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Square Enix president knows people who ‘play to have fun’ dislike NFTs, but he wants them anyway President Yosuke Matsuda acknowledges skeptics, but hopes that blockchain tokens can “decentralize” gaming. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In a wide-ranging New Year’s open letter,Square Enixpresident Yosuke Matsuda has addressed a broad spectrum of technologies from the “metaverse” to cloud gameplay and AI, but the majority of the letter focuses on a personal enthusiasm for blockchain tokens....

The 22 most anticipated PC games of 2022 As we turn the calendar page, the radar screen is already lighting up with big games approaching. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. A raft of delayed games originally announced for 2021 has helped make 2022 look unusually stacked when it comes to exciting PC releases. Even without those extra bonus releases, it was always going to be a significant year....

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, the game that almost killed the series We’re rerunning Richard Cobbett’s classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. From 2010 to 2014Richard Cobbettwrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random obscure games back into the light....

Why 2021 was the worst year for PC gaming Budget PC gaming is what marks the platform apart from the rest, and 2021 killed it dead. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When we were naively previewing 2021, still in the warm afterglow of the impressiveGeForce RTX 3080andRadeon RX 6800 XTlaunches, this year looked like it was to be the year of affordable PC gaming hardware....

2021 is the year I fell in love with Genshin—and the year it lost its impact Once Genshin’s honeymoon period ends, it’s hard to stay attached. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Genshin Impact is not the game I thought it would be. I’d written it off as nothing more than a crappy, money-fuelled attempt to emulate The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild....

2021 was the year I fell in love with Hunt: Showdown This incredible cowboy FPS deserves to blow up in 2022, but I kinda hope it doesn’t. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. I hope this isn’t the first time someone has told you that you should really try out Hunt: Showdown. My coworker Jacobsaid as muchon this website nearly a year ago, and at the time, I didn’t listen....

Crash on, survive, and terraform an alien world in The Planet Crafter’s free demo Worth a look for those who liked Subnautica. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Indie survival game The Planet Crafter looks like a new fix for those who love Subnautica and the like, asking you to survive, explore, build a base on, and eventually terraform an alien world....