2 months 3 weeks ago
This past February the Steam Deck celebrated its third birthday. And based on the rocky performance of some fairly recent AAA games on Valve’s popular handheld, Avowed and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth being two examples, it’s currently going through a bit of a terrible threes kinda situation. Naturally, poor performance…
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Claire Jackson
2 months 3 weeks ago
We still haven’t seen much of Galactus in any of the trailers for Fantastic Four: First Steps, but the movie is just a day away from premiering in theaters, so Marvel fans will finally see the planet-eating villain on the big screen very soon. Veteran actor Ralph Ineson, who garnered attention for his distinctive…
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Kenneth Shepard
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Zack Zwiezen
2 months 3 weeks ago
We already knew that the Final Fantasy Universes Beyond expansion was the fastest-selling set in Magic: The Gathering’s history, but an absurd new stat puts what that actually means in perspective. Hasbro’s CEO recently revealed the massive crossover sporting Cloud, Sephiroth and other Square Enix icons earned $200…
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Ethan Gach
2 months 3 weeks ago
Gaijin Entertainment, the studio behind the popular online game War Thunder, announced on Wednesday that it had spent millions of dollars acquiring the rights to the popular Fortnite user-created map The Pit.
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Zack Zwiezen
2 months 3 weeks ago
Timothy Monbleau
2 months 3 weeks ago
Last fall, popular Twitch streamer Ironmouse broke Kai Cenat’s subathon record with over 314,146 subscribers signing up, and many of the proceeds went to the Immune Deficiency Foundation. But nine months later, the Vtuber says the talent agency that reps her, VShojo, has failed to pay more than half a million dollars…
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Ethan Gach
2 months 3 weeks ago
Sony has announced that a new beta firmware update for the PlayStation 5 will begin rolling out to select users starting this week. One noteworthy aspect of this update is that it will include a feature that lets you cut back on your PS5's power consumption while playing games, though doing so will come at a hit to…
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Zack Zwiezen
2 months 3 weeks ago
I know “free-to-play” is often a misnomer, and these games should actually be called “free-to-try,” but I haven’t played one that felt as blatant in its efforts to extract money from me as Pokémon Friends in a hot minute. The puzzle game/plush collector is cute and clearly geared toward young children, like a lot of Pokémon’s…
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Kenneth Shepard
2 months 3 weeks ago
Persona 5: The Phantom X’s saga of post-launch controversy continues, as Atlus and Black Wings Game Studio’s response to player backlash has only made some members of the game’s community more angry, as they don’t feel like their concerns are being heard.
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Kenneth Shepard
2 months 3 weeks ago
The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian’s bigger and wilder sequel to the original RPG from 2019, was planned to be the first Xbox game to be sold at $80 when it arrives on October 29. However, just about a month after making that announcement, Xbox and Obsidian have reversed course and dropped the price of Outer Worlds 2 from…
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Zack Zwiezen
2 months 3 weeks ago
Zack Zwiezen
2 months 3 weeks ago
Borderlands 4, the next big entry in Gearbox’s popular sci-fi looter shooter franchise, is coming to Switch 2 on October 3. That’s just a few weeks after it arrives on other platforms. Borderlands 4 launches on PS5, Xbox, and PC on September 12, so Switch 2 owners won’t have too long of an additional wait for the…
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Zack Zwiezen
2 months 3 weeks ago
Last month was a big deal for games. Nintendo finally released the Switch 2 and reversed a long-running downward trend in the market. The device has been making waves, even if it feels like people aren’t buzzing about the new launch as much as they have about past ones. We now know it’s the fastest-selling console…
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Ethan Gach
2 months 3 weeks ago
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wears its Final Fantasy inspirations on its sleeve, so it makes sense that it has its own swath of optional super bosses. And there’s one particular boss at the end of the game that’s a cut above the rest: Simon.
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George Yang
2 months 3 weeks ago
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is a hideous title for a video game and possibly even a little misleading. According to early reviews, the base game remains essentially unchanged and doesn’t take advantage of the new hardware’s extra power, while the $20 Jamboree TV add-on is…
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Ethan Gach
2 months 3 weeks ago
Julian LeFay, known as the Father of The Elder Scrolls, died yesterday at 59. The developer best known for his early work on Bethesda’s seminal fantasy series was most recently part of OnceLost Games, a studio he co-founded to develop open-world action RPG The Wayward Realms. It was announced last week that LeFay, who…
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John Walker
2 months 3 weeks ago
Microsoft’s push to separate the concept of Xbox games from the Xbox console itself has always felt a little...annoying? The corporation’s “This is an Xbox” campaign has been more confusing than anything else. However, the really significant aspect of this detaching of the games from the machines is the releasing of…
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John Walker
2 months 3 weeks ago
The big new reveal trailer for Fallout: Bakersfield makes it look so awesome, you might come away thinking it’s an official new boomer shooter from Bethesda set in its popular post-apocalyptic universe. But nope, this upcoming standalone game, built in a modern version of the classic Doom engine, is in fact a very…
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Zack Zwiezen
2 months 3 weeks ago
Fantastic Four: First Steps kicks off the sixth phase of the MCU. Depending on who you ask, those titular strides came off as either a bold, confident march forward or the haphazard lumbering of a robot that’s still not sure how to walk. But generally, the first wave of reviews describe the latest MCU blockbuster as…
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Ethan Gach
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