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SERIES · ESTABLISHED 2002
The Thing
FPSSimulation
COVERED BY 228 WRITERS
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Sammy Barker, Mark Warren, Joshua Wolens and 225 more across 17 outlets
Writers indexed
228
Entries
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Articles
590
Reviews
34
Outlets
17
2 ENTRIES
Every game in the series
WRITER INDEX
Covering The Thing
Each writer's count reflects their lifetime indexed pieces on any The Thing entry.
LATEST COVERAGE
Across the series
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Darryn Bonthuys GameSpot·13 Oct
God Of War’s Laufey Collector’s Edition Leaves One Important Thing Out: The GamenewsComparisononGod of War Laufey
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Joshua Wolens PC Gamer·13 Oct
RimWorld drops Unity for its own in-house engine, says your saves still work, so do most mods, and the whole thing runs twice as fastnewsComparisononRimWorld
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Sherif Saed Eurogamer·12 Oct
Starfield seamless planetary landings are finally nearly a thing, thanks to one modder's tireless worknewsComparisononStarfield
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Rebekah Valentine Kotaku·8 Oct
Blizzard Is Making WoW Forever’s Controversial Skyborne Race Look Worse On Purpose, And That’s A Good ThingnewsComparisononWorld of Warcraft: Forever
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Connor Makar Eurogamer·7 Oct
My favourite thing about Aion 2? The freedom to make a freaky lil' guy in a world of beautiful peoplefeatureComparisononAion 2
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Samuel Roberts PC Gamer·6 Oct
My most-played album of 2026? Sorry, Mitski—it's Final Fantasy 10: House Grooves, a real thing that existsnewsComparisononFinal Fantasy
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Wes Fenlon PC Gamer·6 Oct
Gundam Rogue Orbit gave me a sick whip sword, but held back the one thing I want most in a mech gamenewsComparisononGundam Rogue Orbit
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Andrej Barovic Destructoid·4 Oct
When an AI couldn’t win in StarCraft, it did the next-best thing: downloaded a human-made botnewsComparisononThe Thing
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Darryn Bonthuys GameSpot·1 Oct
Control Resonant Has Finally Gotten The One Thing It’s Missing (But Only On PC)newsComparisononControl Resonant
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Oisin Kuhnke Rock Paper Shotgun·29 Sept
Sometimes the thing you need is a wonderfully ethereal physics platformer jam game where you are a little round guy with very stretchy arms called Big StretchnewsComparisononThe Thing
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Shaun Prescott PC Gamer·28 Sept
Steam Week in Review: Great, haystack slop is a thing nownewsComparisononThe Thing
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Michael McWhertor Polygon·26 Sept
Overwatch Seasonal Hero Releases 'The Right Thing for the Game,' Blizzard SaysnewsComparisononOverwatch
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Tyler Colp PC Gamer·23 Sept
World of Warcraft: Forever's first patch will bring back the number one thing seasoned players missed from the MMO's past: stormsnewsComparisononWorld of Warcraft: Forever
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Virginia Glaze IGN·22 Sept
Halo Fans Can't Decide if Activision Takeover Is a Good Thing or NotnewsComparisononHalo
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Jen Glennon Polygon·21 Sept
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Does One Thing Far Better Than Three HousesnewsComparisononFire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
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Catherine Lewis GamesRadar+·20 Sept
1 hour in, Genshin Impact devs' cozy life sim feels like cosmic Animal Crossing – but that might not be a bad thing
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Ash Parrish Kotaku·18 Sept
Guns Are The Best Narrative Thing That Has Ever Happened To Fire EmblemnewsComparisononThe Thing
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Joshua Wolens PC Gamer·18 Sept
I have modded the most exciting thing possible into GTA 5: Hard and soft credit checks and realistic personal financenewsComparisononThe Thing
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Harvey Randall PC Gamer·17 Sept
Industry vet who worked on Ultima Online says the next big thing needs to have 'sh*tty graphics' to escape the doom of rising development costsnewsComparisononThe Thing
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Tyler Colp PC Gamer·15 Sept
Blizzard is aware Overwatch fans are tired of seeing its fanciest skins go to the same heroes and it's 'the number one' thing it's working to fix nextnewsComparisononHeroes
