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Banishers Ghosts of New Eden turned me into a ghost detective and let me decide what justice really means in a murky world with hints of Vampyr
By Heather Wald published
Opinion Opinion | Banishers Ghosts of New Eden explores an overarching question I'm still trying to find an answer for

I watched in horror as the man who helped shape Dragon Age and Mass Effect got chewed up by his own survival game
By Ali Jones published
News Preview| Aaryn Flynn shows off the deadlier side of Nightingale

Silent Hill: The Short Message buries its most novel concept beneath layers of cringe
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | Once again, teenage girls must suffer dramatically for a horror game to be scary

Persona 3 Reload is my first JRPG and I'm fast-forwarding through all the RPG bits to get to the combat
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | Talking is nice and all, but when can we head back to Tartarus?

Love it or loathe it, Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League deserves to be judged for what it is – not what it isn't
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | It's no regular Batman Arkham game, so why critique it like one?

I'm playing Red Dead Redemption 2 for the first time and it's complicated my feelings about fast travel in open-world games
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | As a self-proclaimed story-stomper, neglecting fast travel is a first for me

Our first look at Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 shies away from what makes it a vampire RPG, and that has me concerned
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Opinion Opinion | The Chinese Room has left me with more questions than answers

This new 3D platformer from the Sonic Mania devs is everything I love about the '90s classics packed into a single game
By Dustin Bailey published
Preview Hands-on | Penny's Big Breakaway is the love letter to '90s platforming I've needed for decades

13 years since The Sims Medieval, I'm trying to recreate the glory days with The Sims 4 Castle Estate – or get sent to the stocks for trying
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Features With all these fancy new expansions, does The Sims 4 have what it takes to measure up to its finest spin-off?

Avowed is a fantasy RPG with open-zone maps, unique local conflicts, and companions to meet – but it's still "the player's story first and foremost"
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson published
Big in 2024 Big in 2024 | Obsidian highlights Avowed's player-centered view on exploration and storytelling, including how companions factor in
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