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There’s An AI Jesus On Twitch, And It’s Completely Surreal

When I opened Twitch the other day to watch the Ubisoft Forward presentation, I saw something new and unexpected in my list of “live channels we think you’ll like.” Maybe it’s all that AI Seinfeld I watched once upon a time that influenced the algorithm but now, Twitch was recommending to me an artificially intelligent

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Xbox Promises Starfield Will Be Bethesda’s Least Buggy Launch

Bethesda is known for making some of the most ambitious and immersive open world role playing games ever. But it also has a reputation for games that struggle with long lists of bugs or performance issues at launch. Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty doesn’t think that will be the case this time around with

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Xbox Calls Starfield ‘One Of The Most Important RPGs’ Ever

If you missed the Xbox and Bethesda showcase at Summer Game Fest, you missed some cool games and a whole lot of Starfield at the end. It was the most we’ve seen of Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi RPG, and even as a person who doesn’t usually love the studio’s games, it looks pretty rad. I love

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All The Good And Bad Of 2D Sonic

Sonic Superstars feels like what the Sonic series has been working toward for years but hasn’t quite had the courage to do until now. The series has been leaning hard into nostalgia surrounding its speedy, 2D platforming roots with games like Sonic Mania reimagining old levels and Sonic Origins repackaging them for a new audience.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Dev On Quests To Play Before Phantom Liberty DLC

Cyberpunk 2077’s one and only expansion, Phantom Liberty, is coming out on September 26. If you’ve already beaten the original game, or have replayed it after some of the course correcting patches, you’re probably set, but if you’re still killing time in Night City and have yet to actually see the credits, you might be

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Open-World Star Wars Game Looks Cool, But This Droid Is Hotter

Star Wars Outlaws revealed gameplay at Ubisoft Forward on June 12, and it also unsheathed an important fact about society: people want to fuck robots. Fucking robots does not, of course, have any evolutionary or social benefit—and then there’s the question of logistics—but enthusiastic Star Wars fans are putting all that aside when it comes

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Overwatch 2’s Three Story Missions Will Cost At Least $15

Despite canning a PvE mode, Overwatch 2 is still going ahead with some story-based missions, and after showing them off earlier this week we now have some details on how they’re going to work and, more importantly I guess, how much they’re going to cost. The Yakuza Devs Should Cast These Celebs In Their Next

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BioWare Pulls Mass Effect Shepard Statue After Everyone WTFs

Photo: BioWare Earlier today BioWare announced a new piece of merch for Mass Effect fans: a statue of Commander Shepard from the opening of Mass Effect 2, where if you need reminding they are found dead and floating in space. The statue was accompanied by a slightly odd press release, and the combination of the

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You Will Need An SSD

Following Starfield’s big showing over the weekend at Microsoft’s Not-E3 presentation, some more practical details about the game are coming to light. Among them are the game’s specs on PC, and while we don’t normally post that sort of stuff here, one key requirement makes these pretty damn notable. The Top Ten Most Played Games

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Capcom’s Big Sci-Fi Video Game Pragmata Delayed Into Oblivion

In what is fast becoming a tradition, Capcom’s very cool-looking sci-fi game Pragmata has used a big stage to release a trailer that not only shows the game off, but also apologises for a delay in its release. Hopefully Street Fighter 6’s New Open-World Won’t Mean Capcom Skimps On The Fighting The game, originally due

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