Days Gone has characters that make you smile, and a trusty bike ready to take you away. For while some irritations persisted during my playthrough – such as the technical irregularities that need to be patched – that its encounters provide a real sense of accomplishment makes it an open world worth exploring.

Chris Avellone, the designer who co-wrote Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, had less than great things to say about the leadership at Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming The Outer Worlds. Avellone was a co-founder and co-owner at the studio until he left in 2015.

The game was confirmed as a single player, story-driven experience with no microtransactions. Lucasfilm said the collective goal was to make “a badass, kick-ass Jedi Star Wars game for people to love.”

New Dawn delivers a shallow exploration of its premise and is more interested in the sheer anarchic fun of a fully refined playground of carnage. That’s fine for a game that continues to indulge in the franchise’s weirdest excesses while fine tuning its formula for maximum fun.

Carlos, Matthew, and Miggy go all out on speculation in this episode of the TMG Podcast. We discuss Jason Schreier’s big expose on Anthem’s development, the possible setting of the next Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs game, and the Steam review bombing happening to Borderlands 2.

The TMG Podcast #186 talks about the announcement of Borderlands 3, Apple Arcade, Unheard, L.A Noire, and Marvel’s Strike Force.

Left Alive is a third-person stealth/shooter hybrid with a strong emphasis on survival. It's a new direction once again for the mech combat series, but unfortunately, this experimental model stumbles at every turn it takes.

215 keys total to get your loot game on in Borderlands 2. That’s more purple rarity loot than you’ll ever know what to do with.

The trailer had everything that people love about Borderlands. But this wasn’t a new Borderlands so much as it was more Borderlands. It was MORE-derlands.

The controversy’s effect was two-fold: negative publicity creating genuine interest in the game, and fans wanting to snag copies before Taki’s voice and likeness were fully replaced in subsequent editions of the game.

While Wolfenstein: Youngblood can be played solo, Bethesda and MachineGames encourage players to try the campaign in co-op using a thing called the Buddy Pass, which lets a friend join in on the action.

From Software, developers of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, is open to creating a multiplayer-only game like a battle royale. How difficult will that be?