Most of the gaming world has been assuming that Tequila Works' Gylt was a Google Stadia exclusive, because, well, that's what Google told us. It turns out that may not necessarily be true.
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Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch will get in on the Amazon Prime Day action this year in a big way. According to AdWeek, their plans for the event include giveaways and live-streamed events, including a live-streamed shopping show.
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Dr. Disrespect may be unbanned from Twitch, but it seems he's not quite ready to return to streaming just yet.
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Another scandal has rocked the Yakuza series, this time centered on Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. Actor and comedian Hiroyuki Miyasako, the talent behind supporting character Tsuyoshi Nagumo, has been suspended by his agency over an alleged link to organized crime.
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Google is blitzing the media this week, and we're learning a whole lot more about the company's Stadia game streaming service as a result. This latest bit of news should make some players pretty happy; especially those who worry about how much ownership they'll have over their Stadia purchases.
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Exploits inside Destiny 2 are a secret no one can keep. One person knows about them, then soon, everyone knows about them. That's true of the game's latest cheese; one that enables you to open a chest in the Menagerie event multiple times, receiving more rewards than you would otherwise.
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Remember Flappy Bird, the frustrating-yet-addicting mobile game from 2013 that took the world by storm? It seems there is now a battle royale variant on that game, though it's not from the same creator: it's an entirely new experience from a completely different team.
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Steam's Summer Sale is a major event, where PC gamers find tons of deals on games and developers move a lot of discounted software as a result. But something funny is happening this time around; massive amounts of Steam users are removing games from their Wish Lists. Why?
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Pokemon Go, the popular mobile game from Niantic, has kept the interest of players through a consistent lineup of updates and special events. With Pokemon Go's third anniversary approaching, the developer has announced a series of celebratory mini-events kicking off tomorrow.
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood is coming, giving players the ability to get their best Steve Rogers on for the good of all humankind. But you might have questions about this whole business, and with Youngblood a month away, now's a perfect time to get some answers.
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Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind Entertainment are teaming up with Square Enix to create live-action Final Fantasy TV series. The series will tell an original story set in Eorzea, the world in which the Final Fantasy 14 online roleplaying game takes place.
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Google Stadia games are going to cost less, right? You might've assumed that, given you won't own a physical copy and you're not downloading anything. Don't be so sure about all the money you'll be saving just yet.
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Two new Apex Legends video trailers leaked their way online this morning, courtesy of the game's Reddit community.
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Here we go over bosses that made players question their sanity, stare askance at the screen, and wonder if their 20-plus hours of previous gameplay had all been for naught. That's how brutal these bosses are.
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Bloodstained is a whole new beast all its own, and much of it is left to the player to discover. While it wouldn't be fair to spoil many of its best surprises, there are at least a few pointers we can give you to make your time in Gebel's demonic castle all the more enjoyable.
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Obsidian Entertainment -- now owned by Microsoft -- already has The Outer Worlds scheduled to release later this year. But what's next up for the studio? We think we might know.
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According to the PUBG Corporation, a new PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds game is on the way and it's something fans haven't seen before. Forget sequels and battle royale; PUBG is going story-based.
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You might've noticed numerous tweets flying around Twitter today, making reference to K-Pop boy band BTS using the hashtag #BTSWorld. Clicking on the hashtag, however, probably didn't give you the answers you were searching for.
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Bernie Sanders, Vermont senator and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate, has launched his own Twitch channel. The decision serves as the latest move in his digital campaign which has already seen success in courting the attention of young voters.
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Did you ever hear the one about the guy who filmed video in a public restroom and got punished with a two-week vacation?
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What is it with EA and this Star Wars license? Thank goodness for the extended demo footage the company dropped today for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, because it does a much better job showing off the game than EA's E3 stream did.
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It took the crowdfunding world by storm, with promises to open up game development to just about anyone. It brought us some real gems in the process. Today, it is no more.
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The latest Borderlands 2 DLC introduces the new Claptrap voice actor Jim Foronda. Beyond Borderlands 3 trailers, the expansion marks the first time Foronda has featured in the franchise. Foronda replaces David Eddings, the actor who originated the role, a development steeped in controversy.
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Respawn Entertainment's ability to dodge EA's Frostbite Engine has always been intriguing. What's made this studio -- now owned by EA -- free to pick the engine of their choice when just about every other EA title has had to go with Frostbite?
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Epic Games has closed their doors for a much-needed vacation. Before they left, the team lined up two weeks of content for Fortnite players to enjoy during their absence. The 14 Days of Summer event has gone live, bringing a host of summertime nostalgia.
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It seems Ed Boon, the creative director of Mortal Kombat 11, has set his sights on a new guest character: Pennywise the Clown. After a fan suggested that Boon add Pennywise to MK11, he retweeted it with the caption "Me: Looking back on when I...." and a link to the Stevie Wonder song "I Wish."
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Wanna tear into the campaign of Marvel's Avengers as Thor while your friend rages as the Hulk? It looks like you won't be able to, unfortunately.
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Last week, Rockstar teased the opening of the Vinewood Casino, a swanky establishment that launched with GTA Online but remained inaccessible to players. Today, the company revealed that the high-roller joint would finally opens its doors under the name The Diamond Casino and Resort.
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Fans of the Titanfall series got a pretty big surprise when they logged into Apex Legends yesterday, as a familiar beast has appeared in the battle royale shooter's skies; undoubtedly a tease for what lies ahead in the game's second season.
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There's a big shift coming in the way Destiny 2 handles the microtransactions found in its Eververse store, according to a recent blog post by Bungie's Luke Smith.
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By all accounts, Marvel fans should be tickled pink. They're getting a new Avengers game, with a completely original story, and the chance to play as their favorite Marvel superheroes. What's not to like about that?
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Popular Twitch streamer Guy Beahm, also known as Dr. Disrespect, had his Twitch channel suspended after streaming from public bathrooms at E3 several times throughout the show. According to Kotaku, the Entertainment Software Association has since revoked Dr. Disrespect's E3 badge.
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There's some fascinating game history buried within the hardest GTA missions, and for that reason, we've compiled a deep dive on the Grand Theft Auto missions that are practically impossible to complete.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which released today on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One (with a Switch port due June 25) already has a lot of people excited. It's a game inspired by the Castlevania series made by Koji Igarashi himself. And it looks like it'll have some free DLC, too.
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Apex Legends Season 2 kicks off on July 2, and it's bringing a whole lot of changes with it, including those coming to the game's existing sandbox.
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Back & Kickin' Brass, Killing Floor 2's steampunk-themed summer event went live today. The update includes a new game mode, map, weapons, cosmetics, music, and interface improvements. In the latest game mode, Objective, you'll rush to complete set tasks while fending off waves of Zeds.
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Finally, you can play as a healer in Fortnite! According to the latest blog post from Epic Games, Fortnite now has an item called the Chug Splash. And unlike other blue, liquid treats, this one doesn't only give health back to the player using it.
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Imagine a future where you've soured on your Google Stadia username. How much would you have to pay to change it? What kind of fee does Google have lined up? As it turns out, the answer is zero dollars; but only for the first username change. After that, you pay.
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The growing list of rumors, leaks, and fan theories paints an increasingly vibrant picture of what's to come. From interplanetary exploration to the possible descendants of the first Vault Hunter, here are all the rumors and spoilers for Borderlands 3.
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Virtual reality is still relatively niche, all things considered. But that doesn't mean it can't still be financially lucrative. Take the Oculus Quest, for example, which is selling a lot of content since it launched in May.
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According to lead quest designer Pawel Sasko, Cyberpunk 2077 has more to offer than the endless, urban sprawl of Night City.
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Just how barren was the Artifact category on Twitch? It was so empty that, at one point, a slew of streamers decided to stream porn and all sorts of other things under the guise of gameplay. Now Twitch is suing them; if it can find them, of course.
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Fallout 76's Nuclear Winter -- a battle royale mode -- was only supposed to be available from June 10 through June 17. That period of time was a trial, of sorts, giving players an early look at Nuclear Winter while it was in beta. Now it seems Bethesda has changed its mind.
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Kombat League, a new seasonal ranked mode, launches on Mortal Kombat 11 tomorrow, June 18. As part of the four-week Season of Blood, players will have nine tiers to fight their way through, ranging from Apprentice to Elder God.
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When Destiny 2 was announced for Google Stadia, many assumed that the Stadia version would leverage the game's existing PC community. As it turns out, that will not be the case at launch.
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Celebrate Halloween in June with Overcooked 2's fresh new DLC, Night of the Hangry Horde. The update introduces a new horde mode, pitting players against waves of ravenous enemies known as the unbread. Throughout eight new kitchens, you'll race to feed ghastly baddies attacking the castle.
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According to quest director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, CD Projekt Red hopes to incorporate transgender and non-binary options into Cyberpunk 2077's character creator. This news follows the controversy sparked earlier this week by a screenshot featuring a hypersexualized depiction of a trans woman.
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Well that's not a good look. E3 2019 officially came to a close yesterday, and that's not exactly the time you'd expect to get laid off if you work in video games. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to a bunch of developers at Amazon Game Studios.
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How often do we get a really positive community story in video games? It seems like it's happening less and less these days, as games launch buggy and broken, and players become more cynical. But then you read about what the No Man's Sky community is doing, and you can't help but smile.
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Microsoft shocked the world this past Sunday when it announced that Phantasy Star Online 2 would finally be coming to the West. Fortunately, the game won't be exclusive to PC and Xbox One forever.
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Cross-save is coming to Destiny 2 this fall, allowing players to sync their character progress across multiple platforms. Unfortunately, we learned today that cross-save will not allow you to access seasons or expansions you might've purchased on other platforms.
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Bethesda put The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim on Amazon's family of Alexa devices; why not put Fallout Shelter inside your Tesla?
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Square Enix is porting a lot of its older games to newer consoles as of late, and that's not by accident. It seems the company has an internal projected devoted specifically to this task, because Square Enix wants all of its past titles to be available for purchase digitally.
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In Watch Dogs: Legion, you can conceivably play as any character in the game, so long as you've recruited them to your cause. But one strange question lingered in our minds following the game's reveal: what happens if all of your recruits get killed?
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The good news is that RE8 is coming at some point. It is being worked on at Capcom, and it will likely continue the story that began with Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Let's take a look at all the rumors, spoilers, and leaks that have come out about Resident Evil 8.
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Want to play Destiny 2 with your friends on other platforms without having to leave your own? That could be in the cards, according to a Kotaku interview with Bungie's Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy.
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Epic Games has been making a lot of moves lately. Now, according to Gamasutra, the company has just acquired Houseparty, the makers of a video chat service.
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If you never got to use Truth rocket launcher in the original Destiny, let us tell you: it was a whole lot of fun. And now it's coming to Destiny 2, thanks to a new quest made available to players this week.
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Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics finally unveiled the first trailer for Marvel's Avengers. The trailer featured plenty of familiar faces, as well as a few surprises and teases for fans of the comic books. Let's dig into our first taste of the upcoming superhero spectacular.
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Rockstar has announced the latest Red Dead Online Showdown Mode. In Sport of Kings, two teams of four to eight will battle from the saddle to secure the burning torch and ride through their respective side's signal fires.
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Ubisoft's E3 2019 press conference has officially wrapped, and now it's time to learn about everything Ubisoft had to say at this year's show.
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This list hashes out and rightfully chastises games that should have been required to pay their players back for their wasted time and money. From crashed Kickstarters to AAA lemons, these games were outright wastes of money.
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Bethesda's show at E3 2019 has come and gone, thus ending our Sunday of major E3 conferences. Now that we have a moment to catch our breaths, how about we go over everything Bethesda covered?
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EA Play switched up its format this year, presenting six game-specific livestreams packed with updates and other exciting announcements. Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order kicked off the festivities with a gameplay reveal.
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We weren't expecting more news on FIFA 20 until the game's EA Play stream tomorrow at 11 a.m. PT. It seems, however, that EA decided to toss the game's release date out there anyway.
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When Bungie announced cross-save for Destiny 2 yesterday, the company didn't go into too much detail about how it all would work. Today we know a little more, thanks to a producer on the Destiny team.
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The problems surrounding Fallout 76 are well documented at this point, and Bethesda has been working to right the wrongs of the game's launch. But there's still the matter of those canvas bags from the Power Armor Edition. Whatever happened with that? Where are they? Now we know.
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505 Games has released a new E3 2019 Teaser Trailer for Control, the upcoming supernatural adventure from Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment. "We are about to be exposed to a different kind of resonance," asserts the trailer's narration. "Hostile, viral, invasive resonance."
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Back in 2017, former Rare developers at Playtonic took the Banjo-Kazooie formula and built an entirely new platformer called Yooka-Laylee. Now it seems they're ready for round two, and this time, they're looking to Donkey Kong Country for a little inspiration.
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We finally got our eyeballs on what appears to be THQ Nordic's final game announcement for the week, and again, the early scoop comes from IGN.
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What can we say? Epic Games flies by the seat of its pants when it comes to Fortnite, and sometimes, items that are little too overpowered get added to the game. Now Epic is removing one of those items from competitive play, and you might be able to guess which one it is.
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We've compiled everything you need to know about Google Stadia, so you'll be as informed as possible before you sign up. After all, when it releases in November 2019, it could be a turning point in the history of gaming. Will this revolutionize how we see video games?
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Listen up, high-rollers of Los Santos: the Vinewood Casino could soon be open for business, and if we know GTA, your money will almost certainly be welcome there.
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Bungie's long-awaited 'next chapter' livestream has wrapped up, and now we have a sense of what's coming in Destiny 2's next expansion, and how the game will ultimately change going forward.
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Following last week's teaser, Divinity: Original Sin 2 developer Larian Studios dropped a pre-E3 bombshell: Baldur's Gate 3. Larian confirmed the hotly-anticipated game on Google's Stadia stream today, revealing its planned release for the new system and PC.
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Google has wrapped up its first-ever Stadia Connect, and we now have more information on the company's streaming game service, including when it'll launch, how much it'll cost, and what games we can look forward to playing when it arrives.
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The name leaked last month, and now it's official: Darksiders Genesis is the newest game in the Darksiders series.
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Some very big changes are coming to Destiny 2, if an accidentally published (and quickly removed) story from Engadget is accurate.
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Sure, it's not all that difficult to track down an actual Nintendo 64 these days. But then you have to worry about how you'll hook it up to your HDTV. Why fuss with video adapters and such when you can just buy Hyperkin's N64 clone instead?
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With conspiracies that the trailer was purposefully bad to get media attention, here are some of the Sonic movie theories that would change everything.
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Infinity Ward has made it clear that they want Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to have an emotional impact on its players. The studio hopes to achieve that goal through realistic portrayals of warfare, and, in so doing, shine a light on real-world issues.
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When we got word yesterday that THQ Nordic had three game announcements to make in the coming days, we speculated about which long-forgotten properties might see a return. Never in a million years did we think to put SpongeBob Squarepants on that list. Now we know how Squidward feels.
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Destiny 2's latest datamine is the gift that keeps on giving. After files from the game's most recent update shed light on an upcoming expansion, it appears there's more to be found, including features that Destiny 2 plans to support in the near future.
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Todd Howard made news this week when he sat down with IGN's Ryan McCaffrey to discuss his time in the industry, his thoughts on the upcoming next-gen consoles, and all things Bethesda. But what really made people sit up and listen was what he had to say about Fallout 76.
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Following months of rumors and speculation, Ubisoft has confirmed the existence of Watch Dogs Legion. This news follows a series of recent leaks, including a temporary product listing spotted on Amazon UK yesterday for the PlayStation 4 version of the game.
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Normally, the addition of new weapons inside a Call of Duty game would be cause for celebration. In Black Ops 4, however, it's a grim reminder of how microtransactions have infiltrated the series.
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The Surge 2 now has a release date: September 24, 2019. Wccftech spotted the date yesterday on the Australian Microsoft Store, giving the impression that someone had jumped the gun. Fans can purchase The Surge 2 for $59.99 on Xbox One or $49.99 on Steam.
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The team at Gearbox Software, the developer behind the upcoming Borderlands 3, took time out of their hectic schedule to pay tribute to a special fan. 27-year-old Trevor Eastman was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal, stomach and liver cancer in June 2018. Doctors gave him only one year to live.
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Draw Distance, the indie developer behind Serial Cleaner and the recent Ritual: Crown of Horns, has announced Coteries of New York, a new Vampire: The Masquerade game. The single-player narrative will focus on the conflict between the traditionalist Camarilla and independent Anarchs.
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So much for surprises! Bungie -- the studio behind Destiny 2 -- had a reveal stream planned for this Thursday, which was presumably set to look at the game's next upcoming expansion. Now it seems that expansion has already leaked.
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E3 doesn't start until next week, but it seems THQ Nordic doesn't give a hoot about that. The company announced today via Twitter that it'll be revealing three new games over the course of the next three days. So get ready.
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The Sega Genesis Mini's library is complete. On a livestream early this morning, Sega announced the final 12 games coming to the Genesis Mini, confirming that there would be 42 games on the system instead of the originally announced 40. And one of them is incredibly rare.
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From balancing to UI quirks, Apex Legends still has many issues that players let slide. Here are some of the dumb things about Apex Legends everyone ignores.
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Jurassic World Evolution has accumulated a loyal following. As of January 15, 2019, it had sold over two million copies, making it Frontier's most successful launch to-date. Bolstered by this success, the developer continues to support the game with free updates and downloadable content.
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In anticipation of tomorrow's Destiny 2: Season of Opulence launch, Bungie has shared a trailer for the latest raid, Crown of Sorrow. Though only 40 seconds long, it shows off the updated environment, gear, and enemy type the raid has to offer.
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Square Enix may have another Marvel project in the works beyond its highly anticipated Avengers game. The company teased Outriders today, a mysterious new sci-fi title slated for reveal during the Square Enix E3 panel on June 10.
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"Some news can't wait for E3," Google stated in a video posted on Twitter today. And with that, we know exactly when we'll be learning more about Google Stadia, the company's upcoming game streaming service.
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Are you trying to locate some sailors? It turns out you'll have to wait a little while longer.
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The latest free update for Days Gone introduces a new standalone Challenge Mode. Over the next 12 weeks, Bend Studio will unveil a new challenge every Friday. Players who complete these challenges can earn rankings, credits, and other rewards.
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Super Mario Maker 2 officially launched today on Nintendo Switch, and according to most reviews, it's a fine follow-up. There is this one thing that's really irking players who are picking up this Mario Maker sequel, however, and it has to do with the number of courses you can share.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake, the much-anticipated remake of the fan-favorite JRPG from Square Enix, does not release until next year. Players looking to pre-order the title can now snag 30% off via a new on-site coupon on Amazon.
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You know the old joke: "Valve can't count to three." Yada, yada. It seems Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is well aware of that joke, too. And in a speech today to Valve employees meant to celebrate the launch of the company's Index VR headset, Newell packed in some Half-Life 3 humor.
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We got word back in May that EA's game subscription service, EA Access, would be coming to PlayStation 4 sometime in July. Good news, everyone! We now have a confirmed date for the launch.
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Xbox Game subscribers on both Xbox One and PC will have a slew of new indie titles to play in the future, according to Microsoft's ID @ Xbox Game Pass stream, which aired today.
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Continuing the weekly lineup of free games, Last Day of June is now available for $0 on the Epic Games Store. For those tuning into the promotion for the first time, Epic is offering a new free game each week until the end of the year.
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Nintendo Switch owners are about to get a real treat in just a week's time.
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There may be no bigger scandal in the world of PC gaming than the Epic Games Store and its exclusives. A lot of players online seem to hate the deals Epic is making. And Epic? Epic is not backing down one bit.
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Luigi's Mansion 3 is set to arrive later this year, giving us the chance to explore a creepy hotel as Mario's scaredy-cat brother, Luigi. But just how high will the hotel go? And is there a possibility of Nintendo adding more content to Luigi's Mansion 3 over time?
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If you're a sports fan and a PlayStation Plus subscriber, July will be your month. Sony has announced the latest duo of free games coming to the service: Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 and Horizon Chase Turbo.
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Desmond Amofah, better known as "Etika" to his fellow Nintendo fans on YouTube, has sadly passed away, according to a tweet from the New York Police Department.
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It appears those who purchased Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for Nintendo Switch have been heard.
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27-year-old Satoshi Kishimoto was arrested after attempting to smuggle drugs from Spain and the Netherlands into Japan. This included one hundred and thirty-two MDMA (Ecstasy) pills, the majority of which were shaped like popular Nintendo antagonist Wario.
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Valve has kicked off the Steam Summer Sale, slashing prices on hundreds of AAA and indie games. The biggest PC gaming sale of the year, the special event introduces a new racing themed minigame to augment the host of discounts.
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We'll forgive some developers their trespasses when it comes to getting their games on the Nintendo Switch. Doom at 30 frames per second? Understandable. The Witcher 3 at a downgraded resolution? We'll deal with it. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night struggling in just about every way possible? Wait.
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Could Microsoft finally be ready to bring VR gaming to Xbox? That's the rumor, according to virtual reality podcast Coffee & VR, which made mention of a potential partnership on its latest episode.
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Nintendo's Labo VR kit can now pull off a few new tricks, thanks to some downloadable DLC minigames that have been made available for free.
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Starting today, Nintendo New York won't be the company's only official retail store.
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Is Microsoft paring back some of its online content teams? It sure looks that way.
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Week 7 challenges have gone live on Fortnite, heralding the beginning of the end for Season 9. With only a few weeks remaining before the start of Season 10, Epic Games has shared new PC system requirements coming to the game.
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The wait is nearly over for PC fans who've been wanting to play Halo: The Master Chief Collection on their chosen platform.
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Valve has pulled Alpha Protocol, Obsidian Entertainment's 2010 spy RPG, from Steam. The Steam listing for the title displays the following remark: "Notice: At the request of the publisher, Alpha Protocol™ is no longer available for sale on Steam."
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Here's a game that's launching without a whole lot of fanfare. Originally announced last month, the port of the original Devil May Cry for Nintendo Switch now has a release date.
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A single-player space adventure, Rebel Galaxy places you at the helm of a powerful star destroyer. The action unfolds in a randomly generated universe where you'll oversee every aspect of your character's life.
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We always appreciate video game remakes that retain the essence of the original, and wow, does it ever look like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening's remake will do just that.
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PlayStation 4 owners will have five new games to save on starting June 28, when a fresh collection of PlayStation Hits titles make their way to the discount program.
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Could Princess Zelda be a playable character in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's upcoming sequel? If you go by two cheeky comments from series producer Eiji Aonuma, it's a possibility.
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Initial looks at Nintendo Switch exclusive Astral Chain have portrayed the game as a single-player experience. But it doesn't have to be played that way.
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How entirely bonkers is it that The Witcher 3 is getting a release on Nintendo Switch? Yes, the game is coming -- with all of its DLC -- to Nintendo's console sometime this year. But some very tough development decisions had to be made in order for it to happen.
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Xbox Game Pass has been known to add titles at random throughout any given month, and it appears that won't be any different for June. Major Nelson just announced some new titles for Game Pass coming in the days and weeks ahead, and there's something here for both Xbox One owners and PC players.
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One of the biggest surprises during Nintendo's E3 2019 Direct was the reveal that Nintendo was working on a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Now, thanks to a Kotaku interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma, we have some insight into why he and his team chose to do a sequel.
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Blizzard released a new World of Warcraft trailer today, teasing the features arriving with Patch 8.2. Titled Rise of Azshara, the update will include two new zones, a new raid, and a new Mythic dungeon. Both zones will include quests that push the main story forward.
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With all of the E3 hubbub behind us, now's a good time to remind everyone that Nintendo is still making smartphone games, too. We're due to get Mario Kart Tour before too long, but there's another game in the pipeline that we'll likely see first: Dr. Mario World.
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Get your galoshes ready! Two limited-run Monster Hunter: World - Iceborn Betas are on their way to PlayStation 4. Beta participants will get an early look at the expansion, including the new wintry locale Hoarfrost Reach and a new monster.
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Did Microsoft and the Xbox brand benefit from Sony's absence at E3 this year? The company held the most-watched press conference of E3 2019, with 1.5 million viewers streaming from around the world.
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Are you a current World of Warcraft subscriber who's a little bit curious about how WoW Classic is shaping up? If so, you're in luck; you'll be able to try the game for free -- for one day only -- on June 19.
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Shenmue 3 developer Ys Net caught a whole lot of flack for making an exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store on PC. Now it appears the studio might be willing to reevaluate things.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 announcement was one of the biggest surprises of E3 2019. The dark undertones of the First Look trailer, which clocks in at less than a minute and a half, threw fans through a loop.
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Microsoft surprised everyone by unveiling a new Flight Simulator at its E3 2019 press conference. But are you aware of all the impressive tech being used behind the scenes in the game? We got a peek behind the curtain, thanks to a PC Gamer interview with Microsoft's Phil Spencer.
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A lot of Microsoft's exclusives have been showing up in other places lately, but did you know that one of the company's biggest franchises could've appeared on a competing console?
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Steam's In-Home Streaming feature was neat, but it's most glaring drawback was right there in the name: it didn't work outside of your house. Now Steam has updated the feature to support streaming from just about anywhere, changing its name to something more appropriate in the process.
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The Epic Games Store, for all of the hate it catches on the internet, is doing at least one thing gamers like: it's giving away a bunch of free games. Now we have the name of the next title up for grabs in Epic's shop, and if you don't already own it, you might want to download it today.
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The Nintendo Switch is downright fantastic for on-the-go gaming, but that's provided you find the right grip.
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Is there a Banjo-Kazooie game coming to the Nintendo Switch? Or are we once again being misled by a premature product listing? That's the question we're asking after an unannounced Banjo-Kazooie product showed up on Amazon Germany, getting fans of the bear/bird team all in a tizzy.
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Phil Spencer, who oversees all things Xbox at Microsoft, got to deliver an E3 presentation this year without a prime-time rebuttal from Sony's PlayStation team. And you might be surprised to learn that he would've preferred the competition.
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Super Mario Maker 2 adds a lot of features not found in the original, but fans were still rather miffed that Nintendo chose to omit online play with friends. Now it seems the company has a plan to right that wrong.
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That's a wrap on Nintendo's E3 Direct stream for 2019, and wow; if you were hoping for some new games to play throughout the rest of the year, you're certainly getting them.
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Now that Nintendo has its E3 Direct out of the way, the company is ready to start wheeling and dealing; namely on its eShop, where a bunch of major Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS titles are now on sale.
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Which game would you be more engaged with: the one you paid full price for, or the one you got as part of a $10 subscription? The team at Playground Games assumed owners of Forza Horizon 4 would be playing far more than those downloading the game via Xbox Game Pass. As it turns out, they were wrong.
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How do you hide bad news while still making it public? You can push it out at 5 p.m. on Friday (the 'Friday news dump'). Or you can stick it at the end of a trailer during the PC Gaming Show, like the Shenmue 3 team did.
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Microsoft may have a new console coming next year in Project Scarlett, but that doesn't mean all of your Xbox One accessories will become obsolete.
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The 2019 edition of E3's PC Gaming Show has come to an end, and, yeah, that was a thing, wasn't it? There were definitely some big announcements. There was also some fluff. What we're going to do is tell you all of the important bits you should take away from today's show.
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Riot Games has announced Teamfight Tactics, a new Dota Auto Chess inspired mode launching later this month. A round-based strategy game, success in TFT centers on building the best team composition. Before each round, you'll recruit League champions by spending gold in the store.
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Following months of leaks and rumors, Microsoft shared some details about its next-generation gaming console during the 2019 E3 Xbox Briefing. More details arrived this morning, confirming once and for all that Project Scarlett will feature a disc drive.
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Twitter leaker Sabi has been pretty darn accurate about E3 2019 so far, calling the shot on Keanu Reeves being in Cyberpunk 2077 and nailing the details of Doom Eternal's new multiplayer mode. Now Nintendo is aiming to keep its own secrets from getting out ahead of schedule.
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How do you know Microsoft is taking its next generation console seriously? The company is completely skipping a Forza release this year.
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We're still a ways out from getting all of the games in Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC, but we now have a sense of how much it'll cost when all is said and done.
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Get ready for some news you're not going to believe. Final Fantasy 7 Remake just got an official release date last night, and it's sooner than you might imagine.
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The Xbox presentation at E3 2019 has officially come to an end, and it's safe to say that Microsoft made a whole lot of news today.
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According to information and screenshots posted on Steam, new downloadable content is on its way to Borderlands 2. Titled Commander Lilith & The Fight For Sanctuary, the add-on will bridge the gap between the events of the second and third entries in the series with new bosses, zones, and loot.
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This morning's Nintendo Direct gave us an even closer look at the upcoming Pokemon Sword and Shield, and finally put to rest the biggest question being asked about two games: when are they coming out?
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Have the console walls finally fallen down? When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was announced, news broke that the game would support cross-platform multiplayer, but there was no word as to whether or not Sony's PlayStation 4 was on board. Good news, everyone: it is.
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Ready to save some dough? Square Enix recently started selling PC games over at Fanatical, and now a whole bunch of them are on sale for the next two weeks, including some very recent releases.
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E3 2019 is fast approaching, and more eyes will be Xbox this year than ever before. Now it appears Microsoft is seizing the day with Deals Unlocked, an Xbox sales event that starts on June 7 and will run throughout E3, wrapping up on June 17.
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These are a healthy mix of action-adventure, first-person shooter, and of course, some good old-fashioned non-linear exploration (a sub-genre oftentimes referred to as "Metroidvania"). Basically, everything a galactic bounty hunter needs to keep them sharp.
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From Skyward Sword to Breath of the Wild, this is Hyrule's history — at least until the next Zelda game comes out, and Nintendo has to make something else up. You think Nintendo had this all planned from the beginning? Think again.
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We want a sequel to Breath of the Wild. Although this is a tall order -- how do you follow up such a masterpiece? -- the people that crafted the grassy ruins of Hyrule are working on ... something. Here is what we know so far about a possible Breath of the Wild sequel.
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With an impending Nov. 15 worldwide release, fans are hyped up for new Pokémon, a new region, and plenty of new features. While some info has been confirmed through recent Nintendo Directs, there are still plenty of rumors and unconfirmed leaks floating around. Here's a look at them all.
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Super Mario Maker taught fans all over the world how to make games and redefined the most famous video game character ever, upending decades of tradition.
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The hype train for the new Pokemon games is real and it's filled with our instant infatuation with Wooloo. What does it all mean? We'll give you the rundown on all the revelations the trailer graced upon us.
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Player safety concerns could lead to the release of a new peripheral for Pokemon Go players.
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Announced last year, Blizzard will release World of Warcraft Classic in summer 2019, a fully fledged recreation of the MMO as it was over a decade ago. With that said, let's take a look at everything you need to know before buying World of Warcraft Classic.
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Will there be another God of War game? Do we get to see Atreus grow up? Can we expect more? The answer, happily, is probably. Now it's all just a question of when.
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