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Core Keeper is well on its way to being Steam’s next unexpected breakout hit. Drawing clear inspiration from a suite of indie darlings that have come before – like Valheim, Terraria, and Stardew Valley – Core Keeper is already racking up sales numbers that belie its humble origins, potentially paving …

I once bathed my two kids while waiting for GTA 5 to load. I’m a seasoned PC player when it comes to GTA Online, you see, and while my platform of choice has long boasted 60fps, stunning ray-tracing, and upscaled resolutions, load times are a total pain in the arse. …

Batman doesn’t kill, right? And Batman doesn’t use guns either, right?  Most people would answer those two questions in the affirmative. But hold up a second, it’s not that simple. With the release of each new major Batman property on film – in this case, March 4’s The Batman – …

Hello there, do you have time to learn more about our lord and savior, the glaive? Just released in Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, the glaive enables fast-paced melee combat while its powerful projectile allows for pinpoint mid-range death-dealing. And that’s not all, because these attacks fuel the strongest defensive …

Right now, there’s a 63GB patch for Cyberpunk 2077 downloading onto my Xbox Series X. That’s going to take a little while to complete so, in the meantime, why don’t we take a look at the state of CD Projekt Red’s embattled open-world RPG and the new features that convinced …

A common complaint among critics of popular fiction is that most works aren’t “new” or “original” enough. Probably nowhere does that complaint appear to be more justified than among superhero comic books, where the best-selling titles are still the ones that feature the oldest, most familiar characters and concepts. As …

It’s the thud of his boots, I think. They don’t hit the ground as much as pound into it, reverberating all the way up through Spartan 117’s legs, waist, torso, arms, and finally into my controller. The symbolism isn’t too difficult to decipher, is it? It means he’s weighty and …

The trouble with Final Fantasy 14 is where to begin. You could start with A Realm Reborn, the base game overhaul which launched over a decade ago, or by diving into the climactic Endwalker expansion which arrived just last month. So vast is Final Fantasy 14 that every area of …

Starfield represents a bold new frontier for Bethesda Game Studios. It’s the developer’s first new universe in 25 years, for starters. Starfield is also its first Xbox Series X console exclusive since becoming a part of the Xbox Game Studios collective, and the developer’s first attempt at building a game …

I spent most of my extended winter break playing The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Anniversary Edition. There are so many new games I could have played with that time, but the fact that I chose to spend it with Skyrim is a testament to how good the game is a …