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2001 was the year of the PlayStation 2

Eleven games, from Grand Theft Auto III to Metal Gear Solid 2, illustrate why the PS2 dominated in 2001—until it very suddenly didn’t

and Sam Barsanti

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The Elden Ring network test was wondrous and worrying in equal ways

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For Our Consideration

The Skyrim decade: How Bethesda’s dragon-slaying opus transformed gaming

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Radiohead's digital Kid A Mnesia Exhibition is no game—it's an experience

This immersive, enthralling adventure in modern art sends you hurtling through Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke's creations

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The gorgeous Solar Ash plays a bit like Tony Hawk’s Pro Colossus Killer

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The Elden Ring network test was wondrous and worrying in equal ways

Image for Radiohead's digital Kid A Mnesia Exhibition is no game—it's an experience

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Radiohead's digital Kid A Mnesia Exhibition is no game—it's an experience

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The Call Of Duty machine is grinding the series into dust

Reviews

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The Guardians Of The Galaxy game is messy and miraculous—just like its heroes

Image for In Inscryption—one of the best games of 2021—card battles are serious, scary business

In Inscryption—one of the best games of 2021—card battles are serious, scary business

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Far Cry 6 has all the intelligence and charm of a video game cockfight

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We’re not mad at Deathloop—just a little disappointed

Great Job Internet

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Great Job Internet

Now you can build a digital cairn free from cultural appropriation and/or hauntings

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Great Job Internet

New advertisement suggests drinking Coke will destroy video games, usher in world peace

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Great Job Internet

Battle Cyber-Margaret Thatcher through the 10th circle of hell in new Doom mod

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Great Job Internet

Dutch thieves execute daring Pokémon card heist

For Our Consideration

Image for The Skyrim decade: How Bethesda’s dragon-slaying opus transformed gaming

For Our Consideration

The Skyrim decade: How Bethesda’s dragon-slaying opus transformed gaming

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For Our Consideration

Some of the best horror games of 2021 lurk far off the beaten path

Alexander Chatziioannou

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For Our Consideration

20 years later, what does a modern Halo game even look like?

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For Our Consideration

Outriders hates everybody—including the people playing it

Game In Progress

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Marvel's Avengers

Marvel’s Avengers Pt. 2: Earth’s mightiest heroes battle Earth’s crappiest matchmaking

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Marvel's Avengers

Marvel’s Avengers has a story so good, it’s almost worth playing Marvel’s Avengers to see it

Image for The deliciously nasty Vampyr feels like a game from another era

The deliciously nasty Vampyr feels like a game from another era

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Far Cry 5’s nihilistic ending tries to take the rest of the game down with it

Features

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In Y2K, Deus Ex taught gaming the true meaning of Liberty

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Best, Worst, Weirdest

The best, worst, and weirdest games in the 30-year-history of the Final Fantasy franchise

Anthony John Agnello

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Best, Worst, Weirdest

The best, worst, and weirdest entries from nearly 40 years of Star Wars video games

Anthony John Agnello

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Best, Worst, Weirdest

The best, worst, and weirdest games from Castlevania’s 30-year history

Anthony John Agnello

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