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ReviewsRise of Kingdoms review: the best real-time strategy MMO on mobile, if you can live with the grind
Live battles on one seamless map set Rise of Kingdoms apart from other city builders. Eight years on, it is still the genre's smartest design, and still one of its most demanding on your time and wallet.
ReviewsRAID: Shadow Legends review: a deep collection RPG behind the famous ads
Everyone knows the ads. Fewer people know the game: a huge, polished collection RPG with real team-building depth, held back by a slow grind and relentless offers.
ReviewsRagnarok Online: World Journey review: a lovely Midgard that plays itself too much
Gravity's first open-world Ragnarok gets the look, the music and the quality-of-life fixes right. On Steam, though, automation, gacha pressure and a single Southeast Asian server drag it down.
ReviewsOnce Human review: a weird, generous survival shooter that never sits still
Survival, base building and looter-shooter builds in a cosmic-horror wasteland, all free. Two years and many reworks later, is Once Human worth starting on PC?
ReviewsEnlisted review: huge free WW2 battles, held back by dim squadmates and a long grind
Enlisted hands you a whole squad instead of a single soldier and drops it into combined-arms WW2 battles. We look at whether the spectacle still outweighs the AI, the silver grind and the store in late 2026.
ReviewsArknights: Endfield review: a gorgeous gacha RPG with a real factory game inside
Endfield mixes real-time squad combat with a full automation game and wraps both in some of the best visuals in free-to-play. Is it worth starting now that it's on Steam?
NewsWar Thunder mid-October update: SEAD event returns and Southeastern City joins Nuclear Escalation
Gaijin has brought back the asymmetrical SEAD air event until October 19 and added the reworked Southeastern City map to Nuclear Escalation random battles. Native ARM support on Windows and login streak freezes round out a busy week.
NewsStar Trek Fleet Command Division 12 update: new Epic officer Rose Harper and Skin of My Enemies events
Scopely's October 15 Halloween update sends players to the U.S.S. Griffin with a new Epic raiding officer, a new battle pass and three ship events that end October 19. Crucible of War returns November 2.
NewsRise of Kingdoms Halloween update: Radiant Rivalry and Camp Treaty headline version 1.1.12
Version 1.1.12 is still the current build in mid-October. It brings a Halloween event series, the Radiant Rivalry kingdom duel, a Camp Treaty system and five new Season of Conquest commanders.
NewsRAID: Shadow Legends update 11.80: Skartorsis rework and easier Faction Wars Hard Mode
Plarium's October update reworks Skartorsis and Kurosa the Covetous, cuts enemy stats in Faction Wars Hard Mode and improves artifact chest odds. A 25-day Reward Calendar is also live.