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The film adaptation of Wicked is breaking box office records and is likely to be the biggest movie of the Thanksgiving season. But it’s also become ground zero for a newly invigorated debate about theater etiquette that’s been raging for a few years now and is only getting more heated as more people than ever whip out…
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is nearly here. The big first-person action-puzzler arrives on Xbox and PC next month and if you’ve been wondering just how big Indy’s next digital adventure will be, well, we don’t have a specific number yet, but it sounds big.
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Another holiday season approaches and video games are once again awash in sales, discounts, and end-of-year inventory liquidations. Everywhere you click there’s another price with a red line through it and the promise of big savings. It’s overwhelming and easy to tune out, so we’ve consolidated a much shorter list of…
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Earlier this year, Star Wars: Hunters landed on mobile devices and Switch. The free-to-play third-person hero shooter was a very fun and good game that was trapped on mobile devices. Well, except for Switch, but that port wasn’t great. Now, Hunters is finally making the leap to PC, alongside some visual upgrades, too.
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Borderlands and Civilization publisher 2K Games has quietly done something very cool and good: The company has removed the need to use its 2K PC launcher from all of its games, and sunset the software completely.
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Created by the same talent behind the Silent Hill and Siren series, Slitterhead was already positioned to perform well within the horror gaming community. With a unique premise, including possession and body horror, along with a vibrant city full of glowing neon lights illuminating the ever-present darkness, the…
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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero delivers a ton of what fans have wanted from a DBZ fighting game, including a humongous cast of characters. There are 180-plus fighters to choose from and nearly half need to be unlocked. Although it’s easy to assume that such a large roster would have minimal differences, there is more…
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James “MrBeast” Donaldson’s new Squid Game-style reality TV show hits Amazon Prime Video on December 19 and, despite reports of terrible working conditions during filming, the YouTuber says behind-the-scenes footage will show the allegations surrounding the production were “overblown.”
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Kraven the Hunter director J.C. Chandor is about to enter the hornets’ nest known as comic book movie fandom with a big ask for everyone: Please be kind and don’t rewind. Weeks before his film about one of Spider-Man’s toughest villains is set to release, Chandor is hoping perceptions and expectations for his…
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Collecting cards is super satisfying in Pokémon TCG Pocket, but a lot of people have fun building decks to compete with each other. Although most will want to create a top meta deck to help them become the very best like no one ever was™, that can take a while given how the RNG booster packs work. That’s not to say…
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God, seriously, calm down. It’s OK. Listen to me: it’s ooooooh-kayyyyyy. Shhhhhhh. After the recent absolute horror of learning that Breath of the Wild does not exist on the official timeline of Zelda games, we can all rest easy in the knowledge that Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has been given its place in the holy records.
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A whole bunch of Oculus VR headsets were allegedly stolen by a group of men who would wait for truck drivers to leave their vehicles to get some food or go to the bathroom and then would hop in and drive them away.
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Like most Frontier Developments’ games, including Planet Zoo, Planet Coaster 2 retains much of the charm and freedom that allow many players—though not me—to creatively construct a park that virtual visitors actually want to spend time and money exploring. Thankfully, alongside the freeform building mechanics, the…
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Fortnite’s Chapter 6 Season 1 has seemingly started to leak online via promo artwork and images. And if the leaks are accurate, which they seem to be, then Godzilla, as well as Baymax from Big Hero 6, might be arriving in Epic’s popular free-to-play shooter next month.
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In 2021, former BioWare general manager Casey Hudson announced a new studio called Humanoid Origin. It was working on a sci-fi blockbuster and hiring for an ambitious future. On Monday, however, the studio announced it was shutting down just a few years later, having failed to acquire the funding needed to continue.
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Upon completing the game’s prologue and finally stepping foot into the Zone proper, you’ll head for Zalissya, this game’s version of the rookie town. There, you’ll encounter a handful of characters who will help propel the story forward, along with merchants, technicians, and even your first up close and personal…
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It happens to the best of us: You’re delving into a dank, decrepit bunker in the post-apocalypse searching for rare loot, casually popping off shots at the various rat-like mutants scurrying through the dark when your weapon jams. In a moment of panic, you attempt to reload and clear the jam, but your weapon is so…
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Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it is ditching avatars on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles next year after a decade of support. You might have assumed avatars had already been killed off in the past, but nope. Apparently they were still around, but not for much longer.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 got a new trailer this morning, and it really underlines how this movie is an adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2. We knew it would be taking pieces of the Dreamcast game, such as introducing Shadow the Hedgehog and delving into his tortured past, but this new trailer really brings home that some of…
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The next time someone tries to tell you nothing productive comes from binge-watching TV, just point them to Gladiator II. In a Hollywood Reporter feature on the making of the Ridley Scott-helmed film, it was revealed that the director binge-watching Paul Mescal’s Hulu series Normal People is what helped the actor land…
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Hitman developer IO Interactive is distancing itself and its popular franchise from controversial mixed marital arts fighter Conor McGregor following a recent Irish High Court ruling in which a jury found him liable for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.
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Controversial video game streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm is officially joining Rumble, the right-wing streaming platform online personalities like Russell Brand go to when no one else will have them. The “alt-tech” platform announced the former Twitch star will receive equity and be an advisor despite admitting…
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Naughty Dog’s next game is still steeped in mystery, but another tease has been plucked from the ether. Troy Baker, one of the best-known faces in video game acting following his performance as Joel across The Last of Us Part I and II, is on deck to appear in director Neil Druckmann’s next project.
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Star Wars Outlaws finally came to Steam last week. Unfortunately, there’s also an issue with the latest version of Windows that makes it so the sci-fi open-world adventure and other Ubisoft games don’t work. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is pausing the update in the meantime.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is just under a month away, and that means we are a mere three weeks from hearing Keanu Reeves voice Shadow the Hedgehog. Today, Paramount has released the second trailer for the film, and we get to see a little bit more of Shadow and the returning cast, as well as get a better sense of how the…
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Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Sony is working on a portable version of the PlayStation 5. This comes hot on the heels of news from Microsoft that a portable Xbox is being worked on, and of course ahead of the imminent announcement of the Switch 2. Everyone’s going handheld!
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Another day, another Dune: Prophecy episode going where no Dune movie went before. After killing off its youngest character on-screen in the pilot, the latest episode shows the most formidable power in both Dune movies being thwarted more than 10,000 years earlier.
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This week, perhaps nothing sparked more discussion than the announcement of the 2024 Game Awards nominees. We weighed in ourselves with a breakdown of the seven biggest surprises in what got nominated, and what didn’t. Also this week, both Sony and Microsoft announced new forays into game streaming, and we took a look…
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If you’ve got a big family but very little to talk to them about, the holidays can see you go from happy to helpless real quick. What are you to do when Thanksgiving dinner is two hours late and you’ve run out of small talk with that one uncle from out of town who may or may not have voted for the worst person in the…
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Pokémon TCG Pocket is absorbing hours (and dollars) by the thousands since it came out, but it’s not always great about highlighting the features that can make your time with it better. We’ve got a good example waiting for you in this roundup. Also, we’ll help you bypass a potentially frustrating limitation you’ll…