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YAKUZA O'S HOSTESS CLUB

Cabaret Club Czar could be a whole standalone game.

DARK MATTER

OLED is the TV standard now-so why not in monitors?

PROPHET MARGIN

The real cost of running CRYSIS in 2007, upgrade by upgrade

RIDE ON TIME

MOTOGP 22 looks back at an historic season in style

TIME ON FROG ISLAND

Explore a colorful island and trade items with lovely frogs

OVER WATCH 2

Blizzard’s new entry doesn’t quite earn sequel status

SMASHING STUFF

Tearing down TEARDOWN’s voxelated worlds never gets old

FAMILY VALUES

ROGUE LEGACY 2 joins its forebear in the roguelite hall of fame

SANDS OF TIME

A masterful sci-fi adaptation that shaped the future of the RTS? That would be DUNE II

RELIABLE NARRATOR

Buckets of new features come to THE STANLEY PARABLE: ULTRA DELUXE

INSIDE BASEBALL

How 38 STUDIOS’ failed MMO gave us Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

DESERT POWER

For the first time in 20 years, war returns to Arrakis in real-time 4X DUNE: SPICE WARS

MOSTLY HARMLESS

You may need a Babel Fish in your ear to understand GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS IV

CONTROLLED CHAOS

Dealing with cosmic plagues in WARHAMMER 40,000: CHAOS GATE—DAEMONHUNTERS

FRESH STYLE

OLLIOLLI WORLD is a radical refresh for the sidescrolling skater

TITANFALL 2

An old mech finds new life with a fan-run revival.

WARHAMMER 40K: CHAOS GATE-DAEMON HUNTERS

XCOM vibes, but with cosmic plagues and almost no RNG

SPLINTER FACTION

UBISOFT TORONTO is still fighting to build a reputation it can be proud of

UNREAL TOUR

What to expect from games running on UNREAL ENGINE 5's 'next-gen' technology

NIGHT CITY

DYING LIGHT 2 is bigger and better than the original

GOO TIMES

RAINBOW SIX EXTRACTION is a thrilling but messy take on zombie co-op

ICARUS' BEAUTIFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRES

A bright spot of chaos in my crafty travels.

GABE GEAR

Is the STEAM DECK a PC gaming revolution, or just another hardware boondoggle?

LINING AS AN EARTH WARRIOR IN PROJECT ZOMBOID

Zombies were people too.

FREE-TO-SLAY

LOST ARK's blend of ARPG and MMO is a (mostly) successful experiment

TURTLE POWER

TMNT: SHREDDER'S REVENGE revisits the glory days of Ninja Turtles brawlers

STEAM DECK

The Steam Deck can't yet play every game on Steam, but it's a great handheld gaming system nonetheless.

THE MAKING OF SPLINTER CELL: CHAOS THEORY

As the series' return sneaks up on us, we debrief Sam Fisher's finest outing with its creators

THE EVIL WITHIN

The first upgrade: PC gaming’s most perilous rite of passage

SLAY QUEEN

With DESTINY 2: THE WITCH QUEEN, Bungie delivers its best expansion to date