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Marvel’s Midnight Suns will not have loot boxes or “related microtransactions,” developer Firaxis Games has confirmed. Responding to a tweet from a fan, Firaxis laid to rest any concerns that Marvel’s Midnight Suns would have loot boxes or microtransactions that could be purchased for competitive benefits. “Hey folks, regarding our …

Marvel’s Midnight Suns will feature a third-person perspective during its sections in the hub area, known as The Abbey. While the new game from XCOM developer Firaxis focuses on traditional turn-based strategy, creative director Jake Solomon told GamesRadar+ that “The Abbey itself is real-time, just third-person over-the-shoulder running around these …

Marvel’s Midnight Suns might have been talked about in hushed tones for months now as Marvel XCOM, but now that it’s finally been officially revealed we can see that it’s clearly so much more than that. Sure, it might be coming at a time where the monolithic superhero studio’s stable …

Over the past eighteen months, I’ve been running a pair of Dungeons & Dragons campaigns as a way to keep in touch with friends and colleagues who I’ve not been able to see in person. As a novice DM, it’s been a steep learning curve. The complexities of storytelling and …

XCOM Legends is a new free-to-play strategy game which has quietly added another XCOM installment to the Android library. The game was spotted over the weekend thanks to gameplay uploaded by YouTube channel Android IOS Cabogame (opens in new tab) (recorded through a VPN redirected to the Philippines), and without …

Advance Wars is coming to Nintendo Switch with a new HD bundle due December 3.  Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot Camp is exactly what it sounds like: a modern re-release for Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, complete with visual and other updates. Described as “reimagined …

Among Us is currently free to download and keep forever for a limited time from the Epic Store. The Epic Mega Sale that’s taking place on the Epic Games Store has a bunch of deals available and starting today, until June 3, players can claim Among Us for free. Once …

Prepare the ban hammer. If you’ve been playing video games for more than five minutes, you know they have a tendency to be moral outrage magnets. If you can name it, games have been blamed for it, so it’s not too shocking that game bans have followed in force. For …

It takes a round of combat to really get what makes Has-Been Heroes is trying to do. As a rogue-like, there’s a lot to take in, so you’ll spend your first battle poring over spell descriptions, figuring out how to properly swap lanes, and probably get trounced by the seemingly …

Our new alien overlords have kept console gamers waiting long enough: XCOM 2 (opens in new tab) will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on September 6 in the US and on September 9 internationally. The sequel to the turn-based tactics game, which lets players mount a desperate resistance …