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15 Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree Trailer Details You Might Have Missed

After years of rumors and questions over what it would contain, we finally got to see what the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC will entail. The three-minute-long trailer showed off a mix of gameplay and cutscene content, but of course, most of it spawned even more questions. Elden Ring’s lore is notoriously…

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FromSoft Boss Miyazaki ‘Happy’ That All of Us Love Bloodborne

Bloodborne sickos, rejoice! While discussing the upcoming Elden Ring expansion, Shadows of the Erdtree, with Eurogamer, FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki spoke about how much the team values the beloved title and outlined what he believes makes a remaster or remake valuable. Despite the tenor of the…

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Persona 3’s Ending Is Still Incredible Almost 20 Years Later

Persona 3 is almost 20 years old, and as I stated in our review, Persona 3 Reload, the new remake of the classic RPG, solidifies how it was incredibly ahead of its time. Reload knows not to mess too much with a good thing, and that includes preserving its ending, which, after recently experiencing for the first time…

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Avengers: Kang Dynasty Is Getting A Major Rework And Ditching Its Villain: Report

Superhero movies are in a weird place right now, especially at Marvel’s house of ideas. Even as recent films struggle to land with audiences like the surefire hits of old, the studio is ready to look ahead with the heightened interest in what’s on the horizon. But part of that horizon includes navigating the murky…

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Everything We Know About Elden Ring's Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC

FromSoftware showed us what’s been cooking in the Elden Ring oven, and the results have undoubtedly made Soulslike fans salivate. (I’m Soulslike fans.) The studio unveiled the first trailer for its hotly anticipated DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, and now that we know it arrives on June 21, it’s a good time to round up…

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Dune: Part Two Somehow Exceeds Sky-High Expectations

Dune: Part Two is more than a mere sequel. It’s a continuation, culmination, and ultimately a fantastic elevation of everything you already loved about director Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 film Dune: Part One. That film ended with Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) embracing a new way of life after almost everyone he loved…

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This Time-Hopping Action Game Brings A Grenade Launcher To A Sword Fight

Do you know why Army of Darkness rules? Chief among the countless reasons I can think of is that Ash retains his boomstick even though he’s been displaced out of time. Everyone around him is doing battle against the forces of evil with swords and bows, while he’s lighting demons up with his shotgun. I love baffling…

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A Final Fantasy XIV Beginner’s Guide For Xbox

After over a decade of waiting, Xbox players can finally play the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. The game was previously only available on PC and PlayStation, but starting today Xbox gamers can take part in an open beta.. If you have never tried out Final Fantasy 14 then you will be able to make an…

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11 Years Later, The Most Memeworthy Metal Gear Game Still Holds Up

2013 was a great year for games, with groundbreaking titles that pushed the medium forward and helped define an era. There was the post-apocalyptic narrative adventure The Last of Us, which spawned a huge sequel and a hit TV show. There were exciting sequels, like the pirate RPG Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, and…

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OG Star Wars: Battlefront Games Are Back With Bonus Content And Features

Two incredibly popular Star Wars games— 2004’s Battlefront and 2005’s Battlefront II—are coming back in a new classic collection that will bring 64-player online action to consoles for the first time as well as other new features and bonus content, too. And you won’t have to wait long as these classic Star Wars…

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Xbox's Hi-Fi Rush Coming To PS5 In March

It looks like Hi-Fi Rush, long-rumored to be coming to other platforms besides Xbox and PC, will finally make that leap next month based on a leaked trailer from Bethesda.

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Nintendo Switch Online Adds Some Classic Games From Rare

During today’s Nintendo Partner Showcase, which confirmed that former Xbox exclusives Grounded and Pentiment will launch on the Switch this year, the company also announced that five Rare classics are downloadable right now for folks with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. It’s a blast from the past, y’all,…

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The Borderlands Movie Is Giving Discount Guardians Of The Galaxy

I’ve been thinking a lot about how great actors end up in bad movies. Maybe it was prompted by Madame Web somehow trapping Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney, but it’s always sad seeing someone whose craft you admire working with bad material. Anyway, the first Borderlands live-action movie trailer is out today, and it…

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PlayStation Pulse Elite Headset Offers Some Serious Bang For Your Buck

The PlayStation Pulse Elite doesn’t look like any headset I’ve ever owned before, and I’ve owned tons. The $150 wireless headset has a ‘60s-esque “vision of the future” vibe that stands out from a sea of black-and-neon designs and blinking LEDs. Its architectural shape and sleek simplicity means it’s even visually…

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Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC Takes Us To A Shadowland This June

FromSoftware’s award-winning RPG Elden Ring showed off its upcoming and long-awaited Shadow Of The Erdtree DLC today with a bombastic trailer that gave us an idea of what to expect when it drops later this year. Get ready, Tarnished, because things are going to get wild.

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Nintendo Is Bringing A Highly Requested Game To Switch Online...But Only In Japan

Nintendo Directs are often different across different regions. The order of games presented may be a bit rearranged, or there may even be wholly different titles announced in one region than another. Today’s Partner Showcase may have featured the single biggest such discrepancy of all time. Why? Because we did it,…

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Everything We Saw At The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase

Nintendo held its first Direct showcase of the year, and it was dedicated to third-party games coming to the Switch in 2024. This 23-minute showcase saw Xbox Studios finally announce which of their games are coming to the competing platform after weeks of rumors and speculation. But we also got some other,…

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Surprise! 2024's Most Intriguing Tactics RPG Has A Demo Out Now

Unicorn Overlord, the upcoming tactics RPG from developer Vanillaware, has a demo available right now on Nintendo Switch. The announcement came during today’s short Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. Like other Nintendo Switch demos, players will be able to get a jump start on the game’s opening hours ahead of its…

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Nintendo Direct Just Confirmed The Worst-Kept Secret In Games

During the February 21 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, the Mario maker announced something we’ve kinda known for a while: two Xbox exclusives will hit the Switch very soon. Those games are Grounded and Pentiment.

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40 Years Later, Nintendo's Most Underrated Series Deserves Another Shot

Nintendo is the undisputed heavyweight champion of video game heroes. Their pantheon of premier protagonists—Mario, Link, Samus—contains some of the most recognizable characters in all of media. Though the gameplay gimmicks and boss fights might differ, their pure-hearted nature in the face of overwhelming odds unites…

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Disney Movie Club Is Closing In Another Blow To Physical Media

Securing physical copies of a number of Disney classics is about to get a lot harder. Disney has announced today that after 23 years of service, it will be shuttering the Disney Movie Club later this year. Disney Movie Club is a subscription service for diehard fans that, since 2001, has provided an avenue for them to…

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Netflix's New Rainbow Six Game Looks Very Different

There’s a new Rainbow Six game out today, but it’s not like any previous entry in Ubisoft’s long-running tactical shooter franchise. Instead, this new entry, Rainbow Six SMOL, is a top-down, cartoony, roguelite mobile shooter exclusive to Netflix subscribers.

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Persona 3 Reload Modders Are Fixing The Remake's Worst Omission

One of the biggest complaints surrounding Persona 3 Reload was that Atlus’ remake of the beloved PS2 RPG didn’t have all the add-ons from previous updated editions of the game. This included the playable epilogue called The Answer from Persona 3 FES, and Persona 3 Portable’s female protagonist route that lets you play…

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MrBeast Is Visiting Walmarts And Forcing Them To Restock His Candy Bars

James Donaldson, aka MrBeast aka that YouTuber who does weird charity videos aka that guy who sold me a terrible burger, is apparently visiting Walmarts and forcing employees to let him explore their storage areas and then making them restock his candy bars.

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Helldivers 2’s Mysterious Black Screen Issue Explained

Helldivers 2, the third-person co-op experience that’s surging in popularity on Steam and PS5, is a really good time in spite of a couple of technical hitches. One of the more common frustrations is a stubborn black screen that sometimes confronts players upon launching the game. While the screen may go away after a…

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Princess Peach: Showtime! Previews Set The Stage For A Charming Platformer

Ever since Nintendo announced Princess Peach: Showtime! last June, fans of the Mushroom Kingdom’s ruler have been waiting with baited breath for the game’s release on March 22. So far fans have had a series of trailers spotlighting the game’s unique transformation mechanic that sees Peach donning new outfits with a…

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Fantastic Tomb Raider Remastered Collection Was Led By Fan Modder

The recently released Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection is a damn-near perfect reconstructed version of those classic ‘90s action platformers starring the iconic Lara Croft and her two handguns. And if you were curious as to why the remastered Tomb Raiders were so dang good, you can probably thank a talented Tomb…

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Your Wet iPhone Rice Trick Sucks, Apple Says

Saving a wet iPhone by putting it in a bowl or bag of uncooked rice has been a popular go-to rescue method for years, with the logic being that the rice absorbs the excess water from the phone. However, the God of iPhones has recently warned poor mortals against resorting to rice in these situations, saying it could…

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The Week In Games: Station Wagon Survival And A Cozy League Spinoff

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Lady Gaga Teases Fortnite Festival Performance With Throwback Meme

Little Monsters, rise up—Lady Gaga is coming to Fortnite. On February 20, the pop superstar-turned-actor shared a smoky, mysterious picture to X (formerly Twitter) that appears to show her Fortnite character model. The image is accompanied by one word that’s also a nod to a five-year-old meme: “*fortnite.” The post…

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