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Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta Just Got Way More Exciting

The Gears of War: E-Day open beta just got a huge new game mode, as The Coalition has added PvP Versus to its early-access weekend following requests from fans. Gears of War: E-Day is the next major installment in Xbox's long-running third-person shooter franchise, bringing the series back to the fan-favorite character...

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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy will let us recruit a space elf pirate and one of the holy psychics whose lives are nasty, brutish, and short

Dark Heresy is currently in beta, and Owlcat is keeping everyone informed about the inquisitorial CRPG's progress via a quarterly update. Said update collates news including the addition of daemonhosts to the enemies we'll face (if you've gone up against them in Darktide you'll know that's a big deal), community-voted...

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Director Eli Roth seems to think the Borderlands movie sucked too: 'You got something that belonged to nobody'

The Borderlands film was not good. I don't know anyone who likes it, and I've never read anyone say something nice about it on the internet. Even its creator, Eli Roth, doesn't seem to like it very much, and in a new interview with the director we can gain some insight into why it ended up as bad as it did.Speaking to...

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Yellow Maze Puzzle Solution in Big Walk (Red Tower)

Big Walk features a lot of puzzles, like the yellow maze that players must solve by working together with their friends in co-op. It's one of the early game puzzles that you'll stumble upon when finding the gourd-like key items for the Red Tower (second region). The maze is one of the most interesting early puzzles, as...

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Shift at Midnight: Calendar Killer, Explained

Not every mystery in Shift at Midnight has a clear answer. Some, like Norbert the Gnome, eventually reveal themselves, but others can leave players scratching their heads.

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BREAKING: EA's $55 Billion Sale is Now Finalized

The sale of Electronic Arts for $55 billion USD has officially been completed as of August 4. The previously public company will be removed from the stock market, as EA will now be fully private.

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Embrace the great Tech Pause

Let's take a look at the scoreboard: A 1TB Steam Deck costs $1,000. A top-of-the-line gaming PC costs $7,000. A PS5 starts at $650, an over 50% increase from its launch six years ago. A modest hard drive goes for rent money. The RAMpocalypse continues unabated. The Steam Machine is a hard sell out of the gate. The reas...

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Isekai Anime Are Set To Dethrone Shonen Series Forever

Isekai anime series are growing rapidly in popularity, but up until recently, they were still a demographic that could widely be classified as a niche in the world of anime. Largely speaking, shonen anime has always dominated the scene due to classic hits like Dragon Ball, and then those were followed up with the likes...

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Near-Perfect Single-Player FPS Games Nobody Played

Ever since Wolfenstein and Doom, FPS games have refused to stop coming out. Even as AAA publishers moved away from non-franchise shooters in the late 2010s, indie devs stepped up to right that wrong, producing a new golden era. With competition so fierce, fantastic FPS games frequently slip through the cracks while eve...

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Lord of the Rings: The Wolves of Mordor Officially Announced

Sauron's defeat may have ended The Lord of the Rings, but Middle-earth has never run out of stories to tell, with one coming this fall specifically focused on the werewolves of Middle-earth. Long before he forged the One Ring and ruled from Barad-dur, Sauron carried another title: the Lord of Werewolves. That forgotten...

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Here's Everything You Need For Your Hobbit Prerelease MTG Event

Some of the most fun you can have playing Magic: The Gathering happens when you attend a prerelease event. These celebratory events take place with every new Standard set release and give players the chance to get their hands on new cards a week before they officially launch.

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EA have gone private, as Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment groups complete their $55 billion acquisition

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, equity firm Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity partners have completed their $55 billion acquisition of EA Sports FC, Battlefield, The Sims, Mass Effect and Dragon Age publisher EA. This comes following a filing from EA to the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week...

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