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One Piece: 4 Near-Perfect Storylines That Aren't In The Anime

I don't think it is an exaggeration to describe Eiichiro Oda's One Piece as one of the best-written shonen manga and anime of all time. Not every canon arc is a masterpiece or perfectly paced, but they all introduce fantastic characters, expand the world-building, or are just plain-old entertaining. However, One Piece'...

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Japan Confirms The Best Spring Anime Of 2026

The Spring 2026 anime season delivered plenty of exciting releases, from long-awaited sequels to brand-new series that quickly found love from viewers. As the season has now come to an end, fans finally have a clearer picture of which titles made the biggest impact. The final streaming rankings are now here, with the s...

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Xbox Swings Into Damage Control Mode And Calls Extended Outage That Locked Players Out Of Their Games ‘Unacceptable’

The executive said Xbox is working on the issue to prevent outages like this in the future

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"I wish I could do that": A developer on The Sims has been eyeing up Paralives' characters' asymmetric shoes and their wider possibilities

Asymmetric shoes may not seem like a big deal. I mean, if we look past the cultural mountain that was climbed to turn the faux pas of odd socks into a proud fashion statement of mismatched shoes, asymmetric footwear is just that, right? Two different shoes. Yet, for one of the senior character artists working on the Si...

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Ubisoft is letting owners of its Xbox games play select titles for free on PC as part of a new partnership with Microsoft

Microsoft has announced a new partnership with Ubisoft that'll let owners of select Ubisoft Xbox games play them on PC at no extra cost. Read more

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New Official Spider-Man Release Shadow Dropped

Insomniac Games has shadow-dropped two brand-new suits for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, much to the surprise of fans. While Marvel's Spider-Man 2is almost three years old at this point, fans can jump in now to enjoy two new Spidey suits completely free of charge.

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was reportedly being turned into a 2.5D brawler by CD Projekt Red and Shantae studio WayForward, but its fate is uncertain

Cyberpunk 2077 continues to perform exceptionally well for CD Projekt Red, but as we wait for news on its (still faraway) sequel, it's been reported the studio had a smaller Cyberpunk 2077 game in the works at one time too. Read more

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The Hobbit Secret Lair MTG Cards And Release Date

It's common practice for Magic: The Gathering to drop additional Secret Lair drops alongside the launch of new Universes Beyond sets, and for The Hobbit, this is no different.

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Nioh 3's Hell Rising DLC will sword thrust the soulslike's yokai-battling action into decimated Keian era Edo when it arrives next month

Nioh, far, wherever you are. I've probably made that bad pun before, but seriously, I hope our guides writer Jeremy's not close to any desks right now. Nioh 3, that game that pushed the poor bloke to the point of violence against the contents of his home, is getting its first major DLC next month. The expansion's dubbe...

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Consumer electronics companies were already worried about securing memory next year—now, supply is predicted to plummet by 70%

If you've been keeping up to date with news of the raging memory supply crisis, then I don't need to tell you how the AI industry's seemingly bottomless hunger for both system storage and RAM has significantly raised prices. Well, it turns out it can get worse than runaway costs, as manufacturers are even more concerne...

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Epic Games just hired former Battle.net head, as studio gears up for "the era of Unreal Engine 6"

As Epic gears up for Unreal Engine 6, CEO Tim Sweeney has shared that ex-Battle.net Senior Vice President, Technology and Services, Martin Keely, will be stepping into the role of Epic Games Store and Epic Online services' new Vice President/General Manager. The repost from Sweeney, which was shared on his X page on Mo...

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New Cozy Game Took 10 Minutes to Prove Stardew Valley Doesn't Define the Genre

Over 10 years ago, Stardew Valley was released, designed and marketed as a love letter to classic farm life sims like Harvest Moon, and it effortlessly took the gaming industry by storm. To this day, it remains the definitive cozy experience—apart from franchises like Animal Crossing—and it has had such an impact on th...

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