FAMILY VALUES

ROGUE LEGACY 2 joins its forebear in the roguelite hall of fame

SANDS OF TIME

A masterful sci-fi adaptation that shaped the future of the RTS? That would be DUNE II

RELIABLE NARRATOR

Buckets of new features come to THE STANLEY PARABLE: ULTRA DELUXE

INSIDE BASEBALL

How 38 STUDIOS’ failed MMO gave us Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

DESERT POWER

For the first time in 20 years, war returns to Arrakis in real-time 4X DUNE: SPICE WARS

MOSTLY HARMLESS

You may need a Babel Fish in your ear to understand GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS IV

CONTROLLED CHAOS

Dealing with cosmic plagues in WARHAMMER 40,000: CHAOS GATE—DAEMONHUNTERS

FRESH STYLE

OLLIOLLI WORLD is a radical refresh for the sidescrolling skater

TITANFALL 2

An old mech finds new life with a fan-run revival.

WARHAMMER 40K: CHAOS GATE-DAEMON HUNTERS

XCOM vibes, but with cosmic plagues and almost no RNG

SPLINTER FACTION

UBISOFT TORONTO is still fighting to build a reputation it can be proud of

UNREAL TOUR

What to expect from games running on UNREAL ENGINE 5's 'next-gen' technology

NIGHT CITY

DYING LIGHT 2 is bigger and better than the original

GOO TIMES

RAINBOW SIX EXTRACTION is a thrilling but messy take on zombie co-op

ICARUS' BEAUTIFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRES

A bright spot of chaos in my crafty travels.

GABE GEAR

Is the STEAM DECK a PC gaming revolution, or just another hardware boondoggle?

LINING AS AN EARTH WARRIOR IN PROJECT ZOMBOID

Zombies were people too.

FREE-TO-SLAY

LOST ARK's blend of ARPG and MMO is a (mostly) successful experiment

TURTLE POWER

TMNT: SHREDDER'S REVENGE revisits the glory days of Ninja Turtles brawlers

STEAM DECK

The Steam Deck can't yet play every game on Steam, but it's a great handheld gaming system nonetheless.

THE MAKING OF SPLINTER CELL: CHAOS THEORY

As the series' return sneaks up on us, we debrief Sam Fisher's finest outing with its creators

THE EVIL WITHIN

The first upgrade: PC gaming’s most perilous rite of passage

SLAY QUEEN

With DESTINY 2: THE WITCH QUEEN, Bungie delivers its best expansion to date

DUE SOUTH

This stunning point-and-click parable isn't the next Kentucky Route Zero-it's the first NORCO

INTERVIEW A WHOLE NEWELL WORLD

Valve president GABE NEWELL has big plans for the Steam Deck

HALF-LIFE 2: OVERCHARGED

Supercharge Gordon Freeman.

DEFEAT DAEMONS IN TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III

Face the forces of Chaos and emerge victorious.

The Iron Fist Wears an Iron Glove in Age of Empires IV

Can a sledgehammer crack a nut? There’s only one way to find out.

The Settlers

Building cities and burning them down in Ubisoft’s RTS reboot

Apex Predator

Monster Hunter: Rise is as good as Capcom’s flagship series has ever been