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An Xbox Game With 50% One-Star Reviews Is Still the Top Game With a Million Players in Week 1
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‘I don’t think this is a good idea’: Veteran Bethesda world artist says Starfield having 1,000+ planets was the wrong move
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VGC
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Eurogamer
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Eurogamer
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PCGamer
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IGN
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Polygon
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Polygon
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IGN
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House of the Dragon Season 3 Finale Recap and Review
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PCGamer
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PCGamer
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IGN
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IGN
⚡ 12h ago
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Polygon
⚡ 12h ago
The Best Games Like Dungeon Crawler Carl
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Kotaku
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PCGamer
⚡ 13h ago
The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield's Neon thinks Bethesda's galaxy was just too big: 'I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts'
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Polygon
⚡ 13h ago
Marvel Tokon players are trying weird solutions to fix the bad PC port
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Polygon
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Kotaku
⚡ 13h ago
If Anyone Wants To Print Their Own PlayStation Discs They’ll Need To Overcome Sony’s Wall Of Silence
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IGN
⚡ 13h ago
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IGN
⚡ 14h ago
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PCGamer
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Lies of P studio reveals name change and hypes up sequel: 'My goal has been to create the world's greatest action game.'
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Polygon
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Polygon
⚡ 15h ago
The Odyssey passes The Dark Knight Rises to become Nolan’s highest-grossing film ever
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IGN
⚡ 15h ago
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Kotaku
⚡ 15h ago
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Kotaku
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No One Can Agree If This Desperate Workaround For Fixing Marvel Tōkon On PC Actually Helps
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Polygon
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PCGamer
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The drummer will say "please" and then "make it stop"....
Polygon
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PowerWash Simulator Meets Unpacking In a Cozy Gaming Steam Sleeper Hit
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PCGamer
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The last season of Netflix's Witcher show has reportedly been delayed
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PCGamer
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Blizzard is now reportedly Microsoft's top studio, according to leaked email
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Polygon
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My Hero Academia author’s new horror manga Quit Laughing, Shijima was just released in English
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Eurogamer
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You can now stream PS Plus games to Steam Deck without owning a PS5 - and without buying a PS Portal
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IGN
⚡ 18h ago
Netflix Reportedly Delays The Witcher Season 5 to 2027
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PCGamer
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Hit markers are an FPS crutch
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PCGamer
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Eurogamer
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Kotaku
⚡ 19h ago
Netflix’s Final Season Of The Witcher Unexpectedly Pushed Back To 2027
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PCGamer
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Eurogamer
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Kotaku
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Kotaku
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Eurogamer
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PCGamer
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VGC
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PCGamer
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Eurogamer
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IGN
⚡ 1d ago
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PCGamer
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PCGamer
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PCGamer
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The GTA 3D trilogy fanpatch has its biggest update, with over 100 new fixes including restored dialogue for San Andreas
Here we go again....
IGN
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Kotaku
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IGN
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RockPaperShotgun
⚡ 1d ago
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VGC
⚡ 1d ago
THQ Nordic says it has 12 unannounced games in development
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Kotaku
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RockPaperShotgun
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IGN
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PCGamer
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id co-founder John Carmack revisits Doom at QuakeCon: 'Still a great game after all these years!'
Not a controversial opinion, by any means....
Kotaku
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PCGamer
⚡ 1d ago
Bethesda 40th anniversary sale knocks 50% off Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations just a month after launch
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RockPaperShotgun
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Kotaku
⚡ 1d ago
YouTube Mistakenly Penalizes Popular Science Channel Kurzgesagt For AI-Generated Slop
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PCGamer
⚡ 1d ago
The indie parkour game from one of the French brothers behind 2024's best FPS is coming out in just two weeks
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IGN
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RockPaperShotgun
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PCGamer
⚡ 1d ago
WoW developers reflect on Midnight's first season—a world without AddOns, task overload, and Prey
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Eurogamer
⚡ 1d ago
Extraction shooter BR1 Infinite is paying players for every in-game kill, drawing concerns about gambling and cheating
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IGN
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Bart Simpson Actress Nancy Cartwright Believes The Simpsons Will End With Season 40
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IGN
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Upcoming PS5 Games: The Future of PlayStation Exclusives
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Eurogamer
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RockPaperShotgun
⚡ 1d ago
Two months after revealing Crossfire, That's No Moon have seemingly laid off 14 members of staff
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PCGamer
⚡ 1d ago
Forget Quake, Worms: The Director's Cut just got a free expansion for the series' 30th anniversary
Creator Andy Davidson hopes it gives the game "a new lease on life."...
PCGamer
⚡ 1d ago
Stop waiting for the Game of Thrones CRPG of your dreams and settle for the pleasant eurojank compromise instead
It's rough, dated and still probably one of the better GoT games....
Kotaku
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Project Zomboid Fans Are In An Uproar After Devs Revoke Access To Community Map
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IGN
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Asus ROG XReal R1 XR Glasses Review
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PCGamer
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Blocky zombie survival sim Unturned releases its source code so players can build a 'lasting legacy' for the game 'regardless of the changes we make'
The source files are freely available for non-commercial use....
PCGamer
⚡ 1d ago
God of War TV series sees further recasts as Amazon seeks older actors for Atreus and Thrud
The series will have different actors in these roles for Season 2....
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Eurogamer
⚡ 1d ago
Konami investigating Silent Hill 2 Performance Mode issues after latest PS5 patch
Konami has confirmed it's investigating new Performance Mode problems on PS5 and PS5 Pro after last week's Patch 1.07 for the Silent Hill 2 ...
PCGamer
⚡ 1d ago
Tencent's cyberpunk rival to Grand Theft Auto is in trouble as its developer lays off 80 people
Lightspeed LA says it will "shift the creative and development direction" of Last Sentinel....
Eurogamer
⚡ 1d ago
Newly discovered Demon's Souls prototype footage reveals a scrapped first-person mode
Newly unearthed footage from a 2007 developer presentation has revealed that Demon's Souls once had an option to play in first-person. Read...
VGC
⚡ 2d ago
A ‘new look’ at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, hosted by its director, will take place at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live
Naoki Hamaguchi will take to the stage to show more of the game...
Eurogamer
⚡ 2d ago
Stalker 2 is finally letting us explore the Chornobyl Power Plant
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