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No Man’s Sky’s Atlas storyline — the overarching questline involving mysterious red orbs that appear throughout the galaxy — ends […]

Subnautica contains a rescue mission that is designed to fail. The Sunbeam — a ship responding to the player’s distress

XCOM Enemy Unknown’s tutorial mission is secretly rigged. The alien movements, shot percentages, and mission outcomes in the first two

Civilization VI’s barbarian camp system includes a detail visible only at high zoom levels: individual barbarian units, if selected and

StarCraft II’s Marine unit has a voiceline triggered by clicking the unit repeatedly: a reference to the classic StarCraft I

Uther the Lightbringer’s tomb is in the Western Plaguelands, accessible from the game’s original launch. Most players ride past it

Warcraft III’s Arthas campaign contains a mirror in a Lordaeron castle room during the early human missions — a decorative

The Secret Cow Level in Diablo II — a pasture of axe-wielding Hell Bovines with their own boss, the Cow

The Grim Reaper in The Sims — the original 2000 game — has a hidden personality score that is accessible

Overwatch’s lore is delivered almost entirely outside the game: animated shorts, comics, and the story mode that came with Overwatch