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The latest long reads, interviews and perspective from across PC and console gaming.
Lu Bu is waiting in Dynasty Warriors 3's free demo
Six officers enter Hulao Gate, but a familiar bonus fight is hiding beyond Dong Zhuo.
Well Dweller's storybooks give its bosses a past
The boss arena is only one part of the story in Well Dweller's grim little kingdom.
Dune: Awakening makes a sandbike race count towards faction power
A sandbike race reveals how Dune: Awakening's faction board ties political progress to what you actually do.
Hitman's disguises are a social puzzle
At a Paris gala, Agent 47 studies what each uniform lets him do; Corvo faces a different riddle inside Lady Boyle's party.
LEGO Batman turns familiar scenes into a playground
The best Batman adaptations give a familiar moment something new to do with the player in it.
Moonlighter 2 makes every relic argue with the one beside it
The sequel's cleverest trick is making the same relic matter in the dungeon, the bag and the shop.
Well Dweller wants its movement upgrades to change the whole map
A developer's self-critique of Crypt Custodian makes Well Dweller's glowing matchstick much more interesting.
How Into the Breach and Slay the Spire put danger in plain sight
Two modern classics reveal just enough of the next turn to turn chaos into a decision.
NBA 2K27's shared City makes its split career stranger
A co-ed City gives NBA 2K27 a genuinely shared build space. Elsewhere, the career remains more fragmented.
BrokenLore: DON'T LIE turns Junko's flat into a map of isolation
Junko's flat is not a staging area for the horror. It is the game's central, unstable piece of evidence.