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“I just got revived, and for the briefest of moments so too is the magic”

Bringing a wayward team of un-PC gamers back for one last job in BATTLEFIELD 4

BREEZE BLOCK

MINECRAFT DUNGEONS is a lightweight dungeon crawler that keeps the sandbox’s playful humour.

A TOTAL WAR SAGA: TROY

It’s time for a mythological grudge match

THE 50 BEST FREE GAMES

Freeware classics and indie darlings

TEAM SPIRIT

Your enemies want City 31 to burn—it’s up to you to put them down in XCOM CHIMERA SQUAD.

SPACE ODYSSEY

Kerbal Space Program inspired us to explore an entire solar system. In KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM 2, that’s just the beginning.

TEAM FORTRESS 2

The more things change…

REBUILDING BLOCKS

Cutting-edge graphics find an unlikely home in MINECRAFT WITH RTX

PLAYING A JUNGLER IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS

Why the MOBA’s least popular role is also the most fun

MOUNT & BLADE II: BANNERLORD

Great mods are available already.

F1 2020

Take your own Formula 1 team to victory

CRUSADER KINGS III

Paradox’s historical sandbox sticks to what it does best

CHAINSAW CHESS

Fantastic combat makes GEARS TACTICS a strategy game worthy of the PC.

DEEP DIVE

IN OTHER WATERS lets you explore a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean.

SHODAN SHOWDOWN

Irrational Games co-founder Jonathan Chey on the difficult development of SYSTEM SHOCK 2—and how he’s still finding new inspiration in it today.

TOTAL PEACE PART III

The definition of peace gets stretched to its limit as we continue our pacification of Ancient China.

FUNNY BUSINESS

How SIZE FIVE GAMES became the kings of comedy

THE CAT LADY

A game about the tension between despair and hope.

MOB RULE

Conquering EMPIRE OF SIN's Chicago as AI Capone

BEAST IN SHOW

How animal sounds are made for games

QUANTUM SPACEWAR!

How games and physics are coming together

DEAD ON ARRIVAL

Capcom breaks its streak with RESIDENT EVIL 3, a half-baked remake that falls flat in almost every respect.

AMNESIA: THE GREAT WORK

Something to tide you over til Rebirth.

WORLD OF WARCRAFT: SHADOWLANDS

WoW’s game director reveals what awaits us in the afterlife

RESIDENT EVIL 3

Jill Valentine returns. And so does her relentless stalker

NEW WORLD

An MMO worth attention for its combat and PvP wars

GET THE PARTY STARTED

Our first look at BALDUR’S GATE III’s opening act.

MANEATER

A shark RPG that aims at more than just novelty

INFINITE GAME JAM

Meet SOKPOP COLLECTIVE, the indie studio releasing two new games every month.

COUNTER - STRUCK

VALORANT, Riot’s first departure from the League of Legends universe, is a surprisingly traditional competitive shooter.