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Best ListBest Xbox exclusives you need to own
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NewsMarvel Rivals tanks strike back at the flyer meta as The Thing gets the ability to yeet himself at the floating fiends in Season 3
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GuideWhen is the Destiny 2 weekly reset?
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GuideJurassic World Evolution 3: Everything we know so far about the new dinosaur management sim
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newsBattlefield 6's battle royale opening leaks in a Vine-length clip, as a dataminer claims the map is set in California
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GuidePokemon Legends Z-A: Everything we know so far about the upcoming Nintendo game
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NewsMarvel Rivals is reheating more of Overwatch's nachos with a romance-themed season that's in a position to out-thirsty Blizzard
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NewsHideo Kojima's fabled USB stick full of ideas contingency plan has been put aside, as it was actually put in place during a 2020 health scare long before Death Stranding 2's release
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NewsGTA 6 will "remain" the most expensive game ever, former Rockstar dev predicts, because GTA 7 will see the "bulk of the work" replaced by AI
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UpcomingUpcoming Bethesda games: every game currently in the works
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NewsTwink Link is being freed: Nintendo apparently backtracks, says you are allowed to call yourself Twink Link as it works to unban a Switch 2 it "flagged by accident"
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NewsNaughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann is leaving HBO's The Last of Us season 3 to turn his "complete focus" to Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and the studio's "future projects"
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GuidePerfect Dark: Everything we know about the canceled Xbox exclusive
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NewsDeath Stranding 2 has a "completely hidden mechanic" that lets you fire lethal rounds, meaning voidouts are now inevitable
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newsRockstar remembers Red Dead Online exists and puts out a new update trailer for the first time in 4 years, leaving fans hopeful it's not dead after all: "Are we back?"
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Best ListBest Assassin's Creed games, ranked from worst to best
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NewsFromSoftware actually did it: Elden Ring Nightreign powers up its annoying bug duo boss by – I almost can't believe this – adding a third bug to the fight
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newsA Claptrap volume slider is just the start, Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford says there are "so many things we are holding back from everyone until launch. So. Many. Things"
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News25 years later, Diablo 2 director still hasn't gotten over how much the stamina bar sucks: "It's like a newbie tax almost"
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NewsHey Blizzard, the best part of Diablo 4 Season 9 isn't even in the patch notes: a new wardrobe quality-of-life feature that changes the true endgame – fashion
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NewsElden Ring Nightreign players are using an extremely rare Legendary sword to juice their stats to the moon, stacking thousands of HP and even one-hitting final bosses
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NewsFromSoftware ruins my entire week by announcing Elden Ring Nightreign's next Everdark boss fight is the bug duo that frankly already sucks
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GuideAll Genshin Impact codes (July 2025) and how to redeem them
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Borderlands 4 includes a feature the series should have had from the beginning: a Claptrap-only volume slider that means you never have to hear a word he says
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FeatureNext James Bond: The 27 actors who could replace Daniel Craig as the new 007
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Pokemon Legends Z-A: Everything we know so far about the upcoming Nintendo game
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Best ListThe best Zelda games of all time
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Opinion6 years too late, I bring lukewarm takes: Death Stranding rules, and we should all play more games outside of our comfort zone
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NewsReviving Hytale is such a risky proposition, its founder kind of "wants Riot to say no" to his offer for the Minecraft rival because it "makes no business sense"
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GuideEverwild: Everything we know about the canceled Rare game
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Perfect Dark: Everything we know about the canceled Xbox exclusive
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NewsAfter 11 years of development, 6 years of marketing, and a full reboot, Rare's Everwild has been canceled amid mass Xbox layoffs – 5 months after Phil Spencer's assurances it's making "progress"
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NewsMinecraft is finally making copper useful with a new tier of tools bridging the gap from stone to iron, and a long-lost mob returning as the automatic item sorter fans have wanted for years
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GuideHonkai Star Rail banner schedule, current and upcoming
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GuideHow to complete Fortnite Quests in Chapter 6 Season 3
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GuideWhen does Fortnite Season 4 start in Chapter 6?
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NewsFortnite player allegedly cheated to win $6k in a competitive tournament - now he owes Epic $175k and is banned from the game "forever"
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NewsThe FTC is giving $126 million-worth of Fortnite refunds to players, and there's still time to submit a claim for one
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GuideWhen is the next Fortnite live event, Blast Off?
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GuideHow to enable cross-platform Fortnite matches on all formats
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GuideHow to play Fortnite advice for absolute beginners
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GuideFortnite Characters locations in Season 3 of Chapter 6
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What are the biggest changes for Fortnite Season 3 in Chapter 6?
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OpinionThe Traitors is out, but this pirate game combines all my favorite board games into one deceptive pocket-sized package
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Buying guideBest board games in 2025, with over 25 recommendations reviewed by our experts
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Deals10 must-have board game deals for July 2025, hand-picked by experts
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FeatureLegendary board game designer says his upcoming Lord of the Rings project is "definitely the most thematically and mechanically rich game I’ve worked on"
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NewsMajor board game publisher snaps up the Zombicide franchise, saving it from an uncertain future
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Buying guideThe 6 best 2-player board games in 2025, hand-picked by experts
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ReviewJaipur review: "Lightning in a bottle"
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FeatureYou need these 7 board games from the UK Games Expo 2025 in your collection
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ReviewQueen by Midnight review: "Saddled by excess that would make a real princess shudder"
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NewsManor Lords' new update is "overhauling a lot of systems at once," and it should be worth the 6-month wait as "we'll be able to shift to smaller, more frequent updates going forward"
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NewsMy favorite Steam Next Fest city-builder so far is a chill sequel to Plague Inc, but I still ended up feeding dogs to my citizens
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NewsFantasy city-builder Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown gets its full release date later this month
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Now PlayingIn this rat-filled city builder, one wrong move can change everything - and in my case it was forgetting to add a toilet
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news"I remember uploading the build, crossing my fingers that things wouldn't immediately fall apart": A year later, city builder mega-hit Manor Lords has a bigger dev team teasing big updates
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NewsAfter 7 years and a sequel, the original Frostpunk is getting a remake titled Frostpunk 1886 – a reimagining of the city builder that's "no mere visual overhaul"
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NewsCity Tales - Medieval Era is the next city builder destined for my Steam wishlist, and it's coming to Early Access in May
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NewsDisney's Robin Hood collides with Manor Lords in this charming city-builder where everyone is a fox
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newsCity-builder dev implores Valve to give devs real social media tools on Steam, because they're "terrified of the future market" and need a "solution for indie sustainability"
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News"Guys we can't add cannibalism to Peak": Co-developer of viral indie survival game lays down the law, despite fans' protests of "what if just one little nibble"
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News"REPO has changed forever": Semiwork finally releases its first major update and celebrates with the co-op horror game's best discount yet
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NewsPeak devs really did not expect to sell 2 million copies in 9 days, say they're now "looking into possible updates" for their hit that started as a "stupid jam game"
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NewsLittle Nightmares 3 release date set for October, it's also coming to Switch 2 alongside an enhanced version of the original, and oh, here's 10 minutes of new gameplay footage
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news"I'm gonna crash out": Even the creators of co-op climbing game Peak are stunned by 1 million copies sold in 6 days – "Why did this stupid jam game sell more than Another Crab's Treasure"
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NewsREPO's "weird" new museum map will have "tons" of verticality and laser alarms you'll have to "Mission: Impossible" your way past
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NewsREPO devs apologize for teasing cosmetics we'll never get, confirm other cosmetics are actually coming and "old levels will get updated" eventually
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Best ListThe 25 best multiplayer Switch games you can play today
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NewsLynked: Banner of the Spark is a robo-arm swinging 'rogue-life RPG', where you fight robots for the parts you need to build the town of your dreams
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NewsDavid Cronenberg says he's "never been a great games player" — the only "game" in movies like eXistenZ and Videodrome "is to try to understand what life is now"
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RecapEverything announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025
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FeatureEvery new indie game that shadowdropped during Wholesome Direct 2025: From a Sims-like decorating game to a chaotic cooking roguelike
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FeatureDay of the Devs Summer Game Fest Edition 2025 brought us 7 new reveals - here's what they were
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RecapEverything announced at Summer Game Fest 2025
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NewsHow to the watch the Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2025
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FeatureWildcard Wishlist: These are the games we've pinned our hopes and dreams on turning up at Summer Game Fest 2025
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RecapEverything announced at the PlayStation State of Play June 2025
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Battlefield 6's battle royale opening leaks in a Vine-length clip, as a dataminer claims the map is set in California
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Despite rumors to the contrary, Perfect Dark developer confirms the canceled game’s awesome, Dishonored-riffing demo was actually real
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UpcomingUpcoming Xbox Series X games for 2025 and beyond
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NewsThe games industry is so broken even FPS legend John Romero and his studio are struggling with funding, and now-former staff say it's Microsoft's fault: "Our whole studio is being let go because of the layoffs"
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newsBattlefield 6 has reportedly cost over $400 million to make and led to developers taking up to 9 months off due to burnout
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NewsDark and Darker update plunges the game into negative Steam reviews, director blames his "inconsistent decisions and shallow responses to feedback" and says "we're not particularly good at developing games" by chasing "successful formulas"
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BestThe 10 best Call of Duty games of all-time
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GuideFBC Firebreak Resonance and Status Effects explained
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News25 years after launch and 15 years after its last Evo appearance, the legendary Marvel vs Capcom 2 is back on the big stage and we're set for "the largest MvC2 tournament of all time"
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NewsStreet Fighter 6's latest outfit DLC adds the game's biggest batch of horny yet, which might distract people from the fact that this is only the second wave of costumes in 2 years
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NewsMassive Super Smash Bros. mod adds the N64 fighting game's actual announcer, and its new 15-minute trailer rivals Masahiro Sakurai's best work
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News"We must change our methods": Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai says game development has become "too time consuming and unsustainable"
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Interview"Notoriously obtuse hardware" meant Mortal Kombat 4 has "never accurately" come to home consoles, but Legacy Kollection found a way to preserve NetherRealm's full arcade roots
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NewsTekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada has been dumping lore about the series over the weekend, including why Heihachi has around 25 kids
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NewsNintendo Switch 2 is too powerful for asses to handle: 1v1 butt swordfighting game Ketsu Battler is having issues with literal backwards compatibility
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OpinionI've played 200 hours of Street Fighter 6, and the Switch 2 version is a perfectly fine companion piece – even if it could never be the ideal platform
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NewsSwitch 2's controversial game-key cards come on a physical cartridge, but Capcom is still counting its sales of them as digital
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Best ListThe 25 best horror games to play right now
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Little Nightmares 3: Everything we know so far about the new horror game from Supermassive
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Now PlayingI got a nicotine rush and set zombies on fire in this PS1-style survival horror demo, and it's basically Resident Evil on a submarine
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UpcomingUpcoming horror games for 2025 and beyond
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FeatureHideo Kojima's OD: Everything we know so far
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OpinionPlaying a horror game is my worst nightmare, but these two gnarly farming sims make me want to brave the genre
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Hands-onThis insomnia simulator has Outlast enemies, Alan Wake dream sequences, and "evil" music by a Nine Inch Nails guitarist, and I already need to watch about 50 lore videos on it
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Best ListThe 10 best Resident Evil games of all time
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News5 years ago, this $5 PS1-style horror game went viral for turning retail work into even more of a hellscape, and it's finally releasing on Steam next month
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FeatureI accidentally became a god in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it broke combat so badly that I had to nerf myself to keep things fun even on Expert mode
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NewsFinal Fantasy 9 fans have long thought Vivi's name came from his tragic background, but a new prequel book has a much sillier explanation
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Best ListThe best JRPGs to play in 2025
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NewsPersona offers a new contender for silliest JRPG villain with Persona 5: The Phantom X and its "Subway Slammer," who declares "the whole subway's mine for the slammin'!"
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NewsA Final Fantasy 14 raid so convoluted it's only been cleared 400 times in over 3 weeks is getting some much-needed changes early, with Square Enix deciding it outweighs "minor risks" of adding to the MMO's technical issues
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News"A new low": The Final Fantasy 14 cash shop just got a $42 outfit set, more expensive than anything that's come before and even pricier than the MMO's latest expansion
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NewsSega president says "reviving" the Sonic maker will be "the greatest achievement in my career," despite also working on the first PlayStation and helping make Kingdom Hearts happen
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NewsDo not play the new Persona 5 game like it's a Persona 5 game, Persona 5 experts warn: "P5X does not give you a deadline"
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NewsAtlus is still limit-testing the concept of Too Much Persona 5, and its latest spinoff is already its biggest P5 Steam launch ever
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newsPhil Spencer reportedly had so much fun playing the Elder Scrolls Online dev's unannounced MMO that Xbox's Matt Booty had to take his controller from him — 4 months later it's canceled
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NewsDune: Awakening hoarders swiftly discover a second item duping glitch, barely a day after the survival MMO's devs fixed the first one: "This game is cooked"
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NewsAfter 18 years, Elder Scrolls Online director and studio head Matt Firor is leaving the company amid Microsoft layoffs: "There are many more stories to be told, adventures to be had"
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"A new low": The Final Fantasy 14 cash shop just got a $42 outfit set, more expensive than anything that's come before and even pricier than the MMO's latest expansion
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NewsAfter 4 years and 800k gold, World of Warcraft player claims the MMO's smelliest "World First" by collecting 10 million of a very specific fish: "I have no intention of ever getting rid of even a single one"
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NewsWith 21 million concurrent players, Roblox hit Grow a Garden is bigger than half of Steam combined, but players are already flooding another, far weirder competitor
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News"Y'all are pathetic": Dune: Awakening players are using sandworms to kill their rivals in PvE-only areas, proving once more that nowhere on Arrakis is safe
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NewsMMO community fears PvP bots have formed a "cartel" using false reports to get you banned if you kill them for their illegal loot, bringing Old School RuneScape's bot problem to a boil
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NewsMMO dev admits egregious microtransactions are "harming" its game, the player base "isn't really growing," and it's time to clean up: "The era of a tainted RuneScape 3 is coming to an end"
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NewsDesperate to avoid saying 'we want that $10 billion', League of Legends dev Riot Games tries to justify legalizing esports gambling sponsors, but players aren't buying it
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NewsRiot inducts its second-ever player into League of Legends’s Hall of Fame, awarding them a custom Mercedes and possibly their own version of Faker’s controversial $400 skin
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NewsDeadlock streamer accidentally unveils 10 new heroes on the way to Valve's MOBA, as well as updated character designs for multiple existing favorites
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League of Legends' take on Balatro is one of its best mini-games yet – and it's also exactly what's wrong with this era of League of Legends
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NewsArcane Season 2 gets one last dance as the League of Legends spin-off animators return to bring Jinx and Ekko back to the series' most iconic song
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League of Legends shadow-drops a Balatro-style roguelike, but the catch is that to complete it you'll have to actually play League of Legends
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NewsRiot walks back controversial League of Legends changes: Hextech Chests, Exalted skins, and Blue Essence costs are all being reworked
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NewsLeague of Legends fans' fury grows as Riot nerfs another way to get free skins, this time as a reward for good behavior
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News4 years later, the League of Legends MMO remains a major project for Riot Games' co-founder who says it's "exactly the type of company" that should be making MMOs
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News"This is completely insane. I didn't even think that was possible?": Minami Lane dev stunned to see his new cute $5 Steam game gather over 1,000 flawless reviews
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PreviewI traded banned books for bread in this RPG-tinged resource management game that feels like Pentiment meets Citizen Sleeper
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NewsI failed at my favorite Steam Next Fest city-builder because I was too distracted by the amazing movement to actually build anything
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NewsThe long-awaited Stardew Valley 1.6 update will finally arrive on console and mobile in November
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NewsBethesda's new Fallout Shelter-like Elder Scrolls game launches today, for real this time, nearly a year after we played it at the first launch
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NewsOne of the OG Grand Theft Auto devs has a new game coming, and it's basically the exact opposite of GTA's violent open-world
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PreviewTavern Keeper feels like being a fly on the wall in a D&D campaign, and I never knew I needed that in a management sim
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NewsGrisly cult management sim Worshippers of Cthulhu has confirmed an October release date, but devout fans can play a free demo now
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NewsAbduct humans to put them on display in this theme park sim set in the same universe as a 27-year-old banger of a black comedy film
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Marvel Rivals is reheating more of Overwatch's nachos with a romance-themed season that's in a position to out-thirsty Blizzard
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NewsXbox executive producer offers "best advice I can" to those caught up in Microsoft's latest lay-off spree – AI prompts to "help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss"
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Hideo Kojima's fabled USB stick full of ideas contingency plan has been put aside, as it was actually put in place during a 2020 health scare long before Death Stranding 2's release
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