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Master Chief between two Hunters in Halo: Campaign Evolved

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Halo: Campaign Evolved is a great experience, and it feels weird

Hi there! Today, I've got another quasi-review, as I've been spending time with Halo: Campaign Evolved from Halo Studios and Xbox Game Studios. There's a lot to go over, not just with what this game is and what it does, but the context

Key art for Marathon, Reanimal, Resident Evil Requiem, and 007 First Light

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My favorite games of 2026, halfway through the year

Hello! Today, as June draws to a close and the year is somehow already near halfway over, I've decided to highlight my favorite games so far. I'm biased, but I'd say it's a good mix, with some expected blockbusters as well as

A man aiming a pistol as zombie-like cultists approach.

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Hands-on with Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, Nekome: Nazi Hunter, and more

Hello there, and welcome to my final round of previews coming out of Summer Game Fest 2026. I have hands-on reports from even more games, including my personal surprise of the show, at least from the selection of games I actually played. If you didn't seen my

Max in Grounded 2 swimming along the surface of a pond

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Obsidian talks Grounded 2's pond update, PS5 release, and more

Hi there! My Summer Game Fest coverage is continuing today, but this newsletter will be a little different. To close the week, I'm mostly focusing on a discussion I had with Chris Parker and Marcus Morgan, game director and executive producer at Obsidian Entertainment respectively, who chatted with

Dylan in Control Resonant using a giant hammer to attack a monster

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Hands-on with Control Resonant and Tomb Raider, thoughts on The Lost Wild, and more

Hi there! Continuing my Summer Game Fest previews, I went hands-on with a few very, very different games from major publishers and indie developers alike. There are also a couple of games that I wasn't able to personally play, but instead watched live gameplay as the developers

Master Chief carrying a Rocket Launcher in Halo: Campaign Evolved

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Hands-on with Alien: Isolation 2, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Onimusha, and more thoughts

It's hard to believe that Summer Game Fest 2026 is already over, and it was a whirlwind of an extended weekend. This was the most packed my schedule has ever been, and that's a common sentiment for most of my peers that I spoke with in

A bird's-eye view of an Aztec city and army, with mythological units like a giant armadillo.

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Age of Mythology devs talk Aztec expansion, being part of Xbox, and 'nerdy ratholes'

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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I can't stop running across Tau Ceti IV

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