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Kat, Mat, and Eric's Top 10 Games of 2020
Our favorites of the year, from those who remain.
Axe of the Blood God: One Quest Ends, Another Begins
Happy adventuring.
Cyberpunk 2077 Review: Death by a Thousand Cyber-Cuts
Even if you get beyond the bugs, it's just not worth it.
Axe of the Blood God: The RPG Year in Review 2020
We look back on the RPGs that defined the turbulent year that was 2020.
Cyberpunk 2077's Phone Needs a Silent Mode
V needs to turn on their voicemail box.
Dicey Dungeons Had a Surprise Launch on Switch Last Night
Turns out Nintendo had another card up its sleeve. A card with, uh… with dice on it.
How Familiars.io's Creator Fit Multiplayer Monster-Taming Into a Single Tweet
Bless Twitter's Javascript embeds for letting this Pokemon-like flourish.
CD Projekt Red Is "Not Encouraging" Cyberpunk 2077 Returns, Joint-CEO Tells Investors
"We hope they'll give us a chance to improve the game on the original consoles," says Marcin Iwi?ski.
Axe of the Blood God: The Cyberpunk 2077 Review Roundtable
We dig deep into Cyberpunk 2077, the Mass Effect reveal, and more.
What Was Your Favorite Game Awards Reveal?
COMMUNITY QUESTION | Awards night is over. Which trailer are you still thinking about?
The Next Mass Effect's Trailer Could Be Teasing Both Milky Way and Andromeda
Showing two galaxies at the start was "intentional," according to the project's director.
The Last of Us Part 2 Takes Home Top Prize at The Game Awards: Here Are All the Winners
Hades, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Among Us did get some well-earned love too.
Cyberpunk 2077's Day One PS4 and Xbox One Versions Are a Bit Rough
Older hardware is struggling with Night City.
This Nintendo Power Cover Imagines a World Where Fire Emblem Came to the NES
But is it faithful to its respective time period? We ask the experts.
A Mod Team Is Turning Fallout: New Vegas Into a New Star Wars Game
Trade Boomers for Stormtroopers.
Xbox Owners Are Switching Their Region to Play Cyberpunk 2077 Early
Be a Kiwi for a day if you want to get into Night City now.
Disco Elysium Studio Is Teasing Some News Coming Soon
Disco will never fade away.
Godfall Review: You Probably Won't Fall In Love
Godfall is an okay launch game, but you won't want to stick around long term.
Cyberpunk 2077's Reported Epileptic Triggers Draw Warnings From Advocates [Update: CDPR Responds]
A Game Informer editor says she experienced a grand mal seizure as a result of a particular scene.
Ubisoft Hires New Diversity & Inclusion VP Following Reports on Discrimination and Abuse
Raashi Sikka joins Ubisoft from Uber, a company with its own public struggles regarding worker treatment.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 Hits Mobile Next Week
Another KOTOR for your phone.
CD Projekt Could Wind Up Following BioWare in More Ways Than One If It's Not Careful
The Cyberpunk 2077 developer is still doing well, but there are ominous signs.
Cyberpunk 2077 Review Roundup: The Good, the Bad, and the Buggy
We'll have our review up in due time, but here's how other outlets are feeling about CD Projekt Red's latest.
Axe of the Blood God: The CD Projekt Retrospective
We delve deep into the history of the studio behind Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077.
What's Your Favorite Cyberpunk Game?
COMMUNITY QUESTION | Which busted, broken future is your favorite to explore?
Xbox Series X Optimized Games Will Have Fast Fixes and More Quick Resume Support, Microsoft Says
Certain performance quirks and absent features won't be around for long, at least not according to Microsoft.
More Dragon Age News Is Coming at This Year's Game Awards
The Dread Wolf rises?
CD Projekt's Giving Away The First Witcher Game Ahead of Cyberpunk 2077's Launch
If you get on GOG, you can start Geralt's story from the beginning for free.
Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers Has a Quest That's Engineered to Destroy Dog Owners
How a big, winged good boy made me rethink humanity's love for dogs.
Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah Are Leaving BioWare
The two are departing from the studio and letting the next generation step up.
These Are the Movies and TV Shows to Watch Before Playing Cyberpunk 2077
From Akira to Dredd, there's a lot to watch before Dec. 10.
I Thought Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light Would be Too Archaic. I Was Wrong
A new translation and some key quality-of-life additions make this genre pioneer worth playing.
Cyberpunk 2077 Shows Off What's Possible With Its Photo Mode
It's also a nice reminder that yes, this game is out next week.
Control Hits Xbox Game Pass Alongside a New $1 Intro Deal
Jesse Faden's bringing Haven, Va-11 Hall-A, and cheap three-month subscriptions with her.
USG Game of the Month: Yakuza: Like a Dragon Shows Us Why Broken Gangsters Make Great RPG Characters
Never has the title "Homeless Guy" been so compelling.
Starting Screen | Baldur's Gate 3's Early Access Is Making My GOTY List Very Difficult
It's hard to make a list when so many games are in flux.
Illusionist Uri Geller Apologizes for Lawsuit That Once Halted Kadabra Pokemon Cards
As for whether the spoon-bending psychic-type will appear in the TCG again, that's up to Nintendo.
Swery's Next Game, The Good Life, Set For Summer 2021
There's something mysterious afoot next summer.
PlayStation RPG SaGa Frontier Is Getting a Remaster
A bold new Frontier for 2021.
Axe of the Blood God: It's Time For Trivia of the Blood God
An RPG quiz show draws near! Command?
Baldur's Gate 3's Next Update Will Have Its First Story Changes
Be sure to read the fine print about your saves, though.
Starting Screen | Now Is a Perfectly Good Time to Tackle Tough Subjects in Games Coverage
This terrible, historic year has also seen an uptick in interest around gaming. That's exactly when our best writers should follow their instincts.
Looks Like Cyberpunk 2077 Copies Have Already Started Leaking
Now's a good time to batten down the spoiler hatches.
There's a New The World Ends With You Game Arriving Next Year
This is not a drill; I repeat, this is not a drill.
Axe of the Blood God: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is This Fall's Sneaky Great RPG Sim
Checking in on Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, WoW: Shadowlands, and even more Fall 2020 releases.
30 Years Ago, the Super NES, Final Fantasy 4, and a Broken Jaw Changed My Life
How the SNES kept me weird but happy during a rough spot in my life.
Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Makes Paladin Class Available a Little Early
Modders have hotwired the Paladin, and other classes, right into the game.
Souls Speedrunner Finally Opens Demon's Souls Mysterious Locked Door
A sick new set of armor was hiding inside.
A Quick and Dirty Ranking of The Game Awards GOTY Nominees for 2020
Hades is a great choice, Doom Eternal... less so.
Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have a Setting For Twitch Streamers Trying to Avoid DMCA Issues
Avoid those pesky copyright claims.
New BioWare Anniversary Book Offers Another Glimpse of the Next Mass Effect
Could we be heading back to Andromeda after all?
New Cyberpunk 2077 Footage Shows Xbox Series X and Xbox One X Performance
See how the two console generations handle Night City.
Demon’s Souls Remake Review: The World Mended
The perfect hardcore launch title.
New The World Ends With You Teaser Site Opens Up
Put a pin on the countdown page.
Axe of the Blood God: Final Fantasy 14, Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, and a Farewell
This week's episode is all about Square Enix.
How to Make Your Money in Yakuza: Like a Dragon's Business Mode
Go from rags to riches with some proper management.
A New Trails Game is Part of Falcom's Busy 2021 Schedule
Rest assured, The Legend of Heroes will survive the 2020 apocalypse.
Pokemon Go is Now Compatible With Pokemon Home, But the Restrictions Are Kind of Ridiculous
Pump the brakes on transferring that Shiny Groudon to Pokemon Sword and Shield.
The Brotherhood of Steel Comes to Fallout 76 This December
There's gonna be some drama in the wasteland.
Xbox's Phil Spencer Has Played Elden Ring and You Haven't, Suckers
It's good to be the King of Xbox.
Baldur's Gate 3 Developer Knows Where You've Been Save Scumming
Larian is learning quite a bit about everyone playing Baldur's Gate 3.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Is the First Thing You Should Buy on Your New Xbox Series X
We break down the reasons why Xbox Game Pass is an essential pickup now that the Xbox Series X is here.
Starting Screen | Mass Effect Should Give Andromeda a Second Chance
The future of Mass Effect shouldn't jet away from the Andromeda galaxy just yet.
This Official Pokemon Sleeping Bag Lets You Crawl Into Metapod's Cold, Dusty Womb
Hide, child. Hide in the close, stony embrace of Metapod's exoskeleton.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Review: An Epic Dragon's Quest
The Yakuza series treads new ground, finding its next legend in the process.
Axe of the Blood God: The Next-Gen Console Launch Extravaganza!
Our complete breakdown of this week's PS5 and Xbox Series X launch.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Review: A Legacy's Burden
A fantastic historical setting is once again weighed down by all the cruft we've come to associate with Assassin's Creed.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Is a Full Trilogy Remaster Coming Next Spring
A new Mass Effect is also in its early stages.
Empire of Sin's Prohibition-Era Escapades Are All About Its People
Brenda Romero and her team are close to launching their take on 1920s Chicago, and it's shaping up to be full of storytelling potential.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2021's Lineup Includes Beat Saber, Hades, and the Wand of Gamelon
GDQ is sticking with social distancing, which means we get another round of off-beat speedrun showcases.
Jessie From Final Fantasy 7 Remake May Have Life in Her Yet
The AVALANCHE wildcat has vowed not to slip into the Lifestream until she's jumped Cloud's bones. Well, that's my headcanon.
Yakuza Localization Head Says Next Step For Franchise Is Simultaneous Global Release
As Yakuza's Western fanbase grows, a global launch seems like the right call.
Axe of the Blood God: How the PlayStation 4 Changed Gaming
From the "mainstreaming" of RPGs to Japan's revival, here all the ways that the PS4 helped change gaming.
Ruined King, a League of Legends RPG, Is Coming in Early 2021
It's a single-player adventure from the makers of Battle Chasers: Nightwar.
Crunch is a Flat Circle at CD Projekt Red
THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS | Cyberpunk 2077 developer stays true to form.
CD Projekt Red Joint CEO Apologizes For Describing Crunch as "Not That Bad"
One CD Projekt Red head has reportedly apologized to its employees for comments made on crunch.
Todd Howard Says He "Grossly Underestimated" the Wider Impact of Bethesda's Acquisition
To Howard, going to Xbox was a natural next step, not a seismic shift in the games industry.
More Final Fantasy 16 Details Revealed, Including the World and Its Leads
Everyone's fighting over the Mothercrystals.
AMD's New 6000 Series Graphics Cards Are Putting Pressure on Nvidia
It looked like Nvidia was pulling far ahead with GPUs. Now, it might be neck-and-neck.
Romantic RPG Haven Will Launch This December
Set a date for this couple's journey into the unknown.
Bravely Default 2 Has Been Delayed to 2021
The next Default will take a little longer.
Baldur's Gate 3's Most Romanced Companion in Early Access Is, Somehow, Gale
A stunning upset for the Shadowheart crowd.
Trails of Cold Steel 4 Is Out Today, But Don't Start Your Journey With It
The Trails of Cold Steel series is one huge saga, not necessarily four separate stories.
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Delayed Again to December
CD Projekt Red is pushing the date on Cyberpunk back yet again.
The Top 25 PlayStation 2 Games of All Time
Celebrating 20 years with 25 of the PS2's best games.
Axe of the Blood God: The Xbox One's Difficult Generation
Kat and Nadia assess the Xbox One's RPG legacy while sharing their thoughts on Pokemon's Crown Tundra DLC.
What Classic Japanese Game Do You Still Want to Get an Official English Localization?
Many have come over, yet some remain overseas.
Crown Tundra's Dynamax Adventures Is Teaching Me to Love Loser Pokemon
You're guaranteed to make new Poke-friends in Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra DLC. (Still, stay away from Stunfisk.)
Fire Emblem's Limited Time Launch Is Part of a Worrying Trend For Nintendo
After the success of 3D All-Stars, this new trend is starting to feel uneasy.
The First Fire Emblem Is Coming to Nintendo Switch This December
Shadow Dragon, in its original form, but only for a limited time.
The Outer Worlds Just Got Much-Needed Optimizations and Visual Upgrades on Switch
It might not be a total overhaul, but it's a spit-shine at the very least.
Pokemon Sword and Shield is Getting the Hang of DLC Based on Early Crown Tundra Impressions
So long "complete" editions of Pokemon games, you will not be missed.
Darkest Dungeon 2 Heads Into Early Access Next Year
Looks like 2021 will also hold plenty of horrors.
Baldur's Gate 3 Players Keep Finding New, Inventive Uses For Gravity
Pushing the limits of Baldur's Gate 3's physics never gets old.
Bloodlines 2 Senior Narrative Designer Has Left the Project, Paradox Confirms
Cara Ellison has left the project and the studio behind it.
Fallout: New Vegas Is 10 Years Old Today, and It's Looking Great in This Fallout 4 Mod
The Mojave has never looked better. Well, besides before the war.
Axe of the Blood God: A Closer Look at Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Plus, we let our imaginations run wild in this week's episode of the RPG podcast.
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