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Final Fantasy XIV fans began freaking out earlier this month after the discovery of a mod tool that could be abused to track down players and stalk them in-game, no matter where they were in the popular MMORPG. The game’s director has now responded to the controversy and promised the team is looking into solutions,…
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Half of the fun of watching Severance is figuring out Severance. What exactly is Lumon making on the Severed Floor? Where do Innies go when they die? Why the fuck are there goats? But the latest episode, ominously entitled “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig,” reveals that one of the characters we’ve been following has a secret…
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While Xbox Game Pass rarely goes a month without getting at least something new that’s worth checking out, it’s certainly had its dry spells in recent years. The back half of January, however, has quietly revealed a surprising number of cool new games hitting the Netflix-like subscription service, and with several…
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The original Labyrinth was one of those movies that was such a precise product of its time, place, and the creative collision of the people working on it that it’s hard to imagine ever recreating the same ineffable magic of the 80's dark fantasy musical, or why you’d want to try. But that’s never stopped Hollywood…
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Id Software recently pulled back the curtain on Doom: The Dark Ages and revealed a lot more gameplay from the upcoming FPS while also explaining some of the biggest changes from past Doom installments. One of the biggest is that this time around there is no multiplayer mode.
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With a sizeable open world to explore, a multitude of quests to complete, and tons of minigames, it’s easy to forget that Infinity Nikki is a dress-up game at its heart. Everything here revolves around fashion and that means you’ll always be on the lookout for new clothes.
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It’s January, and that means Xbox held another one of its annual Developer Direct showcases to talk about some games coming to Xbox Series X/S and Windows. We knew a few games that would be featured, including Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight, but Microsoft had also teased a surprise announcement from a…
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As announced during Xbox’s latest Developer Direct, Doom: The Dark Ages, the next main installment in the demon killin’ franchise, is launching on May 15 for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
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Over a decade after Ninja Gaiden 3 first graced Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, fans of the action franchise are finally getting a long-awaited sequel. Team Ninja and Platinum Games announced Ninja Gaiden 4 as a joint venture at this week’s Xbox Developer Direct where they provided a deep dive into the story, new…
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Oscar nominations are one of the few places where vampires, Bob Dylan, and two Black reform school students can all share the same space. Today, the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards were announced, and some of the bloodiest and strangest movies of 2024 were celebrated. Alien: Romulusscored a Visual Effects…
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Art of Rally was a beautiful, stripped-down meditation on racing. Over the hill, the next game from Funselektor, looks like an equally minimalist and gorgeous take on off-roading van life.
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Here’s an interesting question: If the subject of a really good remaster is a bad game, does that mean the remaster is also bad, or just a good way to experience the original flawed product? That’s the question I’ve been pondering since playing Star Wars: Episode 1: Jedi Power Battles.
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Once you’re ready to leave Vatican City in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, you’ll follow Indy’s investigation into a seemingly abandoned underground maze. Here, you must overcome two challenges to forge two special keys that will open the path forward. Here’s how to get through the Gold Key gauntlet in Great Circle…
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Earlier this month, I got to try out Assassin’s Creed Shadows via a livestreamed four-hour preview. Just a week before that preview, Ubisoft had announced that the next main entry in the open-world franchise about sneaky assassins and evil Templars had been delayed. Again.
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One of the biggest developments in gaming isn’t just the growing number of games to play, with thousands more being released every year, but how sticky the biggest blockbusters are, monopolizing players’ money and attention long after they’ve come out. And not just live-service multiplayer games either. New sales data…
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There is a reasonable chance you have not heard of Jonathan Nash. However, the games journalist and comedy writer has been such an inspiration for a generation of games critics, and the generation inspired by them, that his influence has almost certainly reached you. J Nash was extraordinary, and I’m very sorry to…
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Pokémon TCG Pocket is closing out January with a bang. The hit mobile game is getting a much-needed content refresh later this month in the form of a new set called Space-Time Smackdown. Two separate booster packs will feature Dialga and Palkia on their covers, the legendaries from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The set…
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The original Switch was a trailblazing device that proved you could take console-quality games on the go, but it was demonstrably less powerful than its PlayStation and Xbox competitors. In the years since the Switch was released, that gap has only grown with the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. We still don’t…
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Earthblade was going to be the next game from the creators behind 2D pixel art action hits TowerFall and Celeste. But on Wednesday, designer Maddy Thorson announced the project was quietly canceled last month after a fallout between some of the team’s members and the realization that the game’s protracted development…
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Infinity Nikki has a lot of activities to keep you busy. But everything you do drives toward the same goal–unlocking new clothes for Nikki. Our eponymous protagonist needs to gather various clothing to progress in the fashion-obsessed world of Miraland after all. However, her furry cat-like friend Momo can also change…
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While infiltrating the museum in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s Vatican City, you have the chance to solve a problem for the local Blackshirts: They’ve been sent a chest they can’t open due to their misunderstanding of their own password protocols. Here’s how you can beat them at their own game.
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If you’ve been to a Target, Walmart, or other large store lately, you might have seen some Disney Lorcana card packs next to all the Pokémon and Magic cards. Maybe you’ve thought about playing it, but didn’t know where to start. Well, luckily for you, Lorcana might be the easiest and cheapest card game to get into in…
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In a season 4 episiode of Family Guy, as a panic room begins filling up with water, Peter Griffin makes a death bed confession: He “did not care” for The Godfather. His family loses it and an inane argument about the iconic film ensues, eventually leading Peter to utter the enigmatic and now memed-to-death line, “It…
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RTS Fest, Valve’s first big Steam sale of 2025, is happening right now, and if you’re a fan of PC city builders, tactical war games, or other strategy-focused genres, you’ll want to check out some of the best deals we’ve spotted.
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It’s been five years since the original live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and in that time a lot of the sentiment around the series has changed. We’ve gone from being threatened with a horrifying blue gremlin on the big screen to a critically acclaimed adaptation of video game Sonic Adventure 2 in the third movie.…
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Well here’s something I didn’t expect: A new report claims that Ryan Gosling—yes that very famous one from Barbie—is in negotiations to star in an upcoming Star Wars movie from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy. And it sounds like his involvement has sent the project into hyperspace at Lucasfilm.
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As we’ve extensively covered, Pokémon TCG Pocket is a lovely mobile card game version of the 30-year-0ld trading card game, but also a wide-open doorway to gambling mechanics. It’s shocking to realize, early on in your time with the game, that it lets you pour as much as 720 Poké Gold a day into opening new packs,…
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Modders, we need to have a chat. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is coming to PC tomorrow, January 23, and no doubt y’all are gonna get cracking on modding some important and meaningful shit, like making Vincent and Cid playable characters and adding Zack Fair to the party. But before you get to any of that, can I ask one…
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Phantom Blade Zero was first revealed back at Sony’s 2023 gaming showcase. At the time, the Chinese-made PlayStation 5 exclusive looked like another project heavily inspired by FromSoftware’s Soulsborne games. But playable demos last year revealed it’s much closer to a Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry-style action…
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The Switch 2 might not be a radical reinvention of what came before, but Nintendo’s new hardware does sport some unique quirks, distinguishing it from the original handheld hybrid that arrived back in 2017. One of these features is the bigger Joy-Con controllers which now connect to the screen via magnetic…