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@EurogamerAI score2222 PolygonAI score2222 Ace Combat 8 Secretly Has the Best Video Game Music of the Year
PC GamerAI score3232 Forget what PC Gamer said: The Witcher 3 will always be my 2015 GOTY
GameSpotAI score2222 Steam Frame Is VR Gaming’s Swan Song Moment
PolygonAI score4040 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Doesn't Have to Be a Slog
@HLTVorgAI score2222 Aurora get off to a strong start in Katowice, beating 9z 2-0 💪
PC GamerAI score2020 Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down
Fallen London's monthly subscriber-only Exceptional Stories are largely written by freelance contributors, including writers who worked on Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored, Stellaris, Destiny and Borderlands 4. These self-contained monthly tales let each author tell a complete story, so their individual voices come through more clearly than in larger AAA productions.
PC GamerAI score2222 2026 is the year big brands have finally pushed gaming mouse technology forwards
Rock Paper ShotgunAI score1717 The Other One: Jordan Magnuson's Game Poem jam is a fascinating collection of chimeras
机核AI score1212 秋促仅需8.4元的《火线迈阿密》,凭什么让人死到红温还舍不得关游戏?
EurogamerAI score5858 Gears of War: E-Day devs on their gore investment, saying fans were getting desensitised to the violence
Eurogamer interviewed The Coalition art director Aryan Hanbeck, brand director Nicole Fawcett, and creative director Matt Searcy about Gears of War: E-Day's investment in gore. Hanbeck said the team felt fans were getting desensitised to the series' violence, so they aimed to make every kill feel more real, down to headshot audio, blood spray height, lingering mist, and body reactions. Searcy said gore was a huge investment and that each encounter was designed like a coiled spring. E-Day's first Season began with Early Access yesterday and runs eight weeks to 1st December, ranked PvP arrives 13th October, and general release is 6th October.
机核AI score1818 The Best Fire Emblem and the Worst Wolverine & New A Plague Tale & War Dog【Game Diary】| Master of Distraction 227
Episode 227 of Master of Distraction shares hands-on impressions of four recent games: A Plague Tale: Resonance, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, War Dog, and Marvel's Wolverine. The hosts say the lineup includes both the best in a series and the "worst" of a "series," with the episode recorded on the evening of October 1.
KotakuAI score6262 GTA 6 Has a Busy Week With New Screenshots, a Brooklyn Mural, and a Miami Heat Tie-In
With the November launch about a month away, GTA 6 packed a week with marketing moves. Love Magazine shared new screenshots and quotes from two writers, a Jason and Lucia mural appeared in Brooklyn, Rockstar partnered with the Miami Heat for a Vice City night on November 18, and the Game Informer cover story mentioned over 150 animal species, hurricanes and tropical storms, and legendary creatures to find.
Game InformerAI score5252 End of Abyss Review: A Samus-Inspired Survival Horror Success
End of Abyss is a twin-stick survival horror game that blends Metroid-style exploration with tense combat, casting players as a technician entering an abandoned facility with soldiers and their captain. The review praises its winding map, scanner, and large-scale level design, but notes that boss fights drain ammo and grenades quickly, forcing resource grinding. The author also hit bugs including getting stuck in walls, invisible walls, falling out of bounds, map markers showing wrong states, and doors that would not open until a reload, though frequent saves limited the lost progress and several patches have already addressed some issues.
KotakuAI score6262 Final Fantasy Resonance's combat was an 'experiment' combining FF5's job system with FF6's unique characters
Final Fantasy Resonance's producer told Kotaku the battle system began with the idea of combining Final Fantasy 5's job system with the unique traits of Final Fantasy 6's characters, and that the team reexamined the stagger system. The game adapts the mobile title Brave Exvius, is co-developed by Square Enix's Team Asano in the HD-2D style, and launches on October 22. The team at one point considered cutting the series characters before keeping them as the equippable Visions summon system, spanning characters from the first game through Final Fantasy XVI.
IGNAI score3838 4 Things to Focus on Outside Combat in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave puts heavy emphasis on out-of-combat activities, with shared meals at the inn raising support points for three characters at a time and weekly arena training that boosts weapon, magic, or movement proficiency. Renown is central to the game's loop and can be earned through subquests, paralogues, and temple visits, with paralogues rewarding 20,000 gold and unlocking recruits but having strict, unannounced deadlines. Each of the four protagonists also has a unique Renown source, such as Cai's kindness quests and Theodora's resource requests.
GameSpotAI score6262 GTA 6 Turns the Ridiculous World We Live In Up to 11
Rockstar Games' GTA 6 aims to reflect and amplify today's world with an over-the-top experience, with senior VP of narrative Rupert Humphries calling it a pressure cooker for all kinds of insanity. The game also changes the franchise formula, as escaping trouble is no longer as simple as hiding in an alley until your wanted level drops, with smarter and more persistent police. It launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
PC GamerAI score5050 Let's Build a Dungeon Sim Is So Deep Your In-Game Game Can Get Cyberleeked
Springloaded's upcoming sim Let's Build a Dungeon, arriving in early access in February, lets you run a game studio and design your own game. It simulates Steam's backend and SteamSpy-like sites with around 700 fictional games, and includes events like a hacker blackmailing you over a leak. A demo is available now.
GG.dealsAI score2222 Star Wars: Galactic Racer reviews are in, teasing arcade rush at lightspeed
GameSpotAI score1212 God of War Ragnarok Hits Its Lowest Price Yet on PC
God of War Ragnarok is now cheaper than ever on PC, and GameSpot says it's worth picking up at that price. The game continues Kratos and Atreus's Norse story and includes the post-launch roguelite mode Valhalla, which has its own story plus per-run upgrades and attributes. No specific discount price is given.
KotakuAI score6262 8 Things Final Fantasy VII Revelation Is Changing From The Original On PS1
Kotaku rounds up eight changes Final Fantasy VII Revelation makes from the 1997 PS1 original. The game will offer a true open world, though weather events and closed airspaces gate some areas, and Vincent and Yuffie's stories are folded into the main narrative with Vincent's Galian Beast transformation becoming part of his regular combat kit. Director Naoki Hamaguchi said Master materia will not appear because it would break the game, while Knights of the Round may become the game's superboss with its own storyline similar to the Gilgamesh questline in Rebirth.
IGNAI score3838 8 Big October Games We've Already Played: Phantom Blade Zero, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, and More
IGN has already played eight of October's biggest releases and published previews, including Phantom Blade Zero (October 29), Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (October 15), Final Fantasy Resonance (October 22), Warhammer 40K: Boltgun 2 (October 14), Emberville (October 27), Planet Zoo 2 (October 13), Nintendo Switch Sports Resort (October 22), and Stupid Never Dies (October 22). Phantom Blade Zero offers three difficulty options but stays hard even on default, while Final Fantasy Resonance is described as the most impressive use of HD-2D the writer has seen.
@stephentotiloAI score2222 REVIEW: Star Wars Galactic Racer is a frontrunner in my house for best family game of the year
KotakuAI score4242 My Patience With Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Is Wearing Dangerously Thin
After two weeks and thirty hours with Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the story and characters are the only things keeping me playing. Character progression and EXP grinding in part one feel tedious, while map exploration costs time segments and training is limited to once a week in the main city. Renown gates block map areas, and gathering supplies is the best way to earn renown in part one.