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Foamstars was Final Fantasy maker Square Enix’s attempt at a live-service party game. The shooter took some inspiration from Splatoon but had its own twist on goo-based arena combat. Unfortunately, the finished game struggled to find an audience. Like Sony’s failed hero shooter Concord, it’s now being abandoned. Unlike…
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The original PlayStation was never supposed to happen. Sony had intended to team up with Nintendo on a disc-based, next-gen successor to the SNES. Then the Mario maker decided to stick with cartridges at the last minute, completely changing the console gaming timeline in the process. A new machine was born, one that…
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It’s December 4, and that means it’s the officially unofficial “Dragon Age Day.” Get it? D4. DA. Dragon Age. Anyway, this year, BioWare released some statistics about players’ choices in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The RPG has been out for a little over a month now, so that means more players have gotten further into…
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Loving two people at the same time is complicated. It becomes twisted when the two people you love are each loved by two separate parts of your very being. In a recent Vanity Fair interview, Severance’s executive producer and director Ben Stiller assures us that the second season will explore how an Innie and an Outie…
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February 2025 is filled with some big game releases, including a new Monster Hunter and Assassin’s Creed. In fact, so many large games are coming out that month that one of them has decided to change its release date to avoid the pile-up of video games.
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One of the biggest criticisms I and many other Dragon Age fans had about The Veilguard was that it failed to carry over most of our decisions from the previous games in BioWare’s fantasy RPG series. In fact, the fourth game in the franchise only imports three choices from Dragon Age: Inquisition, a stark departure…
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An immutable fact of life that continues to prove true is that kids do the darnedest things, including finding themselves on porn sites because of their love of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. According to court documents shared by Variety, a woman is raising a class action lawsuit against Mattel, the manufacturer of…
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s late-game choices have got players in their feelings, as they require some pretty big sacrifice on your part. But why did developer BioWare choose to make you do something so difficult? In an interview with IGN, Game Director Corinne Busche and Creative Director John Epler explained that it…
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Balatro, the wildly popular poker-themed roguelike deckbuilder, is one of the best games of 2024. And almost since it launched, people have been asking for a deck of real playing cards based on those in the game. Well, that’s finally happening. Tell all your Balatro-pilled friends and family. But also, there is a bit…
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Demo discs were a staple of the PS1 era, providing curated snippets of upcoming games for players to test out while waiting for the next big release. While digital demos have become commonplace on PS5 as well, a new free-to-play standalone version of Gran Turismo 7 takes the idea to a new level.
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In the official art book for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare revealed that it was once toying with the idea of bringing Dragon Age II hero Hawke into the fold before ultimately scrapping a possible appearance. However, the RPG’s latest patch includes the next best thing: their iconic mage armor for your new hero…
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One of the many great things Dragon Age: The Veilguard has to offer is its robust character creator. It’s so thorough that some players have spent dozens of hours creating and perfecting their versions of protagonist Rook, as well as the Inquisitor, their hero from Dragon Age: Inquisition. Leading up to launch, fans…
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As with the Riemann SMG, the Lullaby in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is another high-end, unique weapon locked behind a specific side quest that’s only obtainable by paying for the Ultimate Edition. If you’re willing to fork over the extra cash, you’ll receive additional Journalist’s Stash quests.
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Before we dive too deep into this guide on how to acquire the Riemann SMG in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, it’s important to note that this fast-firing, early-game submachine gun is only available to those who purchase the Deluxe Edition DLC. It’s part of the “Journalist’s Stash” questline, which features…
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Role-playing games tend to rank among the most emotionally-charged video games out there, with many franchises in the genre becoming popular largely based on their deeply-realized characters, heart-stopping soundtracks, and recurring themes that can invoke a wide range of emotions, such as a sense of nostalgia. It’s…
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Ubisoft has announced that XDefiant, its multiplatform free-to-play Call of Duty-like FPS, is shutting down in June despite the game’s executive producer saying that it wasn’t dying and was “doing well” in September.
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‘Tis the season for gifts and more gifts, and Amazon is in the gift-giving mood. The company is providing Prime members with 18 free video games this December.
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December is here and 2024 is almost over, but not before some of the year’s biggest games launch just in time for the winter doldrums. My console SSDs are already groaning under the weight of all those downloads. How will I find room for another 350GB of games?
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Disney has released the official trailer for Snow White, the studio’s upcoming live-action remake of the animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And if you were hoping the dwarfs in the film would be bloated and terrifying CGI human monsters sitting right in the deepest part of the uncanny valley, well, I’ve…
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I am a noted defender of Mass Effect 3’s ending. I think its final choice is a meaningful reminder that war is not won without sacrifice, and I love how the original, unedited version made no attempts to reassure you that you made the right decision. However, one criticism that has always lingered over the…
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Ahead of the January 16 release of Dynasty Warriors Origins, Koei Tecmo has launched a demo of the upcoming Musou on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The enormously prolific Dynasty Warriors series has entered a somewhat experimental phase since 2013’s Dynasty Warriors 8, as Dynasty Warriors 9 embraced a…
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A new report reveals that most gamers typically play video games for about 7 hours a week. In that same period, however, they watch over 8 hours of video game-related videos and streams. In other words, a lot of people reading this are spending more time watching Twitch than playing video games.
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Nintendo is adding a steady flow of classic games to its Switch Online platform, from the most obvious to the most obscure, but perhaps never something as significant as the NES version of Tetris. Why such a big deal? Because not only will this be the very first time the game has been made available on any platform…
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Xbox giveth and Xbox taketh away. November saw some big names come to the Game Pass subscription service, like Stalker 2, Flight Simulator 2024, and Aliens: Dark Descent, but December sees some some real bangers removed. One of them—Forza Horizon 4—is even worse affected, entering the misery of a storefront delisting.
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It wouldn’t be shocking if FromSoftware decided to follow its most successful game with a sequel, but the studio recently confirmed that Elden Ring 2 isn’t currently in the works. Instead, the company behind the open-world RPG is working on other projects. I hope one of them is Armored Core VII.
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With no official announcement yet in sight, hints at the upcoming Switch 2 continue to leak. The latest apparent indicators of Nintendo’s approaching console announcement are accessories that have appeared on the Chinese commerce site Alibaba, and point to a similar design and device dimensions from previous alleged…
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Neva is an emotional rollercoaster of a game. It’s easy to recommend it to anyone willing to shed a tear. Though the game seems to function primarily as an allegory for pollution and protecting the planet, it can also hit particularly hard for those of us who have lost pets, as it deals with love, loss, grief, and…
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Sony’s big Black Friday sale has rolled into its PlayStation 30th anniversary sale without missing a beat. There are lots more games that are heavily discounted on PSN right now, from blockbuster PS5 exclusives to some equally amazing but lesser-known games that might not be on your radar.
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Lindsay Lohan’s third Netflix movie, the second released this year, is out now, and the romcom’s intro credits are melting our brains.