Issue #197
NEWS Link to heading
Football Manager 2023 and more are yours to claim from Prime Gaming in September
Valve stamps out Dota 2 smurfs and threatens main account bans
Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA takes steps towards authorising strike of video game performers
Final Fantasy 16’s PC port is finally in development
The Last of Us season 2 is “ready to go” as soon as the strikes end
Shawn Layden issues warning about non-endemics breaking into games
China’s gaming restrictions are an ‘ineffective policy’ that hasn’t cut playtime
Baldur’s Gate 3 director says Larian is already working on a new game
Alone In the Dark reboot delayed to avoid October games rush
Starfield isn’t the only interesting game coming to Game Pass this month
Stray Animated Movie in the Works
Diablo 4 Expansions Will Be Annual Releases, Blizzard Confirms
‘No plans’ for Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom DLC says Nintendo
Sources: Nintendo showed Switch 2 demos at Gamescom
REVIEWS Link to heading
FEATURES Link to heading
Starfield review controversy traces game journalism’s orbital decay | This Week in Business
Defiant STALKER 2 Developers Say War in Ukraine, Russian Hackers, and Death Threats Won’t Break Them
Ghostrunner 2: The First Hands-On Preview
How Devolver Digital is taking games seriously — and not so seriously | Graeme Struthers interview
The story of Exile, one of the greatest sci-fi games of the 1980s
Why Aren’t There More Space RPGs Like Starfield?
Starfield’s New Atlantis is an Epcot-core vision of a bygone future
CS2 ranks and rating system explained
How Starfield Could Become A Much Better Game Through Mods
Baldur’s Gate 3 has ruined Starfield for me
DISCUSSIONS Link to heading
What’s a game you want to play but has a steep learning curve which puts you off
Just because you don’t like a game doesn’t make it bad.
VIDEOS Link to heading
Almost 15 Minutes of Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Alan Wake 2: 11 Minutes of New Gameplay - IGN First
Mortal Kombat 1 | Official Megan Fox Becomes Nitara Trailer
FUNNY Link to heading
What game is the blue game for you?