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No video game is complete without some sort of glowing orb, and Omnic monk Zenyatta is Overwatch’s prime source of…

Guacamelee 2 feels great to play. It’s a demanding platformer with elements drawn from the beat ‘em ups of old but…

Video games often deal in illusions, proffering the fantasy of control and power even when your meaningful influence…

The Castlevania- and Rogue-inspired Dead Cells is out this week on a bunch of systems. It’s a really good game, and…

Octopath Traveler is a complicated game with a lot of intricate mechanics. I’ve played many hours of it. Now it is…

I press record. “Just by doing this interview,” I say, “to a certain degree you’re really putting a target on your…

Splatoon’s campaigns have always been wacky, inventive, but rarely too difficult. They seemed designed to introduce…

The core innovation of Super Mario Odyssey is Mario’s companion, Cappy. Cappy is a hat that can magically possess…

There are Twitch streamers, and then there are Twitch streamers. The platform has tiers: hobbyists, affiliates, and…

There’s a new Sonic racing game coming, one that ostensibly brings an element of teamwork to the action. So why did…