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Dune: Awakening is a bit more “like a Dune survival RPG” than a full MMO, with multiplayer driving "that feeling of the universe being alive”
By Austin Wood published
News Survival enthusiasts, MMO socialites, PvE hermits, and PvP menaces must all coexist

Resident Evil Requiem monsters will throw furniture at you, which isn't even scary, it's rude
By Jordan Gerblick published
News Resident Evil 9 takes jump scares to a whole new level

Silksong is powerful, but a new foe emerges at Gamescom: over 70 million horny otome game players – "Today is truly a momentous day"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News GTA 6? Hollow Knight? Sorry, I only know my hot stepbrother in Love and Deepspace

Randy Pitchford says Borderlands 4 finally exists in a world where technology "caught up to the ambition of what our game is" and praises the '80s double-jump: "Where in the rules of physics can I leap into the air and, out of mid-air, jump again?"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Technology has come a long way since the OG Borderlands

I love turn-based RPGs, but 20 minutes of Pokemon Legends: Z-A has convinced me that real-time combat could be the way forward for the series
By Catherine Lewis published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | Pokemon Legends Z-A is threatening to bring the dream of playing the anime to life

World of Warcraft ends 21-year drought and adds housing with MMO's new Midnight expansion – but Blizzard has a good reason it took so long: "We couldn't just check off a box and do the minimum"
By Anna Koselke published
News "We get one shot at this to impress people"

I've just played 30 minutes of Pragmata, and if you ignore the piggybacking child, this is Capcom bringing its classic shooter formula to the very front
By Andrew Brown published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | Part platformer, part shooter, all weird

The Blood of Dawnwalker dev says comparisons to The Witcher 3 are inevitable, but it's OK because "we are not compared to a bad game" and "we are making our own kind of beasts"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News It's flattering, really

I'm begging Ghost of Yotei to learn these 5 lessons from Assassin's Creed Shadows if it wants to become the open world Japan champion
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Opinion Opinion | Ghost of Yotei looks stunning, but I'm really hoping it can improve the open world concept meaningfully

After 42 years, someone has finally worked out a way to make a mini version of my favorite '80s console, and it involves an AMOLED screen
By Phil Hayton published
News A Vectrex Mini is in the works that boasts an AMOLED display, HDMI output, and 12 built-in games, and it's currently playable at Gamescom 2025.
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