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MLB The Show does co-op better than its sports game competitors

MLB The Show does co-op better than its sports game competitors

Modern AAA sports games have been overrun by card-collecting modes. The explosive popularity (and profitability) of EA Sports FC’s Ultimate Team has...

29.03.2025 3

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows improves on one of the series’ best features

Assassin’s Creed Shadows improves on one of the series’ best features

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the latest Assassin’s Creed game to take place in a vast, beautiful world — so large that it can be overwhelming....

21.03.2025 10

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I wish Avowed’s brilliant lore reminder feature was in every RPG

I wish Avowed’s brilliant lore reminder feature was in every RPG

We’ve all been there: playing an RPG in a fictional world when suddenly you’re lost in a swamp of made-up proper nouns. Where is that place? What...

14.03.2025 3

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Split Fiction’s invented sci-fi-vs.-fantasy rivalry gets in the way of a fun co-op adventure

Split Fiction’s invented sci-fi-vs.-fantasy rivalry gets in the way of a fun co-op adventure

Split Fiction , the long-awaited It Takes Two follow-up from developer Hazelight Studios, is a very fun couch co-op game in a gaming environment...

13.03.2025 3

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Daredevil: Born Again’s first big action scene deserved more

I have to be honest: I was never quite as high on Daredevil’s famous one-take hallway fight scene as everyone else seemed to be. It’s pretty good,...

08.03.2025 3

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I’ve been playing AAA sports games like management sims and I couldn’t be happier

I’ve been a sports game fanatic for as long as I’ve played video games. My very first favorite video game was Ken Griffey Jr.’s Slugfest for the...

21.02.2025 30

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Deadlock clicked when I saw it as a MOBA, not a hero shooter

When I booted up Deadlock for the first time, I was sure I knew what I was getting into. The premise for Valve’s first “truly new” game in years...

15.02.2025 10

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The PlayStation outage was a reminder of how few games I actually own

This weekend, Sony’s PlayStation Network was down for more than 24 hours, one of the longest unscheduled outages for a major gaming network in...

11.02.2025 7

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3 League players respond to the end of Arcane

Arcane has wrapped its second and final season on Netflix, bringing a close to the saga of Zaun, Piltover, and the various characters (both from...

28.11.2024 7

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In The Acolyte, the Jedi really were just cops all along

In its eight-episode first season, The Acolyte repeatedly hinted that it would continue Star Wars’ habit of complicating the Jedi’s legacy. Though...

17.07.2024 1

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