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How to enter Makino Kurumazuka Kofun in Assassin's Creed Shadows
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 18:00Break into this loot-filled kofun cave.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows review
By Brendan Caldwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 18, 2025 - 18:00Assassin's Creed is for magpies. These stealth action adventures constantly dangle some glittering side hustle to distract you from the winding road of the main story. They are "while we're here" ga...
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Ark: Survival Ascended's first expansion recruits the studio behind Jujutsu Kaisen for some flashy, anime cutscenes
By Oisin Kuhnke - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 18, 2025 - 18:00It seems like no matter where you go, Mappa is right there, ready and waiting with an anime something-or-other you weren't expecting. This time, you'll find the studio behind Jujutsu Kaisen in Ark:...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a gorgeous retread of tired RPG mechanics
By Grant Stoner - Polygon | Mar 18, 2025 - 18:00A shinobi deftly runs across several rooftops after swiftly assassinating several guards. She opens a large castle gate for reinforcements. A hulking samurai walks through, leaving behind a trail of b...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows: The Kotaku Review
By Zack Zwiezen - Kotaku | Mar 18, 2025 - 18:00Assassin’s Creed Shadows is, if you count every spin-off and mobile game, the 31st entry in Ubisoft’s long-running historical open-world franchise about sneaky assassins and secret conspiracies. While...
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God Of War TV Show Writer Says He Gave Up On Trying To Play The Games
By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:50Amazon’s God of War TV show was announced years ago and is still sorting itself out behind the scenes. Now, well-known TV writer Ronald D. Moore has confirmed he’s joined the project, adding that it’s...
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Endorfy Fortis 5 Dual Fan review
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:49A sub-$50 cooler with lots going for it.
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Amazon’s God of War TV series is already looking toward season 2
By Austen Goslin - Polygon | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:43Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of God of War has been in the works for a while now, but on March 11 we got our most concrete details about the show yet. Showrunner Ron Moore, the mind behind the 2000...
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Baldur's Gate Fans Won't Have Long To Wait To Find Out The Future Of The Franchise
By Lan Pitts - Gamespot | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:29Baldur's Gate 3 was a colossal hit for Larian Studios, but with Larian walking away from the franchise, toy juggernaut Hasbro is picking up the sword and shield and journeying on. Hasbro, which also o...
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Bethesda's Todd Howard Reveals His Two Choices For Most Influential Game Of All Time
By Evan Campbell - Gamespot | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:29The director behind Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Starfield was asked to pick the most influential game of all time. Todd Howard decided there are actually two titles that fit that billing: Super Mario Bros....
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Analogue's 4K Nintendo 64 Delayed To July, 8BitDo 64 Controllers Still Available
By Steven Petite - Gamespot | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:23Retro hardware manufacturer Analogue has delayed its modernized Nintendo 64 to July 2025. Originally planned for a Q1 2025 release, the highly anticipated $250 console has been sold out since October...
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PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:14Feels like Destiny.
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In Ginger, you speak an unknown language through your keyboard to weave a world
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:08I'm still learning how to say "ginger" in Ginger, which was recommended to us by Maw feeder Fachewachewa. It's listed in the game's dictionary, and I have worked out how to say "er" - A + space + d...
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AMD claims it has 45% gaming GPU market share in Japan but jokingly admits it 'isn't used to selling graphics cards'
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:07If AMD's supply ain't perfect, Nvidia's must be even worse
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This HyperX headset is quite literally for the clouds as it has the option for winged ear plates
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 17:00Head in the clouds.
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Cities: Skylines 2 celebrates 10 years of Cities with more nuanced homelessness and six new DLCs
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 16:57The new packs will be free for Ultimate Edition owners, but everyone will need to check which of their mods have broken.
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Rockstar hornswoggles lapsed GTAO players with $3 million welcome-back offer that actually requires you to spend money to get most of it
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 16:57There's a catch if you want more than $1,000,000.
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'I'm not a gamer,' says God of War Amazon series' new showrunner, unwittingly kicking a hornet's nest despite years of acclaimed writing experience
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 16:57Moore or less.
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Call Of Duty Issues An Extreme Warning To Cheaters
By S.E. Doster - Gamespot | Mar 18, 2025 - 16:51Call of Duty is gearing up for Season 3 of Black Ops 6 and Warzone. The big update will bring the return of Verdansk to battle royale on April 3, and now Activision has issued a major warning to cheat...
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Palworld Dev Says It Was "A Depressing Day" When Nintendo Sued
By Eddie Makuch - Gamespot | Mar 18, 2025 - 16:35In 2024, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company sued Palworld developer Pocketpair on patent infringement claims, and now Palworld's community manager has revealed more details on how it all went down.Appea...
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Pokémon Lawsuit Took Palworld Team By Surprise, Says Dev
By Kenneth Shepard - Kotaku | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:50It’s been six months to the day since Nintendo and The Pokemon Company announced they were suing Pocketpair, the developer behind the “Pokemon with guns” survival game Palworld. After months of contro...
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Ratings board gives away Silent Hill f's gut-churning tricks, listing face-slicing, arm-sawing and, worst of all, 'exposed buttocks'
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:43The f stands for fscary.
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Gotta Build 'Em All: Lego Teases Pokemon Sets
By Darryn Bonthuys - Gamespot | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:41Lego has produced multiple sets based on famous video game franchises over the years, and in 2025, it's tackling one of the biggest IP of all time in the form of Pokemon. For now, Lego is only teasing...
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The best game design schools, ranked by the Princeton Review 2025
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:35No matter what aspect of game development you're interested in, the Princeton Review has worked to find the best school for you.
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Fans Celebrate Surprise Lego Pokémon Tease: 'Free From Mega Bloks Hell'
By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:30Lego has teased its latest video game mashup and this time it’s with Pokémon. There’s no release date beyond “2026,” no pricing info or other details at the moment, and it doesn’t really matter becaus...
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Game Pass Core, The Cheaper Option, Is Adding More Games Soon
By Eddie Makuch - Gamespot | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:29Microsoft will soon expand the roster of titles in the Game Pass Core library, something it rarely does. The cheapest Game Pass tier ($10/month) will add three more games on March 26.These include thr...
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The Half-Life 2 RTX demo proposes a nice visual upgrade and not much else
By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:28Half Life 2 RTX, the Nvidia-backed graphical overhaul mod for Valve’s seminal FPS, has a Steam demo out today. It covers both the Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt chapters, for an extended look at how muc...
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Helldivers 2's next warbond'll let you be a real space cowboy, and draw on those Automaton scum with a lever-action rifle
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:23Yeehaw.
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Lego Pokémon announced, coming 2026
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:10In an announcement set to send shockwaves through wallets everywhere, Lego has announced it will launch a Pokémon-themed range in 2026. Read more
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The Latest Batch Of March Xbox Game Pass Additions Almost Makes Up For What's Leaving
By Ethan Gach - Kotaku | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:05The second set of Xbox Game Pass games for March 2025 have been confirmed and they include plenty of things to look forward too. From apocalyptic RPC Atomfall to the Blizzard Arcade Collection sportin...
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Cataclismo review
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:00Is the horde mode city builder a towering achievement?
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PCIe 5.0 SSDs are growing up, but ye olde 4.0 drives are still better value for gaming PCs
By James Archer - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 18, 2025 - 15:00Two years since the first gaming-focused PCIe 5.0 SSDs showed up, there are some encouraging signs that these drives might eventually develop something approaching a point. Consider the Crucial T700,...
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The Half-Life 2 RTX demo is out now and well worth a go… if your graphics card can take it
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 14:39Two levels are available to play in Half-Life RTX right now: Ravenholm and Nova Prospekt.
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Xbox Game Pass late March titles announced
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 14:29Microsoft has announced its next wave of Game Pass titles available in March 2025, including promising-looking new British survival game Atomfall - well, if you're a PC or Ultimate subscriber. Re...
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XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 OC review
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 14:15With $100 tacked onto the initial $549 price tag—at least—the RX 9070 becomes a hard card to love.
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Moroi is a top-down meatgrinder that stinks of Little Nightmares and American McGee's Alice
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Mar 18, 2025 - 14:14It was around the time the sigil-ridden corpse hooked up to a breathing tube pooped out a slithering, smiling garden gnome, and shortly after I had to sacrifice my arms, legs, colours and voice to...
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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition review
By Katharine Castle - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 14:00For ten years, Xenoblade Chronicles X has lived as the black sheep of Monolith Soft's grand RPG series. Its nameless, blank canvas protagonist, its full tilt into hard military sci-fi, and its recrui...
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'I made the world's worst keyboard': This YouTuber's homemade board has over 1,000 keys and types in words, not letters
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 13:58'Like and sign up to watch'.
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Don't Miss The Most Imaginative City-Building Game In Years
By John Walker - Kotaku | Mar 18, 2025 - 13:30There are so many degrees of scope when it comes to the city building format. The genre, that first flourished in the early ‘90s with SimCity 2000 has consistently delivered intricate excellence, with...
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"Eager to get me on my knees, Raphael?" Baldur's Gate 3 mod lets you romance the silk-tongued cambion devil, although maybe you shouldn't, yeah?
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 13:16"Eager to get me on my knees, Raphael?" Baldur's Gate 3 mod lets you romance the silk-tongued cambion devil, although maybe you shouldn't, yeah?
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Chinese graphics card maker claims RX 9070 supply will be 'stable' from April while AMD commits to more MSRP graphics cards though admits it's something 'we don't directly control'
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 13:06It's true that it's not all under AMD's control, but that isn't by accident...
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Cherry MX 8.2 TKL Wireless XAGA review
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 13:03Looks suave, feels great, and has all the right connections, but this lavish lifestyle comes with an extravagant price tag.
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Zenless Zone Zero developer finally embraces its divine domain as the god of jiggle physics, goes mad, adds them to cat balls
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 12:48Cat got your tongue?
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Space Marine 2 CEO puts the boot into the Saints Row team's twitching corpse from his private jet: 'Who's going to fund them for the next game after that disaster?'
By PC Gamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 12:47Which is certainly a look.
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One of gaming's most memorable tunes is now available on Nintendo Music
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 12:45You've heard it in your dreams - the soundtrack to Tetris is now available on the Switch Online subscription's Nintendo Music app. Read more
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God of War TV show getting second season, though first still being written
By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 12:28Amazon's God of War series already has a second season ordered, even though the first hasn't even aired. In fact, the last I checked, the first season doesn't even have a release date yet. Read more
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Ark 2 developer acknowledges missing-in-action sequel
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 12:02Remember Ark 2? Announced back at The Game Awards 2020 with a preposterous CGI trailer starring Vin Diesel, the dino-riding sequel has been rarely seen since. Read more
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‘The Trial of Kharzoid’ is a Block-Breaking Horror Adventure
By Joel Couture - Indie Games | Mar 18, 2025 - 12:00The Trial of Kharzoid bounces your skull through gloomy castles and against monstrous foes as it combines horror and block-breaking. The wizard of the same name as the title has Xyleria under... The p...
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Saints Row reboot developer "didn't know what they were building", Saber CEO says, criticising shuttered team
By Victoria Kennedy - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 11:04The CEO of Saber Interactive has some pretty damning words to say about 2022's poorly-received Saints Row reboot, and its developer Volition. Read more
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Palworld developer reveals Nintendo lawsuit reaction
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Mar 18, 2025 - 11:01Palworld developer Pocketpair has discussed the moment it discovered Nintendo had launched legal action against its Pokémon-style game. Read more
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