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Special Report- Stacked Deck - Monster Train, a deckbuilding roguelike that firmly entrenched itself as the crown prince to the kingly Slay the Spire back in 2020, was the kind of smash success you might call Champagne Big.

Monster Train, a deckbuilding roguelike that firmly entrenched itself as the crown prince to the kingly Slay the Spire back in 2020, was the kind of smash success you might call Champagne Big. Four years later, its successor Inkbound’s launch from Early Access was looking more like Sandwich Big.I’m not just saying that because of the mountain of lamb and eggplants I ate while meeting with developer Shiny Shoe over lunch, to feel out what the aftermath of releasing a game looks like in 2024. I mean, have I thought about that sandwich every day since? Yes. But also, the indie team talked frankly about the struggle of luring Monster Train’s audience on board for its next game.

SCREENBOUND

How a 5D platformer went viral two months into development

OLED GAMING MONITORS

A fresh wave of OLED panels brings fresh options, greater resolutions and makes for even more impressive gaming monitors

CRYSIS 2

A cinematic FPS with tour de force visuals.

PLOD OF WAR

SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE 2 fails to find a new path for its hero

GALAXY QUEST

HOMEWORLD 3 is a flashy, ambitious RTS, but some of the original magic is missing

FAR REACHING

Twenty years ago, FAR CRY changed the landscape of PC gaming forever.

THY KINGDOM COME

SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE is the culmination of decades of FromSoftware RPGs, and a gargantuan finale for ELDEN RING

KILLING FLOOR 3

Tripwire Interactive's creature feature is back

IMPERFECTLY BALANCED

Arrowhead says HELLDIVERS 2 balancing patches have 'gone too far'

PHANTOM PAIN

The unseen side of the occult in PHASMOPHOBIA

ALMA MATER

Horror is a family affair in FEAR

OFF PUTTING

Lee Carvallo's PUTTING CHALLENGE 2: another great Simpsons fan game

BEST BEHAVIOR

Donkey Crew's lead gameplay developer, SERGII GREBEN, on programming AI for NPCs

THE GOD FACTORY

A group of players built a record-breaking plant

GRIM FANDANGO

Death is a slave to the city in LucasArts' last great adventure.

GET STARTED IN HELLDIVERS 2

Take to the stars and fight for managed democracy.

OLD WORLD BLUES

The beautiful HORIZON: FORBIDDEN WEST COMPLETE EDITION struggles to move on

LEVEL ZERO: EXTRACTION

Tarkov meets Alien in this terrifying extraction shooter

EIYUDEN CHRONICLE: HUNDRED HEROES

Spiritual successor to Suikoden promises an grand adventure

VINDIGTUS: DEFYING FATE

Enjoy a spin-off from a long-running Korean MMO

PAWN COCKTAIL

DRAGON'S DOGMA 2 is an exceptional and sometimes infuriating RPG

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE

Few online RPGs have transformed as much in the past decade as The Elder Scrolls Online. First debuting in April of 2014 as a confused, awkward thing, loved by few. Today, it proudly stands alongside its single-player peers. Here’s how TESO escaped Oblivion’s grasp and reconnected with Elder Scrolls fans.

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

TWENTY YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE GREATEST FPS FRANCHISES ON PC PEAKED WITH UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004. REMARKABLE IN ITS OWN RIGHT, ITS STRIKING LEGACY EXTENDS TO ITS ROLE AS A PLATFORM FOR MODS THAT WOULD TURN INTO ENDURING STANDALONE FRANCHISES, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LATER GAMES, ESPECIALLY ROCKET LEAGUE.

MELTDOWN

Your biggest threat in FROSTPUNK 2 isn't a storm of snow. It's the tide of humanity

TERMINATOR: RESISTANCE

Revisiting Teyon’s game after Robocop: Rogue City.

RICH'N BEEFY

LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH is a dizzyingly huge all-you-can-eat Yakuza buffet

ROUND 8 FIGHT!

TEKKEN 8 is a blend of nostalgia for fans and a pair of welcoming arms for newbies

HOLY HELL

THE INQUISITOR is a grim yet strangely gripping dark fantasy adventure

SHOT DEAD

There are flashes of greatness in SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE