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Talking Point: What Game Do You Wish You Could Forget?

(But in a good way).Stop right there! We know what you're thinking. You're expecting a long list of games that we wish we had never played. The stinkers that took up 20 hours we'll never get back. Well, you're wrong!We are not about to be a negative Nancy and dunk ...
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Helldivers 2 PC specifications and crossplay support details revealed

We know it’s been a long wait but it’s finally time to reveal more about the PC release of Helldivers 2. We know what’s on your mind, first and foremost: Is it crossplay? And we’re pleased to announce that Helldivers 2 supports crossplay! That means your teammates on PC can ...
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Microsoft Snaps Up ‘Pokémon-With-Guns’ Game Palworld for Game Pass, Release Date Confirmed

Palworld, the hotly anticipated monster-collecting RPG dubbed “Pokémon with guns”, finally has a release date as well as confirmation it’s coming to Game Pass.In Palworld, players can capture over 100 “Pals”, fight bosses, and build bases. You use your Pals to do tasks for you so you can automate entire ...
/ IGN

The Ryzen 9 5950X remains a productivity monster – and now it’s 52% off in the UK

When the Ryzen 9 5950X debuted in 2020, it was a staggeringly strong productivity and gaming CPU, with 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 3 power for a princely £750. A little over three years later and next-gen Zen 4 CPUs are firmly here, but the 5950X remains the ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Horrified: Greek Monsters Board Game Review

Back in 2019 the original Horrified gave families a frightfully good time at Halloween as well as putting design house Prospero Hall on the collective board gaming map. Its recipe of players cooperating to send various monsters from classic Universal movies back to their graves was enough of a hit ...
/ IGN

Baldur’s Gate 3 designer says Act 3 tone shift criticisms are “valid”, will try to be “less drastic” in future

Acts! It used to be just those old-timey theatre productions that had them, but as in many respects, videogames have nipped through a stage exit and stolen theatre's underpants. One act isn't the same as another, however: take the third act of Baldur's Gate 3, which many players feel isn't ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Diablo 4 Drops to Just $44.99 in the New Year Sales

Diablo 4 has dropped down to just $44.99 on PS5, PS4, and Xbox in the New Year sales, a reasonable $25 off the MSRP of $69.99. That's a better offer than what we saw over the Black Friday sales, marking this as one of the best gaming deals at the ...
/ IGN

Cocoon’s greatest mysteries are hidden behind puzzles most players won’t find

It’s been a good handful of years for fans of secret-ridden games. The sort of secrets that make the game world feel huge and unknowable and transform the post-game into a scavenger hunt more akin to ARGs than classic secret endings. After 2021’s meta deckbuilder Inscryption, and enigmatic Zeldalike Tunic ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Masahiro Sakurai Plans To “Wrap Up” His YouTube Channel This Year

Back to Smash?Super Smash Bros. creator and video game developer Masahiro Sakurai has been riding the waves of YouTube fame over the last 18 months or so. But the channel, Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games, will be ending sometime this year.This is straight from Sakurai himself, who shared the news ...
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Xbox to Present Developer_Direct, Returning on January 18

You’re about to get an exciting look at some of the incredible games ahead with Xbox, as we present a new edition of Developer_Direct. On Thursday, January 18 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm UK, fans will get an inside look at a selection of highly anticipated games ...
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