Borderlands 4 arrives September 23, special State of Play coming this Spring

Now D&D’s 2024 rules revamp is almost finished, I’ve been visited by the ghosts of TTRPG past, present, and future to help me predict the next 5-10 years

Dungeons & Dragons just had both its 50th anniversary and its next edition release—wait, hold on, I’m getting a message on my Sending Stone—it’s not actually an edition, it’s a “revamp”. Instead of doing like Wizards of the Coast typically does, and reinventing the wheel, its best team of rules lawyers has instead drafted up…

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Nintendo’s found its Zelda and Link for the upcoming movie—and British soap opera Emmerdale finally gets the silver screen recognition it deserves

Nintendo has taken a break from dispatching Sardaukar detachments against people looking askance at its copyright to cast a couple of young actors in the upcoming Legend of Zelda movie. Ladies and gentlemen, your Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason, and your Link will be portrayed by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth. I don’t know who…

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Brigador devs: ‘The ’90s PC classics often taught really special things, but not because the story said, Wow, violence is bad!’

Brigador was a great sleeper hit of mech and simmy gaming, and studio Stellar Jockeys recently released its ambitious follow-up, Brigador Killers, into early access. I spoke to lead developers, brother duo Hugh and Jack Monahan, over the summer. They told me about the challenges of adding on-foot gameplay, the importance of not trying to…

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This bizarre roguelike has a new take on the Vampire Survivors formula: letting you build your own custom weapons out of brains, eyeballs, and chimpanzee spines

A little over two years ago, I was taking my first run in Vampire Survivors, walking around a barren plain smashing skeletons with my whip. Now it’s 2025, and I’m stitching together a chain of chimpanzee spines and tentacles to connect to my third brain, so I can make it through the next round of…

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GTA 6 has turned October into a new release bloodbath, but AA first-person soulslike Valor Mortis is hellbent on entering the fray

Judging by the November release schedule, few publishers will dare release within spitting distance of GTA 6. Which is understandable, but it’s caused a massive bottleneck in October: Ace Combat 8, Gears of War: E-Day, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Modern Warfare 4 will all release next month. And that’s not including all the other…

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