Latest articles by Ali Jones
After dodging Silksong, this Balatro-style slot machine roguelike smashed even my highest expectations by shipping 100,000 copies in a single day
News CloverPit is dangerously addictive
After Hades 2, another roguelike inspired by Greek mythology is threatening to eat up what little remains of my free time
News Minos casts you as the most famous son of, well, Minos
Battlefield 6 and Dragon Age owner EA goes private in $55 billion deal, smashing past its market value
News Several private investors have clubbed together to buy the company
How to beat the Hades 2 Hecate boss fight
Guide The Witch of the Crossroads is your first major obstacle in Hades 2
My favorite Hades 2 upgrade turns Melinoë into a giant, and I love it all because of the tiny detail that comes with it
Now Playing Now Playing | Welcome, Big Melinoë
"I can't pry myself from the computer": New roguelike hailed as "a mix of Vampire Survivors and Risk of Rain 2," and I'm starting to see why it has 4,000 "Very Positive" Steam reviews after just one week
News Megabonk is pulling in thousands of players
As well as Mystique and Omega Red, Marvel's Wolverine trailer revealed "hints to other characters" that fans will recognize
News Sabretooth when?
Switch 2's controversial game-key cards "let us do things that maybe we wouldn't otherwise," says Final Fantasy 7 remake co-director, but "I really get where people are coming from in terms of their negativity"
News Naoki Hamaguchi wants fans to come to terms with the controversial game-key cards
Hades 2 review: "Impeccable combat and flawless characterization across a huge roster make for a follow-up that surpasses even its excellent roguelike predecessor"
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Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart writer snuck a line into the RPG's epilogue to reference her actor's real-life relationship: "That's us!"
News Maybe God's favorite princess really *is* the most interesting girl in the world
Borderlands 4 devs are "doing everything we can" to get out the looter shooter's console patch quickly, but the process is "more involved" than it is on PC
News "It just takes longer"
At roughly $60 million, Ghost of Yotei has dodged the spiralling sequel costs that rocked Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Horizon Forbidden West
News The costs were "very, very similar" to Ghost of Tsushima
As Xbox console prices rise $200 in a year, former Blizzard president blasts Microsoft's price hikes: "Console price increases are not tariff issues, they are profit issues"
News "They are going to make consumers continue to pay for those problems"
With 1 million wishlists, Jump Space is the next breakout co-op success, and it's hitting every wild space fantasy you could ever have
Hands-on Hands-on | Jump Space is already an FPS hit, and after grappling through the void like a deranged space pirate I can see why
7 years after bouncing off Hollow Knight thanks to the most karmically-rancid gameplay experience of my life, Silksong is dragging me back to Hallownest to right my wrongs
Now Playing Now Playing | I need to explain that this was not Hollow Knight's fault...
Assassin's Creed Shadows' new DLC weapon transforms Naoe into a samurai-bashing machine, and I'll never use anything else
Now Playing Now Playing | Consider this your PSA to use Naoe's Bo at all times
"You have to design with the time you have": Assassin's Creed Shadows Claws of Awaji had to be a tighter, more focused expansion than anything its devs had made before
Interview Interview | Ubisoft Bordeaux explains how it brought Awaji to life
Assassin's Creed Shadows' expansion has a Metal Gear Solid-inspired boss fight that officially made me the best assassin in Awaji
Now Playing Now Playing | Nowaki has many of the same stealth tricks we do
Claws of Awaji is an ambitious expansion that hides a little too much of its shine behind Assassin's Creed Shadows' familiarity
Hands-on Hands-on | Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji doesn't just add more story, with unique mechanics making this a dense and detailed new chapter
The new D&D Starter Set solves problems I didn't even know I had, and overcomes some of the game's most daunting systems
News I'm a D&D purist, but the new Dungeons & Dragons Starter Kit offers improvements for experts and newcomers alike
007 First Light devs went through "all the source material" to create their James Bond and really nail his "Bondliness," but without doing "a retelling"
News Stop getting Bond wrong! I'll tell you about The Spy Who Loved Me.
