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WEIRD WEST

A new perspective on immersive sims

SET AN AI TO MAKE AN AI

GOOGLE is already putting machine learning to work on improving itself

CRUSADER KINKS PART II

Continuing the raunchy reign of King Randy Cockburn.

POKÉMONSTER HUNTER

MONSTER HUNTER STORIES 2: WINGS OF RUIN is an approachable spin-off.

BOYFRIEND DUNGEON

A dating sim where you romance deadly weapons

LIGHTS OUT

In the open-world post-apocalypse of DYING LIGHT 2: STAY HUMAN, the choices you make can change an entire city.

WE ALL PLAY GAMES

From indies to blockbusters, developers are striving to include disabled players now more than ever

HANDS ON

Valve has unveiled its new handheld gaming PC, STEAM DECK

THUGS IN SUITS

The rise, fall, and redemption of Mafia developer ILLUSION SOFTWORKS

BIOSHOCK 2

Revisiting BioShock’s bold, brilliant sequel.

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED

Hands-on with Milestone’s licensed loop-de-loop-’em-up

CRUSADER KINKS PART I

Spreading the love throughout Paradox’s medieval soap opera, Crusader Kings III

ALPHA STRIKE

MINECRAFT archivists finally uncover the rarest known build of the game

TERRA NIL

An eco-friendly antidote to planet-stripping sims

SLICE AND DICE

Gut goblins galore in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: DARK ALLIANCE

SHOCK & AWE

COMPANY OF HEROES 3 is coming to wake up the RTS genre.

TREASURED MEMORIES

Celebrating PC gaming’s long love affair with D&D’s FORGOTTEN REALMS.

MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Banter, ’80s bangers, and not a microtransaction in sight

THE ANACRUSIS

A sci-fi spin on Left 4 Dead, from former Valve and Riot developers

VIDEODAMES

The grandma gamers of the GRAND DAMES

MAKING HISTORY

The story of 1997’s QUAKE AFT—the first-ever all-female professional gaming tournament.

ROGUETRITE

A universe has its PC debut in WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: STORM GROUND

LONE STRANGER

STRANGELAND lives up to its name, if not its promise

ROLLING IN THE DEEP

Get tactical in authentic D&D roll-player SOLASTA: CROWN OF THE MAGISTER

CATACLYSM

BIOMUTANT is a dull RPG that treads water with beauty and charm

KING'S BOUNTY II

Mutiny on the bounty

RAINBOW SIX EXTRACTION

We played Ubisoft’s slower, more methodical take on Left 4 Dead

GLACIAL DRIFT

SUBNAUTICA: BELOW ZERO is a survival game with depth.

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Battle in TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III isn’t just about winning or losing—it’s a fight for survival

LADY KILLER

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE is a collection of bizarre, beautiful haunted houses, with some of the scariest moments in the entire series.