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Some Guy in Long Island Just Sold $2 Million in Fake Nintendo Products

It’s not an uncommon occurrence for me to see something in gaming that makes me stop and question why I continue to live on this planet. It is,...

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2K Confirms College Basketball Game in the Works Following EA’s Exit

I was so excited to see EA throw their hat back in the basketball ring. As a proud founding member of the “Live Hive,” I wanted to see them build...

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After a Brief Delay, the Rematch Cross-Play Update Is Finally Here

It feels like Rematch fans have been on pins and needles for the longest time. While Sloclap’s soccer game has been well-received, we’ve all been...

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First Star Wars Outlaws Gameplay on Switch 2 Actually Looks Solid

I’ve been looking forward to playing Star Wars Outlaws for a while. Less so when I found out about the stealth missions. And then the excitement...

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NBA 2K26 Is a Great Game—When It Focuses on the Basketball (Review)

I’ve made no secret of my issues with the NBA 2K series. Aggressive monetization has become something of a trademark of the series. But I’ve...

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Marvel Rivals Season 4: Release Date, Updates, and Full Patch Notes

NetEase hasn’t slowed down one bit. They’ve continued to pump out updates for Marvel Rivals, and ahead of Season 4, they’ve revealed a look at...

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Pixel Expo’s First Steam Showcase Highlights Australian Indie Games

Ready for more indie games? Great. Because Pixel Expo, “Western Australia’s largest entertainment event,” is teaming up with Steam for its...

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Gets Key Delivery Update From Team Cherry

We’re one day away from one of the most anticipated releases in gaming. Hollow Knight: Silksong comes out on September 4th, and it warms my heart to...

03.09.2025 6

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Backyard Football ’99 Is Back: Here’s How To Play It

A while back, future Hall of Fame center and current Hall of Fame parade speech king, Jason Kelce, mentioned he wanted to bring back the Backyard...

03.09.2025 4

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Helldivers 2 Just Dropped the ‘Into the Unjust’ Update: Here’s Everything New

Helldivers 2 is one of my favorite co-op games. The combination of difficulty, strategy, and pure chaos has made for incredible moments and videos....

02.09.2025 6

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007: First Light Is Getting Its Own State of Play Showcase—With 30 Minutes of Gameplay

Now that we’re a couple of days away from Hollow Knight: Silksong, other games get to move up a spot on my most anticipated list. One of those games...

02.09.2025 10

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Fear Effect Just Shadow Dropped on Nintendo Switch

Growing up, the PS1 in my house belonged to my dad, preventing me from getting too into the weeds with the games available on it. That PS1 was a DOOM,...

01.09.2025 4

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Bloodthief, a Fast-Paced Melee Dungeon Runner, Is Coming to PC Soon

How fast can you bounce from enemy to enemy, creating as much death and chaos as possible? You can find out the answer on September 22, 2025, when...

01.09.2025 3

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3 Indie Games You Should Definitely Have on Your Radar

Back to my beloved indie games. Oh, how I’ve missed randomly dropping off four to six of these a week on your heads. But today I have three in the...

01.09.2025 3

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Borderlands 4 Post-Launch Content Roadmap Revealed

Borderlands 4 is almost here, and is looking to right some of the wrongs from the third installment in the series. So far, gameplay seems solid and...

01.09.2025 4

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Call of the Sea Is Finally Coming to Nintendo Switch

Here we are with another “what the hell was I doing when this was released?” game. Call of the Sea came out in 2020 on PC and in 2021 on...

31.08.2025 4

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High on Life Just Got a Free Switch 2 Upgrade: Here’s Everything We Know

Comedic first-person shooter High on Life released on Nintendo Switch on May 6, 2025, and while the reviews sit somewhere around where the other...

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Turns Out Players Really Want Physical Copies of Cyberpunk 2077

Another win for the physical media agenda! I’m willing to be as persistent about this as it takes to continue pushing it. Buy physical media. How...

31.08.2025 1

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Bungie Is Paying Players $500 Just for Playing Marathon for a Month

Bungie’s been going through a lot recently. If it’s not an art plagiarism scandal, it’s the CEO stepping down. And as for Marathon, it’s...

29.08.2025 4

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Karate Survivor Is the ‘80s Action Movie Game I Didn’t Know I Needed (Review)

I have put so much time into Vampire Survivors that I genuinely get concerned about my own well-being when I look back. And ever since poncle blessed...

29.08.2025 2

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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Gets Patch to Address Crashing Issues

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has finally arrived and by all accounts, is a great game, despite being hampered by some pretty significant issues...

29.08.2025 3

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC Scales Difficulty Based on How Much You’ve Played

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle remains one of my favorite games I’ve ever played. As someone who loved the first three movies, the game was a...

29.08.2025 3

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Clair Obscur Is Becoming a Franchise, Starting With Expedition 33

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an incredible RPG. I’m still playing through it, but my time with it has been exactly what I expected when I saw the...

29.08.2025 4

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FBC: Firebreak Released a New Update: Here’s Everything You Need to Know

FBC: Firebreak is a game I was excited to play, but just never got around to touching it. Brent thought it was pretty solid, though. And he says...

29.08.2025 4

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No Man’s Sky Just Got Another Massive Update: Introducing Voyagers

I love No Man’s Sky. And I have since the game launched. I was there day one. And while I can objectively admit that it didn’t meet all the...

29.08.2025 4

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Ken Levine Just Provided an Update on Judas—and a Look at a New Gameplay Feature

Remember when Ken Levine revealed Judas, and then it disappeared from consciousness? Me too. Anyway, he popped out with an update and reminded us all...

29.08.2025 1

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Acclaim Is Back—and Hosting Its Own Showcase Next Month

I can’t properly express just how huge Acclaim was when I was growing up. In the 90’s, if you enjoyed a licensed game, the odds were pretty good...

28.08.2025 5

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Super NES Nintendo Classics Features Update Trailer Released: Watch Now

Mario Paint is awesome. Let’s just get that out the way. But something was missing. As a couple of YouTube commenters pointed out, the Japanese...

28.08.2025 4

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Atari Just Grabbed the Rights to 5 Ubisoft Games—Including I Am Alive

I can’t believe stuff like this doesn’t happen more often. Atari and Ubisoft got together and hammered out a deal that gives Atari the full IP...

28.08.2025 4

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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for September 2025 Revealed

We seem to be settling into a pretty solid run of PlayStation Plus offerings, and September is no exception, featuring the sequel to a classic and two...

27.08.2025 3

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The Riftbreaker Just Got a Major 2.0 Update: Everything You Need To Know

The Riftbreaker is a game I hadn’t even heard of until yesterday, even though it’s been out for four years now. It’s a base-building action RPG...

27.08.2025 3

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Battlefield 2042 Drops Huge Surprise Update Amid Battlefield 6 Wait

The excitement for Battlefield 6 is high. The hype around the game feels different than past entries. Part of that has to do with the response to the...

27.08.2025 4

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Lakers Star Luka Doncic Pulls Off Overwatch 2 Season 18 Collaboration

Whenever gaming and sports can be mashed together, it makes me very happy. So, seeing Luka Doncic in ads for Overwatch 2 is awesome. Especially...

27.08.2025 1

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3 Video Games That Could Crush It in Completely Different Genres

I actually have no idea what inspired me to come up with this list idea. Perhaps it was a combination of desperation, boredom, or a general desire to...

27.08.2025 3

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Capcom’s Tokyo Game Show 2025 Lineup Announced: Here’s Everything You Need to Know

Gamescom is in the books. But that doesn’t mean anything stops. Tokyo Game Show is next up, running from September 25th to September 28th. And...

26.08.2025 1

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Super Hamster Havoc Looks Crazy: Watch the Trailer Now

Over the last year, I’ve realized that I tend to become hyper-fixated on a particular genre of indie game. For a while, it was roguelikes. Then it...

26.08.2025 2

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EA’s skate. Gets Cover Art Reveal and Early Access Tease

EA’s Skate franchise has proven to be one of the most popular sports games ever, with fans of the series on pins and needles waiting for any...

25.08.2025 2

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Replaced May End Up Being One of the Best Games of 2026

I want to see more games that make serious use of pixel art. Bionic Bay was one of those games that looked so good, you almost never noticed it. And...

25.08.2025 1

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That Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct Was Massive—Here’s What Stood Out

I loved my GameCube. However, I must admit that some games slipped through the cracks for me. Kirby Air Ride was one of them. Fortunately, I have a...

24.08.2025 2

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Stygian: Outer Gods Just Dropped Its First Major Update

Stygian: Outer Gods is a game I have zero familiarity with. But having come across the trailer for its Souls of the Silent Tide update, I think that I...

24.08.2025 5

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The Devs Behind the Blood of Dawnwalker Are Building Something Truly Different

I’ve been incredibly excited about The Blood of Dawnwalker ever since I saw that first gameplay trailer. Several former Witcher 3 developers worked...

23.08.2025 3

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Ubisoft Just Revealed The Division 2: Survivors: Here’s What We Know So Far

The Division 2 is a weird game. I love the story, and the gameplay is pretty solid. However, something about it made me put it down and never return....

23.08.2025 3

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Poncle, the Team Behind Vampire Survivors, Is Publishing Games Now—Starting With Kill The Brickman

Vampire Survivors hit like a ton of bricks. It also spawned several games in the same vein. It’s one of those games that makes you look at the...

22.08.2025 2

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Here’s Every Game in the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection

Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is high on my list of anticipated games, if only because it’s a chance to get a significant number of classic games...

22.08.2025 4

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It’s Finally Happening. Hollow Knight: Silksong Has a Release Date.

It finally happened. The release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong has been revealed. First announced in 2019, the game has been the subject of...

22.08.2025 6

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Fans Aren’t Happy With the New Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Trailer. Shocker.

The first Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 trailer looked really interesting. Before I got to the end and saw that it was for Call of Duty. I’ve been so...

22.08.2025 4

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These Are My 4 Favorite Batman Games

With the news of a brand-new LEGO Batman game, I got to thinking about what games featuring my favorite superhero I love the most. And then I decided...

22.08.2025 2

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Rue Valley Is an Isometric Narrative RPG That Might Crush Me Emotionally

This is the article I’ve been most excited to write. I love a good narrative game. Even better when it’s an RPG. And Rue Valley is a game that is...

22.08.2025 2

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The Rogue Prince of Persia Game Just Shadow-Dropped on Xbox Game Pass

I’ve been enjoying the return of Prince of Persia to the gaming world. The mid-2000s trilogy was great, even if they did take him down that era’s...

21.08.2025 3

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Project Pantheon Drops 30 Minutes of Gameplay and Its Official Title: Gods, Death & Reapers

It’s finally confirmed. Project Pantheon is no more. It’s now got an official title: Gods, Death & Reapers. I was excited when I first saw the...

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