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Far Cry’s Source Code Has Leaked All Over The Internet

The source code for Ubisoft’s 2004 open-world first-person shooter Far Cry has leaked online. Since source codes for video games seem to leak all the time, tell me, y’all, who could’ve seen this leak coming? Why The Hot New Redfall Gameplay Trailer Left Us Feeling Cold Prominent dataminer Vinícius Medeiros, who’s known for their Duke

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Can The Witcher Survive Henry Cavill’s Departure?

The first episode of The Witcher season 3 begins with a lengthy recap of the previous two seasons: flashes of Henry Cavill in that initial, questionable Geralt wig, Freya Allen as a much-younger, more eyebrow-less Ciri, everyone’s shittier eye contacts, sword fights, magic, and a bit of sex. While watching, I was viscerally reminded of

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Has Everything: Polyamory, Bear Banging

If you’ve played Baldur’s Gate 3 in early access, you’ve probably met Halsin, the Druid companion who can transform into a bear that you can recruit as a party member. He’s also a romance option, and that transformation comes into play when you’re getting down and dirty with him. And I was not prepared for

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Toxic Rainbow Six Siege Player Sentenced For Swatting Ubisoft

Image: Ubisoft The player responsible for a 2020 swatting incident at Ubisoft Montreal has been sentenced in French court to three years of community service, the Montreal Gazette reports. The player called in a hostage situation at the Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry studio leading to a lockdown and raid by police, all seemingly because

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PUBG Players Say They Fell Madly In Love Only To End Up In Jail

Two PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) players could face several years in prison for illegally crossing some South Asian borders to live together, according to a recent New York Times report. The Week In Games: High On Witchcraft Seema Ghulam Haider is a 27-year-old Pakistani Muslim with four children. She met Sachin Meena, a 22-year-old Hindu man,

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Xbox Brings Pass $1 Game Pass Ultimate Deal That You Should Cop

Image: Microsoft If you’ve never tried Game Pass Ultimate before, now’s a good time. The Netflix-like subscription service’s $1 deal is back, letting first-time players sign up for basically nothing. Thank You, PS Plus, For Making My Backlog Even Bigger Those on Xbox Series X/S can upgrade to Game Pass Ultimate for just $1 for

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10 Things You Should Never Say To A Genshin Impact player

Image: HoYoverse The Genshin Impact community is no stranger to navigating choppy waters, whether it’s discussions about farming, characters and their voice actors, or even the genre of game itself. If you want to survive out there, you’ll want to avoid some sore subjects to avoid facing wrath or disappointment. Here are some things you

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Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Games To Get Lost In

Well. What a week it’s been, huh? I don’t know about you, but I could definitely go for some good times mashing buttons to a moving image—especially since I basically threw out my neck and destroyed my voice at that Cynic concert last night; I ain’t goin’ anywhere for a couple of days, so I

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Street Fighter 6 Features The Best Chun-Li In 24 Years

There’s a lot to love in Street Fighter 6, one of the best games I’ve played in the last couple of years. I love the new characters. (Marisa, the jacked up pankratiast, is my main, and Manon, the supermodel ballerina, is my secondary.) I love the new Drive Impact attack, which lets you reverse the

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The Out-Laws movie review & film summary (2023)

Devine’s character, Owen Browning, is a bank manager, despite being so cloddish and lacking in judgment or impulse control that it’s hard to imagine him being trusted to take a bag of garbage to the curb. His fiancee Parker (Nina Dobrev), is a yoga instructor everyone in Owen’s family inexplicably thinks is a stripper. She’s pleasant and conventionally

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