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Deadly Tower of Monsters: An interview with ACE Team

Fitting most indie games into a clean and tidy category or genre is usually an exercise in futility. Many indie studios make evocative, surprising, and entirely unique experiences that you just can’t...

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How mods helped Cities: Skylines grow

“We were slightly caught off guard with the massive success of the game,” says Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of Colossal Order. Cities: Skylines was one of the biggest games of the year, an a out-...

How to Beat Kronika in Mortal Kombat 11 - Tips, Strategy, Best Ending

Kronika is the final boss of Mortal Kombat 11 — whether you play the full story campaign or just one of the classic Towers. Unless you’re only playing online, you’re probably going to have to...

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Hatoful Boyfriend's Trip Through the Stars

Hatoful Boyfriend is a game with an absurd premise and a big heart. It’s a bird dating simulator, but the story addresses death, guilt, and sacrifice. And while the puns and outrageous situat...

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Evolving MMOs: From Ultima Online to Destiny

The MMO genre has seen dramatic changes and shifts over the years. When I take a look at the half-dozen or so MMOs that I currently have installed on my harddrive, the options are nearly endless. I co...

Erron Black Guide: Mortal Kombat 11 Character Strengths, Weaknesses, Tips

Not every Mortal Kombat 11 character is a returning icon. Some, like Erron Black, only got added to the series’ after its recent reboot. Of course that doesn’t make them any less cool th...

This Week in Destiny 2: Events, Updates, Ascendant Challenge – June 25, 2019

Greetings, o Guardian mine. Yes, I refer to you, oh Bearer of Light. Once again we find ourselves at the outset of another week. The calendar rolls on, and the end draws nearer and nearer. In the inte...

This Week in Destiny 2: Events, Updates, Ascendant Challenge – April 29, 2019

We’re pulling into the final stretch of The Revelry in Destiny 2, guardians! Been there, done that? Well, let’s check out what’s new this week in Destiny 2. We’ve got everything...

This Week in Destiny 2: Events, Updates, Ascendant Challenge – June 4, 2019

Welcome to the Season of Opulence in Destiny 2! The new expansion just launched with its new mode, The Menagerie, and a whole host of other changes. That’s far from all we’ve got on the...

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Heaven's Hope Review Impressions

Every year when I was a kid, my mom would buy me a new “I Spy” book, with pages filled with photographs of cluttered item search puzzles. Find five pins or find 10 owls. We would settle in my bed afte...

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Project X Zone 2 Review

Project X Zone 2 is a mess in theory. It’s crossover strategy game featuring characters from Capcom, Namco, Sega, and Nintendo that exists almost entirely as a vehicle for jokes that make up...

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Exanima Preview

At first glance, Exanima looks like virtually any other Diablo clone on the market. The dimly-lit dungeons and isometric perspective do little to combat that perception. You’ll spend...

Where is the "Authentic" LGBTQ Content in Games?

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) annually awards various types of media for outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and issues. Wh...

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Pony Island Review

Pony Island has utter contempt for games that use mechanical bells and whistles to extort something from their players. It is a seething letter to the CEOs, profiteers, and grubby busine...

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No Pineapple Left Behind Review Impressions

The Boston-based game developer has made a small name for himself in the indie game world for making political and sociological satires that have the subtlety of a hammer to the head. His first was

Tips for Playing Mordhau: 18 Things the Game Doesn't Tell You

Mordhau is bloody brilliant. Its multiplayer, medieval-style hacking and slashing is some of the most fun we’ve had in a game this year. When you finally pull off the perfect parry and counte...

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Outreach hands-on impressions

Outreach is a zero-gravity game, described by the design team as a “first-person floater.” And I have just floated off into the vacuum of space for a third consecutive time.

All of the Destiny 2 Season of Opulence Exotics and Their Perks

The Destiny 2 Season of Opulence is now live! With it comes six new exotics split evenly between weapons and armor. Below, we’ve rounded up all of the Destiny 2 S...

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Dream Daddy invites you to make your own 'Dadsona'

“I’m in art college,” explains Leighton Gray, art director and co-creator of Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator. “We were talking about furry culture and Fursonas and all the different perso...

Dead by Daylight Halloween Event Guide - Withering Blight Dates & Items

With the spooky season entering its final weeks, Behavior Interactive is preparing to celebrate with a Halloween-themed event for asymmetrical multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight. The With...