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The latest action RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, Avowed, is off to a solid start, with generally positive reviews pouring in. The game has much to offer players looking for a new open-world fantasy adventure, but one feature could easily fly under the radar despite its immense impact on the game’s quality of life. Every gamer is familiar with the information overload stage of a new game, usually a trademark of open-world RPGs as they are usually bursting with lore. The games often start off with players having to piece together what’s being said to them, NPCs using words they don’t…
Dutch developer Blast Zero and Publisher Red Dunes Games announced on Thursday that the Samurai Pizza Cats series is getting a new action RPG titled Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past! for “all major platforms” and PC via Steam in 2026. The company streamed trailers in English and Japanese, as well as a behind-the-scenes animation video: English Japanese Behind-the-Scenes Animation The game commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Samurai Pizza Cats (Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee) anime. The action RPG allows players to choose between the three main characters Speedy, Guido, and Polly Esther, who each have different abilities. After winning battles,…
If you’ve been playing GTA Online for a while, you’ve probably noticed a massive shift in how money flows in the game. What once felt like a hard-earned grind to afford luxury cars and high-end properties has now become effortless, thanks to Rockstar’s evolving money-making methods. This phenomenon—known as cash creep—has drastically changed the in-game economy, making once-valuable items far more accessible and throwing the balance out of whack.Clear Signs of Cash Creep in GTA OnlineEarly Days (2013-2015): A million dollars felt like a fortune, easily affording top-tier cars, properties, and weapons.Recent Years (2023-2024): The price of high-end vehicles has…
Old games consoles never die – they just get emulated. These days, even very affordable modern tech is powerful enough to let you cart around decades of gaming history in your trousers. Dedicated retro handhelds emulate classic consoles and computers – everything from ancient Ataris to comparatively modern Dreamcasts (and beyond). But which is the best retro handheld for you? And what do you need to consider before splashing out on a dinky device to make your thumbs twitch in a flurry of rose-tinted retrogaming bliss? Find out in our guide to the best retro handhelds. Why you can trust Stuff: Our…
Cosmo D has carved out his own niche in indie games, with the surrealist shared world Off-Peak — a place of dreamy architecture, vibrant colors, and food with a purpose (more on that later). With Moves of the Diamond Hand, his fifth game in this setting, Cosmo D is making this universe bigger and denser than ever before, one chapter at a time. As the first chapter of his new RPG goes up for free on Steam ahead of its forthcoming early access release, I spoke with Cosmo D about the collision of art and commerce, the communal benefits of…
What are the best RPGs on PC? Roleplaying games can have everything from interplanetary exploration, lightsaber duels, and bloodthirsty vampires to irradiated mutants who need to be beaten with golf clubs, lizards who can talk to cats, and a whole lot of dice rolling if that’s your jam. It’s a pretty diverse pool. The scale and scope of RPGs are like never before, with tech finally catching up to developers’ ambitions, enabling vast, open worlds previously unseen. As a result, some of these adventures are among the best PC games ever made. So, dear traveler, gather your party and head out. We’re about to bear…
Summary The RPG genre evolved from tabletop games, highlighting intense combat decisions since its inception. Tactical RPGs today blend wargaming heritage with role-playing customization, creating some of the best RPGs. Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Fire Emblem: Three Houses and XCOM 2 offer deep strategic combat mechanics for TRPG fans. Everyone knows that the RPG genre came out of the tabletop world and old-school war games, meaning that strategy and cunning have always been a part of the genre’s DNA since day one. The RPG genre has evolved since then, but even today, there’s a strain of hardcore tactical RPGs that retain the…
Welcome to the Living Lands, a mystical and dangerous place where your emperor has sent you to fight the growing dreamscourge plague. The Skryim-like action RPG Avowed excited me when I previewed it at Gamescom last year, and now that I’ve spent around a dozen hours with the full game, here is a list of tips that should help you get a better foot forward when you start the game, from settings to tweak to exploring advice.Turn down the music volume Turning the music level down to 60%. Sean Booker/CNETThe music in this game is far too loud and constantly…
Diablo’s moreish tap-and-loot loop definitely has a lot in common with some live servicey features, which are mainly aimed at keeping people on the seasonal hamster wheel forever, but the series’ co-creator doesn’t think Diablo was designed with the same intent.Blizzard North co-founder and Diablo co-creator David Brevik recently chatted with the VideoGamer podcast and explained that Diablo 2 was so widely popular at the turn of the century because it was a damn good time, not because of what we now consider live service-style bits, like battle passes, never-ending updates, and shop rotations.”The audience that played for the ladders…
What are the best Minecraft mods in 2025? Every game of vanilla Minecraft can vary quite dramatically, and the best Minecraft mods go one step further to provide an entirely new experience. Whether you love creative building, terrifying survival, or speedrunning the story, we’ve got the mods for you. We’ve even thrown in interface mods and tools to make things easier, too. All the Minecraft mods below are divided into sections, depending on what you want to do with the sandbox game – from simple utility changes to deep world mods you can get lost in for months. There are…