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Rockstar Games Co-Founder Still Believes In Physical Game Options

Rockstar Games co-founder and former Grand Theft Auto lead writer Dan Houser believes publishers should continue offering physical games so long as customers still want them, having said as much in a recent interview. However, he is not particularly concerned about the decline of physical media, arguing that major publ...

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Yoshi-P's "huge list" of FF14 Evercold plans range from helping you through MSQ, to battling World of Warcraft's housing

FF14 Evercold promises to be a massive shift; Square Enix's Creative Studio 3 is grabbing the MMORPG by the hand and boldly striding forward into a new era with comprehensive changes across nearly every aspect of the game. Making so many alterations comes with plenty of chances for things to go wrong, however. At Fanfe...

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4 Best Tips for New and Returning Players in Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact is a massive game with hours upon hours of content to experience. Since it's a live-service title, it is continuously receiving updates that add even more content, which makes it a little intimidating for new and old players. You're going to get bombarded with information once you boot up Genshin Impacts...

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J.K. Simmons hasn't played Baldur's Gate 3 or any of his games, but he loves Portal 2: 'I could have done the feature film, or the play, or whatever'

In a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, prolific actor J.K. Simmons dove into his relationship with the games he's acted in. While not much of a gamer himself, the script for Portal 2 (where Simmons voiced Aperture founder Cave Johnson) seems to have left its mark on the actor."Tom Britney from The We...

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The next Kratos God of War game will follow and connect to Laufey, says Cory Barlog

Santa Monica Studio head of creative, Cory Barlog, has confirmed that the next mainline, Kratos-starring God of War will pick up after the events of God of War Laufey. Read more

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New Helldivers 2 Event Gives Players Powerful Reward for Free

For those who want more vehicles to play with in Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios announced that it is giving away the Supply FRV completely for free for all players. After a massive launch back at the start of 2024, Helldivers 2 has certainly seen its fair share of ups and downs in the years since, though Arrowhea...

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Beloved Open-World Maps That Are Agonizing To Revisit Now

Some games simply don't age well. Their legacy lives on in the memories of those who played them and the nostalgia for their era, but when you actually return to play them with modern sensibilities hovering in the back of your mind, they can be a slog. It's not the game's fault, either; that's just the progression of t...

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Big PlayStation Game Sale Is A Perfect Chance To Build Up Your Physical Collection Before Sony Kills Discs

Critically-acclaimed exclusives are super discounted right now

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How To Spot Dopplegangers In Shift At Midnight

The night shift at a gas station sounds pretty chill until your customers start trying to attack you. In Shift At Midnight, you are basically a part-time cashier and professional suspicious-person detective. Every customer could be totally fine, or they could be a creepy copycat waiting for the perfect moment to ruin y...

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5 Habits That Quietly Give Away A Fortnite Player’s Skill Level

Fortnite is only getting more competitive day by day, with players from all around the world jumping in to compete in Battle Royale, Zero Build, Reload, and even Tournaments. Players come from all different skill levels, and while it's often hard to tell who is better than you before engaging them in battle, there are...

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How do you feel about AI videogame music?

Like it or loathe itβ€”and for the record, I am firmly in the latter camp–generative AI has continued to seep into every aspect of game development. What felt like the odd shovelware AI thumbnail here or generated texture there has transformed into "developers" parading around entirely vibe-coded videogames as if it's so...

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Ubisoft says the Black Flag remake has exceeded 'annual expectations' in just two weeks, shortly after it laid off a number of the people who made it

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, a game with a title that feels like it ought to have a colon or an em dash somewhere in there, is finally here and it's selling like whatever the nautical equivalent of hotcakes is. Hardtack, I guess. Not only did it sell 2 million copies in a single day, a recent financial report...

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