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Stalker 2 is secretly a spiritual successor to Fallout: New Vegas, and after 45 hours in The Zone I'm ready to die on this irradiated hill
Opinion Opinion | What do Skif and Courier Six have in common? Quite a lot, actually
This ultra-chill food truck simulator gave me whiplash after playing nothing but Stalker 2 for a week
Features Indie Spotlight | Fruitbus is a cutesy culinary treat with a tenuous grasp on finance
Arcane season 2 will mark the end of Jinx and Vi's tale, but I think our next big villain has been hiding in plain sight since season 1
Opinion Opinion | Pack your bags, we're going to Noxus
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review: "The best but most broken game I've played all year"
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Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2024 and beyond
Features All the new and upcoming Xbox Series X games confirmed to launch before the year is out (and then some)
The 25 best FPS games you can play right now
Best list Whether solo or in a squad, the best FPS games to play in 2024 promise hours of sharp-shooting mayhem
If you've ever wondered what Rainbow Six Siege or Counter-Strike would be like top-down, the latest shooter from PUBG's team is your answer
Preview | Project Arc tackles the tactical scene from an all-new perspective
Battle Aces is a simplified RTS that boasts something StarCraft was too cowardly to add: giant robot crabs
Preview | Uncapped Games' debut strategy feels like getting to play the best bits of a head-to-head RTS match
Everything we know about the PS5 Pro
PS5 Pro Here's what you need to know about the PS5 Pro specs, price, release date, and more. We've got the important details ahead of its November launch.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the first BioWare game I've ever played, proving you don't need to touch the rest of Dragon Age to fall in love
Now Playing Now Playing | I've never been so grateful to have a clueless protagonist
Red Dead Redemption is finally on PC after 14 years, but here's why Undead Nightmare is the real star of the show
Now Playing Now Playing | The Wild West just got wilder...and much more bitey
Black Ops 6 has the weirdest, scariest level in Call of Duty history – and I still don't know how to feel about it
Opinion | Emergence is unlike anything we've seen from the series
Black Ops 6 Zombies makes me feel like I'm in 2010 again, in the best way possible
Opinion | Mom said it's my turn to open the Mystery Box
It's been 18 years, but Oblivion can still find as many ways to surprise me as Skyrim – even if it means making an orc-vampire monstrosity
The life and times of Chill David
Alan Wake 2's Lake House DLC sold me on Control 2 quicker than playing Control did
Opinion | Remedy is saying goodbye to Cauldron Lake for now, but what comes next should excite everyone from here to Bright Falls
This underrated post-apocalyptic RPG is the perfect blend of Fallout and Baldur's Gate, which means I've already played for 38 hours and killed Santa
If you like making tough decisions and finding fun in nuclear war, let me introduce you to Wasteland 3
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl – The Big Preview
Big Preview With exclusive access to the long-awaited return to the Zone, we spend hours going hands-on and talking with the dev team about the Xbox must-play
Stalker 2 has some of the best FPS action I've played in 2024, thanks to its "old-school" formula that treats players as "highly expendable"
By staying true to the original Stalker games, Heart of Chornobyl makes every firefight feel like you're "battling for your life"
Stalker 2's massive open world is built to explore for "as long as you can survive", and it may be the secret weapon that wins over Fallout, Metro, and The Last of Us fans
Interview GSC Game World's Zakhar Bocharov joins us for a dive into The Zone and its brutal take on exploration
After playing three hours of Stalker 2 and dying in every way imaginable, I can't wait to recommend this post-apocalyptic shooter to (almost) every Fallout fan I know
Preview Preview | The Zone is big, beautiful, and brutal – but if you can stomach the difficulty, it offers one of the most immersive survival experiences around
StarCraft is coming to Game Pass and there are rumors of a shooter spin-off, but a true StarCraft 3 RTS will stay a pipe dream if the series can't adapt
Opinion Opinion | The strategy genre has changed, and StarCraft risks falling behind
"It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but what is?": As Starfield Shattered Space launches, Bethesda reflects on the importance of players speaking their mind
Interview Design director Emil Pagliarulo on how Bethesda went from selling horse armor to visiting distant planets
My first hours in Starfield Shattered Space feel like a Lovecraftian Fallout adventure, and I haven't even met the giant snake yet
Opinion Space ghosts, religious experiments, and a cosmic serpent? Sign me up for more
