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While most video games tend to have progression systems that allow you to become more powerful as the campaign progresses, some exceptions opt for the opposite model.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the biggest surprise of the year. The turn-based RPG took the world by storm after gradually building interest through trailers that looked almost too good to be true. Heavily influenced by Final Fantasy, most were immediately entranced by its Chiaroscuro visuals, star-studded voice cast, and turn-based combat mechanics. Personally, I just love the Gestrals. What would come next from debut developer Sandfall Interactive, however, remained a mystery. Until now. Sandfall's director, Guillaume Broche, has gone on record to say that Expedition 33 "is not the end" for the series. Continue reading Clair Obscur Expedition 33 director teases sequels and "may be cooking" DLCMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Clair Obscur Expedition 33 weapons, Best Clair Obscur Expedition 33 builds, Best Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Pictos

MMOs have long provided the ultimate escapist fantasy. You can be anyone, do anything, and live out the life you always wanted. But more so than mastery over magic and the plaudits of being some sort of prophetic chosen one, the one thing MMOs truly grant me that Ill likely never be able to experience in the real world (at least, based on how the markets going) is the joy of owning property. Whether Im offering up bones at my Gilded Altar in Old School Runescape, or agonizing over the design of my Final Fantasy 14 mojo dojo casa house, nothing beats coming home after a long days work. World of Warcrafts upcoming Midnight expansion will finally introduce the feature to the legendary MMO, and, speaking to Lauren at Gamescom, associate game director Paul Kubit and combat lead Jade Martin explain why its taken so long for it to let the denizens of Azeroth become landlords. Continue reading WoW's new housing system is "several expansions" in the making, dev saysMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MMORPGs, WoW The War Within review, The best WoW addons

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has had a rough time of it lately. Since its release, its been lambasted for poor PC performance issues that persist despite numerous post-launch updates. More recently, developer Leenzee has caught flak for playing resolution upscaling tricks and rolling out a controversial retcon patch. Nevertheless, despite being entrenched in a mixed rating on Steam, its impossible to ignore how soulslike fans on social platforms have welcomed it with open arms. Continue reading No, we haven't had enough soulslikes, and Wuchang Fallen Feathers proves itMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Wuchang Fallen Feathers madness explained, Wuchang Fallen Feathers bosses, Best Wuchang Fallen Feathers builds

You can do practically anything in Minecraft. From making buildings that resemble famous landmarks, to crossing the entirety of the procedurally generated map, players are determined to test the game to its absolute limits. However, there are some things you simply cannot change, and that's where developer Mojang steps in. The latest Minecraft snapshot, 25w35a, makes important changes to how Copper Golems work and adds Halychian language support. No, me neither. Continue reading New Minecraft snapshot fixes Copper Golems and squashes nearly 50 bugsMORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods

SanDisk has just launched a new PCIe 4.0 gaming SSD with a budget price tag, offering speeds that trade blows with the WD Black SN850X, but with a price that starts at just $54.99 for a 500GB drive. The company claims the new WD Blue SN5100 can read at speeds of up to 7,100MB/s, with a top write speed of 6,700MB/s, which would have placed it among the fastest SSDs you could buy before the PCIe 5.0 era.SanDisk says its aiming this new WD drive at creators and professionals, but it also looks like it would be a fine SSD for gamers on tight budgets. One of its predecessors, the WD Blue SN580 has been proudly sitting on our best gaming SSD buying guide for a while, thanks to its cheap price, and this new drive looks set to be much faster. Continue reading WD just dropped a speedy new gaming SSD and it only costs $54.99MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming

Best kids e-reader deal: $99.99 Kindle Kids SAVE $30: As of Aug. 27, the Kindle Kids is down to just $99.99 at Amazon from $129.99. That's 23% in savings and just $5 away from its record-low price. The newly released Kindle Colorsoft Kids just got its first discount ever. But even on sale for $30 off, it's a hard price to justify for an e-reader...

Google Vids video editor is now free for all Workspace users Google announced Wednesday a bit of good news for Workspace users: Vids, a video-editing tool, will be made free for all users. Previously, it was a paid add-on. Not everything from Vids is free, however. If you want all the new AI-powered bells and whistles, you'll still need to pay up....