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Captivating as Alan Wake 2 often is, it can occasionally get a bit ... cringey. But not in the wild, over-the-top moments where cheese and kitsch meet murderous intent (you know the scene I mean); Alan Wake 2's funny, weird moments channel the best of stories such as Twin Peaks, …

Alan Wake 2 presents a twisting story, one that's a convoluted mystery, altered by the otherworldly power of the supernatural Dark Place and the writings of Alan Wake himself. So we're gonna explain everything that happened, what it implies for the future, and everything you might have missed.

Though The Talos Principle 2 is an excellent puzzle game, it also has a pretty extensive and branching story. As you explore its world, you'll have plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters, offer them your opinions, and even post on social media. The whole game concerns some philosophical …

Though The Talos Principle 2 is an excellent puzzle game, it also has a pretty extensive and branching story. As you explore its world, you'll have plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters, offer them your opinions, and even post on social media. The whole game concerns some philosophical …

Though The Talos Principle 2 is an excellent puzzle game, it also has a pretty extensive and branching story. As you explore its world, you'll have plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters, offer them your opinions, and even post on social media. The whole game concerns some philosophical …

Though The Talos Principle 2 is an excellent puzzle game, it also has a pretty extensive and branching story. As you explore its world, you'll have plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters, offer them your opinions, and even post on social media. The whole game concerns some philosophical …

Warning: This article contains some vague spoilers for Alan Wake 2, but you might consider them spoilers nonetheless. There are also a bunch of spoilers for Quantum Break. I admit to being a Quantum Break Enjoyer, despite Remedy's time travel-slash-TV show action game receiving a mixed reaction from just about …

Destiny 2's next season is the Season of the Wish, and it'll concern one of the weirdest elements of the game's lore: the powerful wish-granting dragons called ahamkara. Bungie officially announced the season's name on Twitter after players completed a new puzzle in the Imbaru Engine, one of the activities …

Remedy's approach to the multiverse manages to stand apart from that of other media, because for Remedy, the multiverse isn't just a way to cash in on well-liked characters or to draw fanbases together. In the RCU, the multiverse is an oppressive force that now looms over all these stories. …

The Talos Principle 2 has its fair share of secrets, and chief among them are the special extra puzzles hiding in each of the game's 12 main areas. Snoop around a big and you'll find large statues, or monuments, to each of the game's three spectral characters: Pandora, Prometheus, or …

There are a whole lot of puzzles in The Talos Principle 2, and some of them aren't obvious. Hidden in each of the game's 12 main areas are two statues that carry puzzles of their own, each depicting either Pandora, Prometheus, or the Sphinx. Solving these side puzzles unlock additional …

In the wake of layoffs that reportedly affected 8% of its workforce, Destiny 2 developer Bungie intends to bring changes to the game's upcoming content, including its next expansion, The Final Shape. However, Bungie did not confirm reports that The Final Shape is being delayed to June from its previously …

Video games often deal with the end of the world and thinking about how cool it might be. Like, sure, it sucks that most everyone has to die horribly for the end of the world to take place, but those of us who survive might get to shoot evil marauders …

The Star Ocean franchise has been an underappreciated one within the Japanese RPG genre. Despite being around for more than 25 years, it's never had the breakout success that elevated it to new heights, as something like Persona or Tales have had in more recent years. Many longtime fans consider …

Alan Wake 2 presents a twisting story, one that's both a nebulous mystery and actively altered by the otherworldly power of the supernatural Dark Place and the writings of Alan Wake himself. Especially in the final moments, things can get a bit confusing, as Saga Anderson's and Alan's tales intersect …

Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora could be a new spin on Ubisoft open-world games, as developer Massive Entertainment has taken the opportunity to improve on the Ubisoft open-world formula. We played about two and a half hours, and at first glance, it fits pretty neatly into the established canon of Ubisoft …

Open-world games often benefit from putting players in the middle of wars and revolutions, fought across lush and fascinating worlds, where an evil force has taken control of nearly everything and must be pushed back inch by inch. Ubisoft often utilizes this formula for its open-world games, which usually feature …

We had the opportunity to play Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora for more than two hours. In this gameplay clip, we're showing several different missions from the work-in-progress version of the game. Frontiers of Pandora, created by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, shares some RPG elements of The Division and …

In hindsight, it's so obvious. Ebenezer Scrooge is assaulted by ghosts for his past sins and hauled away to the spirit world to account for them. Put a Threaded Cane in that guy's hand and the Souls-like basically makes itself. Imagine searching the world for the ghosts of Christmas past, …

The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors. GameSpot may get a share of the revenue if you buy anything featured on our site. Zombies and video games are an eternal pairing, a powerhouse combo of gory storytelling and terrifying possibility that can be used to tell unforgettable …

The yearly Halloween event, the Festival of the Lost, is back in Destiny 2, and with it comes a slate of guns you can only earn during the event. This year's Festival sees the return of an old Halloween favorite called Horror Story, but the auto rifle has gotten a …

There are a lot of elements that might be said to define Souls-like games, but high on the list has to be the genre’s particular approach to pacing. As a group of action-RPGs, they’re defined first by periods of growing, ratcheting tension. You fight through long areas filled with tough …

There are a lot of elements that might be said to define Souls-like games, but high on the list has to be the genre’s particular approach to pacing. As a group of action-RPGs, they’re defined first by periods of growing, ratcheting tension. You fight through long areas filled with tough …

The Disney+ Goosebumps show has to be one of this year's biggest surprises. As a reimagining of R.L. Stine's best-selling book series, it offers more than just modernized versions of old stories.

Warning: Spoilers for the conclusion of the Season of the Witch's story to follow. The conclusion of the latest Destiny 2 story arc, Season of the Witch, had some pretty high stakes going in. After channeling Hive magic for weeks, Eris Morn resisted succumbing to temptation and permanently becoming the …

Since the conclusion of the campaign of Destiny 2's 2022 expansion, The Witch Queen, it's been obvious that we haven't seen the last of Savathun, the Hive God of Cunning. The villain's messages and machinations have been left around The Witch Queen's signature location, the Throne World, and while players …

Bungie is rolling out a series of mid-season tweaks to Destiny 2 on October 17, and among them is an adjustment to the costs for Exotic armor focusing that should make it easier for players to enhance their character builds. The details were released in Bungie's latest This Week in …

2023 has seen some truly remarkable game releases, including the likes of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo IV, and Resident Evil 4's remake. Curating your potential top 10 favorite games for 2023 will be quite the challenge, and despite only having a few more months left …

Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, The Final Shape, marks a watershed moment for the game. It'll bring to an end the game's current, long-running story, the "Light and Darkness Saga," a story Bungie has been telling since the release of the original Destiny back in 2014. But the end of the …

When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem hit theaters, it introduced the franchise to a generation of new fans. It introduced the Turtles, their sensei Splinter, and new friend April O'Neil. Oh yeah, and it also brought an army of iconic mutants from the original animated series to the big …