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"The shorthand is New Vegas in space": The Outer Worlds 2 directors double down on Fallout comparisons, and Obsidian isn't worried about setting expectations too high: "It's our pedigree"
Interview Interview | Game director Brandon Adler and creative director Leonard Boyarsky discuss going all-in on Obsidian's classic formula, making fun of their boss, and moving in a different direction to Avowed
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail left the MMO's community fatigued and fed up, so Yoshi-P says devs are "planning to upgrade" new content that "can be enjoyed by a wide variety of different players"
News Square Enix hopes to "provide more interesting experiences"
The Outer Worlds 2 leads say RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 helped prove "people really, actually want these kinds of games" at a time where even Obsidian "had to prove ourselves all over again"
News "It's good to kind of bring that stuff to the forefront again"
Obsidian is not screwing around with The Outer Worlds 2's Fallout New Vegas comparisons: "The critical path is maybe 10 or 15% of the total content"
News With the first game, Obsidian was quick to stress "this isn't New Vegas in space"
I've played The Outer Worlds 2, and forget what you know about the first game because this silly sequel already feels like a bigger and better RPG
Big Preview | Killer writing and shockingly slick combat suggest Obsidian will deliver on the Fallout: New Vegas comparisons
Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.3 "finished that story" devs wanted to tell with Dawntrail, and Yoshi-P is "kind of glad and relieved" it's over as the MMO once again puts "the fate of the world" on your shoulders
News *stoic nod*
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
Preview Gamescom 2025 | Part platformer, part shooter, all weird
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4's four campaigns are all "bigger than the campaign in the first Dawn of War," and thanks to the RTS's branching missions you won't even see all of it in one run
News More like dawn of four campaigns
Help me, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 is so good I've been replaying the same mission for 3 hours and pestering its devs who have "been studying the blade and bolter"
Preview Preview | Instead of trying to reinvent RTS, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 proves the genre still rules
I didn't dare to dream, but playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has convinced me this gloomy RPG is still worth waiting for
Preview Hands-on preview | Two hours in this long (long, long) awaited sequel reveals a brilliant focus on writing, dialogue, and spooky Seattle
I'm not saying PowerWash Simulator 2 is already my GOTY, but I just spent 2 hours using Witcher Senses to find dirt and it was the most satisfying experience of my life
Preview Hands-on | Look, washing stuff is very satisfying
Everything announced in the Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal
News It's looking like a return to the glory days of Battlefield
10 years later, Old School RuneScape is still the best MMO I've ever played – and seeing over 200,000 people jumping on reminds me why I fell in love with it in the first place
Opinion Opinion | Come on in, the water's low-res
After 50 hours in Oblivion Remastered, I'm replaying Fallout: New Vegas and rekindling my nuka-copium dreams of Fallout 5 returning to the series' RPG roots
Opinion Opinion | The man in plaid fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed
I'm lukewarm on Painkiller's co-op reboot, which says a lot because letting me shoot stakes at demons should make it a guaranteed GOTY
Hands-on Hands-on | Anshar Studios' upcoming shooter feels a little under-cooked, but it's still got a few more months to shape up
Square Enix's new murder-mystery shooter Killer Inn can't decide if it wants to be Clue or Counter-Strike, but it taught me that sniping is way easier than lying
Hands-on Hands-on | Think Among Us, except you can buy a gun
"Frankly, it's just so dang convenient": Ghost of Yotei's new camping trips are an answer to traditional RPG mechanics like fast travel
News And a way to show off the sequel's "way bigger" vistas
After 3 years of holding out, I finally bought a Steam Deck thanks to the same logic I used to talk myself out of a Switch 2
Opinion Opinion | Four blissful days of handheld PC gaming prove I made the right choice
Ghost of Yotei directors aren't worried about Assassin's Creed Shadows comparisons, they think it's "great" when they see more games like theirs: "We're big fans of feudal Japan"
news They're just glad to see more games
I asked Ghost of Yotei's creative directors all of my burning questions, and I don't want to get your hopes up but Sucker Punch's sequel sounds like feudal Red Dead Redemption 2
Interview Interview | Sucker Punch's Nate Fox and Jason Connell dive into everything we saw at Ghost of Yotei's latest State of Play
After 2,537 hours of playing Total War: Warhammer, I'm almost ready to say goodbye to Creative Assembly's best strategy series
Opinion Opinion | The end is in sight for the Old World – but what's next?
I've spent 11 hours fighting AI in EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2, and it's taking me back to the glory days of PS2 skirmish modes
Opinion Opinion | Lower stakes don't always mean less fun
6 years too late, I bring lukewarm takes: Death Stranding rules, and we should all play more games outside of our comfort zone
Opinion Opinion | Is not liking a game the worst thing in the world?
The Witcher 4 is learning lessons from CDPR's past: no fetch quests, an eye on Cyberpunk 2077's fan-favorite characters, and devs who "care about the art we're making"
Interview Interview | Narrative director Philipp Weber opens up on the importance of consequences and "trusting your gut" when it comes to storytelling
