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Game of Thrones: Kingsroad Review

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When George R.R. Martin crafted the world of Westeros back in the 90s, he probably didn’t think his words would go on to spawn graphic novels, TV shows, action figures, video games, and more. Moreover, I doubt the author expected his works to be adapted into a mobile-friendly action-RPG built to prioritize predatory microtransactions over the rich lore he’d spent decades perfecting. Yet in 2025, we have Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, a visually striking open-world exploration game that looks compelling in motion, but hones in more on menus and currency than fantasy adventure. And, as you push deeper into its sizable campaign to uncover a plethora of in-game currencies and progress-halting hurdles, the neo-medieval jaunt starts to feel more like a lesson in asset management than a thoughtful RPG. Kingsroad takes place during season four of the HBO TV series , putting you in the fur-lined boots of a northern-born bastard of House Tyre. With your father sickly and your inheritance caught ...
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Maxroll's Elden Ring Nightreign Guides and Database

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Elden Ring Nightreign is upon us! Time to choose your Nightfarer and set out into Limveld in hopes of defeating the Nightlord before you’re lost to the rains. We’ve teamed up with Maxroll to bring you a variety of guides to help you get started, introduce you to each of the Nightfarers and help you navigate the dangers of Limveld. Getting Started in Nightreign Maxroll’s Nightreign beginner's guide goes over everything you need to get started: an introduction to each of the 8 playable characters, an explanation of the game's central hub, nagivating Limveld, the basics of combat, and how to handle the Nightlords, before wrapping everything up with a bit of information on Nightreign's metaprogression systems. For more help starting your adventures in Limveld, see IGN's Essential Nightreign Tips and Tricks and Things Elden Ring Nightreign Doesn't Tell You ! Maxroll Nightreign Character Guides Learn more about each of the game’s Nightfarers, how their skills w...
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Atomic Heart Celebrates 10 Million Players And Confirms One More DLC Is In the Works

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Atomic Heart has hit 10 million players, two years after its 2023 release. While this represents players, not sales, it is nonetheless an impressive achievement. Playable on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms, Atomic Heart developer Mundfish said it "took the world by surprise as a breakout AAA debut from an unknown studio," setting "a new bar for visual and cinematic quality in FPS games." It also earned over 60 best of the year accolades and subsequently released three story-driven DLCs, with one more "in the works." Atomic Heart released in February 2023. It's a first-person adventure shooter set in an alternative universe "during the high noon of the Soviet Union." We thought it was great, awarding it an 8 in our review , writing: "Atomic Heart is a highly imaginative, atompunk-inspired attempt at picking up where the likes of BioShock left off that makes missteps but definitely has the ticker to punch well above its weight....
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Elden Ring Nightreign’s Massive Steam Launch Tarnished by 'Mixed' User Reviews Over Lack of Duos Co-Op, Voice Chat

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Elden Ring Nightreign has enjoyed a massive launch on Steam, but the excitement was tarnished by a ‘mixed’ user review rating. FromSoftware’s co-op spin-off saw an incredible 313,593 peak concurrent users on Steam overnight, enough to make Elden Ring Nightreign one of the most-played games on Valve’s platform. But it also came with a number of negative reviews (67% of the reviews are positive so far), most of which point out Elden Ring Nightreign’s lack of duos, or two-player co-op, and voice chat. Elden Ring Nightreign drops players into the shifting lands of Limveld, exploring and fighting for survival either solo or in groups of three. There is no way to play two-player co-op. As explained in IGN's Elden Ring Nightreign review : "Let’s get the most important caveat out of the way first: if you are hoping to tackle Nightreign entirely solo, and are anything less than a hardcore Elden Ring player that actively seeks out ways to make that already difficult game even m...
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Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Review

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Seemingly born of a drunken night between Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda , Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is the latest take on blending easygoing life simulation and deep dungeon-delving. With its dangerously bingeable RPG mechanics and seemingly endless supply of charm, this cozy adventure stole plenty of my own time almost without me even noticing. The characters and story are both wonderfully goofy and much more substantial than I’m used to seeing in this genre, the process of leveling up your various individual jobs is really easy to get lost in, and it absolutely nails the balance between slice-of-life cozy activities, village building, and its more action-packed tasks, so I never found myself bored by any of them. After more than 50 hours chopping trees and slaying bosses, this has quickly become one of my favorite games of the year. Fantasy Life i starts out as a pretty straightforward life sim: You’re introduced to the Life system in the first few hours,...
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Capcom Removes Games for Windows Live From 2010's Lost Planet 2, Making Online Co-Op Impossible

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Capcom has quietly updated Lost Planet 2 to remove Games for Windows Live (GFWL), essentially eliminating online functionality and previous save data. It's come as quite a shock to Lost Planet fans on the subreddit , not least because Lost Planet 2 is a multiplayer game. As we wrote in our 2010 review : "At its core it's a potentially great action game and it's very good-looking, but it explains itself so incredibly poorly and has such an awkward structure and poor checkpointing that a lot of the fun is ruined by interminable frustration — not to mention the fact that it's basically unplayable as a single-player game. It has a few genuine standout moments, especially on the rare occasions that everything works in co-op, but they don't balance out the faults." While losing save data is bad enough, it's that bit at the end — "it's basically unplayable as a single-player game" — that's particularly interesting here, as without GFWL,...
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Dune: Awakening's Mid-to-Endgame Gameplay Revealed With Just 5 Days to Go for 'Head Start' Players

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Funcom asked us to " let them cook ," and going on last night's Dune: Awakening showcase, the developers did. With just a few days to go before early access players get their "head start," Funcom put on a livestream showing off Dune: Awakening's mid-to-endgame, and a wide tour of the Hagga Basin "to emphasize the size and variety players can expect," including the "lush O’odham, the forbidding Hagga Rift, the tall spires and imposing rock formations of Jabal Eifrit, to name just a few." Inspired by Denis Villeneuve and Legendary Entertainment’s blockbuster films, Dune: Awakening lets players explore Arrakis in an open-world game for the first time ever. Up until now, even beta players have only seen around 25% of Hagga Basin, so the stream showcased "these huge and diverse landscapes" in all their glory. "Before even considering the vast dunes and dangers of the Deep Desert, players will experience a full-scale survi...
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