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6 Cool Details In The New Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Trailer

The latest story trailer for Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor drops some new tidbits that have me excited to play Respawn’s upcoming sequel to its fantastic 2019 soulslike action game, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, out later this month, is set five years after the events of the first game, Fallen

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NBA Jam Mod Is Basically A Brand New NBA Jam 2023 Video Game

Dedicated fans are out there uploading new rosters for old sports games all the time, but this new update for 2010’s NBA Jam goes above and beyond by adding so much new stuff that it’s practically an all-new game. The 2010 edition of NBA Jam had polygonal player models, updated visuals and played smooth as

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Resident Evil 4 Remake Changing Ashley’s Skirt Gives Me Hope

I’m anxiously awaiting Capcom’s, so far, highly praised Resident Evil 4 remake, but not because I’m preoccupied by updated fight mechanics, or graphical fidelity, or any monsters, really—I’ve been thinking about skirts. Skirts caused one of the remake’s early controversies. Ashley Graham, the blonde damsel-in-distress who accompanies blond man-of-action Leon S. Kennedy throughout most of

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Let’s Talk About Diablo IV’s Most Controversial Change

The first thing I did in the Diablo IV beta was try to roll. After playing games for 30 years I’ve internalized two important things: Always check behind the waterfall, and rolling is always faster than walking. So I rolled. And it was faster. And then I tried to roll again and I couldn’t…not for

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The New Bayonetta Prequel Makes Up For 3’s Bad Ending

After suffering my way through Bayonetta 3’s final act, I’d all but written off any subsequent Bayonetta video game and moved on to greener character-action game pastures. While I still stand by the closing statement in my review that I’ll never replay Bayonetta 3 ever again, PlatinumGames’ prequel spin-off game, Cereza and the Lost Demon

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New Lego Racing Game Appears In Leaked Screenshots

More details and reputed screenshots from Lego 2K Drive, a yet-to-be-announced Lego racing game from 2K, have leaked online. This aligns with past reports that 2K was working on a series of Lego games. Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen a seemingly endless deluge of Lego-related video games, from licensed action games like Lego

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Diablo IV Is The Perfect Head Empty, Kill Shit Game

Diablo is one of those games you’ve definitely played—even if you haven’t. It’s so influential in its design, from its RPG mechanics to its loot and progression systems, that the franchise has its demonic horns stabbed through countless other games from Borderlands and Destiny to Hades and Phantasy Star Online. Me, I’m not a statistician, and

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The Mystery Of GTA V’s Six-Star Wanted Level

If you have a one-star “wanted” level in GTA V, the police will chase you. At two stars, they’ll shoot to kill. At three stars, a helicopter follows you and the police use more advanced strategies to try to stop you. At four stars, the game’s equivalent of a SWAT team comes after you. At

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Most Open World Games Feel Samey, But This One’s Got Heart

More often than not, open-world games grind against my own gaming sensibilities. I’m the type of person who’s very goal- and narrative-oriented, so the simple act of existing in a world can sometimes feel meandering—no amount of clearing dots off a giant map will hit the same as a crafted, linear experience. But Tchia is

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Elden Ring Stats Reveal What Bosses Killed Players The Most

Screenshot: Bandai Namco Over 20 million people played Elden Ring. Now, a year after FromSoftware’s open-world Soulsborne released, we finally know which part of the game destroyed players the most. It was Malenia of course. Players attempted to fight her 329 million times, though it’s impossible to say how many of those were exclusively from

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