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Some Fallout fans cosplaying as NCR and Caesar's Legion soldiers.

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Mojaving Fun | Fallout fan fest in real-life version of New Vegas' Goodsprings features NCR vs Legion battle re-enactments, and a Todd Howard cosplay with "an actual piece of trash"

The Fallout community's annual trip to the Mojave came with plenty of cool cosplays, as has become the tradition.

Nov. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

A character wearing T-51 power armour in Fallout 76.

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Wasteland Walkout | UPDATE: "We are not afraid to do what's necessary" Hundreds of Fallout and Elder Scrolls devs at Zenimax go on strike against Microsoft

The need to bargain over issues like remote work options and outsourcing is the crux of the one-day action, union claims.

Nov. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

The stamp of GOG's preservation program in front of some classic games.

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Good For Old Games | GOG is launching a new preservation program, and it looks like good news for PC folks who love playing classics without having to mess around

"We continue our mission to make games live forever."

Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer alongside art showing the main characters in the Fallout TV show.

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Philling Us In | Xbox's Phil Spencer on why a new Fallout game didn't drop alongside the TV show: "the play is much more long term than trying to drive some gift buying"

The Microsoft gaming exec actually reckons not trying to time the two up together allows a bit of extra "creative liberty".

Nov. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

Indiana Jones is stood in front of a man wearing a vicar's outfit in The Great Circle.

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Whip It! | Indiana Jones and The Great Circle's latest deep dive shows just how useful a whip can be, and that our titular hero looks pretty snazzy as a vicar

Maybe I should get a whip...

Nov. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

"We really heavily focused on freedom to play the game the way you wanted" - Fallout: New Vegas' director on Obsidian's goals in the face of bug criticisms and Fallout 3 comparisons

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Choices, Choices | "We really heavily focused on freedom to play the game the way you wanted" - Fallout: New Vegas' director on Obsidian's goals in the face of bug criticisms and Fallout 3 comparisons

"You always have to prioritise things."

Nov. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The main characters of Amazon's Fallout TV show.

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Fantastic Casting? | Fallout season two will reportedly star Macaulay Culkin as a "crazy genius-type character", and I'm praying it's somehow the Mojave's top theoretical physicist

It almost definitely won't be, but a guy can dream, right?

Nov. 8, 2024 Mark Warren

A number of adventurers fighting a dragon in key art from The Elder Scrolls: Legends.

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Bad Hand | Forgot there was an Elder Scrolls card game? Me too, but this isn't a happy reminder, as it's going offline permanently next year

Another one for the pile of dead live-service games.

Nov. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

On the left, a Nintendo Alarmo, an alarm clock that features Mario on it. On the right, Doom key art showing Doom Guy shooting a gun at demons.

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Clocked In | It was only a matter of time: someone has gotten Doom to run on the Nintendo Alarmo

The age old question answered once again.

Nov. 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Multiple horror game characters are shown. From left to right, there is: Fatal Frame Project Zero's Ose Kurosawa, Alien Isolation's Xenomorph, Resident Evil 7's Jack Baker, the chef from Little Nightmares, and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2

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DOUBLE JUMP SCARES | The best horror games to play in 2024

From founding fathers of horror to underrated gems, here are some of the best horror games to sink your teeth into.

Nov. 1, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Oct. 31, 2024 Connor Makar

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Classic Voice | Todd Howard initially rejected the idea of Troy Baker playing Indiana Jones in The Great Circle

The prolific voice actor almost automatically lost out on the iconic role.

Oct. 31, 2024 Fran Ruiz

The Ordinator Armour from Skyrim's Ghosts of the Tribunal creation.

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Modking A Difference | Nexus Mods says folks "should be pressuring" paid mod platforms to "do better" if they're frustrated by its new policy on the ever-controversial topic

Modding site puts some "ire" at its change down to people seeing its features as "far more powerful and convenient than those offered by the paid modding platforms".

Oct. 31, 2024 Mark Warren

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

Oct. 31, 2024 James Billcliffe

Some Skyrim creation club items next to Starfield's Starborn Gravis Suit.

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Free vs Fee | Nexus Mods updates its stance on paid mods for the first time since Bethesda's latest attempt at them, says it believes "modding should be a pursuit of passion first and foremost"

This policy update's proved a bit polarising - as stuff around this subject always does - and Nexus' team says it has "another update" coming soon.

Oct. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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

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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

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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White Noiz | The best video game soundtracks to revisit in 2024

From classical symphonies and industrial noise to acid jazz and synthwave, these game soundtracks leave no stone left unturned.

Oct. 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Open Roads | The best open-world games to play in 2024

It feels good to take the path less travelled, sometimes.

Oct. 24, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

A Fallout: London character posing in front of the Tower Bridge.

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Bombs And Bunting | Fallout: London modders reveal it's officially surpassed that big one million redeems milestone on Fallout Day, because sometimes life does a thing

Team FOLON teased it was coming, and - whether on purpose or not - the announcement's come at a pretty fitting time.

Oct. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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Tell Me A Good One | The best story games to play in 2024

If you're looking for a game with a story that will captivate you, check some of these out.

Oct. 23, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Maximus, a young man with a concerned look on his face, is stood behind someone wearing a full suit of power armour in the Fallout show.

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Okie Dokie! | Desperate for Fallout season 2? You might be in luck, as one actor shares that filming is starting a lot sooner than you'd expect

Details on the second season are still being kept quiet though.

Oct. 22, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A high elf in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion next to a Starfield character dressed as Emperor Uriel Septim.

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By Azura | Starfield modders are attempting to re-create Oblivion in space, with hopes for an eventual "Elder star system" that'll be "finishing the job" the Adoring Fan started

The starting point for "Starblivion" is an alternate start mod that kicks off your interstellar adventure in a familiar dungeon.

Oct. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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A vault dweller leaving Vault 13 and a power armour-wearing figure in Fallout Vault 13.

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Into The Vault | Despite releasing a popular demo this summer, Fallout 1 remake mod Fallout: Vault 13 has now had its development "suspended"

"This was not an easy decision, but we believe it is the right step at this stage of our journey."

Oct. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

A character in Fallout: London injecting a stimpak.

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Millennium Bridge | Wahey, Fallout: London's huge update that brings "over a thousand fixes" drops today, and the mod's "VERY close" to having been redeemed one million times

"You’ll notice a massive difference right away."

Oct. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Big Boom Day Bash | Bethesda announces its first ever Fallout Day broadcast, featuring a look at future plans for Fallout 76 and a community parade

Party Like It's 2077.

Oct. 17, 2024 Mark Warren

Skyrim's Dragonborn opposite a helldiver in Helldivers 2 wielding a rifle.

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Toddaly Unexpected | After a minor calendar mix-up, Helldivers 2's next big patch drops soon and it's already inspired jokes about Skyrim being ported to some bullets

To be fair, I doubt you'll have much time to play DOOM on your rifle while you're in the middle of a firefight.

Oct. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

A woman in a red dress on a balcony overlooking a city at sunset in Fallout: Nuevo Mexico.

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Back At It Again | The ambitious New Vegas mod Fallout: Nuevo México finally gets a full reveal trailer, and like Fallout: London, it looks like a whole new game

Just don't expect to play it any time soon.

Oct. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Starfield's design director thinks the sci-fi RPG sits "right next to Fallout and Elder Scrolls" as part of Bethesda's "big three", but that's not really for him to decide, is it?

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What About One Piece | Starfield's design director thinks the sci-fi RPG sits "right next to Fallout and Elder Scrolls" as part of Bethesda's "big three", but that's not really for him to decide, is it?

"It might not be everyone's cup of tea. What is?"

Oct. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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It Exists | Starfield Shattered Space review - Almost

The first major expansion for Bethesda’s big space baby isn’t terrible by any means, but it still just feels like more Starfield, for all that that entails.

Oct. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Malibor Dul'kef in Starfield Shattered Space.

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He Said Words | Starfield is "in a lot of ways, the best game we've ever made", even if it "might not be everyone's cup of tea", reckons Bethesda design director

"We pushed ourselves to make something totally different."

Oct. 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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The weird people in that one mission from Starfield's Shattered Space expansion.

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Matters of Matter | No, Starfield Shattered Space ghost parents, I will not stop touching everything in your acid-filled teleportation shop

Look, I'm a curious young man, and I have to satisfy it no matter whether you keep waving your spectral laser guns in my face.

Oct. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

A House Va'ruun member looking surprised in Starfield Shattered Space.

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Silent Serpent | Is Starfield's most famous House Va'ruun member worth bringing with you to start Shattered Space? Kinda, unless you run into a bug that makes her lose her voice

It's ok, some people just find it a bit awkward running into folks they probably went to school with.

Oct. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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RIP | Following country legend Kris Kristofferson's death at 88, Fallout fans pay tribute to the highly underrated New Vegas character he voiced

"Send me all the Legion you can. I'll be waiting for them."

Sept. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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The player exploring House Va'ruun's home planet in Starfield, alongside Andreja.

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Prepare To Dock | Starfield Shattered Space release time: the DLC's landing is imminent, here's when it unlocks in your region, and how to start it

All the info you need to know before you give Starfield's first major expansion a go.

Sept. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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London Calling Soon | Fallout: London's next patch is bringing some "huge improvements", with Team FOLON having drafted in extra help to revamp the mod's performance

"Yes, it's taken a little longer than expected, but it's for a good reason."

Sept. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

The PlayStation and Xbox logos either side of a PS5 Pro.

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Hardcore Exodus | Xbox's PS5 Pro Pickle, or how Xbox might lose even more of its audience without a new console soon

Now Sony is giving people a powerful option to bridge the gap to the PS6, Xbox finds itself in a very unwanted place.

Sept. 24, 2024 Tom Orry

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Settling Down | Skyrim grandma Shirley Curry has announced she's retiring from YouTube let's plays because "it isn't fun anymore"

With the amount of videos she's put out, though, you won't be hard pressed for content.

Sept. 23, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Dazra in Starfield's Shattered Space DLC.

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DLC Kickoff Duds | With Starfield Shattered Space nearly here, a new mod will help you fit in by looking like a weird snake DJ when you rock up on Va'ruun'kai

Look, maybe someone blasting a bit of Scooter is what House Va'ruun needs to help it recover from that space-time calamity.

Sept. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

The player exploring the planet Va'ruun'kai in Starfield.

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Va'rruning Wild | Starfield's Shattered Space DLC gets fresh deep-dive from Bethesda, with a bunch of story details about missing serpent dudes and "the vortex incident"

Some experiment swallowed up part of a city and a weird faction's engaged in an internal war - time to call John Starfield and his moon buggy.

Sept. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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The Storyteller and ED-NA in Fallout New Vegas.

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RIP | The actor behind Fallout YouTube's power-armoured loremaster The Storyteller appears to have died, leading to tributes from the Bethesda community

According to a tweet from his account, voice actor Jason Damron passed away from cancer on September 7.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

A close-up of The Ghoul smirking in Amazon's Fallout.

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Not What You Think | Fallout: Vault 33 just won an Emmy, but what is it?

I don't want any of you sarcastically commenting "the show, duh."

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Ah, Shoot | Renowned FPS developer MachineGames de-emphasized guns for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle because the fedora-wearer is mostly just "a somewhat clumsy archeologist"

That doesn't mean there won't be any shooting, though.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Blurbs as the Dragonborn in Skyrim opposite the Dragonborn walking into Riverwood.

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Castle Vlogihar | Thanks to mods, a Skyrim streamer is now basically vlogging their playthrough live from Tamriel as a Dragonborn influencer

Yes, it's the same dude that previously turned the game's NPCs into one big Twitch chat.

Aug. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

Starfield's Rev-8 moon buggy alongside it as Thomas the Tank Engine.

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Loco-motor | Good news, Starfield's moon buggy has just received its true rite of modding passage - transformation into Thomas the Tank Engine

Forget it being made into a Warthog, this was the true moon buggy mod we should all have known was unavoidable.

Aug. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

Lucy in the Fallout TV show with some Nuka Cola next to Mr House from Fallout New Vegas.

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Cap Converters | Fallout co-creator Tim Cain believes that criticising capitalism was "never the point" of the series, it's actually just the whole war never changing thing

Though, he is fine with people reading it that way, and acknowledges his general take on our economic system might need some reconsidering.

Aug. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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A regular moon buggy and a modded one in Starfield.

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Spacerunner | Starfield's moon buggy can do sick jumps, but it can't outrun the inevitable - modders swapping it for Halo's Warthog, a Star Wars speeder, and, er, a van

See, I told you it wasn't a totally pointless thing.

Aug. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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Xbox's Phil Spencer next to Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

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Indy News Again | Xbox boss Phil Spencer's just said some things about the decision to bring Indiana Jones and The Great Circle to PlayStation

"I think it's just gonna be a strategy that works for us."

Aug. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Key art from Starfield's Shattered Space expansion, and key art from Dead Space, featuring the armored main character, Isaac.

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House of the Red | Bethesda seems to be channeling its inner Dead Space with Starfield Shattered Space - and it genuinely looks interesting

Starfield's first expansion seems to have what it takes to win me back, thanks to a focus on 'the mystery and horror' of the universe.

Aug. 21, 2024 Dom Peppiatt