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If you’re tired of Fortnite for your PvP action, then the spell slinging and magical world of Spellbreak might be your new best friend. See if this free-to-play combat-oriented MMO can cast its spell over you too!

When it was originally released in 2005, Destroy All Humans featured lots of fun and unique elements that have since been copied by many other titles. But if you want to see how the original did it, check out the fully remastered Destroy All Humans for some crude humor and comical alien invasions.

We thought that the Bobiverse books were done after the completion of the excellent third one. But author Dennis E. Taylor surprises us with Heaven’s River, a title that continues this excellent sci-fi saga.

Challenging players to rush through strikingly colorful levels as quickly and accurately as possible is the key to happiness in Post Void. It’s not a shooter for everyone, but it’s a lot of fun in short bursts, if your heart can take it.

Seeped in the Legend of King Arthur and dripping with atmosphere, Pendragon challenges players to rally to their king’s side in a unique title that balances story progression with turn-based combat. It’s time to get medieval on your enemies.

There has never been a more realistic starfighter combat game as Star Wars Squadrons. You can even play in virtual reality which is s truly amazing experience. The game is heavily tilted in favor of multiplayer interactions, though the single player part still offers a decent ride.

GIN reviews a microphone from TONOR that offers great quality for podcasters on a budget. Our reviewer tested this one out for a few weeks with everything from podcasting to streaming games with friends, and it always offered crystal clear audio, which is a shock given the low cost.

Hard day at work? Want to get away from the craziness of the pandemic, or the election, or just real life for a while? Give Hadr a try for some peaceful and almost aimless gameplay designed for maximum relaxation.

Presented as a highly detailed and thrilling text adventure game, Vampire the Masquerade Night Road puts you into a unique role in vampire society, that of an elite courier driving your elder’s secrets throughout the Southwest’s mysterious and deadly nights.

Connection Haunted is a game with a pretty amazing premise. It’s a simulation of a haunted massively multiplayer online game. Unfortunately, on the Switch were we reviewed it, our reviewer found that Connection Haunted has quite a few real ghosts to contend with.

Just in time for Halloween, Maid of Sker offers one of the scariest experiences of the season. Set in a gorgeous world, Wales Interactive’s latest offering is full of deep exploration, light puzzle solving, a thoughtful mystery and everything else we expect from a quality horror title.

Following up on the excellent Coteries graphic novel game, developer draw distance presents us with Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York, with a more intimate story highlighting one woman’s fall into the World of Darkness.

The Skirmisher rages against single player games that force their players to always be online and actively connected in order to play, which is an especially boneheaded move for a mobile platform like the Nintendo Switch.

The Discovery emerges from the wormhole only to crash into an unnamed planet, and really, it only goes downhill from there. Saru and Tilly land in the Wild West. Stamets has to cooperate with Jet Reno. Hugh Culber has to patch everyone back together, and Nhan has to wrangle Commander Georgiou. This week: “Far From Home.”

With most in-person events cancelled or becoming virtual, it’s no wonder that role-players are also taking advantage of online platforms to get together and conquer their high fantasy, sci-fi or more traditional Dungeons and Dragons-like worlds. We checked out the Roll20 platform over the past few months, and loved what we found.

The Save State takes a deep look at the Call of Duty Cold War beta and goes back to play a beloved entry in the Star Ocean series.

The long and winding saga of the stolen, exploited, escaped, traded, abused, annoying, abusing and very long winded Raymond cats from Animal Crossing has finally come to a close. Wave goodbye to the Raymond Army…for now.

This week Chella and Drew recount their favourite experiences from this year’s AdventureX.

TGS Esports has teamed up with Chicago Gaming United to produce an epic NBA2K tournament for Chicagoland high school students, with the winner of each division receiving educational scholarships.