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24 Halo Infinite Forge Maps Inspired By The Classic Games
Warthogs and battle rifles are only as good as the environments you can drive and shoot them in. And now that Halo Infinite ’s iteration of...
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The Complete, Surprising Eight Year History Of LEGO's Poop Piece
In October, thanks to a viral tweet, the world learned of a new LEGO City set that contained a giant human turd inside a portable toilet. I...
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$100 Marvel Snap Bundle Reminds Me That, Yeah, This Is A Mobile Game
Yesterday, Marvel Snap was updated and for the most part, the update was well received. The new token system is in and some small quality...
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LEGO Brawls To Receive Free Festive Update This December
New stage, Minifigures and more. LEGO Brawls released on the Switch back in September to a less than favourable reception - we gave it a 4...
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Everyone Sounds Awesome In The New Mario Movie But Mario
Now that we’ve all been properly satiated with memes from the second Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer, it’s time to re-address the elephan...
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Leak: Mass Effect, Biomutant, More Coming To PlayStation Plus
A reliable leaker has revealed that Mass Effect Legendary Edition , Biomutant , and DKO: Divine Knockout will be next month’s trio of fre...
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Princess Peach And Donkey Kong Debut In New Super Mario Bros Movie Trailer
"Our big adventure begins now!". The second trailer for the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie has just dropped, and it's jam-...
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Victoria 3 Players Think Communism Is Too OP
Victoria 3 is a political simulation game that plays like accounting software. And currently, apparently even the game’s numbers agree wi...
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Watch: Nintendo Direct: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Second Trailer - Live!
Here we goooooo. Trailer number two is just about here! We might have all been (quietly) expecting to see the Super Mario Bros. Movie debu...
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The 12 Worst Marvel Snap Locations (So Far…)
Sure, Marvel Snap is a great game that’s completely taken over my Twitter feed and life. But not everything in Marvel Snap is wonderful. ...
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This Scarlet And Violet Pokémon Might Commit Murder And Fans Are Obsessed
Sometimes Fairy-type Pokémon look cute and are cute. Other times they look cute and they want to kill you and your entire family. Tinkaton...
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You Can Get An Xbox Series S For Under $200 Today
The Xbox Series S is one of my favorite purchases. It’s the little machine that could, a less powerful version of a next-gen console, that...
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Review: The Knight Witch - An Intense Fusion Of Metroidvania And Bullet Hell
Bewitching. At this point, it’s easy to think that the Metroidvania genre has become played out. The indie community has positively run aw...
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Turn Your Switch Into A GameCube With This Gorgeous Controller Case
Gotta go back in time. Before the Wii U Pro Controller and the Switch Pro Controller, the general consensus amongst Nintendo fans was that ...
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Random: Website Domain For Mega Man 12 Draws Attention Ahead Of Anniversary
Keep expectations in check, though. Whenever a significant anniversary for a video game franchise looms on the horizon, certain parts of th...
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Debut Manga From F-Zero And Star Fox Artist To Become A Switch Game In 2023
Quick on the draw. Just last week we heard that Takaya Imamura was all set to release his debut manga , Omega 6 , after years of iconic art...
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UK Charts: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Hold Strong As FIFA 23 Reclaims Its Crown
Sonic Frontiers also benefits from heavy discounts. We've got the latest UK boxed charts data and its looking fairly self-explanatory t...
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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch 3D Platformers
Workin' the Z-axis. Updated with Lunistice . Enjoy! Ah, the 3D platformer. Ever since Super Mario 64 landed and showed everyone just...
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TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, LEGO Star Wars & More Crowned TIME's 'Best Video Games Of 2022'
Check out the full list. It's been another exciting year in the world of video games, and as usual, it's now that time of year when...
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Feature: 30 Changes We'd Like To See In The Next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Update
Customisation, better settings, and little hats for Koraidon. Let's start this off with a big old disclaimer : We are not game develope...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl: Castlevania: Bloodlines
A new generation. Hi folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl ! Before we get cracking with this week's brawl, let's...
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Tetris Effect: Connected Receives Another Update On Switch, Here's What's Included
Update now. The Switch version of Tetris Effect: Connected received another update earlier this month. This latest patch bumps the game up...
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Overwatch 2 Reveals Gameplay Footage Of New Tank Hero
Coming December 6th. Update : Blizzard has now released gameplay footage of Ramattra. He'll make his debut in Season 2 on December 6. ...
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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch Collections And Compilation Games
Bundles of joy. Updated with Sonic Origins , TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection , and Atari 50 . Enjoy! Switch is many a gamer's go-to co...
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Good Smile Company Shares First Look At Stunning New Fire Emblem Figure
Fire Emblem Heroes gets some love. The release of Fire Emblem Engage might be just around the corner, but the spotlight is on the gacha-li...
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Feature: "We Received Many Requests To Bring Back The Puzzle Bobble Series"
Puzzle Bobble Everybubble's director on Bub and Bob's upcoming return. We're big fans of Taito's Bubble Bobble spin-off se...
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (November 26th)
The reign of Pokémon continues. After last week's release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet , you might have thought that it would have bee...
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NieR: Automata Sales Soar To Seven Million Following Switch Release
Square Enix provides a sales update. One of the many third-party highlights on the Switch this year was Platinum's action role-playing ...
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Frustrated Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Players Are Reportedly Getting Refunds
Some trainers are fed up with performance issues. The ninth-generation games Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been out for a week now. They...
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New Avatar Legends DLC Coming To Minecraft This December
"Can you master the four elements?". If you're still enjoying Minecraft on a regular basis and happen to also be a fan of th...
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TT Isle Of Man - Ride On The Edge 3 Races Onto Nintendo Switch Next May
Back on the bike. Publisher Nacon and developer RaceWard Studio have announced TT Isle of Man - Ride on the Edge 3 is coming to the Ninten...
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CD Projekt Red Showcases Witcher 3 Free Netflix DLC Update, Out December 14th
A free quest and Netflix Nilfgaardian armour. In case you missed it, CD Projekt Red's award-winning video game The Witcher 3 is receiv...
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The First Limited-Time Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Tera Raid Battle Event Has Begun
Add an Eevee to your Pokémon party. It's been a week since the arrival of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet on the Nintendo Switch. In that t...
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Pokémon TCG Live Reduces Number Of Cards You Get From Booster Pack Codes
From 10 to 5. The recently launched Pokémon Trading Card Live "limited beta" on computer and mobile devices has made a minor but...
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Anniversary: Arcade Archives Nintendo Collection Goes On Sale For The First Time Ever
Grab a bargain. We've extensively covered the Switch's Arcade Archives series over the years, and November 24th marks the 300th wee...
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Battlefield 2042's Season 3 Makes A Good Game Slightly Better
The last time we took a look at Battlefield 2042 , the belagured online shooter had just released its second major update and was, finally,...
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Video: Nintendo Land Will Likely Never Come To Switch, But That's Okay
Catching up on the Wii U launch title. The Wii U had a pretty dull launch line-up, all told. There, we said it. Between the likes of New Su...
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Upcoming Dead Space-Like Horror Game Locking Some Death Animations Behind A Season Pass
Callisto Protocol , out next month on consoles and PC, is a horror game that looks and plays a lot like the beloved Dead Space franchise. ...
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Call Of Duty Removes Armor-Piercing Effects From…Armor-Piercing Ammunition
Yesterday, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0 got their latest patch. The notes indicate the usual tweaks and bug fixes one...
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Feature: Poké Ball Onigiri: A Review - Which Poké Ball Tastes Best?
Made with real Pokémon!*. Pokémon – both the games and the anime – have always featured food prominently. Moomoo milk, sodapops, slowpoke t...
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Overwatch 2 Continues Franchise Tradition Of Putting Characters In Cop Skins
Overwatch 2 may be a sequel, but it seems that it loves cop skins just as much as the original game. A brand-new bundle recently dropped i...
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Random: This $200 Slowpoke Beanbag Is Perfect For Playing Pokémon
Slowpoke used Sit! A new licensed Pokémon armchair has appeared on the market, and this time, it's Slowpoke's turn to be made into...
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Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Players Are Trying To Get Refunds
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet , the new monster-collecting RPGs from Game Freak, have been getting dragged since they launched on November 18...
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Report: Big Game Companies Like Square Enix And Roblox Are Ignoring Climate Change
AfterClimate, a research and consultancy business “on a mission to decarbonise the games industry”, have this week published the results o...
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Nintendo's Latest DMCA Takedowns Are Over (Checks Notes) Fan-Created Steam Icons
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Nintendo is using its army of lawyers and chests of money to go after people who appear to be some...
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Go Into Hibernation With Steam’s Giant Autumn Sale
Valve’s massive autumn Steam sale is officially underway and includes steep discounts on some of the best and biggest PC games, from atmosp...
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Bayonetta Creator Shares His Two Cents On Fan Outrage Over Bayonetta 3’s Ending
We’re not even a month shy of Bayonetta 3 ’s release and Hideki Kamiya, the creator and supervisor of the series, has already confirmed tha...
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New Modern Warfare II Movement Trick Is Turning People Into Speedy Lil Goblins
A group of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II players have been breaking the game’s movement system and their latest creation is something th...
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My Favorite Bayonetta 3 Weapons Were Its Most Absurd Ones (Naturally)
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This Rooster Manga Is The Perfect Thanksgiving Read
Thanksgiving turkeys might be getting pardoned and roasted this week, but this tough piece of poultry is kicking all kinds of kaiju ass in ...
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Live A Live Gets A Cheeky New Update, Here Are The Patch Notes
Bugs squashed. Live A Live , Square Enix's RPG remake, has just been updated, bringing the game up to Version 1.0.1. There isn't a...
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Video: The Wii Is Now Old Enough To Drive
The Wiil of Time. While we were all caught up with the Wii U turning ten over the last week, there was also a big anniversary for the Wii w...
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Random: Before The Switch, Here's What The Internal 'NX' Logo Looked Like
Internal logo leaked in Mario Kart prototype. It's widely known that before the Nintendo Switch became official in 2016, the console w...
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UK Charts: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Enjoy The Second Biggest Franchise Launch Of All Time
First week sales 25% higher than Sword and Shield. The latest boxed charts data is in and, as expected, it's a big win for the recently...
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It's 2022 And Broforce Is Coming Back, Baby
Have you ever played Broforce ? Or even heard of it? You’d be forgiven for answering “no” to both those questions because, as I flip tragic...
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Jason David Frank, The Green Ranger, Has Died
Jason David Frank, an actor and martial artist best known for his recurring role as the Green (and later White) Ranger in Mighty Morphin Po...
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Video: THQ Nordic Cooks Up A New Gameplay Trailer For AEW: Fight Forever
Bringing the brawl to Switch in 2023. Earlier this year in August, THQ Nordic surprised wrestling fans with the news AEW: Fight Forever wo...
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Pokémon Fans Vent Frustrations Online About Scarlet & Violet's Technical Issues
"TPCi is NOT giving Game Freak the necessary support". The new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games are perhaps the most ambitious e...
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Random: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Trainers Discover Legendary BLJ Glitch
We're having Super Mario 64 flashbacks. As you might have already seen, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet comes with a certain glitch that co...
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PSA: This Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Cheat Code Allows You To Access "Secret" Save Backups
A great fallback if your game crashes. There's always the possibility that something could go wrong with a game Pokémon Scarlet and Vio...
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Random: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Body-Horror Glitches Are Going Viral
Scarier than a Haunter. You've probably heard that Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were released in... a bit of a state. Although that may...
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Advance Wars Style Kickstarter Project Warside Targeting 2023 Switch Release
Dev feels it can "evolve" the turn-based tactical genre. Nintendo's Switch release Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp is seemi...
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Newly Revealed 1,000th Pokémon Looks Like An Apple Jacks Mascot Turned Crypto Bro
The mad lads at GameFreak have done it again. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet push the series’ overall Pokédex into four figures, and the spec...
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Teenage Mad Lad Immediately Leaves After Crushing Street Fighter V Tourney
One of Europe’s biggest fighting game tournaments, the Ultimate Fighting Arena (UFA), wrapped up on November 13. The three-day event in Fr...
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The Pokémon X PUMA Collection Now Includes Gengar Sneakers
This brings the collection up to five Pokémon designs. Update : A new shoe in the Pokémon X PUMA collection was released on November 12th,...
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Random: Forget Smash Bros., Masahiro Sakurai Wants To Talk About His Cat
"She's so cute!". Now that Masahiro Sakurai is free from the bonds of Smash Bros. , he's been running his own YouTube cha...
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Your Guide To Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Type Weaknesses (Terastallizing Changes Things)
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is something of a clipping , textureless aquarium , but it’s finally out and arguably playable. If you will yo...
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The Switch's Worst Port Was Fixed By Devs Known For Terrible GTA Remasters
Back in 2018, the Switch received one of its worst and most unplayable ports in the console’s history, a remarkable distinction given how m...
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Review: RWBY: Arrowfell - Passable Action Platforming With Buried Potential
Not the Grimmest of outcomes. About a decade ago, Rooster Teeth launched a new anime web series called RWBY , which went on to spawn a reas...
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Marvel Snap Will Soon Let You Grind For Specific Cards, Not Just Random Ones
Marvel Snap has only been out of beta for a few short weeks, but it’s already quite popular. Still, in 2022, games don’t launch finished, ...
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OG Splinter Cell Goes Free As Ubisoft Shares Remake Concept Art
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell turns 20 this month, and in recognition of the anniversary, Ubisoft has uploaded a 20-minute-long YouTube video...
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Feature: Wii U Vs. Switch - How Did Those Nintendo Hardware Reveal Trailers Compare?
A lesson in the importance of first impressions. With the Wii U turning ten years old (crikey, we're really starting to feel old now),...
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Warzone 2.0 Lets You Join Up With Your Enemies, And It Rules
Multiplayer shooters are inherently hostile environments, and battle royales, even more so. But with Warzone 2.0 ’s new proximity chat feat...
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This Black Friday Nintendo Switch Deal Comes With 100,000 PC Optimum Points (CA)
A whopping Canada-only deal. Black Friday is upon us once more, and this Canada-only deal on the Nintendo Switch is well worth a look if yo...
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Netflix's Sonic The Hedgehog Show Has Some Real Spiderverse Vibes
Today, Netflix released a new trailer for its upcoming animated Sonic show, Sonic Prime , that is jam-packed with fun new multiverse design...
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Somerville’s Hero Is Actually A Jerk Who Totally Ignores His Dog
I’ll be the first to admit that I find the weirdly performative nature of the “ Can You Pet The Dog ” Twitter account to be annoying and od...
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Gaming Pros Battle Elon Musk's Twitter While Ditching Bankrupt Crypto Sponsor
In April, crypto exchange FTX paid esports company TSM $210 million to change its name to TSM FTX. On Wednesday, TSM FTX changed its name ...
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Warzone 2.0’s Proximity Chat Is Predictably Unhinged
We’ve only had Warzone 2.0 for a few hours, and it’s already clear that proximity chat is an absolutely bonkers new feature. Today, the br...
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Marvel Snap’s Pixel Art Variant Cards Aren’t Great
Marvel Snap contains a ton of variants for each base card in the game. Some of these variants feature different poses or place the heroes ...
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Overwatch 2 Selling $10 Mei Skin Even Though She's Unplayable
Blizzard released a really cool new epic skin for Mei. The only problem is that players can’t see what her skin looks like because she’s be...
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What To Know Before Getting D&D's New Starter Set
Getting into tabletop roleplaying isn’t always easy. With thick rulebooks that mirror math textbooks and the need to find at least one othe...
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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch Life Sims And Farming Games
Life comes at you slow. Updated with recent releases. Enjoy! If you're looking for a change of pace and some welcome distraction from...
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There Could’ve Been A GTA Film With Eminem, But Rockstar Was Like ‘Nah’
The games industry is incredibly secretive, but that never stops folks from eventually spilling all the tea on the behind-the-scenes shenan...
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Mini Review: A Little To The Left - An Evocative, Imaginative Tidy 'Em Up
How’s it hanging? Trailers, screenshots, and previews of A Little to the Left paint a picture of a tidying game about making things neat –...
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The Internet’s Urgent Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Questions, Answered
I think that whether I’m 4 or 24, looking into the water drop eyes of bubblegum Jigglypuff, winsome Sylveon, or now the fluffy, pastry case...
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Games Market Expected To Decline 4.3% Globally This Year, According To Newzoo
"Our long-term outlook for the games market remains positive". Games market research group Newzoo has published its latest report...
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Do Not Play Obsidian’s Killer Narrative Game While Hungry
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You Can Now Read All 285 Issues Of Nintendo Power Online
Few gaming magazines are as beloved as Nintendo Power . In the NES era, it offered many young Nintendo fans their first glimpse of the upco...
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New Transformers Series Introduces Its First Nonbinary Robot
The Transformers franchise, which has always been more than meets the eye, just introduced its first officially nonbinary character, Night...
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7 Things We Learned From Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Leaks
I’m convinced that there’s no force in the universe that moves faster than Pokémon leakers. As we move into release week for Pokémon Scarl...
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This Killer Narrative Game From Obsidian Is A Must-Play
Welcome to 16th-century Europe. You are Andreas Maler, an artist living among the people of the fictional town of Tassing, where things are...
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Dragon Ball: The Breakers Gets Sizeable Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Fixing those bugs. Dragon Ball: The Breakers released last month with a number of technical issues at launch. Fortunately, Bandai Namco ha...
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This Upcoming Super Mario Bros. 3 Mod Adds New Playable Characters, Wall Jumps And More
Coming 'Thanksgiving 2022'. At this point, word of a new Mario game would have a whole host of Nintendo fans super jumping for joy ...
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Random: Fan Reimagines Chainsaw Man's Anime Opening In Animal Crossing
A crossover we never expected to see. There's a lot about the popular anime Chainsaw Man which doesn't immediately bring Animal Cr...
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Random: God Of War: Ragnarok Director Shares Five NES Games That Inspired Him
Oh BOY, these are good. Santa Monica Studios' God of War: Ragnarok recently launched to critical acclaim (including a glowing review ...
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Feature: The 10 Best Ace Attorney Cases, Ranked
Are we Phoenix Wright, or Phoenix Wrong? It's been a long time since we've last seen Phoenix Wright's pointy-haired shadow dark...
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Review: Lunistice - A 32-Bit Platforming Dream That Gives Sonic A Serious Run For His Money
Frontier justice? Ever since game fans collectively realised that crunchy polygons were worth getting nostalgic over, PS1-core indie games ...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl: Punch-Out!!
The gloves are off. Hello, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl ! Before we get cracking with this week's crawl, let's ...
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Tactics Ogre On Switch Apparently Supports Mouse And Keyboard Controls
Another way to play. This week saw Square Enix release Tactics Ogre: Reborn on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. Read the...
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Sonic Team Listening To Frontiers Feedback, Wants To Take Series To "Greater Heights"
The game's director is excited about the future. Sega's latest release Sonic Frontiers takes the Sonic the Hedgehog series in a b...
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Random: Megan Fox Cosplayed As Princess Zelda For Halloween This Year
Doja Cat also joined in on the fun as Villager. It seems Anya Taylor-Joy wasn't the only Hollywood celebrity dressing up as a Nintendo ...
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Watch Out Naughty Trainers, The Pokémon Company Is Dishing Out A New Wave Of Bans
Gotta ban some more. It appears The Pokémon Company is once again banning any trainers who break the rules in the mainline Pokémon games. ...
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Here's Why People Are Convinced Studio Ghibli Is Making A Baby Yoda Show
Studio Ghibli, The famous Japanese animation studio behind classics like Princess Mononoke and Spirited Awa y has spent the past few days ...
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You Probably Aren't Catching Andor's Awesome Nods To Deep Star Wars Lore (And That's A Good Thing)
As you may know, I’m a big ol’ Star Wars nerd . And one of my favorite things in Star Wars media is all the tiny references and Easter eg...
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Review: Doraemon Story Of Seasons: Friends Of The Great Kingdom - Familiar Farm Sim Fun
Planetary exploration has never been so chill. The first Switch Doraemon: Story of Seasons launched in 2019 and was praised for harmonious...
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn Is The Best Version Of An All-Time Classic Strategy RPG
The original Tactics Ogre proved that RPG chess was not only fun, it could also be morally ambiguous, beautifully written, and deeply comp...
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Marvel Snap, Please Let My Opponents See Me Talk Smack After Matches
It’s only been 24 hours since I started playing Marvel Snap, and like everyone else who tries their hand at the free-to-play card battler,...
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Netflix's Dragon Age Show Taps BioWare's Lore, Which Makes Me Hopeful
Netflix just released a new trailer for Dragon Age: Absolution , which is a six-episode animated show about a magical heist made in collabo...
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Review: Lonesome Village – Spot The Zelda References In This Cute Life Sim X Puzzle Adventure
It takes a Lonesome Village. Since the first announcement of this puzzle adventure-slash-social sim, we’ve been keeping our eyes peeled for...
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Manga Creator Demands Elon Musk Pay Him One Billion Dollars For Posting Cringe Meme
In between attempting to post through being tarred and feathered for transforming Twitter into the world’s silliest pay-to-win , Elon Musk...
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