For all its joys, gaming can be really hard. Take massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), a popular genre whose many overlapping systems often require a constant stream of information being blasted at the player. Unlike, say, first-person shooters like Call of Duty, MMOs aren’t about twitch-based gameplay or fast …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. With the success of the Nintendo Switch OLED and Valve Steam Deck OLED, handheld gaming consoles are more having a moment. And after the popularity of last year’s …
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Back when it launched in February, I was sure Helldivers 2, Sony’s first big punt at a multiplayer live-service game, was doomed. Little interest ahead of its release, and the lack of marketing from Sony made it seem like it was set to be a pretty mediocre experience that PlayStation …
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THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for ‘Hades’ and ‘Hades II.’ Over the last few weeks, the gaming community has been in a frenzy about Hades II. As the game trends across social media, setting Tumblr and Reddit alight with fan art and endless theorization, the conversation has become, “Should you play …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. At a Glance:The Best Story Games EDITOR’S PICK: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom BEST FANTASY GAME: Baldur’s Gate 3 BEST ADVENTURE: Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves …
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This week, the year’s biggest video game adaptation arrives with Prime Video’s Fallout. From executive producer and director Jonathan Nolan (Westworld, The Dark Knight trilogy), and showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner, the series is among the most ambitious translations of a game to television. It’s pretty good, too. With …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. At a Glance:The Best PC Games EDITOR’S PICK: Baldur’s Gate 3 BEST FIGHTING: Street Fighter 6 BEST STRATEGY: Against The Storm BEST ADVENTURE: Slay The Princess BEST NARRATIVE: …
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Released in 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the original Dragon’s Dogma was an action roleplaying game tailored to a very specific audience. Brutally difficult, the gameplay centered on open-world exploration with a survivalist touch, wherein players and their NPC (non-player character) companions must trek through a “persistent” …
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Imagine a perfect party game—simple enough for anyone to pick up, yet balanced wisely to make everyone feel empowered. Chaotic to look at, but once in-hand it locks players into a trance of control. It’s the type of game that grows deeper and more intense every round as the stakes …
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It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Xbox has been having a rough couple of years. Trailing behind its competitors Sony and Nintendo, in both sales and cultural cachet, the brand that once dominated the console shooter space with the Halo and Gears of War series has struggled to find its footing …
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