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Help these murderous zealots free their minds (with a rusty axe)  Ken Silverman’s Build Engine had a substantial impact on gaming. Across the 1990s, the engine was employed by respected first-person shooters like Duke Nukem ...

This week, it’s time to return to Lady Dimitrescu’s personal chambers with Resident Evil Village’s first story-based DLC, while Star Ocean: The Divine Force is the sixth mainline entry in tri-Ace’s action-role-playing series. In neither ...

‘Oo iz ‘da stupid ‘umie responsible for dis krappy port? ‘Oo iz ‘da stupid ‘umie responsible for dis krappy port? For the past 35 years, Warhammer 40,000 has imagined a persistently grim future. It’s a ...

The Phantom Thieves Are Back and Looking Elegant on PC With a slew of sequels and spin-offs across its twenty-six-year legacy, the Persona series remains remarkably relevant. Much of this vitality is rooted in the franchise’s ability ...

When it comes to the joys of wanton destruction and acerbic humor, Terror of Hemasaurus has few rivals. I never outgrew digital demolition. As an angsty kid, Bally-Midway’s Rampage was one of my favorite arcade ...

Wario, Where? The average life expectancy of a brand is about twenty years. Despite a succession of severe struggles, Atari remains intact a full half-century from its inception. To help commemorate this milestone, Montreal-based developer ...

This week, things get upsetting with Yomawari: Lost in the Dark’s peculiar forest and two titles priced at the ninety- and hundred-dollar mark. Fortunately, not everything is so damn expensive, with Pure-hearted Gyaru and the ...

Pity the shopkeeper with the deep debt, who spends her days scrambling for resources instead of enjoying the delights of romance. It’s not uncommon for role-playing characters to guzzle entire inventories of elixirs during their ...

Looking to occupy an entire landmass on your lunch break? The Battle of Polytopia provides many of the essentials of a 4X strategy game, while eschewing some of the time-consuming nuances. Civilization VI is a ...

This week, Crash Bandicoot leaps onto Steam, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordon tee off in PGA Tour 2K23, while a roster of 40 Nickelodeon notables race their way onto consoles and PC. If these familiar ...