Tag: Action

This ‘overwhelmingly positive’ Steam Next Fest autobattler demo feels like someone bolted a Path of Exile-style map onto Halls of Torment, and I fear for my future productivity

This ‘overwhelmingly positive’ Steam…

The autobattler’s been getting chimeric since Vampire Survivors released and plunged global productivity down the toilet. VS was a…
One of Monster Hunter Wilds’ most pleasant surprises is just how much my Hunter yaps

One of Monster Hunter…

For a game mostly about bashing monster skulls and making cool armor out of them, Monster Hunter Wilds also…
I thought Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii would burn me out on the Like a Dragon series, but now I know that’s never going to happen

I thought Pirate Yakuza…

When I look at the trajectory of the Yakuza series over the last decade I feel dizzy. Yakuza 0…
Monster Hunter Wilds’ new cooking system is a win for balance, but there’s a Meowscular Chef-shaped hole in my heart

Monster Hunter Wilds’ new…

The opening hours of Monster Hunter Wilds are a shotgun blast of new information for returning hunters. Before I…
Grand Theft Auto 6 ‘launch marketing’ will begin this summer as the November release date remains on track

Grand Theft Auto 6…

I thought perhaps Grand Theft Auto 6 might be delayed in today’s Take-Two Interactive financial report (and I was…
Monster Hunter Wilds release times and preloading

Monster Hunter Wilds release…

It feels like a long wait between the announcement of Monster Hunter Wilds and its release, but at long…
Mecha Break could be the big multiplayer mech game you’ve been waiting for—if you can stomach the monetization

Mecha Break could be…

The free-to-play monetization is already rankling eager mech pilots, but the actual combat in Mecha Break should have Pacific…
Sea of Thieves in space? Not quite, but Jump Ship replicates a lot of the things that make Rare’s pirate sandbox so fun

Sea of Thieves in…

My favorite co-op game of the past decade is Sea of Thieves: I love sailing a galleon into dangerous…
Bad news for portable Monster Hunter Wilds hopefuls: the Steam Deck can’t manage 30 fps, even in maximum potato mode

Bad news for portable…

You might’ve seen it coming from our testing with Monster Hunter Wilds’ benchmark, but the modest hardware of Valve’s…
Dauntless, the monster hunting game we had before Monster Hunter came to PC, will shut down in May

Dauntless, the monster hunting…

Dauntless, the monster hunting game that made such a splash when it launched five years ago, is coming to…