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Baldur’s Gate 3’s Final Patch Sends The RPG Off With A Bang

After almost two years, Larian Studios is finally done patching Baldur’s Gate 3. The team released the game’s eighth and final patch today, April 15, and it brings some long-awaited features like crossplay multiplayer, photo mode, and 12 new subclasses.

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Laurence Fishburne Claims Makers Of The Matrix 4 ‘Didn’t Respond Well’ To His Offer To Be In The Film

This story originally appeared on The Root, our sister site, on Thursday, April 3.

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John Boyega Has Talked With Kevin Feige About Joining The MCU

In furtherance of Marvel President Kevin Feige’s Thanos-like quest to collect all of the best actors to power his Marvel money-making machine, another award-winning actor has entered his orbit. During a panel at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), John Boyega revealed he has had conversations with the MCU…

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A Bunch Of Sega And Bethesda Switch Games Are On Sale Right Now

Starting today, over 150 Bethesda- and Sega-published games are currently on sale on the Nintendo Switch eShop. And with confirmation from Nintendo that most Switch games will work fine on Switch 2, it’s a great time to grab stuff like Doom Eternal and Sonic X Shadows Generations for less than usual.

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HBO's The Last Of Us Got One Of The Game's Best Scenes Early And Nailed It

Yesterday, the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us premiered, and I had my gripes with this first episode. HBO’s approach to The Last of Us Part II’s story has stripped away a lot of the mystery and tension present in the game, but I do want to give some props to the team behind the show for faithfully recreating…

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Minecraft Movie Has Earned Over Half A Billion At The Box Office

Warner Bros and Mojang’s A Minecraft Movie has now grossed over $550 million globally at the box office. The incredibly popular video game adaption is now more than halfway to reaching one billion total.

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Five Tips To Level Up Fast In Dynasty Warriors: Origins

Dynasty Warriors: Origins is nothing if not a power fantasy. Fighting thousands of grunts at once is fun in and of itself, but soaking up loads of skill points and experience points to unlock consistently stronger abilities makes the game hard to put down. That said, while Origins isn’t necessarily complex, its…

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What To Do When Monster Hunter Wilds Won't Let You Rest

Monster Hunter Wilds has brought a ton of new features along for the latest entry in the series. While both the Wounds System and Power Clash mechanics are vital for combat, equally exciting is the addition of a Day/Night cycle, complete with weather events. Naturally, there is also a Rest feature to let you change…

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EA's Next Big Star Wars Game Is Single-Player And Turn-Based

Following a leak earlier this month, Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm Games have officially announced Star Wars Zero Company, a turn-based single-player tactic game that sounds like might be very similar to XCOM.

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Pokémon's New Keychain Starter Plushies Are Almost Too Cute

The Pokémon Company may be absolutely terrible at keeping Pokémon TCG cards in stock, but one thing it’s great at is making me want to buy more plushies. The Pokémon Center online stores add new ranges on an almost weekly basis, while updating current ranges with ever more obscure inclusions. The latest gravitational…

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HBO's Harry Potter TV Series Is Still Filling Out Its Hogwarts Staff Amid Controversy

We still have no idea who will play the lightning bolt-tattooed titular character in HBO’s Harry Potter series, but we do know who will be teaching him and his crew of wizards. After months of speculation, HBO has confirmed the casting of key characters for the upcoming series.

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How To Take Down Hades 2's Typhon Without Losing Your Mind

If you’re coming back to Hades 2 after some time away, you’ll be pleased to find the game received a generous update that, among other cool additions, tossed in a new boss: Typhon, Father of All Monsters.

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PS5 Getting Another Price Increase In Some Countries

Over the weekend, Sony announced a price increase for the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition console in four different regions of the world, including Europe and Australia. It’s yet another price hike on Sony’s popular home console.

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The Mass Effect And Dragon Age Teams ‘Didn’t Get Along,’ According To Ex-BioWare Dev

David Gaider, the co-founder of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical developer Summerfall Studios, has opened up a bit more about his time at BioWare, where he served as the original lead writer on the Dragon Age series. Taking to social media, he chose to explain more about his decision to leave the studio in 2016 and…

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Hacked Crosswalks Play Biting Satirical Messages Imitating Musk And Zuckerberg

As we hurl ourselves as a species headfirst into the dystopian worlds of 1980s sci-fi movies, it seems only appropriate that we should see people responding to the tech-driven maelstrom by playing the role of vandal hackers. So it is that Silicon Valley crosswalks are currently playing satirical messages in the voices…

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Netflix Took A Bad YouTube Dating Series And Somehow Made It Worse

This story originally appeared on The Root, our sister site, on Friday, April 11.

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The Last Of Us Season Two, Episode One Recap: Everybody Hates Joel

“Future Days,” the first episode of The Last of Us season two, opens with the closing moments of season one. Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are standing on a hill with the Jackson settlement they’ll call home in the distance. Ellie, unconvinced by Joel’s story about raiders massacring the Firefly…

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The Week's Top Tips For First Berserker, Monster Hunter Wilds, South Of Midnight, And More

This week’s hodgepodge of our top recent tips includes pointers about what the best armor in The First Berserker might be for your build, the best weapons for beginners in Monster Hunter Wilds, the best skills to snag in South of Midnight, and more.

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Marathon Sounds Like A Way More Approachable Take On A Brutal Genre

As someone who has tried to convince friends to join me in extraction shooters, only to see too many folks fall away after their first or second loss, I’m all too familiar with how off-putting the genre can be. Death can come fast in this kind of game, and since you lose all the stuff you’re carrying if you can’t make…

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Can Marathon Afford Not To Be Free?

Marathon is Bungie’s next big multiplayer blockbuster and its first live-service launch as part of PlayStation. The game hails from a genre—extraction shooters—that’s never been for the faint of heart but from a big-budget studio that doesn’t do anything on the cheap. So how much will Marathon cost when it comes out…

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7 Incredibly Fresh Looks At The Next Game From The Makers Of Halo And Destiny

We finally have our first look at Marathon’s gameplay and it looks just as clean and techwear-infused as the game’s original PlayStation teaser suggested. During a showcase for the sci-fi extraction shooter today, Bungie provided an overview of how its PvPvE multiplayer matches will work, as well as the larger story…

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Bungie's Ambitious Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter Marathon Launches This Year: Here's Everything We Know

Marathon is looking very much like a colorful cybernetic riff on Escape from Tarkov, but with Bungie’s unique spin-on the extraction shooter genre and hopefully some big surprises along the way. The studio behind Halo and Destiny pulled back the curtain today to reveal a bunch of new information about its next big…

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The Latest On How Trump's Tariffs Could Impact The Switch 2 And More Of The Week's Top Stories

This week, all eyes continue to be on the Switch 2, Trump’s tariffs, and how the latter could impact the former. With the president putting a 90-day pause on the bulk of his announced tariffs and instead maintaining a 10-percent across-the-board tax, Nintendo is stockpiling consoles in the U.S. in advance of the…

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Over 1000 Classic PC Games Are Dirt Cheap Right Now On GOG

Good Old Games aka GOG is having a massive sale on a whole bunch of older PC games. Stuff like Deus Ex, Fear, Theme Hospital, Sim City 4, Fallout New Vegas and many more are part of the deal. But don’t wait too long, as the sale ends on April 25.

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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Games To Play While Prices Are Still Normal

I say this apolitically: Things are about to be more expensive than they’ve ever been. While you’re donating plasma and cashing coins in anticipation of the Switch 2 (by the way, what the actual hell is Nintendo doing right now?), we suggest you spend time settling in with some more modestly priced wares. That’s what…

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Metal Eden Definitely Has The Vibes

I wake up in a metallic corridor harassed by little cyborg creatures that effortlessly go splat when I pull the trigger. A voice in my head rambles about death, civilization, and the violent heist I’ve been tasked to help with. After every grisly death, my synthetic body is reborn. A sprawling, AI-controlled city…

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Andor Creator Says A Star Wars Horror Project Could Be On The Way

The Star Wars universe has expanded into LEGOs, animation, The Muppet Show, and even figure skating. Now, the storied franchise might be venturing into a space it’s never officially gone but always been adjacent to: horror. According to Andor creator Tony Gilroy n comments to Business Insider, Lucasfilm and Disney…

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This Longtime Simpsons Character Is Getting A New Voice MadTV Fans Will Recognize

The Simpsons is finally replacing one of its veteran voice actors and thankfully, no AI is involved. According to Entertainment Weekly, in the future the nefarious, beanie-wearing bully Jimbo Jones will be voiced by MadTV alum Mo Collins.

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PC Players Spend More On Microtransactions Than Actual Games

We’ve known that in recent years older games have been monopolizing more and more of players’ time, especially on PC, but it turns out that’s also been translating to players spending more and more of their money on stuff that’s not actual games. Namely things like battle passes and Call of Duty skins. In fact,…

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Minecraft Movie Director Defends Kids Tossing Popcorn And Going Wild

Last week, A Minecraft Movie was released in theaters and made a lot of money. But a viral trend of kids and teens screaming during certain points has led to chaos and even the cops being called. And in recent interviews, the Minecraft movie director has defended viewers going wild.

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