Author: Valhalladidde

For a while, the God of War series was incredibly tired. The straw that broke the camel’s back was God of War: Ascension — a perfectly fine hack-and-slasher in its own right, but it was so similar to what came before it that fatigue for Kratos’ angry adventures really started to settle in. It’s exactly why the Norse games took a very different approach, not only changing the setting and the style of gameplay, but also finally making Kratos a more well-rounded character. It was a refresh that was sorely needed, and the more recent titles have further cemented the…

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Category: Xbox InsiderFebruary 18, 2026 Available for Xbox InsidersĀ on PC:Ā Postgame Recaps Alex Charters, Senior Product Manager Starting today, Xbox Insiders in the PC Gaming Preview can tryĀ postgameĀ recapsĀ in the Xbox PC app on Windows. After you finish a play session, you may see a quick recap that highlights moments from that session—like captures you took, achievements you unlocked, and relevant in‑game events—plus an option to share feedback so we can keep improving the experience.Ā  Postgame recaps are designed to show up only when they’re useful—not after every game. You’re most likely to see a recap when you take a capture through Game Bar or unlock an…

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Trade in your feather duster for a katana. When your hotel maid carries a five foot sword in one hand and a gun in the other hand, don’t forget to tip! In the case of our game today, you don’t really have anything to worry about. Yes, the main characters are maids in Maid of Salvation; as in young female and as in wearing old-school, black and white outfits. The weapons they wield are for destroying monsters, however, so you’re safe (unless you’re some sort of malevolent being). Welcome to purgatory. Your job as one of the Maids is to…

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Despite banging on about data privacy, my password practices are perhaps not actually that secure. No, I’m not leaving them lying around on post-it notes like my office is just the latest level of an immersive sim, but a recent study suggests that cloud-based password managers ain’t it either.A number of these services tout their ‘Zero Knowledge Encryption,’ insisting that no one besides you, not even the service itself, can sneak a peek at the contents of your password vault—in theory, anyway. According to a fresh study by a team of security researchers out of ETH Zurich and Universita della…

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Clickout Media is a group that buys up gaming sites and then forces them to host endless unmarked advertorial content for gambling sites and casinos. Now the owner of The Escapist, Adventure Gamers, andĀ Esports InsiderĀ is, according to reporting byĀ Insider Gaming, going to ā€œpivot to AI,ā€ and of course that means firing swathes of staff and demolishing the remains of all the sites it’s ruined. ā€œSad to say that my role at The Escapist is up for redundancy,ā€ wrote that site’sĀ contributing editor Lloyd Coombes on BlueSky. On LinkedIn he added, ā€œthat means a lot of things that I’m still not quite…

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It took a year, but PlayStation 5 owners can now enjoy Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios’ action role-playing game Avowed. Taking place in the same world as the Pillars of Eternity series, the RPG features a fun world to explore, plus it has a whole host of improvements thanks to the new Anniversary Update. There’s no doubt that the year-long wait was worth it for PS5 owners looking for a new fantasy game to dive into. While there is a central story that makes it clear what to do next to make progress, one of my favorite aspects of…

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