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Comparisons between Humankind and the Civilization series are unavoidable. But while both games share a lot of similar traits, Humankind really strives to do something different and unique. For the most part, it succeeds.

The Director’s Cut for Ghost of Tsushima takes an already impressive game and somehow makes it even better. This is one of the best-looking and most fun games for next generation consoles that you can play right now.

If you’re a fan of storytelling or of Lovecraftian horror, give Transient: Extended Edition a pretty hard look. While short, the game offers a deep, rich story, a few scares, and surprisingly well-thought-out graphics in a cleverly designed world.

GTA Online is a lot of great things, but has never been very strong when it comes to single player content. That all changes with The Contract, a series of amazing missions that feature Franklin Clinton from GTA V and music royalty Dr. Dre.

Closely following the plot of the exciting video game, The Division: Recruited book follows new agent Maira as she tries to make a real difference in the world, and save The Division from a plethora of enemies.

Vegas Tales is an interesting new FMV game where you are hired to interview four sets of people to see who most deserves to inherit a Las Vegas resort when its owner passes away. Featuring light investigation and heavy interviewing, Vegas Tales provides a unique take on interactive movies.

Noble Fates on the surface is a medieval kingdom builder, and it checks all those boxes nicely. But it also has a deeper level as residents of your kingdom compete for leadership and fight for survival as god-like players try to conquer the mortal realm.

Call of Duty Vanguard is one of the most polished shooters to come out in years, with many improvements to both the single player campaign and multiplayer action that fans have been wanting. Vanguard puts Call of Duty back on top. It’s number one with a bullet.

Dysmantle is a unique title that combines zombie-killing, apocalyptic survival, crafting, an open world, cooking, and role-playing into a fun game that rewards players who love exploring every nook and cranny across a huge and sprawling map.

Tandem: A Tale of Shadows is a puzzle game that allows you to play as two different characters more-or-less simultaneously, but each character has an entirely different perspective, meaning that you as the player get to explore your environment with both of them.

Bloodshore is an action-packed, interactive movie that actually mirrors a battle royal type tournament from the video game world, but with live actors who you actually might care about when they get shot, blown up or otherwise killed in this exciting FMV game.

Those looking for a great new role-playing game to play with friends will love Haunted West. The fact that this excellent RPG and system comes along with 800 pages of historical context is just an incredible bit of icing on this delicious cake.

This week Neal looks over the past, present, and future and how Tom Clancy games have improved or declined since 1998. This includes looking at titles such as Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, and even the upcoming XDefiant.

A tachyon storm throws the Protostar’s proto drive into breach but with a twist: each member of the crew is moving in a different timeline that runs at its own speed. Meanwhile, the Diviner has extended his reach, so the Protostar crew must work together to defeat the Diviner and keep the Protostar from exploding.

Gameindustry.com is reviewing the table-top Dune RPG using the Roll20 game system, and playing along with anyone who wants to join us! The first week went well as we got characters ready to put boots on the ground of Arrakis. This is our first report, and there is still time to join us if you want.

CrossCode has a long history of awards that is especially impressive for an indie title. But that did not keep it from sitting on Vince’s backlist, until now. And he’s really glad he finally unwrapped this grand gift to gamers.

The Book of Boba Fett show has been introducing many classic Star Wars characters, some of which have only ever been seen before in comic books. But Porkrine has a special request for the producers.

This week the guys interview Bill Kara of Addicting Games to discuss the rise of casual gaming over the years. Tune in to hear a discussion of the past, present and future of the casual games market.

he 2022 season of the Brawlhalla eSports championship kicks off with an online Winter Championship and concludes with the largest fighting game tournament prize pool ever.