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Artifact feels like the MOBA of card games, in more ways than one. There's just as much strategy, just as much variety, just as many resources to manage, and it's just as challenging. There's a certain satisfaction in piecing together combos that can wipe out an entire board, but it...

Ozzie Mejia·November 28, 2018
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Darksiders 3 does seem a bit lacking when compared to its series brethren, at least for those who come in with high expectations. Darksiders 3 is recognizably a Darksiders game. However, the game would have benefited from more risk-taking in areas where it chose to play it safe. Nevertheless, Fury’s...

Larryn Bell·November 26, 2018
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Wet Dreams Don't Dry is raunchy, self-referential, and unapologetic. I really, really hope that more games take risks like this one does and return to a point where we can have a fun, adult narrative without fear of everyone getting uptight about it. I sincerely hope this is the first...

Brittany Vincent·November 26, 2018
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Magic: The Gathering Arena is a fantastic effort when it comes to bringing the grandmaster of trading card games to the digital world, and while it's been done many times before, this finally feels like a great and modern way to translate the game into a modern hub for players...

Brittany Vincent·November 25, 2018
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While Road Redemption is far from perfect, it taps the popular rogue-lite experience to create an enjoyable spiritual successor to Road Rash. It’s very rough around the edges, but the cost of entry is on the lower side of things. If you’re itching for that classic motorcycle brawler experience, it's...

Charles Singletary Jr·November 15, 2018
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In the end, the Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a great game whether you played the original ones or not. It reminds us how games used to be and still can be. Maybe this game will bring back the 3D platform games that only Nintendo seems to want to make in...

Greg Burke·November 15, 2018
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Tetris Effect is the best iteration of the game franchise since the New Tetris on Nintendo 64. The team at Enhance Games took serious risks with gameplay and the payoff is tremendous for gamers. Anyone who loves puzzlers will instantly be drawn in by the new feel of it and...

Asif Khan·November 9, 2018
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Modern-era action gamers have been conditioned to expect large-scale firefights, flashy explosions, and immediate gratification in general, and that's just not what IO Interactive's latest release is about. Through all of the complex machinations and staggering amount of opportunities within its levels, Hitman 2 manages to be a game with...

Kevin Tucker·November 8, 2018
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Still, with nuanced features like being able to just watch the gameplay through itself, and having alternate versions of titles for some of the games, this really ends up feeling like a solid package. And there’s more free content to come post-launch, including 11 more games that are planned to...

Blake Morse·November 6, 2018
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With Gwent having fully released in October, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tale’s launch is a timely extension of that experience. The development team isn’t shy about how the two are related, either. For instance, Thronebreaker has a “Multiplayer” option in the main menu that opens up the Gwent client if you...

Charles Singletary Jr·November 3, 2018
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Open-world games are becoming bigger every year. It’s not uncommon for them to have over 100 hours of content. Most are unable to make all that content feel important and engaging, though. This is not a problem in Red Dead Redemption 2. It wouldn’t surprise me if I ended up...

Bill Lavoy·October 25, 2018
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It's a wildly entertaining package, with clever premises that can consume entire parties for hours at a time. And even if there isn't much for a solo partier to do here, it's easier than ever to fire up a Twitch stream and engage through the audience feature. There's something for...

Ozzie Mejia·October 23, 2018
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