PlayStation Plus: Free Games for June 2016

The PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirement

Review-bombing campaigns are often motivated by half-baked culture war “controversies” about trans characters, queer developers, or supposed mafias of liberal writing consultants bending multi-million dollar companies to their will. Last May, though, we saw a great example of the review bomb’s utility in pushing back on a genuine consumer grievance: Helldivers 2’s PlayStation Network sign-in…

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Microsoft killed the promising Perfect Dark reboot, but Take-Two has snapped up its leads for a new 2K studio

When Microsoft laid off an astonishing 9,000 people in July, the long-awaited Perfect Dark reboot was among the casualties. The main studio working on it—The Initiative—was shuttered, but co-developers Crystal Dynamics tried to salvage the project by cutting a publishing deal with Take-Two. The deal never eventuated because Take-Two and Microsoft couldn’t agree on who…

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D&D’s revised Monster Manual is aiming to provide oodles of plot hooks along with its stat blocks, and I’m already quietly stealing some for my own encounters

Dungeons & Dragons will be completing its trio of 2024 rules revisions—a little confusingly—on Feburary 18, 2025. Its third source book, the Monster Manual, comes on the heels of both the Player’s Handbook and the Dungeon Master’s Guide. I recently got to sit down last week, with a bestiary of other outlets, for a preview…

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All Atomfall endings and how to get each one

There are a surprising number of Atomfall endings for what is a relatively small game, but as you explore the Windscale quarantine zone, you’ll find plenty of characters who are willing to help you escape. That is, if you complete a series of tasks for them, or in some cases, even sell your soul. After…

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