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Final Fantasy 16’s Party Looks Top Tier With This Wolf Buddy

We’re a few months away from Final Fantasy XVI’s June 22 release date, and more details about the upcoming not-so-final fantasy-RPG keep tricking out. In addition to learning that the game is approximately 80 hours long, we’ve finally gotten a short-but-sweet glimpse of the cute wolf buddy kicking ass. Read More: Final Fantasy 16 Devs

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Make Your Own Darn Call Of Duty Game

As regulators approach their deadline to approve or reject Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, those for and against the mega merger are filing every last argument they can think of to try and sway the outcome. My favorite one yet involves Microsoft telling Sony to quit whining already and just get started making

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One Of The Best Battlefield Games Ever Is Getting Shut Down

Today, Electronic Arts and developer Dice announced plans to sunset a selection of older Battlefield games and Mirror’s Edge later this month. Sadly, the list includes one of the best entries in the Battlefield franchise: Bad Company 2. And while you’ll still be able to play it online until the end of this year, you

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Diablo IV Classes Won’t Always Feel Balanced, Blizzard Says

Although Diablo IV’s early access beta wrapped up on March 20, another one will run from March 24 through 26. This window gives you access to all five classes, two of which—the Druid and Necromancer—were initially unavailable. While none have anything in common, other than their propensity to kill evil shit, one thing you might’ve

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Twitch Star Hasan Gives $25k To Help Dogs Find Forever Families

This weekend, Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker was trying to adopt a new dog. While he visited three Los Angeles based shelters, he decided to donate a total of $25,000 to help cover the adoption fees for other prospective dog owners. In March 2020, Piker lost his pitbull Fish to liver cancer. “Fish

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Bayonetta Creator Says Prequel Will Solve Japan’s Low Birthrate

The just-released Bayonetta prequel side-story, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, is actually really good, a return to form after the disappointment of Bayonetta 3, as I noted in my impressions yesterday. But apparently I was off base in positing that it was intended to placate lore-starved Bayonetta players like myself, because her creator,

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Bold Elden Ring Mod Is Great Warmup For Shadow Of The Erdtree

Modding, and by extension, modders, know no bounds. Whether it’s fixing unattended-to-glitches in hit games, adding absurd new character models, or just offering a new take on beloved gameplay, mods are a great way to add new life to a game you already know very well. And if that game is Elden Ring, well today’s

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Get Away From The Overwatch 2 Push Bot If You’re Winning

When Overwatch 2 launched in October of last year, it was only natural that players stumbled into its new Push mode like ignorant babies in the dark. But y’all, we’ve had five months of pushing barricades across Toronto and Rome, and I need the rest of the Overwatch community to get off the goddamn robot

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Twitch Bans Popular Streamer’s Cute Emote For ‘Inciting Abuse’

Fortnite Twitch streamer and hugely popular gaming TikToker Chica seemed to get some surprising news yesterday—Twitch removed one of her emotes, a cartoon chick with big, wet eyes and its tongue sticking out, for “inciting abuse.” “Based on a review of its content, we have removed your emote ‘chicaL’ from Twitch,” the notice Chica received

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