With Veilguard, Dragon Age becomes what it was probably always destined to be: A Mass Effect game

more beautiful than ever in the hour I spent with Veilguard, but I'm left wondering if Dragon Age has shed its RPG heritageHere, let me relieve you. After spending about an hour watching some very tired BioWare developers navigate the opening of the next Dragon Age at this year's Summer Game Fest, I...

There are so many great city builder demos on Steam right now, you can play 3 new ones every single day this week

 Steam Next Fest gives us our best chance ever to check out all the city builders headed our way.A Roman city seen from above(Image credit: Abylight Games)The city builder genre has never been healthier, and not only are there more new city builders coming out than ever before, but there's an amazing...

Star Wars Outlaws has the same problem as every modern Star Wars thing: Playing it way too safe

 There's still so much we don't know about Outlaws, but I saw moments of greatness.I went into my Summer Game Fest demo of Star Wars Outlaws hoping to answer one big question: What's it like to wander around in the first open world Star Wars game? That debut gameplay trailer from last year instantly...

FOMO is alive and well—Life is Strange: Double Exposure has a 2-week early access period if you cough up some dough for its Ultimate Edition

 Wanna avoid spoilers? You best avoid using YouTube for two entire weeks.I was a little hard on Life is Strange earlier this week, but it is still a game I overall liked—which is why it's a shame to see Square Enix shooting itself in the foot with a publishing decision which, on the face of it,...

Has Dragon Age lost its identity, or am I just being grumpy about BioWare’s new take on it?

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Assemble, more like.Let me be very clear right out of the gate, I'm owed absolutely nothing from EA, BioWare or the Dragon Age series. Just because I've played every Dragon Age game to date, and consider the series one of the great videogame events of my life, that doesn't...

The 6 biggest reveals at the Xbox Games Showcase

 Microsoft really brought home the bacon this showcase weekend.After Microsoft shuttered beloved studios Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks on top of previous layoffs at Activision Blizzard and 343 Industries, it was hard to imagine it would then have maybe the best showcase of 2024's non-denominational...

Doom Eternal's long-awaited follow-up is a medieval prequel called Doom: The Dark Ages

 Doom Guy has a combination chainsaw Captain America shield now.First revealed at today's Xbox Games Showcase, id Software's follow-up to 2020's Doom Eternal will be a medieval flavored prequel called Doom: The Dark Ages. The brief trailer showed off Doom Guy's new look (complete with furry Game...