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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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Destiny 2 Has A Secret Exotic Loot World Boss No One Can Find

One of the stars of Destiny 2’s new Lightfall expansion is Neomuna—a free roam patrol zone inside a dazzling futuristic city on Neptune. It starts out tough as nails due to a recent difficulty hike across Bungie’s loot shooter, but there are plenty of fun collectibles to hunt and little secrets to uncover. In fact,

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Bella Ramsey’s YouTube Is A Stealth Peek At Last of Us Season 2

Somewhere between agonizing over The Last of Us ending, which aired on HBO last week, for the second time in the game franchise’s history and ideating a jacked Abby, fans stumbled upon Ellie actor Bella Ramsey’s YouTube channel. Or should I say, as many others are saying, Ramsey’s Christian YouTube channel, which is unintentionally getting

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The 10 Best Action Games To Play After Watching John Wick 4

Frank Castle To be absolutely clear, The Punisher is a pretty poor game! Released in 2004, and developed by a pre-Saints Row Volition, it should have been brilliant. Using the Marvel license for the least Marvel-like character, this was coming from a studio that was riding high on its splendid Red Faction games. Apparently visiting

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The Sims 4 Fans Make Freakish Supermodel Babies With New Update

Image: Chewy Butterfly / Electronic Arts The Sims 4 got a free baby update last week, and modders have already been working hard to provide players with even more options to perfect their ideal family. This includes beautiful babies. While I understand wanting to adjust the hair or eye color of a fake baby, a

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The Sims Is About To Get Some Competition From Life By You

Screenshot: Paradox Strategy specialists Paradox had the weirdest press show the other week, in which they announced a Sims competitor but didn’t actually say or show anything about it. Now they have. This is Life By You, an “upcoming, moddable life-sim” being made by Paradox Tectonic: Life by You – Announce Trailer That’s a Sims

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