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The Comforting Tension of Still Wakes the Deep

In the North Sea, no one can hear you scream.

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What 1000xResist offers isn’t an ending, but a future

I’ve been thinking a lot about 1000xResist, the debut game by sunset visitor 斜陽過客, since I rolled credits on it a few weeks ago. More accurately I’ve been thinking about it since last year, when I reviewed its demo as part of LudoNarraCon coverage. I was happy to see the game still chugging along late […]

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Review: Destiny 2: The Final Shape

shape_final_final_final.doc I’ve been trying to figure out why I like Destiny – or if I even do – for the better part of the last five years. I go through periods of burnout with the game; deep, intense stretches of what I truly believe is hatred that gradually starts to wind down after a time […]

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Summer of Games 2024: Every Trailer Shown at the 2024 Devolver Direct Event

Do it for Volvy.

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Summer of Games 2024: Every Game Announced Under the Blumhouse Games Banner

Bloomhouse Productions is getting into games. Here are the six titles they’re hitting the ground running with.

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Summer of Games 2024: Access-Ability Summer Showcase

This is maybe my favorite showcase of the season, in part because it’s not a billion trailers crammed into two hours and in part because it features developers actually taking the time to explain their games.

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Summer of Games Day 1: Guerrilla Collective Showcase and Friends

The Guerrilla Collective Showcase entered its fifth year of operation this year, and to celebrate it brought with it over 90 trailers.

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Summer of Games 2024 Schedule

Welcome to No Escape‘s coverage of the 2024 Summer of Games. There are over a dozen events taking place over the course of the weekend that all aim to showcase new and upcoming independent and AAA video games. It can be a lot to take in, so we’re engaging in a bit of service journalism […]

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Does Games Criticism Need Quality Standards?

It’s time for your monthly quality standards calibration.

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Was Playing Destiny 2 Worth It in 2023 and 2024?

It’s been almost 15 months since the release of Lightfall, the seventh major expansion for Destiny 2 since its launch in 2017. The year was marked, for some, by failure and tragedy: Lightfall itself wasn’t especially well-received, Zavala voice actor Lance Reddick died during Season of Defiance, and Bungie fired 10 percent of its staff […]