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The Final Shape Takes Players Inside The Traveler For A Fight 10 Years In The Making

Image: Bungie Today we got our first look at The Final Shape, the last expansion in Destiny 2‘s “Light and Darkness” saga that was first set in motion back in 2014. It arrives February 27, 2024, and it’s looking great so far. Diablo IV’s Strongholds Are A Great Way To Level Up This Season As

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Should I Evolve My Mind Flayer Tadpole In Baldur’s Gate 3?

I made a big mistake while playing Baldur’s Gate 3. Nearing the end of Act 2, I was faced with a decision—a big decision. Frozen by choice paralysis, I couldn’t pick, didn’t want to pick, and panicked. I did a terrible thing. I Googled it. I’m here today to confess my folly, and share it

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Cursed Netflix Dating Show Getting Cursed Dating Sim

Reality television show Love is Blind is turning into a mobile game for Netflix’s soon-to-be released Netflix Stories app. The interactive narrative game will debut on September 19, a few days before the show’s fifth season premieres on September 22, an August 22 press release says. Netflix’s One Piece Live-Action Trailer Has A Treasure Trove

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New Pokémon From Scarlet And Violet’s DLC Has Messed-Up Lore

Gif: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Pokémon doesn’t exactly shy away from providing dark backstories for its different monsters, and fittingly, that’s especially true of ghost-type Pokémon. But it does feel like Scarlet and Violet are a lot more comfortable than their predecessors were with putting heavier subjects like death at the forefront, rather than

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Immortals Of Aveum Runs Poorly On Even The Best PC

Immortals of Aveum, Ascendant Studios’ first-person shooter rooted in magic—not guns—is not performing all that magically on PC. Its August 22 launch day is preoccupied by stuttering, sometimes, crashing, and making the average PC sweat with the game’s ambitious Unreal Engine 5.1. The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Armored Core VI There was

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These Pretty Steam Deck Backplates Get A Little Too Hot

The Steam Deck is a super cool device…even if it does run a little hot. It plays an extraordinary number of games officially, can get a nice amount of unsupported games running unofficially, it’s very repairable and moddable, and it can even double as a portable desktop PC. The Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam

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Canceled Ubisoft Sequel Was Inspired By Wind Waker, Elden Ring

The sequel to Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020’s open-world, Greek-inspired adventure game) was cancelled in July 2023, and we’re just now learning exactly what that game was meant to entail—and how much of a break from tradition it was planned to be for Ubisoft. The Yakuza Devs Should Cast These Celebs In Their Next Hostess Club

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Lollipop Chainsaw Re-review: Grindhouse For The Girls

Dragami Games announced this month that its Lollipop Chainsaw remake release was getting delayed to 2024. Never having played hack-and-slash Lollipop before, but eagerly awaiting the remake, I decided to cope rationally: I spent $40 on a game made 11 years ago, and hauled my friends’ grimy Xbox 360 to my apartment. I had known

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Microsoft’s New Xbox Series X Skins Look Pretty Nice, Actually

If your Xbox Series X’s black plastic facade has begun to bore you, good news: There’s now a new way to stylize your Xbox—and it doesn’t involve sticky vinyl paper. Today, Microsoft unveiled console official wraps for its Xbox Series X, starting with a Starfield-themed white wrap that’ll launch ahead of different designs on October 18.

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The Star Wars Ahsoka Series: Everything You Should Know

Image: Lucasfilm Technically, no. In season five of The Clone Wars, Ahsoka became disillusioned with the Jedi Order after being framed for bombing the Temple on Coruscant. Prior to that, she noticed Yoda seemed to be growing weary of the Order’s involvement in the war, and questioned it herself. But after being framed, imprisoned, put

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