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Five Magic the Gathering Cards showing Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 on a table with a knife, various dice, a the logos for Secret Lair and Dungeons & Dragons.

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Blood's On The Menu | Attention, Magic the Gathering and Baldur's Gate 3 fans: some beautiful Astarion Secret Lair cards are on the way, and yes, they'll make you thirsty

Just a little bit of sucking - blood sucking, that is - in these ones.

Aug. 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Tom's face next to a number of games consoles

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PODCAST | What's the best game on the worst console?

Console wars with a twist.

Aug. 14, 2024 Tom Orry

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It's All Connected | Despite the 10 year wait, BioWare says Dragon Age: The Veilguard was always going to 'pay off' Inquisition's ending

"There was no world where we were ever going to say, 'And now let's go to something completely different'."

Aug. 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A player character in Skyrim is holding up a shield, preparing to be hit by a breath of fire from a dragon.

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Feeling Immersed | Are Skyrim and Baldur's Gate 3 immersive sims? If you're asking one of the guys that created Dishonored, yes

It's a complicated question.

Aug. 12, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Sword of Convallaria's Gloria, in her promo art, holding a spear and banner in her right hand

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Sword of Convallaria Gloria build guide

Only the best build for Sword of Convallaria's best character.

Aug. 10, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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

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Help, My Backlog | Full Fallout 1 remake mod for Fallout 4 has a demo out now, because there simply aren't enough cool Fallout things to play at the moment

Look, I know I'm spoilt, but can I get a few more days to collect all of Fallout: London's beer mats?

Aug. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Maitha from Sword of Convallaria, in her banner art bose

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Sword of Convallaria Maitha build

A tank and a healer wrapped in one.

Aug. 9, 2024 Josh Broadwell

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Wolfeye Twitch | Despite Xbox, the spirit of Dishonored and Prey lives on - Weird West dev’s next game is a return to the first-person immersive sim

A first-person RPG from the makers of Weird West is officially in production, but it may be a while yet before we can play it.

Aug. 8, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Sword of Convallaria reward event announcement

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Free Stuff! | Sword of Convallaria celebrates five million downloads with generous in-game rewards

The game's first big milestone passed, players can expect free stuff. You love to see it!

Aug. 8, 2024 Connor Makar

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Gambler | Sword of Convallaria can't shake mixed Steam reviews due to predatory monetisation and progress blockers

There's something to be said about the ease of onboarding for gacha games.

Aug. 6, 2024 Connor Makar

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Zelda in a casual outfit with her hair tied back stood on a bridge near some guards in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

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Reverb | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's latest trailer shows that Breath of the World's influence will spread even to the 2D games

Smoothies! Outfits! Horses! Side quests!

Aug. 5, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Baldur's Gate 3 still showing a person with a bow attached to their back stood in front of giant tentacles.

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Getting Repetitive | As Larian gears up for its next big release, it's faced with one slight problem: it keeps coming up with ideas it already did in Baldur's Gate 3

"It turns out, we did a lot of things in Baldur's Gate 3."

Aug. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Sephiroth stood in Olympus Coliseum in Kingdom Hearts.

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Try Again | Former Sephiroth voice actor - oh, and NSYNC member - says he's never been able to beat the Kingdom Hearts secret boss fight

"Yeah, I'm kinda badass as Sephiroth."

Aug. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Key art for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team showing various Pokemon in a cave.

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What A Mystery | Pokemon's best spinoff is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, though not the best version of it

A win's a win!

Aug. 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Maitha using her Slash skill on an enemy in Sword of Convallaria.

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MERCENARY LINEUP | Sword of Convallaria Character List

With more than 65 characters to collect, Sword of Convallaria boasts a massive launch roster of heroes and villains!

Aug. 2, 2024 James Billcliffe

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The Wish Coupon Event Board in Sword of Convallaria.

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WISH HARDER | What are Wish Coupons in Sword of Convallaria?

Wish Coupons are a confusing premium currency in Sword of Convallaria, here's what they do and where to get more!

Aug. 2, 2024 James Billcliffe

Diablo 4’s Season 5 will boost Uniques to ridiculous levels, and will finally have Infernal Hordes live up to its name with challenging, overwhelming waves

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Absurd Power | Diablo 4’s Season 5 will boost Uniques to ridiculous levels, and will finally have Infernal Hordes live up to its name with challenging, overwhelming waves

Uniques will matter once again in Diablo 4 with the arrival of Season 5: Season of the Infernal Hordes, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Aug. 2, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Redefining Hell | Watch Blizzard talk Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR effect, and what's happening to Uniques here today

We're just a few days away from the start of Diablo 4's fifth season, so it's time for Blizzard spill all the remaining beans.

Aug. 1, 2024 Sherif Saed

Diablo 4 Season of the Infernal Hordes kicks off next week, and it’s bringing 50 pieces of new gear, a new horde mode-style co-op activity, and more

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Hellish Drops | Diablo 4 Season of the Infernal Hordes kicks off next week, and it’s bringing 50 pieces of new gear, a new horde mode-style co-op activity, and more

We're closer than ever to the end of Diablo 4's Season 4, and the start of Season 5, which is officially called Season of the Infernal Hordes.

July 31, 2024 Sherif Saed

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AIR FLOW | Path of Exile players are being harassed by tornadoes forcing devs to come to the rescue

Settlers of Kalguur brings with it many cool twists, but watch out for the twisters.

July 29, 2024 Connor Makar

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Unique Love | Diablo 4 may be in for a wild Season 5, at least when it comes to Uniques

It sounds like the next Diablo 4 season is going to bring a bit of a shakeup to Unique items.

July 29, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Closer and Closer | Blizzard will talk Diablo 4 Season 5, and how the recent PTR will affect the upcoming season next week

Diablo 4's Season 5 and the recently held PTR will be the subject of next week's developer livestream.

July 26, 2024 Sherif Saed

A shirtless male Sim wearing the bottom half of a firefighters' uniform poses seductively in a room full of romantic decor.

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Hot Date | How to set Turn Ons and Turn Offs in The Sims 4 Lovestruck

The Sims 4's new Attraction system revives the popular Chemistry mechanic that's been absent since The Sims 2.

July 25, 2024 Rebecca Jones

Sims of various ages and genders mingle at a bar, with varying results.

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Open And Honest | How to make Sims polyamorous in The Sims 4 Lovestruck

The new Romantic Boundaries system in The Sims 4 allows you to modify your Sims' feelings on monogamy in a series first.

July 25, 2024 Rebecca Jones

A Githyanki punching a thing in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Not Quite On A Roll | UPDATE: Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta has been pushed back due to passive dice rolls going kaput during a bit of "bug-fix whack-a-mole"

It's ok though, Larian's taken the opportunity to confirm that the patch contains "over 1,000 fixes and improvements".

July 25, 2024 Mark Warren

A PS5 sits over slightly blurred artwork of Monster Train

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A Card Day’s Night | After Game Pass made me fall in love with this Slay the Spire-like on Xbox, one of the best roguelike deckbuilders out there is finally coming to PlayStation 5

Monster Train is one of the best pretenders to Slay the Spire’s throne, and PS owners are finally going to get the chance to experience it.

July 25, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

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Core Upkeep | One of Steam's biggest mining and crafting indies is coming to Game Pass soon

Core Keep is coming out of Steam Early Access soon, and coming to Game Pass.

July 25, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Another Dimension?! | One year and 15 million players later, Niantic is finally adding a killer missing feature to Monster Hunter Now - and it’s going to make hunting so much easier

Earlier this year, Hunt-a-thons were improved by the ability to matchmake with hunters around the world. Now, regular hunts are getting better.

July 25, 2024 Dom Peppiatt

Radahn fight in Elden Ring with League of Legends surrender vote and mini-map

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FF | Elden Ring's Starscourge Radahn is playable right now in a game you might not expect

Nothing quite matches the frustration of a tough boss fight than a cheeky League game.

July 25, 2024 Connor Makar

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Pal to Crus to... ? | Yes, Blizzard knows you want a sword-and-board class in Diablo 4 but no, the Spiritborn is not it

Will Diablo 4 ever get its own version of the sword-and-shield archetype? Probably, but not with Vessel of Hatred.

July 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Hatred Anew | Everyone agrees Vessel of Hatred is going to change Diablo 4's level cap, but no one is sure about the specifics

Vessel of Hatred won't just bring new content to Diablo 4, it's also set to arrive alongside a major rework to numbers, level cap and even the Paragon system.

July 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

Stardew Valley's creator has been releasing plenty of free updates in the eight years since its release, and "on the honor" of their family name, they promise they always will be

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Pinky Promise | Stardew Valley's creator has been releasing plenty of free updates in the eight years since its release, and "on the honor" of their family name, they promise they always will be

"Screencap this and shame me if I ever violate this oath."

July 22, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Zagreus from Hades stands between two desaturated screenshots from the game.

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Good God | It's not just the story: every single game developer can learn something from Hades' creative take on an underused mechanic

Don’t Hade the player…

July 19, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Martial, Mystical | Spiritborn is the acrobatic new Diablo 4 class that calls upon four spirit animal buddies

Diablo 4's new upcoming class, the Spiritborn, is unlike anything we've seen before in the series.

July 19, 2024 Sherif Saed

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High Spirits | Diablo 4's first new class is being revealed today - watch the show here

We're very close to taking our first-ever look at the Spiritborn.

July 18, 2024 Sherif Saed

Some characters facing of against a dragon in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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Respectfully Looking | Dragon Age: The Veilguard did see Bioware take a "hard look at multiplayer", but eventually decide to stick to what it does best

Sometimes a desire to return to your roots snaps you out of your distracted boyfriend meme, it happens.

July 18, 2024 Mark Warren

The EA Sports FC 25 Ultimate Edition cover.

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Mystery United | Watch the EA Sports FC 25 reveal here, and enjoy the fact the Ultimate Edition cover looks like a Champions League-themed whodunnit

It was Colonel Zidane in the drawing room with a headbutt to the chest, I'm telling you now.

July 17, 2024 Mark Warren

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Every Persona game on sale for Prime Day

No one can escape time; it delivers us all to the same end.

July 16, 2024 Max Covill

An evil Dragonborn character in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Not Karlaching Info | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7's closed beta sign ups are now open, as Larian provides more cool details about what it includes

There are also some updates on how modders have been getting on with those official tools so far.

July 16, 2024 Mark Warren

Geralt and Triss in The Witcher 3's Witcher 1 prologue recreated mod.

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HowLongToBeet | The Witcher 4's development team includes an ex-beetroot farmer who brought The Witcher 1's prologue to Wild Hunt

He's not the only one either, Cyberpunk 2077's sequel is also being worked on by a lot of folks who got their start via modding.

July 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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Spiritdate | Stop what you're doing - our first look at Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred's new Spiritborn class is coming this week

We're just days away from the big reveal of the entirely new Spiritborn, the class coming to Diablo 4 with the Vessel of Hatred expansion.

July 16, 2024 Sherif Saed

A character wearing a union jack suit in Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London.

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MPost-apocalytic | Forget Astarion, Fallout: London claims to have nabbed one of the UK's most memeable political figures to voice a robot that yells "Order!"

No, it's not a Keir Starmer Sentry Bot, or a David Cameron Deathclaw.

July 15, 2024 Mark Warren

Zelda is stood talking to a floating, sentient orb of some kind, a staff floating in front of her in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.

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The Legend Of Who? | Zelda might be the star of the show in Echoes of Wisdom, but it turns out Link will be playable after all

At least for a little bit, anyway.

July 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Pursued By A Bear | Larian explains how that particular Baldur's Gate 3 scene involving quite a raunchy bear came to be

It wasn't always meant to be so prominent.

July 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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To The Streets | Hold the phone, Valve has created a fighting game for its DOTA 2 battlepass

With five playable characters, it's basic, but it's way better than a few skins and currency.

July 10, 2024 Connor Makar

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Keep on Rockin' | Selling boss summoning items in Diablo 4 now makes more sense, and figuring out Tempered affixes categories is less confusing

Thanks to the latest Diablo 4 patch, selling boss summoning materials in Diablo 4 is now worth it.

July 9, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Skyfall From Grace | Cities: Skylines 2 still isn't faring all that well, as its console ports get indefinitely delayed

Sorry to those of you hoping to play on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S.

July 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Back At It | Baldur's Gate 3 developers commemorate "lift-off" on what's next by revisiting the same dungeon they cleared during that RPG's final push

Because hey, sometimes you just need to remind yourself how well your last playthrough turned out.

July 8, 2024 Mark Warren

Astarion, a fluffy haired elf, rendered in Stardew Valley's pixel art style, while wearing sunglasses, a scene of him in a rocking chair next to the portrait of him.

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Roll For Kiss | Stardew Valley's Baldur's Gate 3 mod team hopes to let you romance pixelated Astarion later this year - in a seasonal outfit, too

Last year's biggest game will potentially meet one of this decade's biggest titles at the end of the year.

July 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Manor Lords screenshot of farm fields filled with growing vegetables, with people tending to the land.

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Taking It Slow | Manor Lords publisher doesn't think devs should be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental or physical health breaks" just to regularly update a game

"Not every game should be aimed at becoming some live-service boom or bust."

July 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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