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6 Things You Need to Know Before Starting KartRider: Drift Season 1

After launching in 2004, Nexon’s KartRider series became an immediate hit in Asia. It gained a huge following, with an official league starting a year later in 2005. Its popularity grew, amassing over 380 million players on PC alone. Its characters, gadgets, game modes, and approachable gameplay have made the ...
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Google Admits That It Can’t Make Cloud Gaming Work on Its Own

Google ended its Stadia services months ago, but it's not out of the games industry entirely. Instead of building its own platform, Google is pursuing live-service games to support using its Cloud infrastructure and admitting past endeavors didn't work well alone. Speaking to Axios, Google Cloud's director of games industry ...
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Microsoft ‘Confident’ It Can Get Call of Duty Running on Nintendo Switch

Following Microsoft and Nintendo's agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms for at least a decade, Microsoft has further detailed its plans for Call of Duty on Nintendo Switch.In a filing submitted to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (via The Verge), Microsoft revealed that it believes the ...
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Why Troy Baker Didn’t Play Joel or David in The Last of Us

Spoilers for The Last of Us HBO Episode 8 - When We Are In Need. Read our review of the episode here.Troy Baker loves The Last of Us, and being such a vital part of the series there was no way he’d pass up getting involved with the hit HBO ...
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With Silent Hill 2, Bloober Team Is Entering a New ‘Phase’ of Its Existence as a Horror Developer

Eight years after Bloober Team formally became known as a horror game developer, the studio is preparing for another shift, though it’s admittedly a touch less radical. It wants its games to start competing with industry giants of horror and adjacent genres like Resident Evil, The Last of Us, and ...
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Countdown: 3DS eShop Spotlight – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit Of Justice

#13 - Spirited away.For the month before the 3DS and Wii U eShops close for new purchases on 27th March, each day we're going to highlight a specific eShop game for one of those consoles and give a short pitch as to why we think it deserves your love and ...
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Hefty PS5 Firmware 7.0 Update Addresses Adds a Host of Quality-of-Life Improvements

Earlier today, Sony launched version 7 of the PS5 software, which includes support for VRR at 1440p resolution and Discord integration for PS5. But the latest PS5 firmware update also rolled out several quality-of-life improvements for PS5 owners. Thanks to the latest firmware update, US and UK can now use ...
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Crucial’s legendary MX500 SATA SSD is $103 for 2TB

The Crucial MX500 is one of the best gaming SSDs in the SATA category in my books, right alongside the legendary Samsung 870 Evo. That's because the SSD offers excellent performance while working within the confines of the SATA interface, with straightforward TLC NAND flash and a DRAM-equipped design that ...
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Resident Evil 4 Remake’s Infamous Rain Will Be Fixed With Day One Patch

Clearer skies are ahead for the Resident Evil 4 remake, as Capcom said there's a patch in the works to diminish the extreme rain effects.In an interview with Press Start Australia, Resident Evil 4 producer Hirabayashi Yoshiaki addressed fan concerns about the overbearing weather.“We’ve seen everyone’s reaction to the rain ...
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Pick up Alienware’s epic m15 gaming laptop w/ RTX 3070 Ti and Ryzen 9 6900HX for £1399

Dell's Alienware division makes some of the most ostentatious and powerful gaming laptops around, and today we've got a discount on the Alienware m15 R7. This RTX 3070 Ti gaming laptop with a Ryzen 9 6900HX normally retails for £1749, but this drops to £1399 when you use code ALIEN20 ...
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