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Tears of the Kingdom’s Epic Final Trailer

Today, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom got a delightful trailer that showed off even more of the expanded traversal challenges, wildly creative crafting system, and, yes, plenty of lore tidbits to keep us all frantically perusing Wiki pages until the game’s launch on May 12. The environments look incredible, the combat thrilling,

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Some Impressions Of Terrascape, A Lovely Little City-Builder

The city-building genre is absolutely having a moment right now, whether at the big end of the market (Cities Skylines 2) or, more popularly, the smaller end (just look at Steam’s sales charts on any day of the week). Sliding effortlessly into this latter category is Terrascape, one of my favourite examples of the genre

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Russian Agents Are Trying To ‘Penetrate’ Gaming Communities

The headquarters of the Wagner Group, a Russian PMCPhoto: OLGA MALTSEVA (Getty Images) In a chat on stage at at Semafor’s World Economy Summit, Microsoft President Brad Smith has said the company is currently dealing with attempts by various types of Russian agents to “penetrate” online gaming communities, with particular emphasis on those associated with

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MMO Players Take Over Company, Steal $20,000 Worth Of Stuff

EVE Online is, for some, a video game they play. For the rest of us it’s a crime beat, an MMO we only ever read about when someone does something nefarious, and today’s coverage of the game is another shining example in the genre. A Foe From The Next Team Ninja Game Is Giving Me

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Wrestling Prez Says Vid Game Is Finished, But Its Devs Disagree

The backstage drama in the world of professional wrestling can upstage the theatrics inside the squared circle. AEW’s lack of a release date for its upcoming video game is starting to wear thin on fans. LeVar And Mica Burton Tell Us About The Games They Love AEW, short for All Elite Wrestling, is a new

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Video Games Are Dominating TV And Film Right Now

It’s been a good year for mushroom-based video game film/tv adaptations.Image: Nintendo / Illumination / HBO / Naughty Dog / Kotaku 2023 has been a very successful year for prestige TV shows and blockbuster movies, at least if they’re based on video games that are called The Last of Us and The Super Mario Bros.

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Tetris Movies Fails To Live Up To Its Gaming Namesake

On its face, Tetris seems like it should be the first Oscar-bait video game film. A plucky programmer-turned-video-game-salesperson sees the magic of a new game called Tetris and goes to Soviet-era Russia to get the rights, all while fending off corporate greed and the KGB to boot. Part-biographical flick, part-heist movie, Tetris should be as

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Watch Dark Souls Players Break The Game’s AI In Stunning Ways

The Dark Souls speedrunning community has found an exploit that pretty much breaks the AI of enemies and, in doing so, cracked the game wide open. Love Elden Ring But Miss Sekiro’s Grappling Hook? This May Be The Souls-Like For You The tech surrounding the exploit is pretty dense, and YouTube user catalystz has a

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GameStop Employee Fired After Zelda Edition Switch Leaked

In March, an employee at a Massachusetts GameStop leaked on Reddit that Nintendo was probably about to reveal its long rumored special edition Zelda Switch at an upcoming mini-Direct for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Special editions such as these are highly coveted collector’s items, and news of one for the sequel

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