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Yeeeee-huh? | Red Dead Redemption only hit PC yesterday, and modders have seemingly already broken time by introducing John Marston to GTA 6 and anime intros

Sorry, cowboy, we've chucked out your silent movies, here's some real culture.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

Lara Croft is stood at the entrance of a cave, it's snowing heavily outside, she has a flare in her hand in key art for Rise of the Tomb Raider.

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Getting There | Amazon's Tomb Raider is narrowing in on its Lara Croft, with a Game of Thrones star currently testing for the role

The show was greenlit earlier this year.

Oct. 30, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Some characters having a chat in a trailer for Concord.

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Not Coming Back | Concord's gone, but that's not really the headline: PlayStation shut down two studios it only recently acquired, reportedly leaving over 200 staff in limbo

"Both decisions were given serious thought, and ultimately, we feel they are the right ones to strengthen the organization," Sony says.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

Netflix's Daredevil stood in an underground area.

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Highlight Reel | Marvel just showed off a whole bunch of teasers for its upcoming Disney Plus shows, including a first look at Daredevil: Born Again

Yippee, more homework!

Oct. 30, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Dave Bautista as Drax is stood shirtless in a prison, wearing only prison trousers.

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Born To Be Wild | What do you get when you mix Dave Bautista, Channing Tatum, Cate Blanchett, and a whole host of other big names? A 1950s biker film where the bikers are actually alien invaders

Now that's a lot of cast members.

Oct. 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Review

Twin Mirror | Life is Strange: Double Exposure review - the most satisfyingly speculative, but least intimate, entry into the franchise yet

Max Caulfield returns to headline a follow-up that hints at an exciting new direction for the series — but doesn't quite manage to answer all of its own questions.

Oct. 29, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Longdue's game in between Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 and Harry Du Bois from Disco Elysium.

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Kim Karlachsuragi | Longdue creative director says its upcoming game will be on the "closer to Disco" end of a great Disco Elysium to Baldur's Gate 3 cRPG spectrum

"There's so much room for other studios to come out and make something on that spectrum."

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

A large mech stood on a hill, various creatures flying in the background in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitve Edition.

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Finally! | Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally coming to Nintendo Switch, meaning it's almost time to chuck your Wii U out

Okay but Wind Waker and Twilight Princess when, though?

Oct. 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Review

Nailed It | Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review - franchise-high thrills in a near-perfect blend of old and new

Back in black, for realsies this time.

Oct. 29, 2024 Fran Ruiz

Foreground: Indiana Jones leans into the frame, clearly observing something. Background: a blurred Indy climbs a wall

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A Perfect Circle | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hands-on: a twisted love child of cinematic action, adventure games, and immersive sims - and I love it

Part-Lara Croft, part-Nathan Drake, but all Indiana Jones - the Great Circle scratches an itch I didn't know I had.

Oct. 29, 2024 Alex Donaldson

Aubrey Plaza as Rio Vidal in Agatha All Along, she looks curious about something, her head tilted, and she's stood in some foggy woods.

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Ego Death | Sorry, Thanos fans, but that Agatha All Along twist has nothing to do with the big purple meanie

That one story looks to be staying in the comics.

Oct. 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Not Normessing About | As Dragon Age: The Veilguard ignites Mass Effect chatter, BioWare lead declares the latter will stick to being about serious, mature alien shaggers looking "photorealistic"

Even as they're put in some "humorous situations" like, I don't know, asking someone to bang, ok?

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

A figure of an anime girl with big blue eyes and blue hair wearing a yellow raincoat.

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The Papal’s Champion | As the Vatican unveils its bizarre new anime girl mascot, we have to ask: is this not a Cardinal sin?

Maybe half a sin?

Oct. 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Helldivers 2 player wielding the Constitution rifle.

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Plasma Punished | Helldivers 2 patch 01.001.201 sees Arrowhead ditch its previous Punisher Plasma tweaks and puts on a "dignified funeral" for a technician's goldfish

The studio's also "currently working on further solutions to address the ragdolling issues".

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

An anime version of Saruman, a serious looking man with long white hair and a similar beard in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

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So You Have Chosen.. | We're getting one last performance from Christopher Lee as Lord of the Ring's Saruman, but before you ask, no, it's not AI

This could mark the actor's final posthumous release.

Oct. 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The character codenamed 'Thief' in Marathon.

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Not A Sprint | Marathon game director says it's "a little early to show you all of it as one piece", but here's picture of someone creepily staring around a corner

"All of these things are on track."

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

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Nuke Too Soon | Treyarch didn't wait too long to pull out the Nuketown card, because the map arrives in Black Ops 6 this week

Is Nuketown joining the Black Ops 6 map roster a little soon after launch?

Oct. 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

A person in a light red jumpsuit wearing a fencing mask with a white triangle on it in Squid Game. They are holding a gun, others like them lined up next to people in green tracksuits.

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Not Playing Around | After months of speculation, it sounds like David Fincher's next project is that rumoured American Squid Game remake

Is it necessary though? Probably not.

Oct. 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Hatred Ever-rising | Diablo 4 patch casually doubles Realmwalker health, makes your mount far less skittish in the endgame

Diablo is getting a minor update later today that does bring a couple of major-ish changes to the game.

Oct. 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Exiled | Path of Exile 2 release date delayed to December 6

The long-awaited ARPG is getting a short delay. Rebook your holiday if you can!

Oct. 29, 2024 Connor Makar

The dude screaming in Helldivers 2's intro.

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Party Over | Helldivers 2's post Liberty Day MO basically looks like J.O.E.L lobbing the kitchen sink at Super Earth, so here's hoping you enjoyed your little Galactic War break

"WAIT, they forgot to say we need to choose one, WHAT!"

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

Article

Pixel-Perfect | UFO 50 has slowly become my go-to breather between huge game releases and totally should be in the GOTY discussion

A retro game collection that actually feels retro beyond the aesthetic.

Oct. 28, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Azura's Daily Star | Beyond Skyrim: Cyrodiil is gearing up to let you decide who rules the Imperial City long after Oblivion, and it’ll feature something any world definitely needs: unhinged tabloid journalism

Yep, you can't escape dickheads like us writing about things you do in sometimes tonally interesting ways, even in Tamriel.

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

Review

Rook & a Hard Place | Dragon Age The Veilguard review: a competent, compelling RPG that's less than the sum of its parts

Many of Veilguard's best ideas feel like they struggle to get out of first gear, and those that do find it harder still to make it to third.

Oct. 28, 2024 Alex Donaldson

An old man wearing old timey clothes smiling sat at a computer with a boy pointing at the screen, a raccoon sat on top of it.

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You Died | I'm not sure we need a live-action Oregon Trail movie, but apparently we're getting one anyway

On the road again.

Oct. 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The album art of Faith No More's 'The Real Thing' over a blurred background of the Red Card map in Black Ops 6.

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Want It All | The best bit of Black Ops 6 so far? Weirdly, I think it’s got something to do with Faith No More

When you talk about something being ‘epic’, this Call of Duty Black Ops 6 map has a very literal take on the word.

Oct. 28, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Playing Co-op | Summer Eternal’s not-quite-Disco Elysium successor needs a focused vision, and the studio’s unique worker-owned set-up is the key to making sure it finds one

"I think we are going to relieve those fears."

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

The player rides a Chocobo-looking mount in Monster Hunter Wilds

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Oh, That's Nice! | Do you need to pre-order Monster Hunter Wilds to play that upcoming beta test? "The answer is no," Capcom kindly reminds you

Though you do get to play it early if you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber.

Oct. 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Some characters in Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Dragon Age Inquisition.

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Let Them Rook | With the Dragon Age: The Veilguard wait almost up, fans are looking back at their occasionally hilariously wrong 10-year-old posts prior to Inquisition's release

To be fair, when it comes to reminding yourself what you were like on social media a decade ago, this is very low on the embarrassment scale.

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

Nikki and Momo can be seen riding a train through water in Infinity Nikki's Gamescom trailer

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Style Savvy | Alright, PS5 stylists, your chance to try out the most fashionable game of the year, Infinity Nikki, is finally here

Well, for some of you anyway.

Oct. 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Knife One | Helldivers 2's Liberty Day celebrations see players inevitably fall in love with a crappy meme gun, mainly because you can stab tanks to death with it

"Ooh, so it's not a bayonet. It's a can opener."

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Pocket Change | Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is finally becoming a paid for app this December, but you might want to pick it up sooner rather than later to save some money

Hey, at least it's not going away for good.

Oct. 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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BO6 Hustle | Black Ops 6 brings Call of Duty back to Steam's top five most played games

Though we may not have a detailed statistics breakdown, Black Ops 6's success on Steam is clear to see.

Oct. 28, 2024 Sherif Saed

Live-action Kazuma Kiryu in a promotional shot for Like a Dragon: Yakuza, he is stood shirtless, his tattoo of a dragon on full display.

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Big Mood | Yes, the actor behind live-action Kazuma Kiryu does want to play the Yakuza series, but like the rest of us adults he's waiting until he has enough time to get through them

Seriously, there's a lot of those games, and they're long too.

Oct. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Tom Holland as Spider-Man, he's a bit beaten up and he's crouched low, looking cautious.

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Tight Squeeze | July 2026 is going to be a busy month for Tom Holland, as alongside that Nolan film he's in, Marvel's now set a date for Spider-Man 4

And the two films are coming out quite close together.

Oct. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

One former Bethesda dev thinks Starfield 2 is going to be "one hell of a game", so it's a shame we probably won't get to play it for another decade

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Worth The Wait? | One former Bethesda dev thinks Starfield 2 is going to be "one hell of a game", so it's a shame we probably won't get to play it for another decade

Or maybe Bethesda has finally cracked the code on not taking so long to make its games.

Oct. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Radical | By now you had a 50/50 chance at guessing when Warframe 1999 would be releasing this year, and if you guessed December, you don't win anything, but you would be right

I'll throw in a high-five too.

Oct. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 might not be getting any DLC, but it did at least just get an update with some graphics and ray tracing options... for the PS5 Pro

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Shiny New Webs | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 might not be getting any DLC, but it did at least just get an update with some graphics and ray tracing options... for the PS5 Pro

Potentially a very expensive update, depending on how you look at things.

Oct. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Max holds her right hand out in front of her in the classic Life is Strange superpowered pose, as the world around her blurs and brightens.

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Chill Out | "Nothing justifies hating on people for how they wrote their game" - Life is Strange's co-creator on certain fans' response to Double Exposure

"Creation is hard and very subjective and if [Double Exposure's] story does not please you, it does not erase what you imagined."

Oct. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Kicks | Kim Dong Hwan announced for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves during Evo France announcement show

Another returning character, and a classic Evo reveal.

Oct. 27, 2024 Connor Makar

Sephiroth, a man with long grey hair and a black leather suit, is falling, plunging a long sword downwards.

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Pick A Card | Magic the Gathering is getting a Final Fantasy crossover, and yes of course that Sephiroth x Aerith moment is getting a card

What else could they have made a card of?

Oct. 27, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Kazuma Kiryu in Yakuza Kiwami opposite Ryoma Takeuchi as Kiry in Like A Dragon: Yakuza.

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Majiming Expectation | So far, the Like A Dragon: Yakuza TV show is pretty much what I thought the Yakuza games would be before I played the Yakuza games

It might not be going full karaoke, but as a Yakuza fan, I don't feel like I'm totally wasting my time.

Oct. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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Snake!!! | An infamous movement technique is back and better than ever in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Watch out for snakes while you're enjoying Black Ops 6.

Oct. 25, 2024 Connor Makar

Horrific amalgam image of Black Ops 6, Mass Effect key art and Barbie Secret Agent

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Wall of Sound | What do Black Ops 6, Mass Effect, and Barbie Secret Agent have in common? The answer may surprise you

There’s a common line through three very, very different games, and his name is Jack Wall.

Oct. 25, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

Laura in the Silent Hill 2 Remake next to a giant flesh blob.

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A Flesh Look | UPDATE: Good news, the Silent Hill 2 Remake bug that'd been trapping folks in the Labyrinth has now gotten a proper fix

Being a weird thing with big nostrils on the side of your eyeless visage is still where it's at, even in a blocker-free world.

Oct. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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Games Going Forwards | “I think this industry is finished”: not quite Disco Elysium spin-off studio Summer Eternal on the chances of things getting better for game devs

"Now, after tens of thousands of layoffs, the time seems right for game developers to stand up for their rights against systemic greed."

Oct. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

A player in FEAR FA 98 being chased by a demon.

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Bloody Bicycle Kicks | FEAR FA 98 is a weird indie lovechild of footy and Silent Hill that’ll let you summon demons and kick about severed heads, and it looks like a terrifyingly chaotic laugh

You can also try to attack opposing players with rusty scissors and axes, just in case your trusty two-foot slide tackle isn't enough.

Oct. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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Quick fix | This one setting in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is messing up aiming, and players are rushing to change it

This one weird trick...campers hate it!

Oct. 25, 2024 Connor Makar

Rey Skywalker - Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Forcing Movement | UPDATE: Both the Dawn of the Jedi and New Jedi Order Star Wars movies looked like they could start shooting in 2025, but some potentially disappointing updates have since dropped

The Force (re)awakens.

Oct. 25, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Dive in | Black Ops 6 players discover a bit of Treyarch magic with a diving board that actually works

A lovely returning feature from Cold War, and a sprinkle of Treyarch magic.

Oct. 25, 2024 Connor Makar