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Doom Speedrun Breaks 20-year-old World Record by One Second

A recent Doom speedrun has broken a world record that stood for 20 years by one second. One second might not seem like a lot of time, but it can be an eternity in the world of speedrunning. Getting…

April 8, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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Borderlands Series Review Bombs Puts Steam's Anti-Review Bomb System to the Test

Last March, Valve unveiled some new tools that would make it easier to combat off-topic review bombing on the Steam store. Now, those tools are getting put to the test as players review bomb the…

April 6, 2019 | 11:26 EDT

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You Can Play The Elder Scrolls: Blades Right Now

Early access for The Elder Scrolls: Blades has been rolling out for users the past week. Now, Bethesda announced that it is available for everyone to play as of today. This mobile title is available…

April 5, 2019 | 10:56 EDT

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Prince Harry Says Fortnite Is Addictive and Shouldn't Be Allowed

Fortnite is one of the most popular games in the history of the medium, enjoyed by children and adults of all ages the world over. As of March 2019, the game boasted 250 million players in total, of…

April 4, 2019 | 11:38 EDT

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey Patch 1.2 Goes Live Today, Fate of Atlantis Coming Soon

Patch 1.2 for Assassin's Creed Odyssey goes live today across all platforms. The patch contains some fixes, some improvements, and support for the upcoming The Fate of Atlantis DLC. The first…

April 4, 2019 | 09:32 EDT

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You Can Now Play Blackout For Free (But Only for a Month)

You can now play Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout free on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This free version will include pretty much everything in the game mode that paid players can have access…

April 3, 2019 | 04:09 EDT

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Borderlands 3 Launches September 13th As A Timed Epic Games Store Exclusive

Gearbox Software and 2K have announced release details for the upcoming Borderlands 3. The game will be out on September 13th worldwide. On PC, it'll be a timed Epic Games Store exclusive, with a…

April 3, 2019 | 03:19 EDT

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Anthem Development Turbulence Led to 16 Month Production; BioWare Responds

Anthem can't seem to catch any breaks, but this time it is coming from news over the titles turbulent development cycle. Despite spending nearly seven years in development, Anthem was only in…

April 2, 2019 | 03:15 EDT

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Borderlands 3 Heading to Epic Games Store; Release This Fall

In what appears to not be an April Fools joke, Gearbox's recently announced Borderlands 3 may be released later this fall, and will be heading to the Epic Games store. The leak stems from twitter,…

April 1, 2019 | 06:14 EDT

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Gearbox @ PAX East - Borderlands 2 VR

At Gearbox's PAX East 2019 press conference, the studio announced that all of Borderlands 2's DLC would come to Borderlands 2 VR. The DLC packs, which add hours of shooting and near-infinite…

March 28, 2019 | 04:26 EDT

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Gearbox @ Pax East - Borderlands 3

The Gearbox PAX East show had Randy Pitchford returning to the stage one final time for the game we all knew was coming: Borderlands 3. Unfortunately, the premiere of the trailer was mired by…

March 28, 2019 | 04:07 EDT

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Warcraft & Warcraft II Now Available On GOG

Two of Blizzard Entertainment's seminal RTS titles, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition are available on GOG.com for the first time. GOG announced their partnership with…

March 28, 2019 | 12:30 EDT

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Getting My Butt Kicked In The Mortal Kombat 11 Online Beta (And Loving It)

I’m a pretty casual fan of fighting games. I’ve enjoyed my fair share over the years, but I’ve always sucked at them. They’re deep and intense, presenting an intimidatingly high skill ceiling that…

March 28, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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Hard Times: A Look at The Division 2's Clash of Difficulty and Immersion

One of the most ubiquitous complaints about the first Division was that enemies were far too resistant to damage. It was all too common that normal human enemies in the endgame could ignore the…

March 28, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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Gearbox Software Teases Borderlands 3 With Mask of Mayhem

Gearbox Software had already confirmed their presence at PAX East 2019 on March 12, with a tweet showing a picture of a billboard, clearly styled with the cell shading that made Borderlands famous.…

March 27, 2019 | 11:44 EDT

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Sony State of Play 3/25 - Mortal Kombat 11

NetherRealm Studios put out a new trailer for Mortal Kombat 11 during Sony's State of Play stream on March 25th. In it, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Jax are all revealed to be playable additions to the…

March 25, 2019 | 07:21 EDT

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X-COM 25th Anniversary - Franchise List

2019 marks the 25th anniversary of X-COM—25 years of tactically slaying aliens and stealing their tech. The beloved strategy series has had major highs and deflating lows. It's seen a lot of…

March 25, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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Indonesia Considers PUBG Ban

Indonesia's Communication and Information Technology Ministry is considering banning the battle royale game PUBG. The debate has been sparked by a call from an Islamic organization in the country for…

March 24, 2019 | 02:59 EDT

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Anthem Becomes Best Selling Game of February With $100 Million in Digital Revenue

BioWare's Anthem was released to mixed reviews and has thus far been involved in numerous problems post-launch, but one bit of good news is that the game definitely sold well despite all the…

March 24, 2019 | 02:35 EDT

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The Division 2 Best Skills Guide

At its core, The Division 2 is more of an RPG than a third-person cover shooter. It may not seem like it at first, given the modern setting and heavy emphasis on firearms, but your gear and skills…

March 24, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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Dumbing Down: The Frustrating Absurdity of The Division 2's Silent Protagonist

The looter shooter genre is getting more and more crowded every year, especially now that almost every major publisher has a dog in the race. With the release of Ubisoft's The Division 2, the…

March 20, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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The Division 2 Review

The main criticism of The Division was that there wasn’t enough to do at launch. It featured a solid leveling phase that built up to a barren end-game. Clearly, the team over at Massive Entertainment…

March 19, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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The Sims 4: Legacy Edition Announced, 32-bit Support Ending

There's good and bad news for fans of The Sims 4 who are still running potato-level computers. The bad news: Electronic Arts is ending 32-bit support for The Sims 4. The good news, though, is that…

March 19, 2019 | 10:20 EDT

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Turtle Rock Studios Announces New Zombie Co-op Shooter Back 4 Blood

Turtle Rock Studios, the creative force behind Valve's Left 4 Dead, has announced a new co-op zombie-themed shooter. The game is titled Back 4 Blood (see what they did there?) and was announced via a…

March 18, 2019 | 12:20 EDT

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Core Fighters Lets You Play Dead or Alive 6 Free Right Now

Want to play Dead or Alive 6 free? Well, you can—sort of. Dead or Alive 6: Core Fighters is a recently-released free-to-play experience for Koei Tecmo's flagship fighting game and it's available…

March 18, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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Epic Adding "Undo" Button To Fortnite Purchases

Epic Games, makers of insanely popular money printing machine Fortnite, have announced the addition of a new undo button on all purchases made in the game. The new feature will be added in an…

March 16, 2019 | 01:20 EDT

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Anthem Increased Loot Drop Rates Now Live For High Level Loot

Folk's demanded it, and BioWare listened. Today, it was announced on the official Reddit forum for Anthem that the in-game loot drop rates have been tweaked, meaning allowing more high-level loot to…

March 15, 2019 | 06:43 EDT

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Epic Makes Changes To Fortnite Cross-Platform Play Pools On Switch

Fortnite cross-platform play on Nintendo Switch is getting a few changes. As part of the 8.10 patch notes for the game, developer Epic Games revealed that the starting pools for cross-platform play…

March 14, 2019 | 03:00 EDT

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Path of Exile PS4 Release Date Set for March, Includes Synthesis Expansion

The Path of Exile PS4 release date is coming in late March 2019. There's some more good news regarding the release of Grinding Gear Games' action RPG. The Synthesis expansion comes as part of the…

March 13, 2019 | 03:15 EDT

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Ni No Kuni II's The Tale Of A Timeless Tome DLC Gets New Details

Level-5 and Bandai Namco have released more information regarding the second large expansion for Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. Titled "The Tale of a Timeless Tome", the DLC will see the return of…

March 13, 2019 | 02:40 EDT

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Cities: Skylines Celebrates Four Year Anniversary

Cities: Skylines, or the game that proves that real life city planning is something best left to professionals, just reached its four year anniversary. To celebrate, Paradox Interactive and Colossal…

March 12, 2019 | 03:45 EDT

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Left Alive Review - Metal Gear Subpar

Don’t let the Yoji Shinkawa artwork trick you. Left Alive isn’t the Metal Gear Solid revival you’ve been hoping for. Nor is it a quality entry in the Front Mission series. It’s a clumsy trainwreck of…

March 8, 2019 | 04:45 EST

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The Sims 4: Welcome to StrangerVille Isn't So Strange

The Sims franchise is one that is known for being fraught with peculiarities. From aliens to vampires and bigfoot to tragic clowns, there is no shortage of bizarre things to encounter in any…

March 7, 2019 | 02:00 EST

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[Updated] Level 1 Gun in Anthem Does More Damage Than Top Tier Guns Anywhere

Update: BioWare has investigated the issue and seem to have found the cause. They are currently working on a fix, according the game's community manager: Hey everyone – Thanks for the feedback on…

March 6, 2019 | 04:21 EST

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Modiphius Announces Fallout: Wasteland Warfare TTRPG

Modiphius Entertainment announced that they will develop and publish two tabletop Fallout RPG titles. The first one will expand on the narrative wargame experience of Fallout: Wasteland Warfare,…

March 6, 2019 | 01:02 EST

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Italy Drives Into the World of Tanks: Mercenaries Battlefield

Today, Wargaming has announced that they have added the twelfth nation to World of Tanks: Mercenaries: Italy as part of Update 4.9. A new line with the Ariete Progotto, with a tech tree coming later…

March 5, 2019 | 02:55 EST

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Anthem PS4 Issues Continue, Reports of Consoles Being Bricked

Last week I reported on a slew of user reports indicating that PS4 players were receiving major crashing issues when playing Anthem. The game would crash at any moment. In some cases, the game would…

March 4, 2019 | 07:29 EST

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Epic Games Being Sued For Fortnite's Old Loot Box System

Epic Games, creators of Fortnite and current video game boogeyman, are being sued for the old loot box system used in Fornite's save the world mode. Back in July 2017 Fortnite: Save the World was…

March 4, 2019 | 01:15 EST

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[Updated] PS4 Players Experiencing Major Crash Issues on Anthem

Update 2: According to Twitter, Anthem servers are back up and running. Update 1: At the time of this writing, BioWare has shut down servers for emergency maintenance. EA Help on Twitter says there…

March 1, 2019 | 06:35 EST

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The Division 2 Gets Full Year of Free Post-Launch Content

Ubisoft has announced that The Division 2 will be receiving a full year of free post-launch content. The content will range from Episodes, major content updates with new narratives and missions, new…

March 1, 2019 | 11:00 EST

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Dead or Alive 6 Review - Fame, Without Love

In the lead up to the release of Dead or Alive 6, there was a lot of talk about this entry trying to become "serious". Devs talked about toning down the sexier aspects of the characters and focusing…

March 1, 2019 | 10:00 EST

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Anthem Tops UK Physical Charts, Boxed Versions Sell Half Of Andromeda’s

Unsurprisingly, Anthem topped the UK charts last week, which tracks physical game purchases alone. According to The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE), the title sold best on PS4,…

February 26, 2019 | 09:20 EST

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Fortnite Revenue Down 48% Month-Over-Month, Digital Games Spending Down Year-Over-Year

I know what you’re thinking, and it’s not because of Apex Legends. Regardless of if you want it to be, this is not the end of Fortnite as we know it. But yes, Fortnite’s January revenue is down…

February 26, 2019 | 09:04 EST

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Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom's Last DLC Releases on March 19

Today, Bandai Namco and Level-5 revealed that Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom's last DLC, The Tale of a Timeless Time, will be released on March 19, 2019, for PC and PlayStation 4. The DLC will…

February 26, 2019 | 03:37 EST

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Anthem's No-Win Situation - Rising Expectations, Unsustainable Business Models

A long time ago in a console generation far far away, BioWare was a name that implied exceptional quality. For years, they were known for creating revolutionary single player RPGs. There were some…

February 26, 2019 | 02:00 EST

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BioWare Details Anthem's 90 Day Roadmap

Despite the mixed reception over Anthem, BioWare is going full steam ahead with their live service plans for the game, showcasing over three months worth of content to encompass their first major…

February 24, 2019 | 12:13 EST

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YouTube Creator Misleads Public Over Anthem Video Takedown

A prominent content creator on YouTube is currently embroiled in a minor scandal with giant publisher Electronic Arts. YouTuber Gggmanlives recently posted his thoughts on Anthem, the latest game…

February 24, 2019 | 10:07 EST

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Anthem Review - BioWare's B-Side

When you hear "BioWare game" you tend to think of long story-focused RPGs such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Anthem is a very different beast. Closer in design to games like Destiny and The Division…

February 22, 2019 | 03:13 EST