Baldur's Gate 3 "had to be a D&D experience" which of course means "you have an idea in your head but chaos is going to take off"

While most Baldur's Gate 3 players are still blissfully making their way through Larian's lavish and expansive world, others are taking it upon themselves to do the essential work of memeing its memorable cast of characters.

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty launches today, and if you're planning on making a return trip to Night City, be cautious, as you can miss out on the expansion's main quest entirely if you mess up an early mission.

Bethesda is known for making big, blockbuster RPGs—but Starfield's space combat was a totally new frontier for the team. I've personally found a decent bit of fun in zipping around and knocking pirates out of the sky, even if it's clearly not the game's main focus. I don't envy the devs saddled with the task of balancing dogfights in space.

When learning a new game, it happens to the best of us. Sometimes, there’s a mechanic we just can’t quite figure out. In the PS5 version of Baldur’s Gate 3, one of the less intuitive features of the game is how to split and regroup your party without talking to each individual party member.

Action RPG Dragon's Dogma 2 encourages you to think big, inviting you to scale the game's massive bosses as you struggle to lay them low. 

The latest patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 has implemented a much-requested feature, as you can now change your appearance, pronouns, and body type after character creation with the aid of a Magic Mirror. However, there are some limitations to these changes, and some things cannot be altered, even with the power of magic.

As many of the quests in can be solved or completed in multiple different ways, including "," it can be difficult to know exactly which decision will net the best rewards or story outcomes. Solutions that are seemingly quicker and easier can often end up giving less rewards or even costing a significant amount of extra resources. Additionally, companion approval can change heavily depending on which decisions are made in quests, with some less moral options having the potential to negatively affect certain relationships.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

CD Projekt Red has this whole rewards system thing going on with Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Jumping through a few simple hoops will net you some pretty cool rewards—like a snazzy pistol that sets people on fire—and all it'll cost you is your time.

F-Zero 99 blazed onto Switch like a bat out of hell after a surprise launch during September’s Nintendo Direct. It brings the veteran series out of retirement and breathes new life into it as a hectic 99-person battle royale. We can’t get enough of its unique brand of awesome.

The Baldur's Gate 3 "no possibility left unpossible" choice-and-consequence train continues with the revelation that, if you break up with a lover in the game, you can slowly repair the relationship and spark a bit of your old chemistry. This might not sound earthshattering to anybody from outside the videogame world - what are you doing here? Run along and watch your silly non-interactive movies and TV shows - but it's quite novel for a fantasy RPG in the BioWare tradition. In my experience, at least, most RPGs only give you the build-up to a character romance, then flash-freeze the relationship post-consummation, perhaps because you've unlocked a sexy "loyalty" companion ability and the developers don't want to take it away from you. Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the few that thinks about how chemistry might come and go.

There are several spell scrolls in that players can choose from when equipping their characters. These items allow non-magic characters to cast special abilities that they would never be able to by normal means, while some allow magic users to have access to skills they have not yet unlocked. Spells are great in combat, as they deal elemental damage and can even be AoE (area of effect) attacks, which allows hitting multiple targets at once rather than a single opponent per turn. Alternatively, they can also be used tactically both in and out of battles.