Elden Ring Won Game Of The Year At The Steam Awards, Surprising No One
Valve has announced the results of its 2022 Steam Awards. As expected, Elden Ring took Game of the Year, as well as Best Game You Suck At. Other winners include Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and Stray.
While the awards largely celebrate the games of 2022, many older games did find their way on the list. Hitman 3 won Best VR Game, because that version of the game release early this year. Cyberpunk 2077 also won Labor of Love, celebrating games that receive updates or continual attention. In the eyes of many Steam users at least, Cyberpunk 2077 has redeemed its rocky launch. Newly released ports of PlayStation games also made a strong showing here, with Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and God of War winning awards. Sony’s push into PC gam…
Gears Tactics Review
Editor’s note: Below are our impressions of how the Gears Tactics runs on Xbox Series X, also by Gears Tactics reviewer Mike Epstein. You can also read our full Series X review for an in-depth breakdown of the next-gen console. Continue after the break for the original Gears Tactics review.
With the launch of the Xbox Series X and S, Microsoft has released the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions of Gears Tactics. Strategy games like Gears Tactics do not automatically translate well to consoles, where good gamepad controls are a must, but Gears Tactics lands the jump to consoles gracefully. Though using an analog stick to move a cursor will always be slower than using a mouse, the pensive turn-based gameplay does not lose any…