The extraction shooter discourse has been dominated in recent days by Marathon, Bungie's upcoming kick at the can, but there's another game in the mix with the potential to steal its thunder: Arc Raiders, which PC Gamer's Jake Tucker said in 2024 "could be the extraction shooter that finally brings the genre to the masses."Whether or not that happens remains to be seen, but we'll all move one step closer...

Normally the launch of a new graphics card would be a wholly joyous affair, especially a more affordable one like the RTX 5060 Ti—GPUs for the masses and whatnot. This time, however, despite the siren song of affordable graphics cards, the rocks we're heading towards have 'may or may not be actually available at MSRP' indelibly printed on them.This was the case even before the Trump tariffs, but the uncertainty...

One of the best ways to improve your income in Schedule 1 is to hire employees. These workers can be assigned to various tasks, which they'll handle on your behalf. You'll have to pay them a wage, unfortunately, but it's worth it in the long run.When you first unlock employees, you won't want to immediately go on a hiring spree. Workers aren't cheap, and you don't have much room in...

The new team-up abilities for Marvel Rivals Season 2 mean there are a bunch of fresh terrors roaming around the competitive scene. So now you don't just have to look out for Spider-Man or Iron Fist—there are new overpowered characters on the block.If you manage to place in Diamond or above, then you'll gain access to hero bans when you play competitively. This can be a real asset, especially if...

In the setting of tabletop RPG :Otherscape, sci-fi dystopia and mythology collide. Imagine a world like Cyberpunk 2077's, but with old stories, gods, and monsters creeping in at the edges, offering strange powers. You might see a tooled-up mercenary wielding a reborn Excalibur, Japanese yokai haunting virtual reality, or a ruthless criminal gang taking over the streets with the help of Baba Yaga's magic.It's a killer concept, and publisher Son...

Just over a month ahead of its planned release on May 20, a little more sand in our hourglasses will have to fall before we can play the full version of survival MMO Dune Awakening. The game has suffered a minor delay and is now set to arrive three weeks later, on June 10."Dune: Awakening is a beast of a game," Funcom wrote. "This is multiplayer survival on a massive...

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Medicaid is a US health insurance program for people with low incomes. It's funded by states and the federal government, and like most government programs that help people in some way, it's one of the Trump administration's targets for cuts.Why? Videogames, of course.More specifically, part of the plan is to implement work requirements for Medicaid eligibility—this is currently only a feature of the program in Georgia—and to justify adding this...

When you conquer a tough challenge in a videogame, who do you tell first? Maybe you message a friend who is playing the same game to do a bit of gloating, perhaps post on a subreddit or Discord channel in hopes of some celebratory emojis for your accomplishment, or maybe you just boast proudly about it on social media.If you're Wout van Halderen, communications director at Balatro's publisher, Playstack, you've...

2023's Lunacid is one of my favorite indies, dungeon crawlers, and just games, period of the last few years. It's a first person RPG taking after FromSoftware's King's Field series, set in an unforgettable subterranean world festooned with secrets. Creator Kira LLC has just released their next project, a follow-up to Lunacid, but there are more than a few twists to it.Lunacid: Tears of the Moon is a prequel set...