The PC game releases we’re most excited about in September

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 art

Sorry to say the thing we say every year, but can you believe it’s September already? Do I still have time to have a magical summer, or was that it? Where did the year go? Good thing we have videogames to distract us from our worries that the year got away from us, and probably […]

Obsidian seems scared people will compare Avowed to Skyrim, but it shouldn’t be—the similarities are obvious, but the differences make it compelling

Avowed

Within seconds of being set loose in a behind-closed-doors demo of Avowed at Gamescom, I had already walked up to a plant and ripped it apart for some key ingredient. The Skyrim-ness of Avowed has been much debated—Obsidian repeatedly downplaying the comparison, no doubt due to fears of disappointing anyone expecting something the size and […]

Space marines are so big the Space Marine 2 dev team had to spend a considerable amount of time just getting their walking and running animations right

Image for Space marines are so big the Space Marine 2 dev team had to spend a considerable amount of time just getting their walking and running animations right

Have you ever looked at a space marine’s legs? Like, properly looked at how their thighs connect to their hips and wondered what’s going on inside that armor? Their stance is so wide it’s impossible to imagine a normal man being able to stand like that, which is fine because space marines aren’t normal men. […]

Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred’s new runewords system will let barbarians teleport like loud, massively muscled sorcerers

diablo 4

With Diablo 4’s runewords, sorcerers won’t be the only class who can teleport across the screen. Barbarians won’t be the only ones who can shout so loud their skin turns to iron. Stealth? Not just for rogues anymore either. Runewords break the rules of Sanctuary and they’re coming with the Vessel of Hatred expansion in […]

Monster Hunter Wilds and its 10-hour Gamescom queue was the star of the show, proving the series has truly entered the mainstream

monster hunter wilds

Stepping onto the Gamescom showroom floor this year, I had no idea what the game of the moment would be for its 300,000 attendees. Some absolute bangers showed up with their grand thematic booths: Civilization 7 had a giant Roman building, knights fought in the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 booth, and a floor-to-ceiling inflatable Goku […]



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