Latest articles by Robin Valentine
I grabbed this badass flaming sword in the first 4 hours of Avowed and haven't put it down since
HOT TIP Last Light of Day is a weapon you can count on.
This tabletop RPG has one of the cleverest ways of teaching you the rules I've ever seen—and it's inspired by a D&D set from over 40 years ago
MIST ASSIST Legend in the Mist's latest preview shows off its lavish tutorial.
Do goblin dice math, slap your D&D players with severed troll limbs, and take revenge on Shakespeare in this year's wonderfully weird ZineQuest RPG kickstarters
NEWS Small projects, big ideas.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 review: Toothless writing, old-fashioned open world design, and a shaky PC port—but at least the swinging still feels great
SUPERFLUOUS A flawed port of a flawed sequel.
Jedi Power Battles is old-fashioned, weird, and frustrating—but God, I wish they still made Star Wars games like this
PLO'S BROS Good to see you again, Plo Koon.
That Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles roguelike I refuse to stop going on about is adding Casey Jones as a playable character and a junkyard full of frogs to goongala your way through
NEWS TMNT: Splintered Fate's first DLC arrives February 5th.
This fascinating Lovecraftian RPG has me determined to build an army of ghoul-slaying cats—and no I haven't been driven mad by forbidden knowledge, why do you ask?
SLEEPWALKING Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a monochrome nightmare.
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Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.
Death Howl is an impossible and brilliant blend of soulslike, turn-based strategy, and deckbuilding, and you can try it for free now
PRIMAL SCREAM A brutal journey through a prehistoric spirit realm.
Reddit users are officially as sick of Elon Musk as I am, with a number of popular subreddits completely banning all links to X
NEWS The site is being blacklisted en masse in the wake of Musk's latest controversy.
Diablo 4 meets Vampire Survivors in this clever roguelike that makes every round its own epic viking adventure
THOR SCORE Embrace the power of the Norse gods in Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.
The run up to the US TikTok ban got as messy, emotional, and weird as the final days of an MMO—and now everyone's back and no one can look each other in the eye
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Tears shed, grievances aired, secrets spilled, and most importantly, plenty of content generated.
A not-so-subtle tease suggests Games Workshop is finally bringing Total War: Warhammer 3's Grand Cathay army to the tabletop wargame
NEWS Big news for fans of very long, thin dragons.
Ever wanted to become a published Warhammer author? Now's your chance—and you only need to write 500 words
NEWS Black Library's Open Submission 2025 is here.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 made millions for Games Workshop, and now it wants more hit videogames: "Clearly we are looking for the next one"
NEWS "We intend to ensure Warhammer’s place as one of the top fantasy IPs globally," says the company's half-yearly report.
This depraved roguelike will turn you into a desperate sociopath… uh, in a fun way
Sins and sensibility Sultan's Game is a dark and fascinating spiral into sin. With cards!
This bizarre roguelike has a new take on the Vampire Survivors formula: letting you build your own custom weapons out of brains, eyeballs, and chimpanzee spines
BRAIN POWER Bio Prototype invites you to program your own body into a killing machine.
These are the 14 biggest upcoming RPGs of 2025—get ready for another amazing year for the genre
NEW YEAR'S CLEAVE 12 more months of to-hit rolls.
6 games that could be bigger hits than you're expecting in 2025
sleeper hits We were hyped for Helldivers 2 before it became a bestseller, now here are our predictions for 2025's sleeper hits.
If 2024 proves anything, it's that mainstream success hasn't made PC gaming any less weird—and thank God for that
get weird The consoleification of the hobby ain't happening any time soon.
This finely-honed samurai strategy game deserves a place in the roguelike hall of fame this year just as much as Balatro
🏆 Seriously slick samurai strategy in Shogun Showdown.
