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As Switch 2 approaches, original Xbox designer says console power doesn't matter anymore because content is king, and he "would not have done things the same way" Microsoft has
News "How they managed that brand and the story going forward is not my f***ing fault," said Seamus Blackley
Is there a Cyberpunk 2077 New Game Plus mode?
Guide There may not be an official New Game Plus mode yet, but that isn't the end of the story
Steam Next Fest hasn’t even started, but I’m already obsessed with the subtly Soulslike demo for this “hardcore” action RPG with over 3,000 reviews of its own
News The First Berserker: Khazan makes a great first impression
Overwatch 2 director doesn't want to go back to the "chaos" or "really low lows" of Overwatch's launch, but "there is a shift in that direction" to let players feel powerful
news Overwatch 2 is embracing power in Stadium and beyond
The random events in Elden Ring Nightreign are the funniest thing FromSoftware's ever cooked up, from a rain of ants to Morgott jump scares
news It's Morgott from the top rope!
Hyper Light Breaker devs were "caught off guard a bit by how oppressive the difficulty was for players," even if some people are "very upset that we’ve made it easier"
News There's no pleasing everyone
Elden Ring Nightreign is the first FromSoftware game where co-op isn't jank, and the team synergy already feels amazing
Feature Elden Ring Nightreign is built for a group, so group up
"If someone can’t play the game, the game sucks": Hyper Light Breaker devs explain what went wrong with their open-world roguelike and how they're fixing it
Feature Inside Heart Machine's plans for Hyper Light Breaker, from the new roadmap to top-level ideas
Elden Ring Nightreign feels like a modded version of FromSoftware's best game ever – and after 3 hours, I only wanted to play more
Feature Preview | Hands-on with Elden Ring Nightreign, FromSoftware's weirdest game yet
Lies of P DLC Overture is coming this summer and almost sounds like a full prequel: "I wonder if we subconsciously aimed to create a 'developers’ cut' of Lies of P"
News Overture takes us back to the start of the puppet massacre
Former GTA 5 lead properly shows off his new city-sized action game coming this summer, and yep, it looks like Cyberpunk 2077 meets GTA
News MindsEye, the latest from Rockstar North's Leslie Benzies, is due this year
Metal Gear Solid 3 remake release date confirms the PlayStation leak: Snake returns this August
News Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater gets a new (also leaked) trailer
Monster Hunter Wilds has already revealed its first free update, and it's adding one of my all-time favorite monsters this spring
News Monster Hunter Wilds starts its post-launch journey with Mizutsune
All Elden Ring Nightreign bosses so far
Guide It wouldn't be a FromSoft game without bosses, and Elden Ring Nightreign has plenty from the Elden Ring and Dark Souls catalogue
Elden Ring Nightreign launches this May, costs $40, and already has DLC cooking
News The Elden Ring Nightreign release date is closer than expected
Elden Ring Nightreign collector's edition revealed: $200 gets you 24 centimeters of hero and a proper artbook, or drop $190 for another fancy helmet
News The digital deluxe edition also comes with the DLC and a bunch of other goodies
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 dev says the RPG is a "welcoming" hardcore game, and he "can never understand" how people play Elden Ring: "I'm just not good at the combat"
News "It doesn't really matter how long a game is" as long as it has enough unique ideas
Monster Hunter Wilds devs know players love the beta's buggy origami monsters: "It was a nice thing to see that people were enjoying it in a way that they were having fun"
News The Monster Hunter Wilds beta is back, and so are the low-poly monsters
Days after EA CEO suggests players crave live service guff, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss says their single-player RPG made all its money back in one day
News Amid Dragon Age: The Veilguard underperformance, Andrew Wilson reckoned players seek "shared-world" features
Destiny 2's new Episode suggested the upcoming Apollo expansion will launch on July 15, but that date has mysteriously been scrubbed from the game
news The Episode 3: Heresy season pass screen previously clocked 161 days to go
A 13-year WoW veteran formed his own studio to make an RPG that plays like "World PvP: The Game" and feels like a mini MMO channeling "early Blizzard"
Feature Legacy: Steel & Sorcery can't fight its MMO blood, so it's embracing it
Bungie yanked Destiny 2 servers offline for emergency maintenance as Episode 3: Heresy got off to a rocky start, but it looks like we're back in business
News I blame Oryx
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 trades Skyrim stealth archers for stinky smelly archers: you can get so filthy that NPCs catch you "broadcasting" body odor, so "wash your hands, kids"
News What a way to throw a stealth attempt
