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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

Ghost of Yotei has me more hyped than ever, but I hope it learns these 5 lessons from Assassin's Creed Shadows
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.

During development, Hollow Knight devs kept costs low with leftover lunches at their tiny office, and then the game sold 15 million copies: “My dad would sometimes pop up and give me $20"
By Scott McCrae published
News 12 million of those copies were sold after Silksong was announced

Gamescom 2025 schedule: all of the dates, times, and what to expect
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Find a breakdown of all of the events, dates, and times, and what games you can expect from the Gamescom 2025 schedule

Atari aims to be "best in the world at retro games," CEO says, which is why it's put its money into keeping brilliant retro studios like Nightdive and Digital Eclipse from having to worry about making payroll
By Dustin Bailey published
News But "the brand deserves to be something more" so it can plaster neon Atari signs on every building "like in Blade Runner"

Former Witcher 3 devs behind The Blood of Dawnwalker want the vampire RPG to set "a new standard" for the genre with a "hybrid" combat system influenced by Batman: Arkham Asylum, For Honor, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance
By Jordan Gerblick published
News One combat system was too hard and the other wasn't immersive enough, so Rebel Wolves combined the two
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