Author: [email protected] (Morgan Park)

[ad_1] One of Hogwarts Legacy’s nicest surprises is that there always seems to be another puzzle around the corner. That goes for the most plentiful challenges in Hogwarts and its surroundings, like Merlin Trials and Daedalian Keys, but also for the bonus puzzle rooms hiding in plain sight across the highlands. Of these special challenges,…

[ad_1] By the end of my 50-hour Hogwarts Legacy (opens in new tab) playthrough, I’d had my fill of solving Merlin Trials (opens in new tab) and exploding poachers, but one thing I never got tired of was hopping onto my broom and going for a ride. It’s rare to get a sandbox game that…

[ad_1] You know when you’re a dozen hours deep into a good game and just a handful of tiny problems are gnawing away at your enjoyment? I feel this constantly, especially in open world games like Hogwarts Legacy (opens in new tab), which is why I’ve been paying close attention to its rapidly-developing modding scene.…

[ad_1] In Hogwarts Legacy, professors hand out new spells like they’re candy. Sometimes the spells are harmless fun, like lifting stuff around with Wingardium Leviosa, but they also teach several surprisingly destructive tools of the trade, like the flamethrower spell Incendio and the literal explosion spell, Bombarda. Which is why I’m not exactly sure why…

[ad_1] As a part of Activision’s apparent mission to turn Warzone 2 back into Warzone 1 (opens in new tab), today’s season 2 update brings back a fan-favorite mode, Resurgence, on a brand new Japan-themed small map: Ashika Island. There are also a few new weapons in the mix, simplified loot, and new points of…

[ad_1] Do you remember that part in the Harry Potter books or movies where Harry strolls into a fortified camp, draws his wand, and then whips an explosive barrel into a group of illegal poachers, instantly barbequing all five in the blast radius? Me neither, which is why I was a little shocked by my…

[ad_1] Editor’s note: This story represents our review-in-progress of Hogwarts Legacy, a game that has been immersed in controversy (opens in new tab) over the last several years. We believe that no game releases “in a vacuum,” and that the social context that a game exists in is part of its experience and something worth…

[ad_1] The new Dead Space is a great remake (opens in new tab) of a survival horror classic. I have few complaints about my first 90 minutes of necromorph chopping on PC: It’s grand, gorgeous, gorey, and maybe a little too easy on default difficulty. But up until yesterday’s 1.03 patch (opens in new tab),…