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A wooden block and clay board with white and black game pieces, and several wooden triangle pieces.
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Archeologists Have Potentially Pieced Together Rules to Ancient Shahr-i Sokhta Board Game

A team of archeologists may have uncovered a piece of tabletop history. Decades ago, an ancient Shahr-i Sokhta board game was uncovered, but its rules were not included. After some speculation and…

December 12, 2024 | 04:37 EST

A clay Pokeball to signify the Aardman Pokemon collaboration
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Aardman Pokemon Collaboration Revealed for 2027

Stop-motion animation studio Aardman, best known for the Wallace and Gromit series and movies like The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!, has announced a collaboration with Pokemon that's set…

December 11, 2024 | 10:56 EST

A possessed Link leaping forward to attack Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
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Echoes of Wisdom Now Has a Place on the Official Zelda Timeline

Nintendo has finally allocated a place for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on its sprawling and baffling Zelda timeline, although one rather wonders if that constitutes wasted effort on the…

November 26, 2024 | 09:20 EST

MMA fighter Conor McGregor as he appears in Hitman: World of Assassination
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Hitman Developer Ends Conor McGregor Collab Following Trial

Hitman studio IO Interactive has announced that it's ending its collaboration with MMA fighter Conor McGregor following a court ruling which found that McGregor assaulted a woman. In a message on…

November 25, 2024 | 10:23 EST

Jinx looking sad in Arcane, a League of Legends show
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More League of Legends Shows On the Way, Arcane Showrunner Confirms

Arcane showrunner Christian Linke has revealed that the show, which recently ended on its second season, won't be the last League of Legends-based streaming series you'll see. In an interview on…

November 25, 2024 | 08:05 EST

A mockup of what the Merlin Entertainments Minecraft attractions might look like, with Minecraft scenery surrounding families walking into a park
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Real-Life Minecraft Immersive Attractions Announced by Legoland Company

Legoland parent company Merlin Entertainments has announced a series of real-life immersive Minecraft attractions, with the first set to debut in the UK and US sometime between 2026 and 2027. Per an…

November 19, 2024 | 09:08 EST

Logos for the Anti-Defamation League and Steam
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Anti-Defamation League Says Steam "Rife with Extremism and Antisemitism"

The Anti-Defamation League has released a new report which claims that digital distribution platform Steam is "rife with extremism and antisemitism", with the report also claiming it's identified "…

November 15, 2024 | 08:44 EST

Ketheric Thorm, Enver Gortash, and Orin the Red in Baldur's Gate 3
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Somehow, Baldur's Gate 3 Has Sold Two Copies in Vatican City

Given how popular Baldur's Gate 3 is, it's no stretch to imagine that the game has been played all around the world, but Larian has revealed that two people in a very unusual place indeed have…

November 12, 2024 | 11:52 EST

Pyramid Head looking menacing in the Silent Hill 2 remake
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Silent Hill 2 Remake Sleuth Solves Hidden Photo Message Puzzle

An enterprising Silent Hill 2 player has solved a rather involved puzzle involving examining in-game photos, earning himself some praise from the game's director into the bargain. Redditor Dale…

November 4, 2024 | 09:17 EST

Halloween Cattiva leaping out of a pumpkin patch to scare Pirate Pengullet in the new Palworld Halloween skin range
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Spooky Palworld Halloween Skins Arrive in Latest Update

Developer and publisher Pocketpair has released a set of seriously spooky Palworld Halloween skins, with four of the game's Pals getting terrifying new looks just in time for tomorrow's scarefest.…

October 30, 2024 | 09:24 EDT

Various Roblox avatars alongside the game's logo in key art for Roblox
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New Roblox Child Safety Controls Are Reportedly on the Way

Roblox will reportedly soon introduce new child safety controls aimed at stemming the tide of criticism aimed at Roblox Corporation over a perceived lack of protection for underage users on the…

October 24, 2024 | 08:24 EDT

Soldiers storming a building draped in US bunting in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Paid Audio Option Sounds Pretty Pay-to-Win

Activision and audio company Embody have revealed a new audio option for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and it sounds like if you want the best chance of winning in the game's multiplayer…

October 23, 2024 | 10:08 EDT

A long-haired character standing outside what looks like Shady Sands in the Fallout: Vault 13 mod
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Fallout: Vault 13 Mod Development Suspended Due to "A Combination of Factors"

The creators of ambitious Fallout 4 mod Fallout: Vault 13 have announced that they're indefinitely suspending development on the project owing to "a combination of factors". In a message on X (…

October 21, 2024 | 10:04 EDT

A factory taking off into space on rockets in the Factorio: Space Age DLC
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Factorio Player Count Skyrockets Thanks to 2.0 Update and Space Age DLC

Factorio's long-awaited Space Age DLC launches today, as does its 2.0 update, and the two releases together appear to have resulted in a massive player count spike for the factory-building sim. The …

October 21, 2024 | 09:15 EDT

Three cartoon characters smiling down at their devices in an ad for Denuvo
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New Denuvo Discord Temporarily Suspended After Deluge of Hate Messages

Denuvo moderators have had to temporarily suspend a recently-opened Discord server created to answer community questions, and I'm pretty sure you can guess the reason for that suspension. A couple…

October 17, 2024 | 10:36 EDT

2B with giant swords floating behind her in Nier: Automata, a Yoko Taro game
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Yoko Taro Fan Archive Reportedly Hit with Cease and Desist by Square Enix

Yoko Taro fan archive Accord's Library, a site dedicated to "gathering and archiving all of Yoko Taro's work", has apparently been hit by a cease and desist issued by Square Enix. According to a VGC…

October 17, 2024 | 09:34 EDT

A figure wearing a ceremonial mask in Assassin's Creed Shadows
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"Insensitive" Assassin's Creed Shadows Figurine Pulled from Sale

Assassin's Creed Shadows has found itself in yet more trouble, this time over a collector's figurine depicting protagonists Yasuke and Naoe alongside a one-legged Torii gate. As reported by IGN,…

October 16, 2024 | 09:23 EDT

Joel playing his guitar in The Last of Us, one of the game franchises that will be featured in the new PlayStation concert
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PlayStation Concert Announced with Music from God of War, The Last of Us, and More

Sony has announced a new PlayStation concert tour that will bring the brand's "most iconic gaming soundtracks to life", with music from The Last of Us, God of War, and more featuring on the program…

October 15, 2024 | 10:28 EDT

A Nintendo Alarmo clock on a bedside table with a hand reaching for it
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Nintendo Reveals Interactive Alarm Clock Alarmo, Coming Early 2025

Nintendo has announced Alarmo, a new interactive alarm clock full of Nintendo-themed sounds and visuals. It's due to land early next year, although you'll want to sign up for Nintendo Switch Online…

October 9, 2024 | 10:16 EDT

Characters gathered around a strangely elongated white-suited man in Hotline Miami 2
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Hotline Miami 2 Taken Off Aussie PlayStation Store Thanks to Decade-Old Rating Issue

Hotline Miami 2 has been removed from the Australian PlayStation Store after Sony apparently remembered that the game was refused a classification from the country's ratings board. As pointed out by…

October 9, 2024 | 09:35 EDT

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(Updated) Roblox Accused of Being an "X-Rated Pedophile Hellscape" in Damning Report

Update October 9th, 12:18PM: Unsurprisingly, Roblox Corporation has said that it refutes the allegations brought by Hindenburg Research in the report we originally covered in this story. In its own…

October 9, 2024 | 12:20 EDT

Majima slashing an enemy with his knife on the streets of Hawaii in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Started Out as a Kiryu Fishing Game

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was originally intended to be a fishing spinoff starring longtime series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama has revealed. In a new…

October 8, 2024 | 08:52 EDT

James walking down a street with a huge superimposed portrait of his wife Mary ahead of him in artwork for the Silent Hill 2 remake
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Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia Page Locked to Prevent Review Edit Trolling

Wikipedia has locked down the Silent Hill 2 remake's page in order to stop trolls from editing the review section to make it look like the game is performing much worse than it actually is. As…

October 7, 2024 | 09:35 EDT

A massive planet with a starship parked on it in Starfield
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Emil Pagliarulo Says Starfield Is "the Best Game We've Ever Made"

Starfield writer and designer Emil Pagliarulo has claimed that the game is, "in a lot of ways, the best game we've ever made", suggesting that it now "sits right next to Fallout and Elder Scrolls" in…

October 3, 2024 | 11:10 EDT

Kratos killing an undead enemy with the Blades of Chaos in God of War Ragnarok
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God of War Ragnarok Please Shut Up Mod Lets You Silence Annoying Companions

If you've ever been annoyed by Mimir and Atreus (as well as anyone else who happens to be there) telling you exactly how to solve puzzles in God of War Ragnarok, then there's a new PC mod for the…

October 3, 2024 | 10:39 EDT

Lucy with blood all over her clothes in the Fallout TV show
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Fallout Is Amazon Prime Video's Second 100m-Viewer Show

Amazon has announced that its Fallout TV show has become the Prime Video platform's second show to reach 100 million viewers, and you'll never guess what the first show to achieve this accolade was…

October 3, 2024 | 08:40 EDT

Alphinaud and Cid in Final Fantasy XIV
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Final Fantasy XIV Suspends Housing Demolition Following Hurricane Helene

Square Enix has announced that it's suspending the automatic demolition of Final Fantasy XIV housing for areas potentially affected by Hurricane Helene. In an announcement on the Final Fantasy XIV …

October 2, 2024 | 11:37 EDT

Fortnite characters wearing Marvel-themed costumes
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New Fortnite Parental Controls Let Parents Set Time Limits and More

Epic has announced new parental controls for Fortnite that allow parents to control the amount of time their kids spend playing Fortnite, as well as using the game's creative editor UEFN. In an…

October 1, 2024 | 08:51 EDT

Maria sitting behind bars and smiling in Konami and Bloober Team's upcoming Silent Hill 2 remake
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Konami Releases 100 Minutes of Silent Hill 2 Remake Music Ahead of Launch

Konami has released almost 100 minutes of Silent Hill 2 remake music to tide you over until the game's release on PC and PS5 next week. In two YouTube videos uploaded earlier today, Konami provides…

September 30, 2024 | 10:00 EDT

A shot of Monster Hunter's Rathalos next to the Fender guitar themed around the monster
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Fender Monster Hunter Guitar Lets You Rock Out With Rathalos

Fender and Capcom have announced a collaboration to create a Monster Hunter-themed guitar, with the King of the Skies himself, Rathalos, providing the principal inspiration for the instrument. In a…

September 27, 2024 | 11:09 EDT

Zelda holding aloft a table echo in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
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Nintendo Explains Why Zelda Is Echoes of Wisdom's Main Character

Nintendo has explained why Princess Zelda is the protagonist of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and it turns out that she wasn't always intended to be the star of the game. In…

September 24, 2024 | 11:59 EDT

A bartender standing behind a bar in Yager's The Cycle Fortnite map
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Yager's Ill-Fated Shooter The Cycle Revived in Fortnite Form

The Cycle: Frontier may be dead, but developer Yager isn't letting sleeping dogs lie, as the studio has created a Fortnite map based on the game using the battle royale title's UEFN creative tool.…

September 20, 2024 | 09:14 EDT

Two characters shaking hands in Metaphor: ReFantazio
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A Metaphor: ReFantazio F1 Team Partnership Was Not On My Bingo Card

Of all the partnerships Atlus could have pursued as part of its Metaphor: ReFantazio promotion, an F1 team was not on my bingo card, but it looks like I'll have to add another space. Per a press…

September 19, 2024 | 10:34 EDT

Sora waking up on a sofa in the trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4
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Tetsuya Nomura Might Retire Before Kingdom Hearts Is Finished

Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura has declared that he's yet to decide whether he'll finish the long-running series prior to his retirement, so it's entirely possible future Kingdom Hearts games…

September 19, 2024 | 08:46 EDT

Alan Wake firing his gun at an enemy in the PC version of Alan Wake
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Alan Wake PC Update to Remove Iconic Licensed Song

Remedy has announced that a new Alan Wake update is scheduled to arrive next week, and it's set to remove one of the game's most iconic licensed songs, replacing it with an original composition. In…

September 6, 2024 | 10:53 EDT

A Space Marine looking out over a battlefield in Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
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Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 Credits Feature a Nice, Surprising Tribute

Saber and Focus' Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 is out now, and if you've already picked it up and played all the way through to the credits sequence, you may notice a rather lovely and unexpected…

September 6, 2024 | 10:34 EDT

Star Child eating in Concord
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Concord Trophy-Hunters Resort to Drastic Measures for Platinum Before Shutdown

Concord players are resorting to some pretty drastic measures in order to secure the game's Platinum trophy ahead of its shutdown on Friday, new reports have revealed. As noted by X (formerly…

September 4, 2024 | 08:28 EDT

The player using a Wirebug to restrain a dinosaur-like monster in Monster Hunter Rise, which is part of a series that invalidates the need for a new Dino Crisis according to the latter's creator
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Shinji Mikami Says No "Space" for Dino Crisis Thanks to Monster Hunter

Dino Crisis creator Shinji Mikami has declared that a remake or reboot of the series is unlikely, and he's pointing to the existence of Monster Hunter as the main reason for his opinion. In a…

August 29, 2024 | 11:15 EDT

Henry riding a horse in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Script Has Over 2 Million Words

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director and lead writer Daniel Vávra has taken to social media to reveal just how many words you can expect from the upcoming RPG's script, and it's going to be a…

August 29, 2024 | 08:52 EDT

A gun resting on some lemons in Mafia: The Old Country
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Mafia: The Old Country Won't Feature Full Italian Dub Despite Being Set in Italy

It looks like the recently-announced Mafia: The Old Country won't feature a full Italian voiceover dub, despite the fact that it's set in Sicily and the fact that previous games in the series have…

August 21, 2024 | 11:45 EDT

Forza Horizon 5's new Jordan car on the track
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Forza Horizon 5 Reveals New Hide and Seek Mode, Big Brand Partnership

Playground Games and Microsoft have announced two new updates for Forza Horizon 5, one of which is bringing a new game mode and one of which represents the fruits of a major brand collaboration.…

August 21, 2024 | 10:57 EDT

Characters walking through a rank of sphinxes in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake
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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Changes Unfortunate Town Name

Square Enix will change the name of a town that's become rather unfortunate thanks to current events in the upcoming Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, it has emerged. Per a message on the Square Enix X (…

August 21, 2024 | 09:07 EDT

A sniper in a ghillie suit in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
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Call of Duty Mod Shut Down by Activision One Day Before Release

Activision has hit a popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered mod with a cease and desist order just one day before the mod was due to launch. The H2 Multiplayer Mod, which would have…

August 16, 2024 | 09:59 EDT

Three characters in a dark environment in key art for Enshrouded
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Enshrouded Sales Cross 3 Million as Devs Share Some Fun Statistics

Keen Games has announced that Enshrouded sales have topped another big milestone since the game's Early Access release in January, and the devs have also shared some interesting statistics about the…

August 8, 2024 | 10:46 EDT

Mario and Sonic in a martial arts match in a Mario & Sonic Olympics game
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Olympic NFTs Forced Out Mario and Sonic, Allegedly

A new report suggests that the fact there's no Mario & Sonic game this year is at least partially thanks to the Olympic authorities wanting to explore the possibilities of NFTs. According to…

July 30, 2024 | 11:25 EDT

An aerial shot of a school in artwork for the Dinosaur Polo Club game Magic School
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Mini Motorways Dev's Canceled Magic School Game Looks Enchanting

Mini Motorways developer Dinosaur Polo Club has released details about a canceled project called Magic School, calling the release of the information a chance to "celebrate what we learned along the…

July 29, 2024 | 12:45 EDT

Artwork for Fortnite, here standing in for the concept of video games as a reference to the Cambridge Dictionary's new additions
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Cambridge Dictionary’s New Gaming Words Are Kind of a Mess

The Cambridge Dictionary has shared a list of over 3000 words it's added to its dictionary this year, and the new words under the gaming category are...questionable, to say the least. In a post on…

July 26, 2024 | 12:09 EDT

Two very cute dogs hanging out in Rare's new dog park
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Sea of Thieves Developer Rare Now Has a Dedicated Doggo Park

Sea of Thieves developer Rare has introduced a dedicated dog park to its studio grounds, allowing employees' good boys and girls to frolic to their hearts' content. In a paw-sitively adorable post…

July 25, 2024 | 09:59 EDT