Michael L Hicks
Michael is the Senior Editor of VR and fitness tech at sister-site Android Central, but happily lends his help to the Windows Central team for games coverage.
Latest articles by Michael L Hicks
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom preview — Familiar faces and a 'hardcore' Arcanist class
By Michael L Hicks published
Get ready to explore an area not officially seen since Elder Scrolls: Arena, as well as work with returning characters from Morrowind and Skyrim.
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The Lamplighters League fixes my least-favorite part of turn-based strategy games
By Michael L Hicks last updated
In-between combat, you can actually move your squad around stealthily as you prepare to take on your nefarious alternate-history foes — making it a much more dynamic experience.
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Life by You is challenging The Sims 4 by tempting its modders
By Michael L Hicks published
The open-world life sim will let you change basically anything about the world by uploading files of new dialogue or just changing up the code yourself.
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Mass Effect 3's ending revisited: Overblown outrage or justified fury?
By Michael L Hicks last updated
The leaked original ending, protest cupcakes, DLC retconning, and whether ME3's finale deserved the hate.
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11 rare Mass Effect scenes you probably never saw
By Michael L Hicks last updated
Be honest: You replay Mass Effect to romance new crewmates, not to make new choices.
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Star Trek: Resurgence for Xbox and PC revives the Telltale formula with some welcome tweaks
By Michael L Hicks last updated
During GDC 2022, we got a hands-on demo with the upcoming Star Trek narrative adventure game, and came away optimistic about the final release.
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How to use Razer Kishi with Project xCloud and Game Pass Ultimate
By Michael L Hicks last updated