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Witcher Voice Actor Fans Rush To Support After Cancer Diagnosis

Image: CD Projekt Red Doug Cockle, the man who provides Geralt of Rivia’s distinctive voice for CD Projekt Red’s Witcher games (not to mention staunch trans ally), has recently shared that he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Fans and developers of the games have since come together to show their support in the wake of

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New Steam Game Is About Winnie The Pooh’s Hole, Literally

How far tubby honey bear Winnie-the-Pooh has fallen. Now that he’s entered the public domain, he can no longer merely stumble through the painless Hundred Acre Wood stuffing his face full of dessert with no pants on. Now, he plays the swollen and bleeding protagonist to the just-announced indie horror game Winnie’s Hole, and he

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Diablo 4 Hardcore Level 100 Champ Perma Dies In Worst Way Ever

Former Dota 2 and StarCraft pro Souaïb ‘cArn’ Hanaf became Diablo IV’s first player to hit level 100 while playing on Hardcore mode (where death is permanent), immortalizing his name within the new hit action-RPG. But his overpowered Barbarian later died in the worst way possible, the grim fantasy world of Sanctuary’s first champion erased

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A Showcase The Best Games You Have Probably Never Heard Of

It’s June 2023 and there are too many video games. Not the big ones—those are rare and increasingly so—but every tier under that is absolutely stacked with new releases, so many that it’s almost impossible to keep tabs on them all. Why The Hot New Redfall Gameplay Trailer Left Us Feeling Cold Whether you’re looking

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No Man’s Sky Gets Sweet Quality Of Life Upgrades In Big Patch

Spacebound survival game No Man’s Sky received a massive surprise update early on June 7, expanding on April’s stocked Interceptor update. This one, christened the “Singularity,” is “part expedition and part update with a ton of new content, story, gameplay and some of our most exciting rewards,” developer Hello Games founder Sean Murray wrote in

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This Pokémon Game Had Been Lost For Years, Until Now

My first foray into the world of Pokémon as a kid was the Generation 3 games, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. So it brought me great pleasure to hear of a new project led by a group of video game preservationists, working to restore a lost web-browser-based Pokémon game that was released during the transition from

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Catbat is Crash Bandicoot’s First Non-Binary Character

Developer Toys For Bob has been working on the Crash Bandicoot series since it released the remade Crash N. Sane Trilogy in 2017. What started as a chance to recapture the spirit of Naughty Dog’s original PlayStation trilogy for a modern audience has turned into a steady gig, expanding upon a franchise that jumped from

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Pokémon TGC’s Return To The Original 151 Popped The Hell Off

Image: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku On June 16, The Pokémon Company in Japan will finally release the enormously anticipated Pokémon Card 151 set of trading cards. The reason people are so excited? Well, in large part it’s because this is the first time the original 151 Generation 1 Pokémon will be released together in

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Myst Creator’s New Game Sadly Has Loads Of AI-Generated Stuff

Cyan, the studio behind Myst and Riven, has for the last few years been funding its games via Kickstarter. That’s how 2016’s Obduction was made, and it’s also how 2023’s Firmament—with more than a little help from machines this time—was developed as well. What’s A 4X Game, And Why Do They Rule? For a studio

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