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Three Things We Learned About The Coolest-Looking Marvel Fighting Game In Years

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Is A Lot Easier If You Invest In The Right Stats

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Improve Your RimWorld Odyssey Experience With These Excellent Quality-Of-Life Mods

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Itch.io Is Returning Free NSFW Games To Its Store

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Alleged PS6 Leak Gives First Clues On Price, Power, And New Sony Handheld

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Nintendo’s Sold 6 Million Switch 2s, And Over 5.6 Million Copies Of Mario Kart World

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Nintendo Is About To Raise The Price Of The Original Switch

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Assassin’s Creed Actor Says Ubisoft Threatened To Sue Him For Hinting At Black Flag Remaster

Matt Ryan, the actor behind Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag’s main character Edward Kenway, recently told a fan that they might have a reason to replay the 2013 pirate game. The Constantine actor said this at a convention signing, and fans took this as a tease of a potential remake or remaster. However, it sounds like…

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One Of The Best Parts Of Battlefield 6 Is Dragging Your Buddies To Safety

Battlefield 6 is a massive AAA first-person military shooter featuring big maps, lots of guns, plenty of explosions, and some really smart changes to the classic Battlefield formula while staying true to older entries like BF3 and BF4. But the only thing people could talk about after playing EA’s new FPS was dragging…

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After 4 Hours With Battlefield 6 I'm Convinced It Has The Juice

My first introduction to Battlefield 6 came via a trailer in a large warehouse in Los Angeles. The video featured Limp Bizkit singing about a chainsaw. It was loud, bombastic, and frankly a bit embarrassing. But then I sat down and got to play over four hours of EA’s upcoming military FPS, and somehow, by the end, I…

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Octopath Traveler 0 Is Based On A Mobile Game, But Is Leaving The Gacha Behind

Octopath Traveler 0 closed out this morning’s Nintendo Direct, and long-time fans immediately clocked that, despite the new name, the prequel RPG seemed to draw heavily from the 2022 mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent. It turns out that yeah, the new RPG is “inspired by” that game, but retools…

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Nintendo's Game Key Card Showcase Leaves Fans Severely Underwhelmed

The line between a bad video game showcase and a great one can be exceedingly slim. Often it only takes one or two surprise reveals targeting the right genres and nostalgia centers for most players to come away with generally positive vibes. The July Nintendo Direct failed on that count. It didn’t help that a fresh…

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How To Overcome The Deadly Divekicks Of Monster Hunter Wilds' Seregios And Emerge Victorious

If you’ve been hoping for Monster Hunter Wilds to add a challenge that’s on par with Gore Magala, even in their Tempered forms, then you’re going to love fighting with Lagiacrus and Seregios. We’ll be going over the latter in this guide, which has certainly become one of the more difficult opponents in my opinion.…

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Monster Hunter Wilds' Lord Of The Sea Represents A New Level Of Challenge

Although Mizutsune is one of Monster Hunter Wild’s more difficult fights, it doesn’t hold a candle to the recently added Lagiacrus. The “Lord of the Seas” boasts some powerful attacks with considerable range, not to mention a one-of-a-kind underwater combat phase. Here are some tips to conquer the regular and…

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Kojima On Whether Or Not He'll Play Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake: Lol, Nope

The upcoming remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is certainly ambitious. Taking one of the most elaborate gaming projects of the early 2000s and sprucing it up with modern third-person stealth and shooter mechanics along with a fresh coat of graphical paint is no easy task, and the challenges involved go well…

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This FMV Game Has Final Fantasy And Baldur’s Gate Leads Living Out The Horrors Of Hollywood

Dead Take, a horror FMV game from Tales of Kenzera developer Surgent Studios, starts with a disclaimer that its story of unbridled Hollywood ego taken to its most terrifying extreme is a “work of fiction not intended to reference or depict any actual people, places, events, or other entities in the real world.” This…

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You Owe It To Yourself To Play RimWorld In 2025

These days, many video games either tell you an extravagant story that you’ll play through once and then ditch, or they urge you to open your wallet and delve deep for cosmetics and battle passes on the free-to-play front, presumably forever. But if you venture over to the indie side of gaming, you’ll find genuine…

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The Internet Reacts To The Most Ridiculous Part Of The Nintendo Direct

Square Enix lived up to its reputation for terrible game names during the July Nintendo Direct, but somehow an action-RPG titled The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales wasn’t the most absurd part of the showcase. That came when the publisher revealed the name of the world in which the HD-2D adventure takes…

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Xbox Game Pass Makes $5 Billion As Microsoft Reports Massive Growth

Microsoft has announced that Game Pass has hit almost $5 billion in revenue over the last fiscal year, with 500 million active users. In fact, the whole of Microsoft has just reported annual revenue of $76.4 billion, up 18 percent on the previous year. These figures are being announced less than a month after the…

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I Can't Wait To Fall Into The Newest Octopath Traveler Trap

A third Octopath Traveler game is on the way and the Square Enix JRPG series looks as stunningly retro as ever. This one is called Octopath Traveler 0 and includes a bunch of new features. It also looks perfectly positioned to once again trick me into thinking I will fall in love with these games.

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Everything We Saw At Today's Nintendo Direct

Hey! Today we were treated to another lovely look at some games coming to both the original Switch and the fancy new Switch 2. Nintendo’s latest Direct went all in on third-party titles, so alas, no Metroid Prime 4. But there were still a ton of cool-looking titles, many of which feature co-op, so you’ll be well…

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Persona 3 Reload Is Coming To Switch 2 So You Have No Excuse

Persona 3 Reload, the from-the-ground-up remake of the original PS2 RPG, is coming to Switch 2. Atlus announced the port on today’s Nintendo Direct partner showcase, and it’s coming to the system pretty soon. The port will launch on Nintendo’s system on October 23, with both physical and digital versions.

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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Is Somehow Coming To Both Switch And Switch 2

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is effectively Budokai Tenkaichi 4, bringing the hit manga and anime to modern consoles with better graphics and fresh levels of fan service. It seemed like only a matter of time before it arrived on Switch 2, but I didn’t expect to see it on Nintendo’s older hardware as well.

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Monster Hunter Wilds Rushing Out New Content As Capcom Faces Tough Questions

This hasn’t been the wet hot summer extravaganza Monster Hunter Wilds was hoping for. Despite Capcom breaking glass on an event-themed bikini for its fan-favorite blacksmith Gemma, community vibes remain off and the publisher is getting grilled on why more players aren’t flocking to the franchise’s first installment…

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How VTubers Are Leading The Backlash Against Adult Game Censorship

If you’ve been on social media over the past week, then you’re probably familiar with the backlash against MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and Stripe. A ragtag movement of gamers, artists, adult content creators, sex workers and queer activists are uniting to resist payment processor-based censorship targeting Steam and itch…

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Nintendo Just Blew Mario Kart World's Record Race Wide Open

A surprise Mario Kart World update has breathed new life into the Switch 2 exclusive, but it’s one of the changes that goes unmentioned by Nintendo which could have the biggest impact on the game’s competitive scene.

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23 Games We’d Love To See Announced For Switch 2 In Tomorrow’s Direct

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 handheld hit the shelves, that gap has only grown with the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Making up…

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'Netflix For AI' CEO Hyping Animated Slop Admits 'Maybe Nobody Wants This'

Showrunner is a new video content platform that will specialize in user-generated AI slop. The idea is people will pay to use generative AI tools to produce their own TV, starting with short animated sketches. Who asked for this? Amazon for starters, which is investing an undisclosed amount in the company behind…

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Getting Your Ass Kicked In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Just Became A Little Less Frustrating

Turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has already proved a phenomenally good time for fans of old-school JRPGs and those who appreciate solid storytelling and rewarding battle systems. But with today’s 1.4.0 patch, the game has received some much-needed improvements in key areas. If you’re like me and the final…

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Despite Everything Linkin Park Has Been Through, The AMV Band Is Alive And Well

To me and millions of other people who grew up listening to alternative rock in the early 2000s, Chester Bennington was a generation-defining voice of rock music. This month marks the eighth anniversary of his passing, and I still remember exactly where I was when I heard the news. I had never been truly affected by a…

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