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One of my most anticipated games is paradoxically one I already have 19 hours logged in, and yet here I stand, thrilled at the news of Dread Delusion’s 1.0 release. The indie mini-Morrowind will be launching in full on May 14. It’s the best kind of RPG, set in a surreal world where human civilization…

In a week where Escape from Tarkov dev Battlestate Games functionally pressed the self-destruct button on years of success and community goodwill with an insulting $250 package for an unfinished game, it’s hard to imagine there being competition for the most unnecessary self-own in the industry. And yet: Bethesda Game Studios, riding high on a…

Tactical FPS Gray Zone Warfare is set to launch in early access tomorrow⁠. It’s an exciting release given this shooter’s mashup of Arma-style milsim realism and extraction gameplay, but the recent upheaval around Escape From Tarkov’s monetization catastrophe has all eyes on Gray Zone as a potential Tarkov killer. There’s plenty of other heat in…

After two attempts to mollify fan outrage over a new $250 version of Escape From Tarkov with an exclusive PvE mode, developer Battlestate has finally relented, promising PvE access to players who previously bought the $150 Edge of Darkness edition of the game that promised access to “all future DLC.” In a statement on the…

Bungie’s announcement that it was undoing the 2020 mass weapon sunset that rendered a huge chunk of Destiny’s arsenal obsolete was a surprise for everyone⁠—including Bungie, to be honest. The decision seems to have been borne of engine limitation necessity rather than any long-term balance plan for the game. Few Destiny players were tugging at…

So in a post-Fallout show bout of Uranium Fever you’ve played all the Fallout games: the post-Bethesda stuff, the 2D entries, Tactics, hell, you even booted up the PS2/Xbox spinoff Brotherhood of Steel before good sense overtook you. If you still crave more, there’s always the Wasteland Warfare tabletop game to sate you, and Humble’s…

First reported by Android Authority, a recent Google earnings call included praise for a pilot program to show users ads when they pause videos on YouTube’s TV app. The company has so far only experimented with pause ads on the TV app, but its apparent success is a cause for concern with future inclusion on…

In what has rapidly eclipsed Fallout 4’s mod-breaking “next-gen” update as the biggest unforced error of the week in PC gaming, Escape From Tarkov dev Battlestate is still holding firm that players who bought the $150 Edge of Darkness edition of the game will not have access to an upcoming PvE mode in the game⁠—one…