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Darktide Is Getting A Big RPG Overhaul

Image: Fatshark Warhammer 40,000: Darktide was one of my most anticipated games of 2022. I couldn’t wait to play Fatshark’s first-person shooter evolution of the rat-infested melee frenzy that was Vermintide 2. Unfortunately, it had its fair share of issues at launch, from performance frustrations on PC to a lackluster progression system and loot economy.

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Mars Rover Without A Cause

Fort Solis feels like running into a barely-remembered ex at the grocery store—nice to look at and unbearably boring. Through its sprightly voice actors’ sheer will, the third-person adventure game sometimes succeeds in its aim to shock you, to do Mars à la Denis Villeneuve, but its story is overall too bovine and garbled. Your

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Baldur’s Gate 3’s Shar Temple Isn’t Reachable From Grymforge

I have been throwing tomatoes at Baldur’s Gate 3’s vague journal for the past month, and that’s because I spent a lot of time trying to figure out ways to complete active quests not realizing that the solution wasn’t going to show its face until I reached a different map entirely. One of the most

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When Is FF7 Remake And FF16 Hitting Xbox? Phil Spencer Responds

Image: Square Enix Years after its PlayStation release and its eventual PC port, Final Fantasy VII Remake still isn’t on Xbox. Final Fantasy XVI ended up being a PlayStation 5 console exclusive as well. When will Xbox fans finally get to play these hit RPGs on their game system of choice? That’s what IGN asked

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The Best Star Wars Easter Eggs In The Ahsoka TV Series

Disney / Master 2 In one of the last episodes of Star Wars: Rebels, Jedi Kanan Jarrus sets off to rescue the Rebel leader (and his lover) Hera Syndulla, who has been captured by Grand Admiral Thrawn. Concerned that this affection for her is clouding his judgment, he performs a ritualistic hair-cutting not unlike when

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Blasphemous 2 Is 2023’s Most Sickening Metroidvania

Blasphemous 2 takes the “2″ in its name quite seriously. Everything in this sequel to The Game Kitchen’s 2019 Metroidvania platformer is expanded: the map and world, the equipment and spells, the puzzling and platforming…even the already-excellent boss encounters are bigger and better. Despite some minor repetition in enemy design and a confusing narrative, this

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Blasphemous 2 Is 2023’s Most Sickening Metroidvania

Blasphemous 2 takes the “2″ in its name quite seriously. Everything in this sequel to The Game Kitchen’s 2019 Metroidvania platformer is expanded: the map and world, the equipment and spells, the puzzling and platforming…even the already-excellent boss encounters are bigger and better. Despite some minor repetition in enemy design and a confusing narrative, this

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Dreadwolf And Mass Effect 4 Studio Announces Cuts

Storied RPG developer BioWare is downsizing. The studio announced on August 23 that it will cut 50 roles as it continues production on both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4, telling fans it needed to take a more “agile and focused” approach to game development. Diablo IV – Bear Bender Build “In order to

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Lara Croft Is Coming To Call Of Duty

Today, Call Of Duty ramped up its recent trend of Fortnite-eque pop culture crossovers by announcing that Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft will be coming to the game. She joins the Terminator as one of the few characters to appear in both Epic’s popular battle royale and Activision’s military shooter series. The Yakuza Devs Should Cast

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14 Baldur’s Gate 3 Mods To Help You On Your Quest

Gif: Larian Studios / Nexus Mods Baldur’s Gate 3 has a body diversity problem. In the character creator, you get the choice of four body types, all of which are absolutely shredded, regardless of what your character’s background or class is. For strength-oriented characters, it makes sense that they’d be built like a truck and

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