilled’: Returnal director Harry Krueger talks Deus Ex, Resident Evil, and the arcade classic that inspired Housemarque’s best games

Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Harry Krueger didn’t get into PC gaming…

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