Citizen Sleeper 2 Wants You To Fail Your Way To A Better Story
The game wants you to adapt and push through a failed roll, not reload a save and keep trying until you succeed.
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Catan's New Edition Still Wants To Be Your Gateway To Tabletop Gaming
Catan is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the release of its first new edition in almost a decade.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Feels Like The Series Trying To Come To Terms With Its Warring Halves
Ubisoft Quebec seems poised to be the first to pull together Assassin's Creed's disparate eras, but we've been here before and it's routinely not worked out.
Apex Legends' New Update Seriously Buffs Loba, Adds Automatic Charge Rifle
The "season of support" continues with buffs for Mirage and Loba.
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This Tactical RPG Has A Cool Tabletop Game-Master Feature; Please Overlook Her Railroading Faux Pas
Sunderfolk is a four-player Gloomhaven-inspired game you can play using your phone.
Helldivers 2's Latest Major Update Goes Live During The Game Awards
It wouldn't be a gaming show if we didn't have a few surprise drops.
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Borderlands 4's Seamless World And Movement Mechanics Will "Make It Hard For Players To Go Back"
Borderlands 4 will feature a new grappling hook mechanic to help you swing through its seamless world.
The Outer Worlds 2's First Gameplay Trailer Debuts During The Game Awards
Looks like 2025 is going to be a big year for Obsidian.
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Co-Op-Only Split Fiction Is An Impressive Leap Forward From The Makers Of It Takes Two
The Game Awards trailer only teased a small handful of the experiences that Split Fiction offers.
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Sifu Devs Are Making A Soccer Game, And I'm So Excited
Perhaps I'll finally have a reason to put down Rocket League after all these years.
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Warren Spector's New Dishonored-Looking Multiplayer Game Emulates Playing D&D
Thick As Thieves is being developed by a team that was originally working on a Dungeons & Dragons game for WotC.
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South Of Midnight Looks Like A Deep South Take On A PS2-Era Action-Adventure
What I've seen of the game looks fun and sounds great.
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Lego Horizon Adventures Raises The Question Of What IPs Work As A Lego Game
I'm just not convinced that Horizon Zero Dawn is an ideal choice to adapt to the Lego-game formula.
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Despite Sharing A Setting, Redacted And The Callisto Protocol Could Not Be More Different
[REDACTED] exchanges The Callisto Protocol's third-person action for something more akin to Hades.
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As We Descend Seems To Capture Those Magical Early Hours Of Your Favorite Civ Game
The tabletop-inspired mechanics of deckbuilding and dice-rolling at a semblance of curation to the randomness of this roguelike.
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My Time With The PS5 Pro Reaffirmed I Shouldn't Spend $700 Right Now--My Base PS5 Is Still Enough
I can see how this console will make developers happy, but it doesn't feel like most players are going to get a lot out of it.
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Ghost Of Yotei, A Ghost Of Tsushima Follow-Up, Announced At State Of Play
Sucker Punch is making a sequel, and it stars a female protagonist this time around.
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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Remasters Revealed At PlayStation State Of Play
PlayStation Network's leaks turned out to be true.
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Dimension 20's Misfits And Magic Returns For A Second Chaotic-Looking Season Later This Month
It sounds like Zac Oyama is a talking rock!
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Real-Time Strategy RPG Band Of Crusaders Seems Bland, Lacking The Story Elements I Want To See
The game's best-sounding features and overarching story were unavailable during the preview build, creating a sub-par experience.
Apex Legends' Victories Against Cheaters And Bots Detailed In "First Of Many" Blog Posts
Going forward, Respawn will strive to be more transparent about how it's dealing with cheaters and bots.
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Constance Is A Colorful Combo Of Hollow Knight And Splatoon, And I Dig It
This metroidvania features a 2D hand-drawn artstyle and paint-based abilities.
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I'm Not Used To Backstep Dodging In Metroidvanias, But Marko: Beyond Brave Might Make Me A Believer
"We are addressing a problem that we found in similar games where combat is often clunky and unnatural."
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The Plucky Squire Feels Like The Ideal Game For A Parent To Play With Their Kid
The game is a delight and charmingly simple, making for a fun puzzle game for younger audiences.
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The Deck Of Boons And Banes, A D&D Aid By Ginny Di, Subverts TTRPG Mechanics In The Best Ways
Pick the wrong card and not even a restful good night's sleep is guaranteed.
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Avowed Delayed To February 2025, Graciously Making 2024 A Little Less Crowded
We have so many big AAA games scheduled for the final months of 2024.
Critical Role, Dimension 20, And Other TTRPG Folks Are Role-Playing Puppies To Raise Money For Puppies
The best way to raise money for pets is to play Dungeons & Dragons as your pets.
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A New Arcade Racer Puts The Best Part Of Mario Kart Front And Center: Betrayal
If you can't betray your friends in the middle of an arcade or party game, are you even having fun?
I Wish Ascendant.com's Adaption-Shooter Formula Forced Me To Adapt More Often
If you're going to call yourself an adaption shooter, then make me adapt at every turn, dang it.
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How The Apex Legends Team Manages The Sisyphean Task Of Writing For A Live-Service Game
Apex Legends' story has just kept going the past five years, and there's still no concrete endpoint in sight.
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Hyper Light Breaker's Roguelike Loop Didn't Engage Me, But I Want To Give It Another Chance
It doesn't feel like this game is launching in early access in as strong a spot as Hades II or The Rogue Prince of Persia.
SteamWorld Heist 2 Makes Combat An Entertaining Puzzle Of Geometry And Explosions
Geometry is always more fun when it's tied to gun-toting pirate steam-powered robots.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Still Hasn't Made A Good Argument For Why It Has Two Protagonists
The game looks incredible, especially the new stealth mechanics given to Naoe, but the two protagonists feel like an odd storytelling choice.
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Star Wars Outlaws Feels Mediocre With A Protagonist Who's Way Too Strong
I didn't see much of Outlaws' story at Summer Game Fest, but what I saw of the gameplay did not leave a positive impression.
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Rights Inquisition's Greatest Sin
BioWare's priorities are in the right place for its fourth foray into Dragon Age.
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Every Game Shown Off During The Wholesome Direct
70+ wholesome games were teased or revealed during the direct, four of which shadow drop released during the livestream.
Sonic X Shadow Generations Is Coming October 25, New Trailer Revealed At Summer Game Fest
The collection brings together the adventures of both hedgehogs.
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Elden Ring DLC Trailer Delves Into More Story Details
As we approach Shadow of the Erdtree's June 21 launch date, From Software has decided to tease more of the DLC's story.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Trailer Reveals Two Protagonists, A Samurai And A Shinobi
The new Assassin's Creed game will let us play as Yasuke, the African samurai.
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One Of The Best Ways To Remotely Play TTRPGs Is Shutting Down
Though Roll20 and DnDBeyond offer similar services, no one was doing it quite like One More Multiverse.
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