CATEGORIES

SHOOTING FROM THE HIP

Celebrating the modern shooters that make aim-down-sights optional.

MAKING MAYHEM

RIOT GAMES is bigger than ever—and if it gets its way, this is only the beginning

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

VALORANT is out to forge its own path.

WORLD-WEARY

NEW WORLD tries to do a lot of things, but stumbles frequently

DIGGY BANK

Wallowing in my avarice in SHOVEL KNIGHT: TREASURE TROVE

GUERRILLA RADIO

FAR CRY 6 demonstrates why the series needs a revolution of its own

FIGHTING A HORDE WITH SIX WIZARDS IN ICEWIND DALE II

I’m banning swords and embracing a mage-only lifestyle.

CRUISE CONTROL

Superbrothers returns with another poetic adventure in JETT: THE FAR SHORE

TIE FIGHTER: TOTAL CONVERSION

A brilliant port of the classic dogfighting sim.

TALES FROM THE CRYPTO

Environmentally-friendly power for CRYPTO MINING is becoming a big issue

CLOSE COMBAT V: INVASION NORMANDY

Twenty years later, this RTS is still just as innovative.

VOXELS

Who needs polygons when you have blocks?

“The environments are cluttered, bustling, and convincingly lived-in”

Falling in love with the Arcology, the setting for cyberpunk shooter THE ASCENT

BODY POLITIC

Celebrating the bravery and unbridled intellect of ION STORM AUSTIN

MINECRAFT

A ten-year-old game is still reaching new heights.

EAST MOVES WEST IN - TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER II

Can stubborn dwarfs colonize the far side of the world?

“Could a quality peripheral turn me into Michael Schumacher?”

Will a fancy wheel bring the Grand Prix, or the booby prize, in F1 2017?

“You'd best beware my energy sword should ye step anywhere near it”

Finishing the fight every weekend in HALO 3

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