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Blasphemous 2 Is 2023’s Most Sickening Metroidvania

Blasphemous 2 takes the “2″ in its name quite seriously. Everything in this sequel to The Game Kitchen’s 2019 Metroidvania platformer is expanded: the map and world, the equipment and spells, the puzzling and platforming…even the already-excellent boss encounters are bigger and better. Despite some minor repetition in enemy design and a confusing narrative, this

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Blasphemous 2 Is 2023’s Most Sickening Metroidvania

Blasphemous 2 takes the “2″ in its name quite seriously. Everything in this sequel to The Game Kitchen’s 2019 Metroidvania platformer is expanded: the map and world, the equipment and spells, the puzzling and platforming…even the already-excellent boss encounters are bigger and better. Despite some minor repetition in enemy design and a confusing narrative, this

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Dreadwolf And Mass Effect 4 Studio Announces Cuts

Storied RPG developer BioWare is downsizing. The studio announced on August 23 that it will cut 50 roles as it continues production on both Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4, telling fans it needed to take a more “agile and focused” approach to game development. Diablo IV – Bear Bender Build “In order to

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Lara Croft Is Coming To Call Of Duty

Today, Call Of Duty ramped up its recent trend of Fortnite-eque pop culture crossovers by announcing that Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft will be coming to the game. She joins the Terminator as one of the few characters to appear in both Epic’s popular battle royale and Activision’s military shooter series. The Yakuza Devs Should Cast

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14 Baldur’s Gate 3 Mods To Help You On Your Quest

Gif: Larian Studios / Nexus Mods Baldur’s Gate 3 has a body diversity problem. In the character creator, you get the choice of four body types, all of which are absolutely shredded, regardless of what your character’s background or class is. For strength-oriented characters, it makes sense that they’d be built like a truck and

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14 Baldur’s Gate 3 Mods To Help You On Your Quest

Gif: Larian Studios / Nexus Mods Baldur’s Gate 3 has a body diversity problem. In the character creator, you get the choice of four body types, all of which are absolutely shredded, regardless of what your character’s background or class is. For strength-oriented characters, it makes sense that they’d be built like a truck and

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Atari’s New Replica 2600 Console Can Play Classic Cartridges

Today, in the Year of our Lord 2023, you can pre-order an Atari 2600 replica that Atari calls the Atari 2600+. Slightly smaller than Atari’s original 1977 console, and using modern connections like HDMI and USB-C, the Atari 2600+ will accept many original and recently released cartridges. And yes, it sports the same faux wood

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Ahsoka Episode 1 Review: It Really Is Star Wars: Rebels 2

You could certainly accuse creators within the Star Wars franchise of needlessly injecting their media with heavy doses of fan service, and Ahsoka series creator Dave Filoni might be the guiltiest of them all. There’s a reason a tweet from April 2023 sharing a fake page from a Filoni script that follows the famous “and

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Ahsoka Episode 1 Review: It Really Is Star Wars: Rebels 2

You could certainly accuse creators within the Star Wars franchise of needlessly injecting their media with heavy doses of fan service, and Ahsoka series creator Dave Filoni might be the guiltiest of them all. There’s a reason a tweet from April 2023 sharing a fake page from a Filoni script that follows the famous “and

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Barbie’s $1 Billion Box Office Eclipses Mario Bros. In The US

Image: Universal Pictures / Warner Bros. / Kotaku If you had told me back when the Switch came out that Nintendo would release a major Mario motion picture five years later starring Christopher Pratt, I might have believed you, but I wouldn’t have ever guessed it would go on to be one of the biggest

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