Moises Taveras

Moises Taveras

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Moises is a born-and-raised New Yorker who's rarely obnoxious about it. He first aspired to do games media almost 20 years ago while looking up reviews of Super Mario Galaxy and still can't believe he's doing it sometimes. Ask him about Hollow Knight, he dares you.

Latest articles by Moises Taveras

The Last of Us Giraffe scene
The Last of Us and God of War tackling "emotional subjects" made Journey creator feel like they had left their mark

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News I've been crying about games for longer than I can remember

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assassin's creed
Ex-Assassin's Creed lead says he used AI to learn to code: "It was brutal. ChatGPT kind of sucked."

By Moises Taveras Published

News Thankfully we haven't had to deal with a vibe-coded AC game yet

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A car in Rocket League on Unreal Engine 6. I The vehicle is very shiny and is in front of the ball on a soccer field.
Rocket League is the first game shown off in Unreal Engine 6 and it's as shiny as you'd expect

By Moises Taveras Published

News There's still no news as to when Unreal Engine 6 is arriving

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Space Marine 2 4K texture pack shots
Space Marine 2 lead thinks that the Warhammer universe is "up there" with The Lord of the Rings

By Moises Taveras Published

News A Warhammer game set during the Second Age would go unfathomably hard

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An RPG party strolls through a whimsically colorful fantasy landscape.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's new DLC bosses and nerfs are forcing players to retool their months-old endgame builds

By Moises Taveras Published

News Community members are being good sports and trying to find new workarounds now

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The Last of Us
Ex-Last of Us director happy to work on a game that audiences don't need "a remaster of in the next 4 years"

By Moises Taveras Published

News I wonder what he could possibly mean by that

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Don Lee on the phone in a dimly lit bar in the debut trailer for Gang of Dragon.
The next game from the creator of Yakuza features Don Lee as the main character and looks a lot like a Yakuza game

By Moises Taveras Published

News Don't fix what ain't broken

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An orc-like creature holds up a mug in cheers
Divinty's freaky announcement is a great reminder that this is next game from the team that let you have sex with a bear

By Moises Taveras Published

News I'm almost terrified at the prospect of Divinity

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Half-Life 2
Half-Life 3 hopefuls have their dreams of sequel crushed by lack of news at The Game Awards

By Moises Taveras Published

News Nothing ever happens

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Mega Man: Dual Override
Capcom has announced the first Mega Man game since 2018, which is set to arrive in 2027

By Moises Taveras Published

News Gaming's golden boy is back

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Lords of the Fallen 2 crusader uses holy magic on undead
Lords of the Fallen 2 looks exactly like the bigger, bloodier Soulslike that fans of the series have come to expect

By Moises Taveras Published

News Now featuring dismemberment!

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A screenshot of Decrepit showing the main character wielding medieval weapons against undead foes.
Decrepit is a new first-person roguelike with heavy Dark Souls influences

By Moises Taveras Published

News It's like they modded a first-person camera into the original game

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Cyberpunk 2077 2.3 update screenshot of V sitting in a car while auto-drive is on, and their hands aren't touching the steering wheel
"Oh my god, I can have a car in the game now": CD Projekt Red was excited to use modern tech in Cyberpunk 2077

By Moises Taveras Published

News Don't take your cars or phones for granted, folks

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Deus Ex Remastered
Deus Ex Remastered is indefinitely delayed, and you know what, that might be for the best

By Moises Taveras Published

News Everyone liked that

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A screenshot of Swampert in the Pokemon anime series.
After 400 hours, Pokemon master beats "the hardest" Nuzlocke challenge run on his first try: "You can't tell me to do another one because it'll just be easier"

By Moises Taveras Published

News We have a new Pokemon champion

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Nergigante roars and glares into the forground
Monster Hunter's iconic weapons and creatures are officially making the leap to Magic: The Gathering as part of the next Secret Lair drop, and yes, that does include Nergigante

By Moises Taveras Published

News Now you can get pummeled by these awesome monsters in a completely different game

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Winter Burrow art showing a a family of mice living in the stump of a tree, laundry hanging outside
The cozy Don’t Starve-like survival game where you get to play as the cutest little mouse imaginable is already Very Positive on Steam

By Moises Taveras Published

News Redwall lives on

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Helldivers 2 x Halo ODST armor
Helldivers 2 CEO is just as surprised as you that hit game is on Xbox, but stresses that the move made sense: "It turns out if you give the players what they want, they'll be happy"

By Moises Taveras Published

News The move seems to be going over very well

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Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod is, unbelievably, still kicking and just got a new update, improving some of the popular Half-Life mod's visuals, NPC behavior, and even bringing over some new weapons

By Moises Taveras Published

News 19 years and counting

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Atsu stands sword raised alongside an ally in Ghost of Yotei with a blazing fire behind them
AAA games like the $70 Ghost of Yotei are really just for "more affluent people," says analyst, as soaring prices push players toward free games and Fortnite: "People just don't realize, because they're not paying attention"

By Moises Taveras Published

News Well...start paying attention, folks

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Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach
Baldur's Gate 3 doesn't give Karlach the ending she deserves, but new D&D lore unintentionally confirms a much more favorable canon for the beloved tiefling

By Moises Taveras Published

News Hells yeah

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Battlefield Redsec two player characters looking out of helicopter ramp
65 attempts later, one Battlefield Redsec player pulls off a zero-kill win in the wildest way: hiding in a tube like a canned sardine

By Moises Taveras Published

News A real trial by fire

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Runescape
Over 120,000 microtransaction haters have successfully campaigned to remove the controversial feature from MMO by 2026, Jagex declares “the start of a new era”

By Moises Taveras Published

News New year, new RuneScape

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A red dragon perches on a broken statue and looks out at the ruins of a burning civilization
Forgotten Realms designer can't get over the fact that someone out there has a PhD in the D&D setting he created: "You do know I make this all up, you know?"

By Moises Taveras Published

News How much charisma do you think that dissertation needed

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CD Projekt/NexusMods via MerseyRockoff
The Witcher 3 features large bodies of water, so CD Projekt CEO insisted we should be able to explore it all: "Where's swimming?"

By Moises Taveras Published

News Water poses no threat to a Witcher

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    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered review: "An exceptional update that refines the rough edges to make a great RPG even better"

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