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With an open world format that seamlessly blends role-playing, adventure and action, Star Wars Outlaws is one of the best Star Wars titles ever made, an instant classic that will have gamers celebrating both its story and substance for years to come.

As with their other Call of Duty titles in the past, Activision gave players a first look at their Black Ops 6 beta over two wild weekends of combat. Find out what developers Treyarch and Raven have in store for multiplayer matchups.

Builder Simulator constructed a strong foundation of players on Steam and the PC. Now, this hardcore sim moves to the Nintendo Switch, where this level of simulation complexity is as rare as dream homes.

Although the concept of Squirrel With a Gun is blatantly silly, the core platforming and shooting that it offers is extremely solid with a world that is surprisingly deep. It’s also a lot of fun to play and downright hilarious at times.

While the changes found in the Dungeons and Dragons 2024 Player’s Handbook are not significant enough to consider it a new edition, they should really streamline things for most Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons players when it releases in mid-September.

Bullet heaven shooters like Vampire Survivors have lately emerged to define the genre, but there is a lot of innovation happening with other indie developers too, like what you will find in the colorful and fast-paced Artifact Seeker: Resurrection.

The Operator is an adventure title where players are a newly hired support agent for a government agency who is investigating clues, running facial recognition and connecting the dots to try and link some really complex cases, all from behind the keyboard of a souped-up agency workstation.

This week Modern Gamer columnist Marie Brownhill reviews Fishing Break for the Nintendo Switch. Instead of a slow and detailed simulation, this mobile port is all about fun and offers players arcade fishing in 22 locations in eight worlds.

Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune is a Metroidvania with an RPG progression system and has some interesting mechanics and fun inner-party dynamics that help set it apart from the many similar titles piling up for PC and console gamers these days.

When Crime Boss: Rockay City first released on consoles and the Epic Games Store, it was a competent heist-based shooter but came with a lot of problems. Now, it’s shooting to Steam loaded with patches, bug fixes and new single-player campaigns.

Set in World War I during the infamous Battle of Verdun, Conscript tells the story of an ordinary soldier caught up in the horror, madness and chaos of the darkest days of the conflict. It’s a fresh take on survival horror that those who like the genre will probably enjoy.

Crown Wars: The Black Prince is a turn-based strategy title set during the Hundred Years’ War, but with a dash of the occult thrown in for good measure. And while it does a lot right, severe balancing issues will prevent most players from really enjoying the fight.

The gradual pace of improvements for Manor Lords mirrors the bucolic lifestyle of the title’s peasants. But that is okay with Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich, who sees great value in Manor Lords with its passionate developer Slavic Magic.

Video Game Tuesday is a column by Michael Blaker covering topics in the industry. This week he covers the difference between a visual novel and a full video game.

There were lots of great panels at Blerdcon 2024 this year, including one about how to become a professional voice over artist hosted by Sabrina Mapp.

Save State’s Vincent Mahoney is on an anti-gravity racing kick this month. After going old-school with F-Zero GX in his last column, he zooms toward the checkered flag with the modern futuristic racer Aero GPX.

Porkrine tries to call Gary again.

In Star Trek: Prodigy’s second season’s thirteenth and fourteenth episodes, Rok Tahk has to cope with some major imposter syndrome while Jankom has to deal with the whale being evil in the Mirror Universe, and the Trekker’s Delight crew has thoughts about it.

The 2024 IMSA Esports Global Championship is set to begin in November, and for the first time the contest will feature a public qualifying round.