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After finishing its 10-year journey, Destiny 2 comes full circle as the first gun in the series destroys PvP after it's reborn as the new Exotic Khvostov 7G-0X
news The Light and Darkness saga has brought us back to where we started: gripping Khvostov
Valve says "more players than ever are choosing to play Steam games with a controller," and nearly 60% of them are on team Xbox
news Controller use on Steam has tripled in six years
Hades 2 takes another big step forward with Patch 3, and the devs are "now focusing on our first Major Update slated for later this year"
news It sounds like patches will be a bit smaller for a while
This Sorcery in Shadow of the Erdtree is the most broken thing I've seen since day-one Elden Ring, Intel or Faith builds can use it, and I can't believe it hasn't been nerfed
news If it bleeds, this Sorcery can kill it
All Destiny 2 Exotic Class Item perks for Prismatic builds
Guide The Final Shape introduces an Exotic Class Item to Destiny 2 that lets you combine Exotic armor perks
Helldivers 2 director stands by FromSoftware in the difficulty discourse as Hidetaka Miyazaki doubles down on making hard games: "Always cater to a select audience"
news Arrowhead has been saying it for years: "A game for everyone is a game for no one"
Elden Ring sleuth cracks Shadow of the Erdtree to unmask NPCs, finds a new nod to Berserk manga: "This is From's most Guts-like guy in a long list of Guts-like guys"
news Turns out the Blackgaol Knight is a Guts lookalike under that helm
I finally got to play my most-anticipated open-world game, and Hyper Light Breaker is just the roguelike I was hoping for
feature Preview | Hands-on with Hyper Light Breaker, a bold follow-up to 2016's Drifter
I'm convinced this small area in Shadow of the Erdtree is a reference to the Miyazaki-directed FromSoft game that started it all: Demon's Souls
news Look me in the eyes and say this is a coincidence
Capcom's weirdest game in years won me over in 10 minutes, and it's suddenly the thing I'm most excited to see from the publisher in 2024
feature Preview | Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is sandwiched between Dragon's Dogma 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds
As CEOs chase infinite growth, Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware gets "better games and better decisions" from a "conservative forecast" with "room to fail"
news FromSoftware is playing it safe even after Elden Ring's explosive success
"It's not like we wanted to distance ourselves from Persona": How Metaphor ReFantazio turned years of work on JRPG icons into what's now my most-wanted game of 2024
Feature Interview | Director Katsura Hashino and character designer Shigenori Soejima, both Persona 5 veterans, dive deep on Metaphor: ReFantazio
How to beat Rellana, Twin Moon Knight in Shadow of the Erdtree
Guide One of the first major bosses in the Elden Ring DLC is the Twin Moon Knight Rellana
Bungie walks back Destiny 2: The Final Shape raid changes, removing unpopular Surges – and confirming you were taking 32% more damage and dealing 33% less
news Salvation's Edge was, it seems, a little too hard
FromSoftware warns Elden Ring patch 1.12 might stunlock your Steam Deck: Going "inactive for more than 5 minutes may stop the game from accepting inputs"
News "A hotfix is being worked on," the dev says
Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco says what FromSoftware probably should have: Shadow of the Erdtree "rivals the scope of a standalone game"
news "This campaign is unparalleled in its scale and by far our most ambitious for an expansion," says Bandai marketing exec
Hollow Knight: Silksong is "not in dev hell," says tester who finds fan cynicism "disheartening" but agrees developer Team Cherry "should be better" at communicating
news "Every software dev cycle ever. Sets internal dates, misses them all the time"
I finally spoke to the director of the 21-year-old JRPG that kicked my teeth in, and I didn't expect an apology: "Shin Megami Tensei 3 is the hardest game I think I've ever made"
news Katsura Hashino explains Nocturne's reputation
Sekiro was a "turning point" for FromSoftware, says Hidetaka Miyazaki, who thinks the studio's games can still get faster: "There's one more level we can crank it up to"
news What's next? Mechiro?
Destiny 2 servers stumble as Bungie releases a Grandmaster version of The Final Shape's 12-man Excision but some players struggle to sign in at all
News Whisper it: maintenance has been extended
Now this is Shadow of the Erdtree prep: Elden Ring mad lad turns every enemy (and animal) into DLC gatekeepers Mohg and Radahn, still beats the game in 9 hours
news It is simultaneously easier and harder than it sounds
Fantasian, the lovely JRPG quietly released by Final Fantasy mastermind Hironobu Sakaguchi years ago, is escaping Apple jail and coming to consoles and PC this year
news Fantasian: Neo Dimension is straight from Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu
Is JRPG a good word? Persona 5 director and character designer weigh in ahead of their new game Metaphor ReFantazio: "You can call this a JRPG if you want"
news "For me, as a creator, it's a positive"
