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QuizHow well do you know the Super Mario series?
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NewsNeil Druckmann says his hope for The Last of Us season 3 is "to make sure it's as deeply faithful as season 1"
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake director takes a hammer to difficulty discourse as the JRPG reveals ultimate god mode, says he's played games where he "gave up because of the time it takes to level up characters or traverse the game"
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newsBioWare realized late in Anthem's development that "this game was coming in on fire" after EA told the devs "we were targeting a game in the 70s" on Metacritic
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NewsActivision doubles down on Call of Duty skins problem, makes Black Ops 7 skins less goofy "after receiving community feedback specifically related to the Black Ops 7 Vault Edition"
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NewsGearbox and Randy Pitchford aim a fire hose at the Borderlands 4 PC port, share "optimization guide" and a tip to "boost your performance" which is, big surprise, enabling DLSS performance with frame gen
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake gets 2026 release date on Switch 2 and Xbox with Rebirth and Part 3 to follow
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Neil Druckmann says his hope for The Last of Us season 3 is "to make sure it's as deeply faithful as season 1"
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NewsFor 33 years, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past fans have chased a mystery man named in the SNES classic – turns out he's some guy with "very little interest or excitement about having his name in a video game"
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NewsMetroid Prime 4 is starting to look like an open-world game, and that release date trailer is building as much concern as excitement: "Samus bike will either be incredible or the worst decision they've ever made. No in between"
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GuideHow to beat the Silksong Widow boss fight
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NewsHyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment gets November 2025 release date, so you'll soon get to experience its ridiculously cool split-screen co-op
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UpcomingUpcoming Switch games for 2025 and beyond
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GuideMetroid Prime 4: Beyond – Everything we know so far about the upcoming Switch game
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newsMetroid Prime 4 is finally ready: Nintendo confirms December release date on Switch 2
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GuideSilksong The Slab walkthrough and Apostate Key location
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Gearbox and Randy Pitchford aim a fire hose at the Borderlands 4 PC port, share "optimization guide" and a tip to "boost your performance" which is, big surprise, enabling DLSS performance with frame gen
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GuideAll Borderlands 4 Shift Codes and how to redeem them for Golden Keys (September 2025)
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newsDark Souls gets a new comic that expands the mythos of the game with a new quest to revive a dead saint with magical powers: "We're going to give everyone all the thrills, chills and YOU DIED moments they'd expect from a Dark Souls story"
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NewsBorderlands 4 "may be in a whole new level here," Randy Pitchford declares as the action RPG sets a series Steam concurrent player record within 24 hours of launch despite 'Mixed' reviews
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Best ListThe best Borderlands games, ranked
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NewsBorderlands 4 narrative lead is "ridiculously proud" of the action RPG's story team, celebrating a whole "lot of f***ing people" who helped create a mercifully less stupid plot
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Best ListThe 10 best Games like Borderlands to play right now
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NewsBorderlands 4 devs assure Steam users that "Take-Two does not use spyware in its games" as Gearbox tries to avoid another review bombing over the parent company's unpopular new user agreement
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Borderlands 4: Everything you need to know about Gearbox's latest looter shooter
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GuidePokemon Pokopia: everything we know about the Pokemon game that looks a lot like Animal Crossing
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NewsNintendo announces Pokemon Legends Z-A DLC before the game's even out: Mega Dimension expansion adds "spatial distortions" and makes Raichu the third Pokemon to ever get two Mega Evolutions
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GuidePokemon Legends Z-A: Everything we know so far about the upcoming Nintendo game
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newsNintendo finally wises up to Palworld, announces Pokemon crafting and building game Pokopia – starring a Ditto that thinks it's a real human
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GuideAll Honkai Star Rail codes (September 2025) and how to redeem them
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NewsNeil Druckmann says Naughty Dog is "firing on all cylinders" with new project Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and the reveal trailer "doesn't even scratch the surface of what this game actually is"
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newsEven Pokemon's former chief legal officer thinks Nintendo's controversial new patent is unenforceable: "I wish Nintendo and Pokemon good luck"
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NewsNew Pokemon Legends Z-A Mega Evolution Malamar will call you dumb and hypnotize you "if it disagrees with an order," as if having the weirdest evolution method wasn't enough
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GuidePerfect Dark: Everything we know about the canceled Xbox exclusive
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GuideFortnite Characters locations in Season 4 of Chapter 6
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GuideHow to complete Fortnite Quests in Chapter 6 Season 4
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GuideIs Fortnite down? And if so then how long is the Fortnite downtime?
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GuideHow to enable Fortnite two factor authentication and get a free emote
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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 Precision Air Strike: How to get it
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GuideFortnite Hammerhead Choppas: Where to find the helicopters
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GuideFortnite Boons: How to collect them
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ReviewThere's now a real version of the Witcher Gwent card game, and it's just as engrossing as the original
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DealsA community favorite races straight to the top for September's board game deals, with Heat getting a big discount
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NewsI chose this D&D board game to kick off spooky season, and it got me in the Halloween mood
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ReviewThis enormous exploration board game won't be for everyone, but it's a masterclass in narrative and sandbox gameplay
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NewsThe weirdest ever Warhammer game is back with a new edition, and I think you need to see this
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ReviewThis gorgeously weird monster board game warms my Halloween-loving heart, and it's a delight
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Buying GuideThe best board games 2025, with over 25 recommendations tested, reviewed, and rated by experts
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Buying GuideThe 6 best 2-player board games in 2025 for date night and more, hand-picked by experts
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Buying GuideThe best adult board games 2025, from newcomer Fate of the Fellowship to Gloomhaven
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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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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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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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NewsREPO 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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NewsHelldivers 2 creative director wishes he could make a sequel to the chaotic co-op game that launched Arrowhead, but returning to it "scares" him: "I would like to do it at some point though"
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ListThe 25 best co-op games of all time
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NewsThe first co-op multiplayer game from horror publisher Blumhouse is like REPO after a long, hot day in an Agatha Christie novel, and it just launched in early access
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News"We hope you enjoy Peak for the next two weeks": Co-op comedy devs acknowledge the incoming Hollow Knight Silksong-shaped black hole in style
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newsUbisoft vets releasing free demo for Metroidvania couch co-op Revenge of the Savage Planet because "we know that money is tight," and they hope you'll say "this 4 years of effort and 30 people" that made the full game "is worth 2 lattes"
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Indie SpotlightForget Elden Ring Nightreign or Expedition 33, the toughest boss fight I've faced this year is a slippery rock face on an empty stomach
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NewsViral co-op climbing game Peak gets hit with a wave of rip-offs on PS5, but this isn't the devs' first rodeo as they've been "reporting a bunch" of "AI slop things for the past year"
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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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FeaturesEvery new indie game that shadowdropped during Wholesome Direct 2025: From a Sims-like decorating game to a chaotic cooking roguelike
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FeaturesDay 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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Activision doubles down on Call of Duty skins problem, makes Black Ops 7 skins less goofy "after receiving community feedback specifically related to the Black Ops 7 Vault Edition"
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NewsBattlefield 6's anti-tank and anti-air damage has been "tuned" since open beta, lead producer confirms, so your helicopters won't be so easily destroyed by Engineers going forward
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Best List10 best Far Cry games of all-time, ranked
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NewsBattlefield 6 community lead reminds everyone "NDA applies" as the long-rumored battle royale mode heads to Labs, trying to get ahead of the leaks I'm sure are already brewing
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GuideWill Borderlands 4 be on Game Pass?
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GuideHere are the Borderlands 4 release times and dates
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NewsEA finally unveils Battlefield 6's battle royale mode: testing begins this week, the shrinking ring insta-kills you, and "destruction will be everywhere"
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NewsCall of Duty: Black Ops 7 TTK is similar to Black Ops 6 to stop it "feeling overly spongy," devs "hope to" have Cold War-style health bars ready for the beta
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UpcomingUpcoming Xbox Series X games for 2025 and beyond
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Hands-onI played Invincible VS against the game's combat designer and loved every minute, despite getting my ass kicked
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newsStreet Fighter movie delays release date as it invites everyone to choose their fighter with retro character select cast announcement
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NewsA Super Smash Bros. Melee modder has finally added the most powerful Nintendo character of all: a cease and desist notice
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NewsMortal Kombat 2 gets a big release date delay, but ends up in a promising spot
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NewsThe Balatro hivemind absorbs another victim as Super Smash Bros. modder is compelled to add Joker king Jimbo to Melee, and there hasn't been a new character this scary since 2001
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NewsEx-Sony boss would consider bringing back PlayStation All-Stars as it's "important" for the brand, even if it didn't live up to Nintendo's Super Smash Bros
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NewsAfter 28 years as a legend among Mortal Kombat fans, "the holy grail of MK lost media" has been preserved and made playable for Legacy Kollection
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NewsPremier fighting game tournament Evo has a new co-owner, but Sony's continuing to invest alongside Saudi Arabia's tourism project and WWE's parent company
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Interview"There's got to be a game in here somewhere": How Felt That: Boxing quietly became one of the most innovative games in development
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OpinionAfter 43 years, one of the world's greatest horror movies lives on in so many games – from Among Us to Cronos: The New Dawn
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NewsPalworld developer's publishing arm signs a new horror game that doesn't sound creepy at all – a retro-style fishing adventure which definitely has "absolutely no eerie mysteries" whatsoever
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GuideLittle Nightmares 3: Everything we know so far about the new horror game from Supermassive
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newsDead Space creator Glen Schofield "would love to make an Alien game," but he has to completely "own the creative" side of it
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NewsDespite directing Resident Evil 2, Hideki Kamiya says "I hate horror," but he still wants to see Hideo Kojima make a game "in the same style" as P.T.
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NewsBethesda's studio buying spree was fueled by wanting to work with likeminded devs: "If you have a chance to work with [Resident Evil creator] Shinji Mikami, you should always say yes"
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UpcomingUpcoming horror games for 2025 and beyond
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Best ListThe 25 best horror games to play right now
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PreviewI was already nervous about playing gory survival horror Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, and then I saw the stack of vomit bags provided by the devs
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake director takes a hammer to difficulty discourse as the JRPG reveals ultimate god mode, says he's played games where he "gave up because of the time it takes to level up characters or traverse the game"
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake gets 2026 release date on Switch 2 and Xbox with Rebirth and Part 3 to follow
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NewsSquare Enix reveals another classic JRPG getting a remake: Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined announced, coming February 2026 to consoles and PC
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NewsFinal Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles lead hopes it "will appeal to people who aren't particularly good at tactical RPGs," since devs "hopefully reduced some of the frustration"
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NewsFinal Fantasy 14 is getting a "big update" to bring out the "uniqueness of each job" in battle content, Yoshi-P says, before confusingly adding "that nothing is going to change" for those who like things the way they are
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NewsYet another JRPG behemoth is making me confront my mortality as Octopath Traveler 0 reveals 100-hour main story with 30-40% new content compared to the prequel it's remaking
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NewsFinal Fantasy Tactics devs originally considered making a famously powerful character weaker when he levels up because that's how getting old works: "His strength actually becomes lower"
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NewsFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "going very smoothly" and the "announcement timing has been decided," Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura says, and Kingdom Hearts 4 is also "progressing well"
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News"A lot of RPGs have adopted more action gameplay elements," says Dragon Quest remake producer, making old-school turn-based JRPGs "actually rare nowadays" and "considered fresh again"
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News"When I explained to her that everyone at Zeke was a real player who came to pay their respects, she burst out in tears": Parents of late baby son overwhelmed by huge in-game MMO tribute
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NewsHundreds of MMO players show up to support a father mourning his infant son, who shares a name with an NPC in Old School RuneScape: "We have such an incredible community with the biggest hearts"
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Final Fantasy 14 is getting a "big update" to bring out the "uniqueness of each job" in battle content, Yoshi-P says, before confusingly adding "that nothing is going to change" for those who like things the way they are
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News26 years after dead MMO was left to rot, YouTuber spends 30 days reviving it through sheer will: "You reignited a fire that never went out, now it burns brighter than ever," devs say
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NewsSega's crunch was so bad, offices came equipped with nap rooms and showers until 2012: "It was basically expected that people would be sleeping over at the office"
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NewsWizards of the Coast boss and ex WoW dev would love a new D&D MMO, but says "the traditional model" Blizzard used "could use updating"
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NewsAfter 11 years, Elder Scrolls Online lead says the MMO is still "flying under the radar" of potential fans – with some even asking devs, "when does this come out?"
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NewsAfter report on MMO's bot problem, players bait piles of "clankers" to their doom like they're poisoning AI: ask "how many" and armies of bots reply in eery unison
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NewsAs Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest dates leave fans worried the MMO's next expansion might not release until March 2027 at the earliest, Yoshi-P drops an ominous tease: "Rest assured you won't have to wait long"
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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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Final Fantasy 7 Remake gets 2026 release date on Switch 2 and Xbox with Rebirth and Part 3 to follow
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For 33 years, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past fans have chased a mystery man named in the SNES classic – turns out he's some guy with "very little interest or excitement about having his name in a video game"
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NewsDying Light: The Beast is launching 1 day early because Techland is super jazzed about hitting 1 million pre-orders: "We pushed ourselves to make the impossible possible"
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