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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has more hardcore shooter action than almost any similar title. It perfectly captures the brutality of the unforgiving, bloody conflicts that define the Warhammer 40K universe. It’s also a heck of a lot of fun to play.

Phantom Brigade follows a group of young people using powerful mechs to try and liberate their country from invaders. The combat is unique, using turn-based battles paired with a prediction engine to show how players’ opponents will probably attack.

Combining elements of role-playing, survival, exploration, crafting and tower defense, Dread Dawn could become a major force in zombie apocalypse type titles. There is even a pretty nice story to tie all the horror together.

Planning and building out amazing model railroads is a wonderful pastime, but it can be expensive while also requiring quite a bit of space. Train Yard Builder offers players the thrill of creating their own model train paradises without the challenges of trying to do it in real life.

The newly released Ace Attorney Investigations Collection brings all of what players enjoy from the classic Ace Attorney series, but it puts a nice twist on the gameplay and localizes the second title in the series for the first time.

Although it has a cute premise, a unique cat’s eye view of the world and some cheery moments of genuine levity, Copycat is a surprisingly dark tale that touches on some serious topics that are avoided by most titles.

This week Modern Gamer finds some realistic October gruesome gore for the Halloween season with Crime Scene Cleaner, a simulator that has players transforming grisly crime scenes into neat and tidy spaces once more.

The Casting of Frank Stone follows characters through three timelines, including a group of teens in the 1980s making a horror film. It offers a good narrative adventure but is also somewhat trapped by its association with the Dead by Daylight universe.

One of the most beautiful, peaceful builders ever created, Tiny Glade offers players a robust set of simple-to-use tools so that they can construct the majestic castles, cozy cottages and rustic villages of their dreams.

If you have ever watched the Harry Potter movies, read the books or played Hogwarts Legacy and really wanted to play Quidditch competitively, then the action-packed Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will help you score that goal.

Following up on the excellent Coteries of New York and Shadows of New York graphic novels, Vampire: The Masquerade Reckoning of New York gives players one last chance to have a little fun with a familiar group of vampiric characters.

Evotinction is a rare title that almost completely focuses on stealth gameplay with some puzzle elements added in. And if you do everything right, you probably won’t need to engage in combat in this innovative sci-fi adventure.

This week Fresh Look columnist Neal Sayatovich looks at the golden age of video game cinema, otherwise known as full motion video, during the 1980s and 1990s. Although they were sometimes mixed in quality, there were more good than bad ones.

Movie Monday is a column by Michael Blaker covering various movies from the past. This week he covers the movie Gidget.

There were lots of great panels at Blerdcon 2024 this year, including one about how to become a professional voice over artist hosted by Sabrina Mapp.

Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney this week shares his research about finding the perfect fight stick to both meet his Street Fighter needs and can fit safely inside a drawer and away from his fight stick destroying pets.

Gary and Porkrine talk about Gary’s vacation to the Galapagos Islands.

Trekker’s Delight takes a look back at Star Trek: Prodigy’s second season.

The 2024 IMSA Esports Global Championship is set to begin in November, and for the first time the contest will feature a public qualifying round.