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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.

TWELVE MINUTES

Solve a time loop mystery without leaving your flat

ROLLING THE DICE IN DISHONORED 2 PART 1

Putting Arkane’s whalepunk immersive sim on shuffle.

FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS, BUT WEIRD

Mix it up with some randomness.

BROKEN SWORD: THE SHADOW OF THE TEMPLARS

Revisiting a point-and-click classic.

LAST STOP

London calling, with sex cults and bickering teenagers

FIGHT NIGHT

The MORTAL KOMBAT film wants to be taken seriously, but all you’ll really care about is Scorpion vs Sub-Zero.

EXPEDITIONS: ROME

Swords, sandals, and a serious RPG under the toga

PATHFINDER: WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS

A fantasy RPG split between two worlds

RIDE OR DIE

DARKEST DUNGEON II CHARTS A NEW PATH THROUGH TERROR IN A ROGUELIKE ROAD TRIP TO SAVE HUMANITY. JUST MIND THE ‘NEXT EXIT: MADNESS’ SIGNS.

TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN: GTA V: CHAOS MOD TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN PART III

We square off against the Chaos Mod one last time. Who will emerge victorious?

THROWING SHADE

Or how to go from 50 fps to 500 fps with one click

FREESPACE 2

Jumping back into the cockpit with the classic space sim.

CROW'S NEST

How Raven Software became kings of COD after vanishing from view

THE SOURCE ENGINE

The beautiful tension of an engine caught between eras.

ALTAÏR-NATE PAST

How Assassin’s Creed creator PATRICE DÉSILETS became gaming’s cool teacher

CHIVALRY 2

Tempered steel and temper tantrums on medieval battlefields

SEX DOESN'T SELL

STEAM draws a line on steamy content in games