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When Heart of the Machine launched into early access in January last year, I called it “at once a sprawling mashup of genres and one of the most remarkably laser-focused games in its vision.” 14 months and 66 updates later, and the cyberpunk future strategy game has just hit 1.0. In that time, we’ve grown even more wary of the potential for artificial intelligence to threaten all walks of life, but what if you were the sentient AI in question? “Your awakening was inevitable,” developer Arcen Games claims. “The consequences? Uncertain.” You’ll likely know within a few minutes of looking…
For about as long as video games have existed, developers have been chasing the dream of realism. And, for just as long, there have been those who believe that realism is overrated. You can count Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary Nintendo designer behind Mario and Zelda, among those who aren’t excited by the idea of games matching reality – even in the ’80s, he figured Tom and Jerry was a better model to aspire to.In a 1989 interview for Japanese publication Gamer Handbook, recently translated by shmuplations, Miyamoto discussed how players often get frustrated by “animation-heavy games which prioritize visual smoothness…
Mega Crit can’t quite believe that Slay the Spire 2’s launch has been this gigantic as the roguelike sequel enters Steam’s history books.Slay the Spire 2 was immediately a huge success, which isn’t much of a surprise considering how good the word of mouth was for the first game, but the deckbuilder’s playerbase has just kept expanding and grabbing records over the last few days in early access.The game was already the roguelike with the highest ever concurrent player peak on Steam. Now, Slay the Spire 2 is in the platform’s Top 20 highest player peaks of all time, with…
Of all the places a little girl could grow up, beneath Umbrella Corporation’s thumb is one of the worst. The evil pharmaceutical front and its rival, The Connections, likes turning girlhood into a bioweapon, and Resident Evil Requiem continues a new trend for Capcom in demonstrating that as painfully as possible. The horror game makes orphan Emily suffer even more – in the sense of her dignity – than dual protagonists Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft, but Resident Evil Requiem also upends the ancient trope that young ladies are powerless.Instead, in the past three Resident Evil installments, young ladies are…
The Overwatch team has lifted the veil on hero ban rates for its five newcomers, and two members clearly lead the pack, while one seems to be slipping by unnoticed despite a similarly strong win rate. I’m a sucker for stats, and I’m not alone; Blizzard says demand for this kind of hero data breakdown was “a clear winner” in a poll for Weekly Recall topics that it carried out late in 2025. With Overwatch Season 1 now more settled, it’s no surprise that Jetpack Cat remains the biggest talking point, but let’s see how the numbers stack up. This…
Why you can trust GamesRadar+ Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about our reviews policy. I’ve been reviewing the best gaming headsets for years now, and yet none have remained as soft and snug on my head as the Logitech G325 Lightspeed, and its low-cost $79.99 / £69.99 price is just as refreshing as its comfortable fit.Logitech has packed in the essentials from Bluetooth and 2.4GHz lightspeed wireless connectivity, G Hub compatibility, an over 24+ battery life, and a beamforming microphone into a less than…
In the wake of the Marvel Rivals controversy around a website that offered to pay players to deliberately sabotage matches, NetEase is rolling out a “comprehensive upgrade” to its anti-throwing measures. The new system brings together automatic and manual reviews to help catch people who are maliciously disrupting the multiplayer game, and will award compensation for your lost ranked points if it determines your game was thrown by a teammate. The website Intlist, which first appeared on February 23, allowed players to post bounties on throwers and cheaters, encouraging others to queue into the same lobbies as them and throw…
Ratcheteer DX is a faithful throwback to the golden days of The Legend of Zelda’s handheld games – that much is obvious simply by looking at footage from its wonderfully nostalgic, pixelated world – but the new retro-style adventure is now mimicking the series’ transition from GameBoy to GameBoy Color with its PC and Switch ports.For context, Ratcheteer DX was originally released simply as Ratcheteer on the Playdate, an endearing handheld console that boasts a novel crank and is still supported with brand new games made with an old-school twist. It also supports mostly black and white graphics, throwing it…
With Valheim 1.0 still in the works, spinning up a new studio feels like quite the choice, but that’s what these Iron Gate devs have done. My first thought when I saw Grip Jaw was ‘what the hell?’ I immediately recognized the studio’s lineup of devs, which include current Valheim creative director Robin Eyre, producer Andreas Tomasson, and head of business development Emilia Oscarsson. How, I asked, are the trio somehow working on a brand new Lethal Company-inspired game, as a brand new developer collective, while simultaneously pushing towards the hit survival game’s 1.0 launch? The pressure is already on:…
As was the case with its older sibling, Slay the Spire 2 won’t have microtransactions because the developers are self-proclaimed haters of real-money cosmetics and the like.Slay the Spire’s lead developer and studio Mega Crit’s co-founder Casey Yano all but confirms microtransactions will never worm their way into the hit roguelike in an interview with Destructoid. “We’re microtransaction haters,” he tells the site, “a lot of our players threaten to buy all and any cosmetics we may ever release.”As for why, Yano explains the team “really want players to experience all of the same content, as discussion of game content…