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Prepare your decks once more, Slay the Spire 2 is now out in early access

Hear ye, hear ye! It is time to play your hand, for the day of prophecy has come: Slay the Spire 2 has, finally, launched into early access. I know, I know, there's some game about running a marathon or something by a team of folks that run a bungee ...
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Fans Hunting Rare Charizard Cards Are Reigniting Interest in Pokémon TCG’s Phantasmal Flames Expansion

Pokémon TCG is still red hot as we cross into the official 30th anniversary celebrations for the next 12 months. But there’s one card in particular that’s burning a hole in trainers' pockets right now, and it's driving a reignited interest in Phantasmal Flames.Released on November 14, 2025, Phantasmal Flames ...
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Scores a Great Discount on Switch 2 For One Day Only

A new video game deal has joined the party that is Woot's 'Video Games For All!' sale, and it's one we called "an excellent comeback" in our review. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Nintendo Switch 2 is currently discounted as part of the Amazon-owned online retailer's latest sale event, marked ...
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Hard drive space for all! Helldivers 2’s slimmer install size is rolling out to everyone later this month

There is no greater source of tepid rage than when I see a game, I buy it, I proceed to download it, and it tells me it needs to take up one billion gigabytes of my hard drive space (NB: one billion is an exaggeration). It fills every corner of ...
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Feature: “I Literally Got Goosebumps” – Nick Apostolides On Returning As Leon In Resident Evil Requiem

"I felt a lot of pressure with this one".Resident Evil Requiem, the latest mainline title in Capcom's survival horror franchise, is out now on the Switch 2. It tells an intimate tale that takes us right back to where it all started: Raccoon City. Joining us on the journey, of ...
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10 Tips To Help You Survive Your First Runs in Marathon, Available Today on Xbox Series X|S

March 5, 2026 10 Tips To Help You Survive Your First Runs in Marathon, Available Today on Xbox Series X|S
  • Nikki Brown, Principal Communications Manager, Bungie
Summary
  • Enter the world of Marathon’s Tau Ceti IV, a planet full of rival Runners and hazardous environments.
  • Scavenge for valuables, experiment with different ...
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Mouse: PI For Hire hands-on report — classic FPS action meets rubberhose animation

Mouse: P.I. For Hire‘s rubber hose cartoon art style brings it a whole lot of absurd, slapstick humor, which pairs perfectly with its “boomer” shooter gameplay. But underpinning it all is a noir detective story that can be dark and adult as well as goofy and comedic, giving Mouse a ...
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Pokémon Pokopia’s First Event Starts Next Week, But You Can Access It Right Now

Pokémon Pokopia is out today (hooray!), and if you somehow don't have enough to do in that game already, there's a limited-time event on the way later this month that will give you even more little tasks, items, and Pokémon pals, as it's bringing Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff to the ...
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Two genres and seven years on, Remedy attempt to define what a Control game even is in the lead-up to Resonant

What is a Control game? It's a fairly reasonable question to ask, as the only follow-up there's been to the original 2019 game in the intervening years (apart from some DLC) was FBC: Firebreak, a live service FPS spin-off that… well, you know. And then last year Remedy revealed what ...
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Marvel Rivals Dev Threatens Players Who Are ‘Maliciously Idling’ or Intentionally Throwing Games, Acknowledges ‘Disturbing Trend’ in the Community

The developer of Marvel Rivals has addressed what it called the “disturbing trend” of "incentivized throwing,” where players are enticed by third-party bounties to deliberately sabotage matches.Last month, Marvel Rivals players called on developer NetEase Games to take action after the emergence of an unofficial bounty website that triggered fears ...
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