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You Can Preload Starfield On PC, Xbox Starting This Month

Image: Bethesda Game Studios Starfield, Bethesda’s gigantic space-based RPG with over 1,000 planets, has gone gold, meaning it’s passed certification and will soon be ready to hit store shelves both physical and digital. As such, the studio announced that preloading on PC and Xbox will start very soon. Diablo IV – Bear Bender Build Read

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Baldur’s Gate 3’s Story Is Far Too Complex To Second-Guess

The more I play of Baldur’s Gate 3, the more I realize how unsure I am of what I’ve done. This extraordinary, enormous game has me in deep, meticulously exploring its every tiny detail, getting involved in every aspect I can find, and the further I get, the less certain I am about every choice

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Linus Tech Tips Pausing Videos After Massive Controversy

Linus Tech Tips has become ground zero for accusations of conflicts of interest, sloppy testing, and rushing out too much content too quickly to feed its ever-rising ambitions. Now, the media empire valued at over $100 million is on pause. The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Madden NFL 24 Linus Tech Tips is

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It’s Now Even Easier To Check How A Game Runs On Steam Deck

The Steam Deck is an impressive piece of hardware that runs Windows games via some clever software magic. But sometimes even a Steam-Verified game might not run as well as you expect on the Deck. If you want direct access to user-reports of how specific games run (whether they’re officially Verified or not), then ProtonDB,

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Steam Remote Play Is Getting Prettier With 4K Streaming

Image: Valve / Kotaku If you make use of Steam’s very handy Remote Play service and you own a 4Kscreen with which you like to stream to, good news: Remote Play is on its way to supporting a wonderful 3840×2160 resolution. You’ll need to grab the beta client of Steam to get it working right

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Captures Squidward’s Essence

Gif: Nickelodeon / Kotaku The original Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was full of memes and references to moments in its expansive roster of cartoon characters’ history, and it looks like the sequel, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, is keeping that spirit alive by adding Squidward to its line-up. The Week In Games: System Shock, Street Fighter 6, And

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Now Speedrunning Sex

It doesn’t matter how large a game like Baldur’s Gate 3 is, there will always be folks who dare to ask: How quickly can I get through this? But now fans are turning to ask another bold question: How quickly can I get laid in Larian’s new epic RPG? Well, it turns out no one’s

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Baki Hanma Has The Most Exciting, Ridiculous Battles In Anime

Recently, my friends and I have become born-again sports anime fans thanks to the pay-per-view feel of classic boxing-themed shows like Tomorrow’s Joe and Hajime No Ippo. While these shows maintain a sense of realism that doesn’t require me to suspend my disbelief too often, Netflix’s new season of Baki Hanma takes a different approach

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Short Baldur’s Gate 3 Players Can’t Properly Kiss Their Loves

Baldur’s Gate 3 lets you romance a plethora of in-game characters. You can kiss them up in preparation for some tantalizing sex, but if you’re a short king or queen, then it appears you skip first base and get right to the second. 11 Minutes With Baldur’s Gate 3’s Character Creator Larian Studios has made

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Destiny 2 Promises Free Stuff After Players Revolt

The Destiny 2 community has been spiraling ever since a disappointing State of the Game update earlier this month failed to address what some fans see as core issues with the modern version of Bungie’s sci-fi MMO. Now game director Joe Blackburn has taken the unusual step of addressing the community directly in a new

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