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Overwatch guide: how to play as D.Va

D.Va is a pro gamer-turned badass tank. She hangs out in a literal mech most of the time, and she packs a hell of a wallop. Zam’s Steven Strom shows us how D.Va likes to play.

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Overwatch guide: how to play as Winston

Winston is a thoughtful, super-intelligent Gorilla, with hyper-powered armor and plenty of brute strength. Zam’s Steven Strom shows us how to get it done with Overwatch‘s Thrilla Gorilla.

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Overwatch guide: how to play as Tracer

Spunky, fearless and FAST, Tracer is Overwatch‘s frontwoman. Armed with firepower and time-blinking abilities, she’s a blast to play, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a few tricks up he...

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Overwatch guide: how to play as Bastion

Bastion was one of the most beloved – and overpowered – characters in the Overwatch beta, and he’s still a total powerhouse. Join Zam’s Steven Strom as he breaks down the ins and outs of succ...

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Overwatch guide: how to play as Zenyatta

Zenyatta is one of the most complex characters in all of Overwatch – a Monk who spits damage or healing energy, via orbs of harmony (or, you know, destruction). Check out our guide for how to...

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Let's Play Soft Body

Soft Body is a minimalist, meditative, bullet hell shooter. Those words don’t often go together, but it’s the best way to describe this puzzling, deeply satisfying game from Zeke Virant. With...

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Overwatch's newest animated short channels some amazing East Asian influences

Hey, remember when Valve was putting out Pixar-ish animated shorts for Team Fortress 2, and everyone went “that’s a great idea, it introduces the characters and draws players deeper into the...

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Microsoft pulls the plug on Project Spark

Project Spark — a game creator exclusive to Microsoft platforms — showed a lot of promise when it was first announced, a sort of high-fidelity LittleBigPlanet with the ability to tai...

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Blizzard vows to go hard on Overwatch cheaters

Overwatch‘s open beta closed earlier this week with a much higher number of players than expected. That’s good news for Blizzard’s new multiplayer shooter, which releases later this mont...

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How to dominate the galaxy in Stellaris

Stellaris has a literal galaxy of complications – that’s kind of the point! Let Zam’s Steven Strom show you how to get in and get cozy with all that insterstellar exploration and domination.

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Fighting delicious battles in Tastee: Lethal Tactics

Tastee: Lethal Tactics is a little bit like Frozen Synapse, with an 80s action movie vibe. It’s all about turn-based tactical combat and lining up those kills three moves ahead. Join...

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Finding new life and civilizations in Stellaris

Stellaris is a galactic-scale strategy game that allows you to explore the universe, meet alien races, and either become their bros or wage warfare on them. Kind of Like Star Trek, b...

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Overwatch is the most fun we've ever had with cyborgs, ninjas and buff ladies

We’re having so much fun with the Overwatch beta (for Blizzard’s brand new team-based online FPS). It’s colorful, fast, accessible and incredibly competitive; and best of all, it accommodates...

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Let's Play Back in 1995

Back in 1995 will scratch every itch you’ve had for that PlayStation 1 experience. It’s a mystery adventure straight out of the flannel era, CRT-looks and all. Join ZAM’s Suriel Vazquez...

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Footage surfaces of Assassin's Creed creator's unreleased game, 1666 Amsterdam

At the Reboot Develop confernece in Croatia, Patrice Desilets finally got to show us what he’d been working on for years — 1666 Amsterdam. The ambitious title began its life at THQ Montr...

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Outlast 2 is terrifying, dusty, and religious

We played the Outlast 2 demo at PAX east – and lived to tell the tale. Check out ten minutes of gameplay, showing off the upcoming horror game’s spooky desert locations and terrifying new ene...

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Let's Play Dark Souls III Part 4: High Wall of Lothric

Intrepid “medieval hacker” Zero Coolius – and Zam editors Danielle Riendeau and Laura Michet – return, with a visit to the High Wall of Lothric. We encounter Smithy the Dragon, a bunch of sad praying...

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Watch Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness in action

Arriving in North America in June, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness is an action RPG full of colorful characters, wild intergalactic adventure and very fancy hair. Here’s an hour of th...

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Dark Souls III crashing on your PC? Here's how to get around it

Dark Souls Dark Souls Dark Souls. Dark Souls? Dark Souls.

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How to beat Abyss Watchers in Dark Souls III

The Abyss Watchers battle is arguably the first REALLY hard boss in the game, with a tricky first phase and a deadly second. You’ll need speed, poise and strategy to get through this fight intact – he...