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Ghostrunner devs abandon parkour for Valor Mortis, a first-person soulslike that might explain why the rest of the genre follows Dark Souls' lead
By Ali Jones published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | One More Level treads brand new ground

"We tend to commit to the bit": Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford talks Borderlands 4, the evolution of looter-shooters, and $80 game discourse
By Catherine Lewis published
Interview Gamescom 2025 | Randy Pitchford tells us how Gearbox went from seeing the industry predict that Borderlands "would find no audience, to being one of the leading video game franchises in the world"

10 years later, Metal Gear Solid 5 remains a masterpiece that was never going to live up to its own hype
By Scott McCrae published
Opinion Opinion | Kept me waiting, but it was pretty good

Menace is an XCOM-Warhammer hybrid that makes turn-based strategy feel like an immersive sim, and for the first time in my life I'm playing a game that seems made for me
By Andrew Brown published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | From the publisher behind Manor Lords comes a long-awaited substitute for playing XCOM 2 over and over again

This Balatro-like take on Breakout trades a paddle for a revolver, and I've had a lot of fun combo'ing bullet configurations even if I wish this was more on target
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Now Playing Now Playing | Kill the Brickman is published by the Vampire Survivors studio, and has a similar moreish quality

I built a home and ran a business in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's next DLC, and the added role-playing guarantees I'll spend another 70 hours in my current game of the year
By Andrew Brown published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | Build a life in Kuttenberg with daily quests, a customizable house, and yet another misadventure for poor Henry

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam devs say their new shooter isn't a replacement for the OG World War 2 game, and don't want fans to "feel like we've abandoned them in any way"
By Catherine Lewis published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | Hell Let Loose: Vietnam is all about giving players what they've been asking for when it launches in 2026

We asked Obsidian about romance in The Outer Worlds 2, and now I'm a little hopeful the RPG may follow Avowed's example: "It truly does need to be something that's organic"
By Heather Wald published
Interview Interview | "If it [romance] naturally kind of came up as a thing, sure, maybe we could talk about that, but it wasn't a goal from the very beginning"
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