Latest articles by Russell Adderson
Black Desert asks the question: What if we made an MMO expansion and didn't invite any monsters?
News Don't worry, though, there are still a bunch of boss fights.
Early MMOs came up with the most painful game mechanic of all time, and it's somehow still in use today
😫 I'm still traumatized by games that put me in XP debt for dying.
Deceive Inc review: A sneaky spin on the extraction shooter
Spy vs Spy Vintage spycraft pairs particularly well with the modern hero FPS.
I've played over 2,500 hours of Path of Exile, and these are my biggest concerns about Diablo 4
Opinion Based on the betas, here's where I think Diablo 4 could improve in comparison to the current ARPG king.
Resident Evil 4 remake: Everything we know
Fuzzy Jacket Leon We put the Resident Evil 4 remake under a microscope to study how it compares to the original.
Slightly Hotter Wizard makes Stardew Valley's wizard hotter, slightly
news Or, depending on your taste, perhaps it makes the wizard slightly less hot.
The official D&D Virtual Tabletop is looking pretty slick
news Playtesting will open to more players later this year.
Cyberpunk 2077 devs announce that they'll announce something about Phantom Liberty in June
News Yo dawg we heard you like announcements.
The next Magic: The Gathering set features a monkey so strong, they told him he couldn't play
News These Phyrexians about to be caught monkeyin' around.
Tony Hawk almost put his name on a 'more technically difficult' skating sim before Activision called
news What would gaming be like with no Tony Hawk's Pro Skater?
D&D is coming to Minecraft
news The add-on includes a 10-hour adventure with customizable characters and 20-sided dice, and it's coming soon.
Attention PC survival games: please steal all the cool ideas from the new Zelda
news Nintendo posted 10 minutes of Tears of the Kingdom gameplay today, and we also want to fuse sticks to other sticks to make longer sticks.
One of John Wick 4's most exhilarating moments was inspired by a top-down indie shooter
news Martial arts film inspires videogame which in turn inspires martial arts film.
8 PC gaming classics that are still worth playing today
Finely aged We're digging past the obvious massive hits of the '90s and '00s to highlight some of our lesser-celebrated favorites.
A beginner's guide to Path of Exile, a dense, complicated, but rewarding ARPG
guide How to pick a build, fight through the first five acts, and embark on The Atlas of Worlds.
There's great gunplay and fun characters in this sci-fi base building ARPG
strong build The only downside to Cygnus Enterprises, now in Steam Early Access, is that it isn't finished yet.
The state of Path of Exile
Ruthless The holidays are almost on us, but for Path of Exile fans, Christmas is already here.
Total War: Warhammer 3's latest big update focuses on Immortal Empires
News More landmarks, new selection videos for Legendary Lords, and multiplayer endgame scenarios.
Obscure RTSes the world forgot about
It's about time Overlooked real-time strategy games that should have been classics.
Flat Eye plays around with AI, cloning, and future tech while you work at a gas station
Thought pump Part gas station sim, part philosophical visual novel.
This engineering sandbox is already so complex you can build games inside its demo
Toolkit Plasma won't be out in full next year, but its demo already lets you build wild stuff and import other players' creations.
How the Team Fortress 2 community brought it back from the brink
Great revival The fan campaign that gave TF2 a new life.
