Grand strategy games are a bit too big to demo. Building from a single settlement and a couple of farms into a vast nation is a time-consuming process, and even playing tens of early game turns can only show you so much. Even with that being the case, though, a …
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Xur has landed in Destiny 2, bringing with him a fresh selection of Exotic weapons and armor. There are also only a few more days to get your Solstice armor pieces, and next week will see the launch of Act 3 in Episode: Echoes, so now might be a good …
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Activision has released an impressive and dramatic cinematic trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6‘s Zombies mode, and specifically the Liberty Falls map in the new game. “Welcome to Liberty Falls. Small town, big problems,” reads a line from the video’s description. The trailer is best viewed without knowing …
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Black Myth: Wukong released on August 20 and had a massive debut, selling 10 million copies between launch and August 23, making it one of the fastest-selling video games of all time. The game has surpassed the sales of Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy in the same timeframe, according to …
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Ahead of the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard in October, BioWare has announced an eight-part “immersive fantasy” podcast series set in the game’s universe. The first episode will premiere on August 29 and will feature podcast-exclusive characters alongside all companions in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The characters of Dragon …
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Avowed developer Obsidian Entertainment has revealed that the upcoming first-person RPG will be targeting a “baseline” of 30 frames per second on Xbox Series X and S consoles. According to the studio, this decision was made early on in the development of the game and has allowed the studio to …
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Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann has said his company will “obviously” develop games for the Switch 2, but he isn’t too stressed about when the new system releases. Amazon Games is publishing the next Tomb Raider game from Crystal Dynamics and is also producing a new Lord of the Rings …
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Activision has announced the first details on the Call of Duty: Endowment Bowl V, which is the fifth iteration of the competitive tournament set to take place on August 28. The Call of Duty event is for members of the military, but everyone can earn free rewards for tuning in. …
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Borderlands 4 will launch on Steam and the Epic Games Store on PC–a pretty common occurrence for any big-name game. But, in this case, it’s notable for a couple of reasons. First, Borderlands 3 was a timed exclusive for the Epic Games Store. And secondly, Gearbox co-founder and president Randy …
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There’s something specific about Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie Alien that makes it such an enduring classic. With the combination of its heavy focus on relatable, blue-collar characters, its dingy, lived-in capitalist version of space travel, and its stalking, unknowably malevolent creature, it creates a feeling that other horror movies have …
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