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Star Wars: The Old Republic’s next update adds pie-baking and a galactic egg hunt

Star Wars: The Old Republic's ongoing development switched last year from creators BioWare to Broadsword, with promise that the 13-year-old MMO would continue to receive new story content and improvements. The approaching update 7.5 looks to bring both, alongside a Spring Abundance festival that includes "seed collecting, dancing, pie-baking, animal ...
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Half Lifey survival game Abiotic Factor is out now in early access

Chuck the original Half-Life and Minecraft into a reactor core with Lethal Company and the resulting, bleating, pustulant abomination might look a bit like Abiotic Factor, a one-to-six player first-person survival game from Deep Field Games and Playstack, in which a bunch of stranded boffins must find their way out ...
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The 2TB WD Black SN850X M.2 SSD – One of the Fastest SSDs Available – Is on Sale Today

Starting today, Amazon has discounted the popular 2TB WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD) for only $139.99. The SN850X works equally well as additional storage for your PS5 console or as a blazing fast boot drive for your gaming rig. We picked the SN850P (which ...
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Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting PvP And ‘Chaos’ Modes

The game that keeps on giving.Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is getting yet another update on Switch later this month, bringing new modes to the game along with a number of cosmetics for protagonist Miriam.Announced via a blog post, the information provided is described as the 'final development roadmap' for ...
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Free Play Days – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Headbangers: Rhythm Royale  

Let’s kick off May the right way with Free Play Days! Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is available this weekend for Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday May 2 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Sunday, May 5 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.   Additionally, Star Wars: ...
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Kerbal Space Program 2 Is Getting Review-Bombed After Take-Two Shut Down Its Developer

After news broke yesterday that Take-Two Interactive is shutting down Intercept Games, players began review-bombing the studio's final project, expressing frustration and disappointment at the closure. Heading over to the official Steam listing for Kerbal Space Program 2, its most recent reviews on Valve's digital storefront reveal they are "Mostly ...
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Sky Of Tides is the anti-Disco Elysium in which balance is queen

Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man is a legendary drawing of a nude with his arms and legs reaching towards the rim and corners of a circle and square. It's often invoked as an archetype for the humanist worldview of Man the Measure and Centre of all Things, holding a perfectly ...
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Boss of Professor Layton and Ni No Kuni Studio Wants to Make an Erotic and Violent Game One Day

The boss of Level-5, the developer behind family friendly titles such as Professor Layton, Ni No Kuni, and Yokai Watch, wants to create a violent and erotic video game one day.Speaking to Denfaminico Gamer, translated by Automaton, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino said it's his responsibility to keep making friendlier games ...
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The Electronic Wireless Show podcast: a patch of patches

Over the past while a few games have had post-launch patches, the exemplars being Starfield and Stardew valley, which have post-launch patches of different kinds and for different reasons. We take some time on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast to talk about this patch of patches, and what it was ...
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Best Xbox Deals: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Gets a Big Discount For a Limited Time

There's a whole score of incredible Xbox deals to check out right now, including 3-months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just $36.99, a WD Black C50 1TB Expansion Card for $134.36, excellent controller discounts, and so much more. When it comes to picking up new games, hardware, or accessories ...
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