Category: Guides

Arknights: Endfield is very Hideo Kojima-coded, and I’m digging it

Arknights: Endfield spins off from Hypergryph’s highly loved tower defense hit, shifting the vibe to something darker. With a world raptured by natural disasters and enemies beyond mortal comprehension, the game’s sense of scale is immediately tangible. I’m in a dystopian world that threatens to burst out of the limits of the monitors across the…

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I played an hour of Honor of Kings: World, but that much time feels cruel

Honor of Kings is a mobile powerhouse, cementing itself as the highest-grossing mobile game across the world last year. Beneath the billion-dollar successes, Honor of Kings: World is gaining momentum. Timi Studio Group gave me an hour of hands-on time with the new MOBA title at Gamescom. It sounds like an ample amount of time…

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Goddess of Victory: Nikke welcomes this iconic Resident Evil heroine

During the Future Games Show presentation at Gamescom this year, Goddess of Victory: Nikke revealed an official crossover with Capcom’s Resident Evil. While the teaser trailer was short, it’s got us amped up for this unusual collaboration. After teasing the collaboration as a whole during “Into The Infinite,” Goddess of Victory: Nikke revealed that Resident Evil’s Jill Valentine is…

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Metronomik talk all things No Straight Roads 2 ahead of rhythm game release

As Gamescom kicks off in Cologne, Germany, we got to sit down with Wan Hazmer, co-founder of Metronomik, and talk about the upcoming sequel to No Straight Roads. The second game aims to continue the rock-and-roll rhythms by taking the music adventure to new heights and new locales. Read on to find out about the…

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Sign up for Rust Mobile’s closed beta test before it’s too late

After launching a closed alpha in February of this year, Rust Mobile’s accounts are active once more, announcing the game’s first closed beta. Gamescom attendees are the first to gett their hands on the mobile reimagining of Facepunch’s survival game, but if you’re not in Cologne this week, you won’t need to wait too much…

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I tested the ROG Xbox Ally at Gamescom and had some surprising thoughts

I’m at Gamescom right now, previewing new Switch games and getting up close and personal with exciting hardware, namely the ROG Xbox Ally. Asus’ brand-new handheld PC is an odd concept for me, as the current ROG Ally Z1e and ROG Ally X are still quite young. What attracts me to the Xbox Ally is…

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Puzzle game Is This Seat Taken? saved me from endless doomscrolling

Steam’s tri-annual Next Fest celebrations are some of my favorite times of year because I get to discover so many new indie games via their demos. One such game was Is This Seat Taken?, a charming, indie puzzler based on solving everyday problems and finding the perfect seat for each anthropomorphic shape. Since the Steam…

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The Infinity Nikki x Stardew Valley collab could be the game’s redemption

Stop the presses – there’s an Infinity Nikki x Stardew Valley collaboration happening and we can’t quite get our heads around it. Will this draw us back to play the fashion-focused gacha game after a tumultuous 2025? The news dropped randomly on August 20, with a trailer on the Infinity Nikki YouTube Channel, and social…

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Android could win the battle against the iPhone 17 with the OnePlus 15’s display

The latter half of the year usually brings the latest phones from several manufacturers, such as Apple, Samsung, Oppo, and more. But OnePlus looks set to blow past much of the competition around the same time with its upcoming flagship. Despite releasing its latest flagship, the OnePlus 13, earlier this year, the Chinese maker is…

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You’ll need 100 Pokémon Go friends to beat this legendary

As part of Pokémon Go Fest: Max Finale, the free mobile game is adding 100-player lobbies to Gigantamax raids. The more people take part in a lobby, the higher your chance of success in the raid, so get your planners out and start recruiting all of your Pokémon Go friends. Gigantamax Pokémon, first seen in…

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