"Once someone simply repeats a previous argument, it's clear they are no longer functioning from logic or intelligence."
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Assassin's Creed Shadows marks a significant technological evolution for Ubisoft's flagship series, with a revitalised Anvil Engine that taps into some of the latest rendering technologies, alongside...
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Strap yourselves in for May 22.
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Everyone Poops—Mihail's Shards of Immersion adds droppings for humans, falmer, and giants.
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This week, we take a look at FBC: Firebreak, the new multiplayer shooter and Control spin-off from Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy Entertainment. We also recommend some outstanding games you can grab for...
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What a time to be alive.
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God of War is celebrating its 20-year anniversary today, March 22, 2025. Below, we examine how Kratos' character arc has shifted over time to become a timely reflection on masculinity and change.As mu...
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Back in 2021, Philip Summers launched a Kickstarter campaign for Hand-Drawn Game Guides, a series of books that resembled traditional strategy guides, apart from the fact that they were all illustrate...
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"In Project TH, the AI system is designed to actively utilize environmental structures to apply continuous pressure on the player."
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Over the nearly two decades since the first entry, Assassin’s Creed has ballooned into a mixed-media franchise that includes at least seven spinoffs, nine novels, 11 comics, a Michael Fassbender film,...
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There are, on balance, a couple of things I am always ready to read about. One of these things is to do with anytime some academic type puts an oil painting in an X-ray machine or something like that...
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Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie rekindles a career as a travelling salesperson; Tom Orry strugg...
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Here, take a look at this very pleasing fossilised instant coffee. Doesn't that just make you want to start your weekend off right? It was presented to me on Tuesday like a ceremonial offering, and s...
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Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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Will GTA 6 actually release in 2025? It's what everyone in the business wants to know.
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Fragpunk is the chill tactical shooter I didn't know I wanted.
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Fortnite OG mode is taking another step toward the present very soon--Season 3 starts on March 25, taking us back to the season that kicked off way back in February of 2018. While Fortnite OG has wane...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes place in Japan circa 1579, near the end of what is known as the Sengoku period — 300 years before the advent of the incandescent light bulb. So it stands to reason that...
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Mortis Trials will see players stack unique buffs over 12 waves of heretic-slaying carnage.
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"They're wondering, 'Okay, how far away is the next thing? I really gotta run all the way across the map?'" said Cameron Williams of Absurd Ventures.
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Eight years after launch, people are still playing Battle Brothers, and developers are still working on it.
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Most players love Koji Ise's signature interface designs, but they're also a barrier for a few.
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Not even in an alpha state, Kitten Space Agency is inspiring a community of developers to join its mission.
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InZoi, the first real attempt ever to compete with The Sims in the life sim space, is here, releasing via Steam Early Access, and it's only natural that players will spend their first several hours in...
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Happy Ostara to those who celebrate! For everyone else, happy Spring Equinox! Winter is finally friggin’ over, and while the world might still look a little dark and bleak, thank goodness we’ve now go...
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Media company Story Kitchen is heading up the effort to bring Split Fiction to the big screen.
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Developer Elodie will close its doors the same day it sunsets its ambitious debut game.
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A decade ago, in a poorly written post on my terrible old blog that I won’t link to here, I pondered why we didn’t have more dinosaur games. At the time I blamed it on technical limitations and a focu...
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Spirit Crossing is the next life sim from the Netflix-owned studio Spry Fox, makers of the beloved Animal Crossing-like Cozy Grove. Netflix announced the ambitious social MMO this week alongside some...
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Taking a break from buying megayachts.
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The longtime Yakuza/Like a Dragon developer considers its side stories vital to the overall narrative.
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The most surprising thing for me about the end of Severance’s second season was how few questions I still had when it was all over. Apple TV’s dystopian workplace thriller is a mystery box show, and y...
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Netflix was working on a AAA multiplayer shooter with a team that included Halo and Destiny veteran Joe Staten, but the game and the studio were scuttled in 2024. Why? One of Netflix's top gaming boss...
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At least they remembered, I suppose.
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"I knew he wasn't a bad kid, but there'd been this generational shift."
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The music will make you a believer, too.
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A new developer vlog spills the beans on the game’s solo origins, as well ideas for future updates.
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A small team tasked with making the game better did a lot of good, but also made one major error.
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows quickly clarifies that it’s not a history game. Like other Assassin’s Creed entries, a title card that appears right after booting up warns players that, while the events and...
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In 1768, Voltaire wrote “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him,” and boy, was he right (in the specific case of role-playing fantasy worlds). When Tolkien laid down the Ur-texts of...
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If the thrill of bopping Monster Hunter Wilds' base game menagerie is starting to fade, you'll no doubt be wanting to know what's next for Capcom's latest mega-hit. And following a couple of previo...
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One of Valve's most popular games, 1998's Half-Life, could have been the one and only game the company ever released, until a deal was struck that changed the company's fate forever. Monica Harrington...
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Surprise! Dragon Age: The Veilguard has just gained a few more weapons on PC, thanks to the arrival of the Rook's Weapons Appearance Bundle. Read more
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Capcom has announced that it will be airing a Monster Hunter Wilds showcase on March 25 at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. It'll be hosted by producer Ryozo Tsujimoto.The showcase will provide details about game's...
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A downgrade over the first version in almost every way.
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AI is supposed to give the life sim's characters better reasoning, but I'll believe it when I actually see it.
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What's stopping you from losing your nose?
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Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally here, and players are just beginning to explore the game's wide and wonderful open world. Though that world includes many delightful little details that add a touch...
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A programmer poking around the newly released Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on Switch has discovered references to an unused 60 fps mode in the game’s code, fueling speculation of a poten...
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I Hate This Place, the 2022 horror series from writer Kyle Starks and artist Artyom Toplin, was one of my favorite comics that year. And now, as revealed in the Future Games Show, it’s a neon-colored...
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