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Elden Ring’s Most-Killed Enemy Is Proof We’re Barbaric Animals

Elden Ring may be a tough open-world RPG that requires precise timing and ongoing dedication, but the enemies don’t scale in difficulty with you. So if your progress ever hits a wall, it’s technically possible to take the easy way out and simply grind your character into having better stats than whatever challenge is at

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1 Million PlayStation Owners Only Play Call of Duty

Would you buy an expensive console just for one video game? Probably not. However, according to Sony, about 1 million PlayStation owners only play Call of Duty. That’s it. Nothing else. Thank You, PS Plus, For Making My Backlog Even Bigger The ongoing trial between Microsoft and the FTC follows after Xbox’s lawyers and execs

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Final Fantasy XVI’s Gay Romance Disappoints

Back in May, it was announced Final Fantasy XVI would be banned in Saudi Arabia. Officially, it was because developer Square Enix refused to alter scenes in the game for the territory, which led to rumors and speculation that the 16th game in the long-running RPG series would have explicit gay sex scenes, which spawned

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BlizzCon 2023 Livestream Will Be Free, But IRL Tickets Are $300

BlizzCon 2023, a massive celebration of Blizzard games like Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Diablo is back in-person for the first time in four years, and offering two very different paths to enjoy the ceremonies. For the first time ever, you can watch the livestream in its entirety for free, but if you want to

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Coming To PC Early, Delayed on PS5

Larian Studios is shifting its upcoming RPG Baldur’s Gate 3’s release around a bit, and that means good and bad news depending on if you were planning on playing the game on PC or PlayStation 5. The Top Ten Most Played Games On Steam Deck: December 2022 Edition The RPG, a follow-up to BioWare’s Dungeons

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Someone Killed An Ultra-Powerful Diablo 4 Boss In 15 Seconds

Image: Blizzard A powerful world boss in Diablo IV has been slain in only a dozen or so seconds. And while that’s impressive enough on its own, it’s even more amazing that it was basically one very powerful Necromancer that wiped out this usually hard-to-kill baddie. The Week In Games: What’s Releasing Beyond Diablo IV

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Here Are The Best 2023 Steam Summer Sale Deals

Photo: Valve OK, PC gamers, Steam’s annual Summer Sale is here. The event is active through July 13 at 1 p.m. ET and, as one of Steam’s biggest discount sessions, it covers a ton of best-selling indie and AAA games, like Dead Cells (now $12) and Sekiro’s GOTY edition (now $30). There will also be

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Mortal Kombat 1 Makes It Easy To Do Fatalities (Hell Yeah!)

This past weekend I played a beta version of Mortal Kombat 1. I was part of an “online stress test” organized by NetherRealm Studios so the team could prepare the servers ahead of the game’s official launch. To quickly sum things up: So far, so good. The Week In Games: System Shock, Street Fighter 6,

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Free-To-Play Shooter Shuts Down For Good Due To Cheaters

Developer Yager Development has announced that its free-to-play multiplayer shooter The Cycle: Frontier will go offline forever on September 27. The developer gave a few reasons for the shutdown, including an interesting one: Cheaters ruined the experience for everyone involved. Why The Hot New Redfall Gameplay Trailer Left Us Feeling Cold On June 29, Yager

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Shooter Dev Threatens To Ban Anyone For Sharing Game Secrets

No one likes a spoiled surprise. But if you’re Battlestate Games, developers of the indie extraction shooter Escape From Tarkov, then you really, really, really don’t like it. Recently, the dev has threatened to ban anyone who datamines or even shares datamined content from the game. The threatens haven’t gone over well with fans, who

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