Issue #156

NEWS Link to heading

Inside the Cooking Mama drama behind one of the world’s most wholesome games

Dust 2 Removed From ‘CS:GO’ Map Pool, Replaced By Anubis

It’s Official, There Are Now More Than 1,000 Pokémon

Rockstar Bans GTA Online Roleplayers From Selling Loot Boxes, Crypto, And NFTs In-Game

The next-generation sandbox MMORPG “ArcheAge 2” is coming to consoles in 2024

Star Citizen is free to play until the end of November

It’s 2022 And Broforce Is Coming Back, Baby

Ubisoft Confirms Its PC Games Are Coming Back to Steam

Nvidia RTX 5000 GPU price could be even higher, thanks to TSMC

Warzone 2 has amassed over 25 million players in under a week

Sony Investing Further In Chinese Development Program That Found Games Like Genshin Impact

The Steam Autumn Sale is live

Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2022 winners

Netflix developing big budget PC game

Microsoft says PlayStation has better exclusives than Xbox

REVIEWS Link to heading

Roccat Vulcan II Max Keyboard

Evil West Review

Gungrave G.O.R.E

Floodland

Sega Genesis Mini 2

FEATURES Link to heading

1992: The year that changed first-person shooters forever

The PS1 Mouse Unlocked A World Of Gaming Possibilities In The 90s

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Hands-On Preview

25 years on, Tomb Raider 2 is still as good as it gets

How to get the nuke in Call of Duty: Warzone 2

There’s a “new” Atari arcade game, and I can’t put it down

Can Big Tech Get Bigger? Microsoft Presses Governments to Say Yes.

Warzone 2.0’s DMZ Mode Is the Most ‘Call of Duty’ That ‘Call of Duty’ Has Ever Been

Resident Evil living rent-free in my head since 1996

Fortnite Has Ruined All Other Battle Royale Games For Me

The legal war over Disco Elysium reaches Disco Elysium levels of complexity

Twitch - Our Ongoing Work to Combat Online Grooming

In Defense Of 2007’s The Witcher, The Overlooked Game That’s Getting Remade For A Reason

Meet the man making controllers accessible for everyone

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

We criticize because we care (Game Freak and the state of modern Pokémon games)

What’s a weird quirk your PC has?

The older I get, the more I only want engaging gameplay

VIDEOS Link to heading

High on Life - 25 Minutes of Gameplay

Atomic Heart: Exclusive Hands-On Preview - IGN First

Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet - DF Tech Review - Incredibly Poor Visuals + Performance

Outer Terror | New Gameplay Today

FUNNY Link to heading

Autobattle

SACRILEGE

DEV / DESIGN Link to heading

How to Study Hard Gameplay and Game Design

Is it a good time to be an indie dev?

Dealing with online hate: A crisis management handbook for video game developers