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Is TenZ Returning to Pro Play? Retired Pro Could Re-Join Sentinels After Scrim Sighting
It seems like Tyson “TenZ” Ngo may not be done with professional Valorant just yet. The retired superstar was recently spotted scrimming with Sentinels, and that’s all we need to start speculating on whether the superstar is preparing for a comeback ahead of the next VCT Americas League season. SEN +TenZ +JonahP 9-6 ??? by […]
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Mar 5
Check Out These Steam Next Fest Demos Picked By The Game Informer Staff
Steam Next Fest has arrived once again. Hundreds upon hundreds of demos for upcoming games are now at players' fingertips, and we're downloading and playing many demos ourselves based on personal excitement, curiosity, and positive word-of-mouth. With so many demos to consider, you may be struggling to decide which ones may be worth your time; that's where we come in. Some GI editors are sharing their favorite Next Fest demos so far and why we think they're worth a look. Keep checking back to this list, as we'll be updating it over the week until Steam Next Fest concludes on Monday, March 2. SoulQuest Developer: SoulBlade Studio I adore stylish action games, but it’s not often I see this slick form of combat successfully translated in 2D. SoulQuest, an upcoming indie game by SoulBlade Studio, does a hell of a job of pulling this off. Players control Alys, a warrior on a quest to slay the Celtic gods holding her husband captive. Armed with her trusty blade, combat consists of nailing hyper-fast combos, popping skeletons and other mythical beasts airborne, and juggling them with flashy offense that feels smooth and satisfying. Although the level design is basic and the dialogue leaves a bit to be desired, the action feels very good so far, and I look forward to seeing how much more polished it can become before arriving sometime this year. – Marcus Stewart Check out the demo here . Arkheron Developer: Bonfire Studios Arkheron is a game I recently spent two and a half hours playing for a preview, and though its battle royale description didn’t inspire much excitement in me, I finished my gameplay ready for more. This PvP isometric action game pits 15 trios against each other and looks like Diablo, with dark fantasy dungeons to loot and creatures to destroy, but despite what its POV would have you believe, it actually plays a lot like a shooter. Because the camera rotates around your character as the focal point, aiming your on-screen reticle requires the accuracy and precision of a game like Valorant. What I especially enjoyed in my preview was discovering new weapons and loot as my trio attempted to climb to the top of the tower through vicious PvP arena fights. Most of the gear, save for healing items and the like, is that of 10 Eternals, god-like beings that rotate in and out of the loot pool. Collect two of an Eternals’ item, and you gain a set bonus – collect all four, and you transform into them for some wild combative effects. There is a lot more that impressed me in Arkheron, and you can read my full thoughts here in my preview , but I say all this to recommend that you check it out on PC! As part of Steam Next Fest, developer Bonfire Studios has turned its servers on for 24/7 access to Arkheron from today through March 2. – Wesley LeBlanc Check out the demo here Titanium Court Developer: AP Thomson To call this a match-3 game would be insufficient, at best. The core mechanics of sliding tiles and erasing lines, then sending out automated troops from your keep to battle other enemy forts, should be easy enough to grasp in a round or two. It's the surreal style and tone surrounding Titanium Court that makes developer AP Thomson's game so intriguing, though. Between the ebbing High and Low Tides of war, you're led through a dreamlike narrative, where you flit between new conversations and rooms as the stage lifts and reassembles itself around you. The overt nods towards A Midsummer Night's Dream , with the titular faerie court and one of your assistants, Puck, keep things joyful, strange, and altogether mesmerizing. There's some magic at work here, and I'm eager to see it play out. - Eric Van Allen Check out the demo here . Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors Developer: Poncle Vampire Survivors developer Poncle essentially upended Steam in 2022, becoming the namesake for an entire subgenre. It's fitting, then, that as Steam Next Fest is flooded with Survivor-likes, Poncle returns with a new spin on its own formula, trading hordes and timers for first-person dungeon-crawling action in Vampire Crawlers. Everything is wonderfully nostalgic, from the framed UI to the arrow controls for turning your facing. While the implements of Survivors are still here – Whips, Knives, and Holy Bibles alike – what matters more is sequencing, upgrading, and linking them together into devastating combos. Death returns you to a town for some cross-run upgrades, and then you're back to it. If the demo's any indication, I can see myself losing quite a few hours in commutes and late nights within these new dungeons. – Eric Van Allen Check out the demo here . Wild Blue Skies Developer: Chuhai Labs Wild Blue Skies falls squarely into the very specific but effective subgenre of games I like to call the “Fine, I’ll Do It Myselfs.” That’s to say it’s an indie-developed project heavily inspired by a beloved but dormant franchise – in this case, Star Fox. I have fond memories of Star Fox 64, specifically, and I enjoyed how Wild Blue Skies’ brief demo captured the on-rails shooting fun and cheesy vibes of the N64 classic. The cartoon-esque art direction looks good, flying and shooting feel smooth, and the comms chatter is delightfully dorky. It remains to be seen if Wild Blue Skies offers other twists to make it more than a faithful homage to Fox McCloud, but if you’re tired of waiting for Nintendo to deliver a new Star Fox, you should absolutely give this demo a look. – Marcus Stewart Check out the demo here . Call of the Elder Gods Developer: Out of the Blue Games I really liked 2020’s Call of the Sea ( check out my review ), so I’m very much on board with this upcoming sequel, based on its entertaining demo. Set roughly 20 years later, players control Evangeline Drayton, a university student haunted by strange dreams of a mysterious artifact. Her plight is interwoven with the similarly supernatural struggles of Professor Harry Everhart, the husband of Call of the Sea protagonist, Norah. The meaty Steam demo lets players experience the game’s prologue and first chapter, which largely unfolds within a mysterious manor filled with fun puzzles to unravel. I quickly fell into a cozy zen of collecting clues and connecting dots, to the point I was disappointed when the “Thanks for playing!” graphic appeared to signal the demo’s conclusion. I’m looking forward to diving headfirst into another intriguing mystery in this universe. – Marcus Stewart Check out the demo here . Zero Parades: For Dead Spies Developer: ZA/UM The splintering of ZA/UM after its critically acclaimed debut Disco Elysium has been the subject of many, many stories that would be too much to get into in a single blurb. Suffice to say, numerous games and studios have been born from the ashes of Disco Elysium, and so has Zero Parades, still made by ZA/UM. Centered on a spy brought out of soft retirement, only for her first mission to go absolutely haywire right from the start, it's a little more espionage thriller than pulp detective story. It works though, and the developers at current ZA/UM found a clever evolution of Elysium's tabletop-akin mechanics in its system of perks and stressors; the push-and-pull of exerting your abilities to force successful dice rolls, all the while accruing anxiety or fatigue that will force you to de-skill one of your perks once it maxes out, places the power structure of Zero Parades on a knife's edge of long-term risk versus immediate reward. The demo is worth playing, even just academically, to see where the new ZA/UM is heading. – Eric Van Allen Check out the demo here . Esoteric Ebb Developer: Christoffer Bodegård Another Disco Elysium-like, Esoteric Ebb takes many framing cues from ZA/UM's seminal work, but paints those colors within the lines of high fantasy, namely Dungeons & Dragons. As a Cleric sent to find out why a tea shop exploded several days before a major election, your inner monologue is dominated by the likes of Strength, Constitution, and Wisdom rather than Volition or Esprit De Corps. Perhaps too dominated, to be frank. In my early playtime, I seemed to be having very long diatribes in my head, as nearly every voice wanted to hop in and say something. Esoteric Ebb's writing is excellent, though, and I always enjoy a smart twist on a classic setting. This is a game where the likely endpoint of charisma-maxxing is becoming an apolitical people-pleaser, and that kind of sharp direction is enough to lock me in. – Eric Van Allen Check out the demo here .
Feb 26
Ultimate Guide to the Best Resolution for Gaming, Including Valorant, Fortnite & MoreIf you’re grinding ranked or diving into deep immersive open worlds like Skyrim and FF14, screen resolution plays a massive role in how your game looks and feels. With so many different display options This guide breaks down everything you need to know about screen resolutions, from what they mean to which ones are ideal… Read More » Ultimate Guide to the Best Resolution for Gaming, Including Valorant, Fortnite & More
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Feb 24
The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – February 20
Fun fact: last week's edition of what you should play this weekend was our most trafficked entry into this series of weekly posts that we've published so far. Thanks for reading! We're not analyzing why that particularly post was so popular too much. We just like sharing our weekly recommendations that also offer some insight into what we have been up to as a staff beyond the reviews we place our bylines on. In any case, it's time for the weekend and our usual recommendation of games and things you should check out! But before that, here's a recap of the biggest stories of the week: Phil Spencer Is Retiring, Xbox President Sarah Bond Is Leaving, And Microsoft's CoreAI Head Is New CEO Of Microsoft Gaming I Can’t In Good Conscience Recommend The Virtual Boy Switch Package – But I Love That It Exists PlayStation Shuts Down Bluepoint Games, Makers Of Demon's Souls And Shadow Of The Colossus Remakes Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Are Coming To Switch, Switch 2 Digitally Next Week Slay The Spire 2 Reveals 4 Player Co-Op, March Early Access Release Date Nier: Automata Crosses 10 Million Copies Sold Alongside Mysterious 'To Be Continued' Tease
Resident Evil 2 (2019)
Kyle Hilliard
Evil Requiem (a.k.a. Resident Evil 9) releases next week. It's arguably the first huge release of the year (though there have already been plenty of good and big games so far in 2026), and as a result, we have Resident Evil on the brain. Usually, when it comes to prepping for a sequel, the best bet is to play the entry that takes place right before the new one, but both Resident Evil 7 and 8 are somewhat anomalous entries in the larger franchise. They are undeniably canon, but Ethan Winters' adventure is kind of individual in the grand scheme of all things Resident Evil. We don't have any story insight, but it seems that a better prep for Resident Evil Requiem is to revisit the excellent 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2. It's a chance to spend time with Leon as well as Racoon City, which are both elements that will be part of Requiem. So that's the one we're playing. We also highly recommend checking out our full, Super Replay playthrough of Resident Evil Outbreak . The 2004 (2003 in Japan) online PlayStation 2 Resident Evil game is where the character Alyssa Ashcroft is introduced and is playable, who is the mother of Grace Ashcroft, one of the protagonists of Resident Evil Requiem. You can watch the first episode right here .
Arkheron
Welsey LeBlanc
Arkheron is a game I recently previewed with two and a half hours of hands-on time, and though its battle royale description didn’t inspire much excitement in me, I finished my gameplay ready for more. This PvP isometric action game pits 15 trios against each other and looks like Diablo, with dark fantasy dungeons to loot and creatures to destroy, but despite what its POV would have you believe, it actually plays a lot like a shooter. Because the camera rotates around your character as the focal point, aiming your on-screen reticle requires the accuracy and precision of a game like Valorant. What I especially enjoyed in my preview was discovering new weapons and loot as my trio attempted to climb to the top of the tower through vicious PvP arena fights. Most of the gear, save for healing items and the like, is that of 10 Eternals, god-like beings that rotate in and out of the loot pool. Collect two of an Eternals’ item, and you gain a set bonus – collect all four, and you transform into them for some wild combative effects. There is a lot more that impressed me in Arkheron, and you can read my full thoughts here in my preview , but I say all this to recommend that you check it out on PC! As part of Steam Next Fest, developer Bonfire Studios has turned its servers on for 24/7 access to Arkheron from today through March 2 – I’ll see you in the Tower.
Steam Next Fest Demos
Kyle Hilliard
Steam Next Fest is happening right now, which is where developers releasing games on Steam all agree to launch demos of their games to encourage Wishlist additions and give players an excuse to check out games early. We have not played all the Steam Next Fest demos. There are a lot. But here are a few that we've played and enjoyed. Replaced The quick pitch here is Cyberpunk aesthetics, Limbo/Inside cinematic platformer puzzles and mood, and Batman Arkham combat. It seems to be a potent mix that is already really impressing us. You can watch us play and discuss the demo above. Denshattack Denshattack is a game that demos very, very well. In it, you control a train that can leap and stunt between tracks in a sort-of-post-apoclyptic Japan as you try to be the best train race trick performer in the world. It plays like a modern Dreamcast game and it's very cool. You can watch us play it above. Planet of Lana II Unlike the other two games listed here, Planet of Lana II is a bit more of a known quantity, as any sequel is. I mentioned Limbo/Inside above and Planet of Lana II takes heavy inspiration from those games, and does it well. The sequel is shaping up to be a worthwhile follow-up to the first game and you can check out the demo with us above.
Feb 20
How to Get a Riot Gun Buddy in Valorant?
Nothing in Valorant is rarer and more prestigious than the Riot Gun Buddy, the Fist Bump. This exclusive gun buddy is owned by only a small number of players, as it cannot be purchased in the store. Riot has very specific criteria for awarding it to the players, and not everyone gets the opportunity. Hence, […]
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Feb 18
Valorant Patch Notes 12.03 Breakdown: Gekko Buff, Skirmish 2v2 and More
Valorant Patch 12.03 officially went live on February 17, 2026. Despite being a compact update compared to the seasonal ones, patch 12.03 addresses critical community feedback, which is sure to win hearts. Riot Games has significantly buffed the struggling Initiator Gekko, who was nerfed in patch 11.08. Apart from that, Riot Games has also introduced […]
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Feb 17
VALORANT: New LTM, Skirmish, Is Added To Patch 12.03 TodayRiot Games' VALORANT Patch 12.03 adds a new limited-time mode called Skirmish, along with QoL updates, as Masters Santiago approaches.
Feb 17
Top 15 Best Valorant Crosshairs That Will Save You From Whiffs
In Valorant, your crosshair plays a huge role in how comfortable and consistent your aim feels. The right crosshair can improve visibility, boost confidence, and help you land those crucial headshots instead of frustrating whiffs. While the game offers extensive customization options, you can import them as well. Here are the top 15 crosshairs in […]
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Feb 12
TenZ and Kyedae break up, leaving VALORANT players unable to believe in loveThe post TenZ and Kyedae break up, leaving VALORANT players unable to believe in love appeared first on The Escapist .
Feb 8
CS2 vs VALORANT: Which tactical shooter should you play in 2026?The post CS2 vs VALORANT: Which tactical shooter should you play in 2026? appeared first on The Escapist .
Jan 26
VALORANT guns tier list: All weapons compared for competitive playThe post VALORANT guns tier list: All weapons compared for competitive play appeared first on The Escapist .
Jan 10
VALORANT maps tier list: Ranking all active maps for competitive playThe post VALORANT maps tier list: Ranking all active maps for competitive play appeared first on The Escapist .
Jan 8
VALORANT agent tier list: Who you should play in rankedThe post VALORANT agent tier list: Who you should play in ranked appeared first on The Escapist .
Jan 8
If you ever wanted to play Valorant against streamers and pros, then the Alpha vs Omega ACT 1 Challenge is for youThe post If you ever wanted to play Valorant against streamers and pros, then the Alpha vs Omega ACT 1 Challenge is for you appeared first on The Escapist .
Jan 7
VALORANT Players Join Forces With Top Personalities in Alpha vs Omega ACT 1VALORANT is starting 2026 with a community competition that brings players together with some of the most recognisable personalities.
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Jan 7
VALORANT Patch 12.00 Kicks Off Season 2026VALORANT Patch 12.00 marks the start of Season 2026, delivering a wide-ranging update that touches competitive systems, agents, maps, modes, and player behavior. Highlights include the return of a fully…
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Jan 6
Valorant: Welcome to My World Cinematic Explained
Valorant’s cinematic for the 2026 season has officially arrived. Titled “Welcome to My World,” the new cinematic offers plenty of lore and action that has fans excited about the upcoming season. Unlike previous cinematics, this one’s told entirely through Omega’s perspective, specifically Omega Viper. With that being said, there’s a lot to break down in […]
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Jan 6
Trying to Play Valorant? You May Need a BIOS Update First
Valorant players logging in this week might face an unexpected roadblock: mandatory motherboard firmware updates. Riot Games recently issued a new security advisory, revealing that a flaw in modern motherboard firmware has been allowing hardware cheats to slip through Vanguard’s defenses undetected. The vulnerability affects boards from major vendors like Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, and Asrock. Each one […]
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Dec 19
Watch me attempt to explain how some hackers are getting away with cheating in VALORANT (and how Riot will stop them)The post Watch me attempt to explain how some hackers are getting away with cheating in VALORANT (and how Riot will stop them) appeared first on The Escapist .
Dec 18
Best Valorant Maps in Competitive Pool: Win Rate Data 2025Best Valorant Maps in Competitive Pool: Win Rate Data 2025
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Nov 1
ValorantValorant is a free-to-play first-person tactical hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games.
