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PlayStation Tells People To Throw Away The Box, Fans Refuse

The official PlayStation UK Twitter account has decreed it’s “OK to throw away the cardboard box your PlayStation came in now,” but squirrelly fans aren’t convinced. What if they might actually one day need the dusty, frayed cardboard their PS4 arrived in 10 years ago? Hollow Knight: Silksong’s New Gameplay Trailer Is Living Rent-Free In

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This Diablo IV Quest Is A Sexy, Gross Nightmare

Diablo IV, out on June 5 for most major platforms, features an assortment of side quests. The loot-hunting RPG has some 213 optional missions, half of which I haven’t seen during my short time with the game. But of the others I’ve played during the open beta in mid-March and the review build earlier in

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Call Of Duty CEO Says ‘Systemic’ Harassment Was Never An Issue

Ahead of the two-year anniversary of Activision Blizzard being on the receiving end of an unprecedented video game industry lawsuit accusing the publisher of widespread sexual harassment and discrimination, CEO Bobby Kotick has appeared on the cover of Variety to loudly proclaim the innocence of both himself and his corporation. “We’ve had every possible form

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TMNT Movie Gets Shell-Shockingly Existential New Trailer

Screenshot: Paramount Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon have just released a new trailer for the upcoming animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, finally giving fans a hint at what the movie’s story is going to be about. April’s Air Combos Make Her TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge’s Raddest Playable Character In the same spirit as the

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Someone Just Won The Biggest Pot In TV Poker History

What’s the most you’ve ever won in a single hand of poker with some friends? Maybe $50? $60? Perhaps you got really lucky at a casino and walked away with a few hundred. A pleasant evening, but that’s nothing compared to what one player won last night during a livestreamed poker tournament. When all was

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Here’s The Reason Your Games Nail That Cozy Vibe

When the first few sounds of a video game’s loading screen music are glinting synth starbursts, disintegrating into airy jazz chords like they got splashed with warm water, I know I’m about to play something cozy. The Week In Games: System Shock, Street Fighter 6, And More In the near-decade since Stardew Valley became the

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PlayStation Plus Adds Some Great Games For June

It’s nearly June 2023, and if you’re a PlayStation Plus Subscriber, that means you’ve another shot at adding some more free games to your library. While May 2023 saw GRID Legends, Chivalry 2, and Descenders (which you can still grab if you’re reading this before June 6) added to Sony’s subscription service, June’s got some

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Game Banned On Switch By Nintendo After Child Gambling Joke

Last week, Nintendo mistakenly blocked and rejected the release of a cutesy animal game, after it took a jokey TikTok from the developer at face value and pulled its release in North America. Trek To Yomi Is The Best Time You’ll Never Want To Have Again Sunshine Shuffle, the game denied its release day, is

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Male Video Game Characters Talk More Than Women, Research Shows

A new study has uncovered a not-so-surprising truth about gender bias in video games: Across 50 role-playing games, male characters have about twice as much dialogue as female characters. Shocking, I know. What You Should Know About Mario Strikers’ Big Free Update The study, “Gender Bias in Video Game Dialogue,” was published on May 24

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How To Beat The Frost Gleeok

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has plenty of tough bosses, but the Frost Gleeok in Tabantha Tundra is one of the game’s hardest encounters. Fighting it will require some preparation and careful planning, but if you know what to look for, you can slay it and rid Hyrule of this icy menace

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