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What To Watch, Binge, And Stream

Crunchyroll Collection Studio: EMT Squared / Magic Bus Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance Premiere Date: April 2 Where to Watch: Crunchyroll What It’s About in One Sentence: After getting reincarnated into another world, a boy named Kazuya Shiina is granted magical powers from the gods to help him find love, win battles, and study at his

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After Backlash, Xbox’s Next Big Game May Ditch ‘Always Online’

It recently became clear that Xbox and Arkane’s upcoming shooter, Redfall, would require an always-online internet connection. This isn’t great for a host of reasons and people, predictably and understandably, cried foul, launching a barrage of complaints. Now, it seems Arkane has heard the backlash and is planning to ditch the game’s controversial always-online requirement.

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We Never See The Last of Us Show’s Most Heartbreaking Game Nod

Perhaps one of the most faithful and successful video game adaptations of all time, HBO’s TV treatment of The Last of Us has had a number of wonderful nods to the game, including various easter eggs, and cameos. One of the most profound, however, was a flashback scene in the final episode, showing Ellie’s birth

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Upgrade Is Free, Test Begins Today

Valve is notoriously stingy with sequels, but hit multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is finally getting one. Counter-Strike 2 is set to come out sometime this summer as a free update to the existing game, with a limited player test that starts Wednesday. The Steam maker is calling it the “largest technical leap forward in

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What To Know About Getting Pachimari Roadhog Skin

Roadhog’s love for the Pachimari character is well-documented throughout Overwatch 2. It’s a love that shines so bright that the Overwatch 2 team crafted an entire game mode and event surrounding it, allowing players to kill their enemies and plunder their Pachimari plush toys in a twisted “kill-confirmed” esque gamemode. The event, titled Pachimarchi, also

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Final Fantasy XVI Fans Confused As RPG Shows Feature Weirdly

Image: Square Enix Final Fantasy XVI is coming out this summer, and Square Enix just dropped a new teaser for its gritty fantasy RPG. While showing us more previews of its real-time battle system, new wolf buddy and stills of its gorgeous landscapes, the publisher served fans a real gem: The walls that you’ll be

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Diablo IV’s Butcher Is Leaving Players Shooketh

Diablo IV, Blizzard’s upcoming loot-grinding RPG, featured a plethora of difficult bosses and trash mobs to kill during its early access beta last weekend. While players were stoked to jump back into the depraved world of Sanctuary to quell some demons, myself included, one jerk that the community is shooketh to face again is the

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Roadhog Roasts the Overwatch 2 Cast In Latest Limited-Time Mode

Image: Blizzard Entertainment Roadhog is one of Overwatch 2’s quieter heroes. Where some characters like Tracer and Junkrat are real chatterboxes, the chain-slinging, shotgun-toting Tank is a man of few words. That changes with the game’s latest limited-time mode, which makes him the announcer. Not only is he the one to declare your team the

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Blizz Explains Lack Of Couch Co-Op On PC

Gamers have finally had a chance to test drive the highly anticipated next entry in Blizzard’s action RPG series, Diablo IV. While the game offers up some contentious changes and sees balance concerns that will be debated furiously in the days to come, first impressions reveal a game that’s perfect to zone out to, preferably

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GameStop Profitable For First Time In Years Despite Mess

GameStop shocked investors, and anyone else who’s been paying attention to the meme stock video game retailer, when earlier this week it reported its first profitable quarter in over two years. It’s all the more surprising considering that everything else about the business, from botched pre-orders to employees just walking out of stores and never

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