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NewsGame dev union blasts EA buyout, asks the government to scrutinize the daylights out of it: "If jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity"
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newsA Short Hike dev's free "seasonal pumpkin carving MMO" with "new areas and new secrets" now supports 800 players at once and it's hard to think of a better way to get into the Halloween spirit
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NewsPokemon Legends: Z-A's Lumiose City apparently exists in a nightmare realm that pulls you back if you try to leave, and it's already getting the Skyrim meme treatment
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NewsDead Space creator hopes a $20-billion-in-debt EA will be keener on his Dead Space 4 pitch: "I think there’s an opportunity. I’m already making calls"
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NewsI played the top-rated Soulslike in Steam Next Fest to see what the fuss is about – turns out it's not a Soulslike but a boss rush with amazing combat, and I see what the fuss is about
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news29 years later, cult classic horror game I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream gets "definitive update" from retro powerhouse Nightdive with bonus content, achievements, and "modern menu options"
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NewsThe Crew 2 will be "accessible for years to come" thanks to its new offline mode, which Ubisoft attributes to "player feedback" – a low-key way to acknowledge 1.4 million signatures worth of Stop Killing Games pressure
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I played the top-rated Soulslike in Steam Next Fest to see what the fuss is about – turns out it's not a Soulslike but a boss rush with amazing combat, and I see what the fuss is about
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NewsTeam Ico pitched Shadow of the Colossus to Sony with placeholder music from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man: "Later on, we found out that was actually the theme music"
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PreviewHyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment's Zonai contraptions empowers Zelda's allies in the best way possible, and I'm excited by how much has changed
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NewsAfter Sony rejected a Horizon Zero Dawn collab, Tencent tried to pitch a new The Last of Us game instead: "I was confused"
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NewsAnother studio known for single-player games takes the live service gamble: Heavy Rain dev is making a competitive multiplayer game even as "development of Star Wars: Eclipse continues"
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NewsI endured physical pain to keep playing this Shadow of the Colossus meets Mirror's Edge action-platformer in Steam Next Fest, which is about the highest praise I can give
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NewsTeam Ninja, Smash Bros' Masahiro Sakurai, and "rival" Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada pay tribute to iconic Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki
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UpcomingUpcoming Switch games for 2025 and beyond
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NewsHideo Kojima tried to give away free Death Stranding 2 tissues to market the game, but nobody wanted them until he tweeted about it: "Some went out of their way to avoid us"
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NewsBorderlands 4 creative lead promises fans "more options are coming soon" as the crit knife build dominates the meta, and offers a warning: "We will be adjusting it"
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GuideAll Zenless Zone Zero codes (October 2025) and how to redeem them
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GuideAll Borderlands 4 Shift Codes (October 2025) and how to redeem them for Golden Keys and Skins
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newsThis cosmic horror action RPG basically turns my home state of Arizona into the Upside Down from Stranger Things, and it's my first must-play Steam Next Fest demo
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NewsGearbox's Randy Pitchford is pretty happy with Borderlands 4 story feedback: "Isn't it weird to ship a game where the biggest complaint isn't how we f***ed up the story?"
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NewsIt's 2025 and we're still digging up new finds in the original Dark Souls: FromSoftware expert reckons cut boss attack "likely to be just a typo" that was resolved in the Artorias DLC
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NewsGearbox boss Randy Pitchford said we'd have to wait at least 5 years to see Borderlands 4 get a major discount, but we've only had to wait 1 month for its first smaller discount as it's already 20% off on Steam
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GuideAll Genshin Impact codes (October 2025) and how to redeem them
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NewsBorderlands 4 butcher slaughters 3,000 bosses over 150 hours to prove just how bad the shooter's drop rates are: "I am pretty much done"
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Pokemon Legends: Z-A's Lumiose City apparently exists in a nightmare realm that pulls you back if you try to leave, and it's already getting the Skyrim meme treatment
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GuideHow to evolve Inkay into Malamar in Pokemon Legends: Z-A
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GuideHow to increase friendship in Pokemon Legends: Z-A
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NewsPokemon Legends Z-A delivers deep lore, but maybe not the lore we wanted: Pokemon do poop, and Lumiose City is overflowing with it
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Best ListThe 10 best games like Pokemon for the discerning trainer
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GuidePokemon Pokopia: everything we know about the Pokemon game that looks a lot like Animal Crossing
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GuidePokemon Champions: Everything we know so far
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GuideThe ultimate Pokemon Legends: Z-A guide for newcomers to Lumiose City
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GuideHow to evolve Pokemon in Pokemon Legends: Z-A
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GuideThe Fortnite Fortnitemares 2025 event explained
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NewsI've been a professional writer for 8 years, but that didn't stop Steam Next Fest's weirdest battle royale - a terrifying typing game - from completely humbling me
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NewsFortnite dataminers find sus game files that say "PriceChange," but Epic Games denies a price hike for its subscription: "Those rumors aren't true and the price changes aren't happening"
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GuideIs Fortnite down? And if so then how long is the Fortnite downtime?
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FeaturesI smashed out a win on Haven's Hollow at Call of Duty: Next, so naturally the incoming Resurgence map is my new Warzone favorite
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NewsAfter a Fortnite player's post about their late sister "saying hello to me in my favorite game" went viral, Epic Games added a statue in her honor: "I will forever cherish this"
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Best listThe best battle royale games to play in 2025
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NewsWarzone is getting a Blackout-inspired mode in 2026 and a dev who also worked on Call of Duty's original battle royale promises "that mode is going to be fun"
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NewsCall of Duty: Warzone's weapon attachment tweaks are being separated from the other games like Black Ops 7 to allow for "faster meta shifts" and tuning
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ReviewWingspan review: "One of the greats"
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DealsWhat to expect from Black Friday board game deals 2025
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NewsI'm going full CSI on this very blurry image from Warhammer Quest: Darkwater
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ReviewWith a new season on the way, is Blood Bowl's second edition still worth a look?
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DealsCelebrate spooky season with this week's board game deals
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News7 of my favorite Halloween board games have been slashed in price for Prime Day
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DealsBetrayal at House on the Hill is one of my all-time favorite board games, and it just got a massive discount for Prime Day
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NewsNew Warhammer Quest: Darkwater board game revealed
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ReviewThis Star Wars board game is an excellent introduction to a whole galaxy of gaming
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News"I am rethinking what went wrong to ensure it won't happen again": Manor Lords creator ends months of silence and reveals a huge update to the city builder's AI towns
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Hands-onBeyond These Stars is the weirdest city-builder I've ever seen, thanks to a giant space whale that can go rogue if it gets too hungry
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NewsAnno 117: Pax Romana demo confirmed, giving you an early slice of "the premier builder game of 2025"
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NewsBeautiful city-builder Town to City sets its early access release date, and it's very soon
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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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NewsHelldivers 2 updates take a pause as Arrowhead commits to sorting out widespread performance issues "to make sure that we can get to a much more stable state that we can believe in"
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NewsREPO dev says its big monster update turns it into more of "a proper horror game" and "reinvigorates the entire gameplay loop"
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NewsAfter one of 2025's biggest surprise hits, Peak devs announce a new co-op online game: "Peak is still being worked on internally but now it's time to glaze Crashout Crew"
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GuideRoblox Murder Mystery 2 codes (October 2025) have all expired
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GuideRoblox Brookhaven codes (October 2025) for music tracks and memes
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NewsREPO's monster update just got a lot more monstrous as devs reveal new "tumble-grab" feature that coincidentally lets you "twerk enemies to death" and just might "break our game"
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NewsThis sci-fi co-op game about vehicular Legos has left Steam early access with 96% overwhelmingly positive reviews laser-targeted at sickos like me: "If you liked Death Stranding but wished it were chiller and let you build roads ANYWHERE"
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News"I'm here to interrupt the Silksong": Peak devs echo Team Cherry by telling players the game is just "that evil," tease "the next biome" already in the works
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REPO devs "want to be a bit more secretive" with the next big update, threatening to unleash a load of new monsters at once: "Some will be there to make your life a living hell"
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NewsClair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the Golden Joystick Award 2025 charge for most nominations, nudging out Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
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Vote NowGolden Joystick Awards 2025: Voting is Live!
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LiveEverything announced at the PlayStation State of Play September 2025
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GuideGamescom 2025 schedule: all of the showcases and biggest reveals
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NewsHow to watch The Future Games Show at gamescom 2025 – and what to expect
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NewsMetal Gear Solid and Resident Evil Village stars set to host Future Games Show at Gamescom 2025
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NewsElden Ring Nightreign players posted so hard that even the game's publisher has succumbed to Revenant
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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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NewsBattlefield 6 Conquest tickets get reduced, players revolt: "If I wanted ten-minute chaos with zero teamwork and no room for tactics, I’d go play COD"
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GuideHow to use the Battlefield 6 Range Finder
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NewsBattlefield 6 has sold 7 million copies, EA says it's "the biggest launch in franchise history" and immediately imagines "a connected Battlefield universe"
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Hands-onSystem Shock and PowerWash Simulator combine in Ambrosia Sky, an exploration sci-fi FPS with immaculate vibes and a Steam Next Fest demo you can play now
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GuideWhen does Battlefield 6 go live?
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GuideHow Battlefield 6 spotting works
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NewsBattlefield 1942 was the unlikely inspiration behind PS2 classic Shadow of the Colossus back when it was a game "where you cooperate to defeat giant monsters"
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NewsBattlefield 6 lead downplays upcoming movement changes following community blowback, says the team is just fixing "rough case scenarios"
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NewsThe Battlefield 6 movement saga reaches new heights as players find glitch that lets you fly into the clouds on a drone, preferably with a sniper for taking out enemies from the sky
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newsMortal Kombat co-creator says the movie sequel's opening has made him cry every single time he's watched it: "It punches you in the face"
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NewsAfter conquering YouTube, Kirby and Super Smash Bros' Masahiro Sakurai is now getting a 160-page manga about his life and art
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Now PlayingEven after 14 years of League of Legends, fighting game 2XKO can do little but make me think of the games I wish Riot was still making instead
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Mortal Kombat 2 is as much about Kitana as it is about Johnny Cage: "They go in and out of each other throughout the movie"
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News"It's not over yet": As the Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero roster reaches 208 characters, Bandai Namco teases that "the next DLC is already in the pipeline" with details to come in January
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GuideJujutsu Infinite codes (October 2025) for free Spins
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News2XKO director says players should know the LoL fighting game "might not be good" at everything at first, but Riot will "address it" – "We're going to make mistakes"
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News"How have we seen more footage for Kingdom Hearts 4": Sega claims coveted worst show award at Tokyo Game Show with a Virtua Fighter talk that "could've been an email"
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NewsA "genre-defining visual novel" for Super Nintendo in Japan is making a comeback as a Street Fighter 6 bonus, and I hope we've got a Fire Emblem in Super Smash Bros situation on our hands
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29 years later, cult classic horror game I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream gets "definitive update" from retro powerhouse Nightdive with bonus content, achievements, and "modern menu options"
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Hands-onBlumhouse first-person horror game is a Silent Hill dystopia where nobody sleeps, and you need to stealth around like it's Alien: Isolation – which I might be better at if I weren't so scared
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Best ListThe best games based on horror movies
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GuideThe complete Little Nightmares timeline and story recap
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Best ListThe 25 best horror games to play right now
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GuideLittle Nightmares 3: Everything you need to know about the horror game from Supermassive
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NewsAlien: Isolation writer originally thought Ellen Ripley's daughter as protagonist was too "Son of Frankenstein" and "convenient," but was sold after realizing "everything had so much more weight and heart"
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NewsCreative Assembly wanted to make Alien: Isolation 2 for years, but Disney buying Fox is what "made it a lot more possible," says former dev
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News20 years later, cult classic PS2 JRPG Tales of Rebirth is finally fully playable in English thanks to a fan translation that's been in the works for nearly 4 years
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NewsUndertale comes full circle as the JRPG creator who inspired it says his new game is inspired by Undertale
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News18 years later, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles explains what Cloud Strife is actually doing there thanks to newly discovered secret dialogue
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NewsSquare Enix announces the first new Dissidia Final Fantasy in 8 years, but fighting game fans are dismayed it's only on mobile: "I have little faith this will be anywhere near as good"
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NewsFinal Fantasy Tactics player puts in the grind to prove once and for all that "Chocobos can believe in monster Jesus" and will "leave your party to go find God" if their Faith stat gets too high
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NewsDragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake adds "numerous" new scenarios "that connect to the overall Erdrick Trilogy" as well as "encounters with people not featured in the original title"
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NewsAs Steam's unfair regional pricing comes under fire, hit JRPG Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter joins Arc Raiders in updating costs for international gamers
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Best ListThe best Yakuza games, ranked
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NewsKingdom Hearts actor auditioned for the role of Cloud in Final Fantasy 7 Remake "a very long time ago" after Square Enix asked him: "He's the Riku of Final Fantasy"
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A Short Hike dev's free "seasonal pumpkin carving MMO" with "new areas and new secrets" now supports 800 players at once and it's hard to think of a better way to get into the Halloween spirit
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News"I literally feel like I just got my life back": To escape MMO prison after 1,200 hours, one player resorted to an army of Discord ninjas and divorced dragon fan fiction
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NewsLeft for dead by Amazon and revived by Tencent, free anime MMO Blue Protocol: Star Resonance launches to over 90,000 Steam players but only 48% positive user reviews
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NewsWorld of Warcraft and League of Legends MMO veteran says his new studio will "likely close" if it's "unable to find a publisher soon" for fantasy MMORPG Ghost: "We're doing everything we can"
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NewsBlizzard says removal of popular World of Warcraft combat mods "needs to happen" in Midnight to "level the playing field" for the long-running MMO
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NewsVeteran Elder Scrolls Online devs set up new worker-owned studio after Xbox cancelled their last game: "We only answer to people who are passionate about games"
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NewsFinal Fantasy 14 might not be on the Switch 2 just yet, but fans of the iconic Square Enix MMO have already brought it to Nintendo's best handheld console: the 2DS/3DS
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GuideAll Throne and Liberty coupons (October 2025) and how to redeem them
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NewsWorld of Warcraft: Midnight's riff on Monolith's The Lord of the Rings Nemesis System was spurred on by a War Within feature Blizzard doubted: "We weren't sure how people would react"
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NewsValve billionaire Gabe Newell says "people talk s*** at me in chat, and about once a week people say, hey noob, uninstall the game" but "that's really about their enthusiasm" so he still plays Dota 2 "every day"
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NewsLeague of Legends leadership just got a crash course in horniness when "someone started explaining what 'gooning' meant: "I shouldn't tell you this"
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NewsNew Deadlock update adds six heroes and more to Valve's MOBA shooter, a mere month after the Steam dev said a patch "won't be coming for some time" to the limited-access game
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Best List10 Best MOBAs to play today
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News"We will for sure lose money": League of Legends developer is finally cracking down on account boosting after 15 years, even at the cost of the game's revenue
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NewsLeague of Legends' very bad year continues as Riot pulls sloppy AI video offline amid fan criticism: "WTF how is this real"
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NewsDeadlock fans in shambles after Valve dev issues a classically Valve update for its new MOBA: We see you're "really hyped up for an imminent update," but it "won't be coming for some time"
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NewsThe League of Legends Balatro homage I thought I'd never see again is back, thanks to a major MOBA preservation win
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Desperate 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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Indie SpotlightI accidentally played 10 hours of Magic Inn and it's already the most hands-on management sim I've played since Two Point Campus
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Indie SpotlightI finally tried Minami Lane after seeing over 5,000 positive reviews, and within 4 hours it's already the chillest management game I've ever played
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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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The Crew 2 will be "accessible for years to come" thanks to its new offline mode, which Ubisoft attributes to "player feedback" – a low-key way to acknowledge 1.4 million signatures worth of Stop Killing Games pressure
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Battlefield 6 Conquest tickets get reduced, players revolt: "If I wanted ten-minute chaos with zero teamwork and no room for tactics, I’d go play COD"
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NewsThe DayZ and Arma studio is publishing a Minecraft meets Skyrim sandbox RPG, and I lost track of time playing its Steam Next Demo so it's doing something right
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