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I just finished watching the 2026 Xbox Games Showcase and accompanying Gears of War: E-Day Direct presentation. Overall, I'm quite pleased with what was shown, and there a ton of great games to look forward to, with several first-party titles that have been gestating for a
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One constant you can always count on is the regularity of the showcases hosted by Geoff Keighley, including Summer Game Fest. While many past years have waxed and waned in content and pacing, for my tastes, this year's entry was a fantastic presentation, stuffed to the brim with
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Hello there, and welcome to my first-ever non-Friday edition of Campaign Mode! I'm writing this after the June PlayStation State of Play finished, with some fairly big (if admittedly long-rumored) reveals for what's coming next to the PlayStation 5. This State of Play
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Hello everyone, and welcome to another Campaign Mode. This week, I'm pretty happy to go over why it's never been a better time to dive into the scarily-massive world of Warhammer video games. I also want to touch on some unfortunate news that deserves more
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Hello there, and welcome to another Friday edition of Campaign Mode. This week, I'm taking a closer look at the very, very, very lengthy writeup Bungie game director Joe Ziegler gave regarding the future of Marathon, and the various, partially conflicting feelings that the outline is giving me.
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Over the last couple of weeks, I've put some time into Kiln, the latest game from Xbox Game Studios developer Double Fine Productions. Kiln has you customize your own pottery, with towering vases having different abilities compared to small, nimble teacups. It's been a fun (if
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Hi there! I almost didn't have anything written this week, but Creative Assembly was kind enough to do a presentation across the Total War game slate, sharing some meaningful updates that are coming to existing titles, as well as new looks at the games that are still a
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Hi there! This week, I'm excited to share my first interview for Campaign Mode! Fittingly, I've been speaking with the strategy experts at World's Edge, who told me all about Age of Mythology: Retold's latest expansion and how the studio is continuing
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Any time I talk to anyone across video game development or publishing, no matter what we started off discussing, the same topic inevitably comes up: "So, do you think Grand Theft Auto 6 is really launching later this year?" Obviously, I understand the inexorable gravitation. Rockstar Games'
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Over the last few weeks, I've found so much of my time being consumed by Marathon, the latest game from first-person shooter developer Bungie. It's been a long time since I've found myself thinking about a multiplayer game this way, and while there
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Hello there! This is the first-ever entry in Campaign Mode, and it only seemed appropriate to start off by talking about what I want to see from a couple of particularly exciting upcoming strategy games. I'm talking of course about Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and Total
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For the unfamiliar, my name is Samuel Tolbert. I'm a freelance games journalist, having worked for years across websites like Windows Central, Inverse, and TechRadar. I was let go from my main gig at the start of the year, and since then I've taken a couple