Ian Boudreau

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Video Games Writer and Critic at Freelance

Senior Editor at TapTap

Games fan

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The Rogue Prince of Persia early access review - Cute and deadly

May 27, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

I’m not the kind of player who throws his controllers when he gets frustrated, but there have been a few notable games that have brought me close: Dark Souls’ battle with Knight Artorias, the ice caverns in Spelunky, and several of the later bosses in The Binding of Isaac have had me momentarily at the brink of hurling my gamepad into some nearby drywall.
The Rogue Prince of Persia early access review - Cute and deadly

May 27, 2024 | flipboard.com | Ian Boudreau

Puzzles & Quizzes2 hours agoSteam gamers have one last day to download and keep a free 9/10 bangergamingbible.com - Angharad Redden • 2hSteam users have just a few hours to get their hands on a “very positive” title to download and keep forever.
Ghost of Tsushima stands tall among the greatest open-world games on PC

May 23, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

A masterclass in open-world game design and a thrilling samurai epic in its own right, Ghost of Tsushima is a must-play on PC. Since Sony opened the door to PC ports of some of its first-party titles with Days Gone in 2019, they’ve become a kind of known quantity. Granted, by the time these exclusives make it to PC they’re several years old, but they tend to be beautiful, solidly made open-world games that avoid coloring outside the lines.
Homeworld 3 review - a great new entry in a classic RTS series

May 16, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

Homeworld 3 is a welcome return for one of strategy gaming's most revered series, although the sometimes-clunky interface can make it feel older than it is. Homeworld 3 is something of a time capsule. Arriving two full decades after the previous game in the main series, it feels like it’s been dropped out of hyperspace from an alternate dimension, one where the initial ’90s RTS boom never faded into obscurity.
Dread Delusion review - a bumpy but fascinating new RPG

May 14, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

While the throwback graphics and simplistic combat won't appeal to many, the authentic and original story and endlessly fascinating world make Dread Delusion feel like a long-lost cult classic. Retro game aesthetics have never really gone out of style, but there’s always some disconnect between how old games actually were, and how they lodge themselves in our collective memory.
Official mod support is coming to Darkest Dungeon 2 next month

May 6, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

It’s been a bit of a wait, but official mod support for Darkest Dungeon 2 is about to arrive – although it’ll be coming piece by piece rather than as a complete suite. Developer Red Hook Studios says it’s rolling out the initial components of its mod support next month, with more to follow over the course of the year.
These Helldivers 2 review bomb capes actually go pretty hard

May 6, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

The radioactive dust is just starting to settle on the fracas that was the Helldivers 2 PSN account-linking debacle, but you can feel the collective sigh of relief from players and developers alike now that Sony has relented and dropped the requirement.
Win a life-size Elden Ring statue in this video contest

May 6, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

It’s just about time to start getting hyped up about Elden Ring again, and to help that happen, the game’s publisher is holding a video creation contest. Whoever makes the best five-minute Elden Ring video will receive a ten-foot statue of Messmer the Impaler, the gaunt antagonist we met in Shadow of the Erdtree’s recent trailers. The idea is pretty simple: the contest challenges fans to create a video that celebrates Elden Ring, and upload it to YouTube, X, or Vimeo.
Abiotic Factor will helpfully put your corpse in the cafeteria

May 6, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

The “corpse run” can be among the tensest experiences in gaming: Having just lost all your precious gear, you need to get back to the spot where you died in order to retrieve it, or else you’ll lose it forever. In Abiotic Factor, that’s sometimes been an impossible task due to the presence of extreme hazards or weird level geometry. Fortunately, the latest hotfix addresses this – and will sometimes resort to shipping your body back to the office cafeteria.
May 4 sale has players checking out this Star Wars multiplayer game

May 6, 2024 | pcgamesn.com | Ian Boudreau

The annual May the Fourth sale on Star Wars games is always a chance to fill out your library with some of the classics. This year, thanks in part to a steep discount putting it at its lowest price ever, Star Wars Battlefront 2 has gotten some renewed attention, with concurrent player counts jumping up to levels the game hasn’t seen in almost four years. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is a multiplayer game from EA’s DICE, the studio that makes the Battlefield series.