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Overwatch 2 makes competitive tweaks and, yep, if you've been stuck in Bronze 5 it maybe wasn't your fault
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:37I knew it.
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Where to find the Sidereal Essence vendor in Wrath Classic
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:32Spend this currency to get gear from Ulduar.
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Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 contents seemingly leaked
By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:30Sons of the Patriots finally headed to multiplatform Ahead of the release of classic compilation Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol1, Konami updated its website with a timeline of the featured g...
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Ubisoft’s Call of Duty Clone Is Actually Pretty Good
By Zack Zwiezen - Kotaku | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:30Ubisoft’s big, crossover first-person shooter XDefiant isn’t out until later this year. However, a short open beta is currently being held until June 23. And after playing a few hours of Ubisoft’s new...
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This smart-yet-simple kingdom survival game might be my next strategy fix
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:26My kingdom for a horse.
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Lance Reddick memorial added to Horizon Forbidden West DLC
By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:22Horizon Forbidden West now has a memorial to commemorate actor Lance Reddick. Reddick, who played Sylens in both this game and its predecessor, passed away earlier this year aged 60. In th...
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Fortnite Adds The Witcher's Ciri And Yennefer Skins, Plus Free Related Cosmetics
By Phil Owen - Gamespot | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:20Fortnite players have been expecting more skins based on The Witcher franchise ever since Geralt joined the game as a part of the Chapter 4 Season 1 battle pass earlier this year, and now it's finally...
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The Witcher's Ciri and Yennefer now in Fortnite
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:03You can now play as The Witcher's Ciri and Yennefer of Vengerberg in Fortnite, following the addition of main man Geralt at the end of last year. The pair arrive in Fortnite today ahead of The W...
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Final Fantasy XVI's RPG Elements Are Barely There
By Hayes Madsen - Kotaku | Jun 23, 2023 - 15:00For three decades the Final Fantasy franchise has been known for reinventing itself, whether it’s the cyberpunk-esque stylings of Final Fantasy VII or the push into online multiplayer with Final Fanta...
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Amazon is giving away games and DLC ahead of Prime Day
By Cameron Faulkner - Polygon | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:55Image: Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Studios It starts with a bang; get Prey right now With the news that Amazon Prime Day is returning on Tuesday, July 11, then sticking around...
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Diablo 4 apparently has a secret post-credit scene
By Chris Carter - Destructoid | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:53I didn't get it on my first playthrough Diablo 4 has been out for a few weeks, and folks still haven't discovered a possible cow level for it. But weird stuff is popping up, old school Blizzard style...
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All you need to know about AMD's 'missing' 7800 XT and 7700 XT GPUs
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:40Where for art thou, Navi 32?
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The Tartarus Key's theming rules because it's tropey, not scary
By Alice Bell - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:30There are a bunch of reasons I like The Tartarus Key (enough to make it our RPS Game Club pick this month), and one of them is that it's not actually scary. Like, sure, you could attach the horror ta...
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Your Summer 2023 Anime Guide: What To Watch And Where It's Streaming
By Isaiah Colbert - Kotaku | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:30Congratulations, you survived watching (and/or backlogging) last season’s whopping 50 new anime shows. Your reward: a helpful guide to yet another wave of new and returning anime shows and movies comi...
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Private email shows PlayStation chief unworried about Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty
By Kyle Orland - Ars Technica | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:29In FTC trial, Microsoft also downplays cloud gaming as "stuttering... tiny... niche."
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Genshin Impact codes from the version 3.8 livestream
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:04Get the latest Primogems from this version's special program.
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Tears of the Kingdom Is Another Zelda That's Low Key A Horror Game
By Steven Scaife - Kotaku | Jun 23, 2023 - 14:00Though The Legend of Zelda franchise often dips into the eerie and the occult, its dominant mode is one of high adventure. Rather than associating the Japanese series with horror, we imagine a blonde...
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Diablo 4 seasons require a new character and it's splitting opinion
By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 13:57Diablo 4's seasonal content will require players to create a new character - a fact that's dividing fans of the game. Blizzard previously detailed its plans for seasonal content (which begins ne...
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Forget Diablo 4, the best way to play the original Diablo just got a meaty update
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 13:47DevilutionX has hit 1.5, and it's a doozy.
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The Diablo 4 team confirms DirectStorage isn't in the game 'but we are planning on enabling it in the future'
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 13:47Microsoft's funky SSD tech should be landing in Diablo 4 at some point.
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The ESA insists E3 isn't dead despite the city of Los Angeles saying otherwise
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 13:06It's "currently having conversations" about E3's future.
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Nine years later, Bungie finally reveals origins of Destiny's space golf ball The Traveller
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 13:02Bungie has at last served up some backstory for The Traveller, Destiny's long-running space moon/golfball thing which has been floating above Earth for much of the past decade. Destiny 1, which...
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Game of the Week: Story of Seasons and a different way for games to travel
By Christian Donlan - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 13:00Hello! This week's Game of the Week is Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. It's a farming simulator and a remake - the third remake! - of the first game that our reviewer Lottie can remember coun...
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Players salivate as Todd Howard confirms Starfield will be a 'modder's paradise' that Bethesda will 'participate' in
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 12:53Todd talked mods with some Kinda Funny bods.
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Matthew McConaughey was almost Joel in HBO's The Last of Us
By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 12:42Matthew McConaughey was once in the running to play Joel in HBO's TV adaptation of The Last of Us. Rumours that McConaughey, along with Mahershala Ali, were both in talks for the part were discu...
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Don't worry, the PC port of Final Fantasy 16 is definitely still in the works
By Liv Ngan - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 23, 2023 - 12:39"Will it or won't it?" has been the big question. That is, will Final Fantasy 16 actually be released on PC or won't it. It's been emotional whiplash for some PC fans. A PC version was specified in t...
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Acer Predator Helios 16
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 12:29RTX 4080 | Core i9 13900HX | 16GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB SSD | £2,599
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In private, PlayStation didn't seem concerned about Xbox exclusivity for Call of Duty at all
By Tom Phillips - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 12:23Sony was never seriously worried about losing access to Call of Duty if Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, a bombshell email revealed last night has suggested. The message, sent by PlayStatio...
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BioWare assures Star Wars: The Old Republic isn't shutting down, despite new developer
By Ed Nightingale - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 12:03Bioware has reassured fans that Star Wars MMO The Old Republic isn't heading into maintenance mode, despite the shift to a new developer. Earlier this month, the developer confirmed the game w...
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Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti OC
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 11:24Why spend more on a bigger and more expensive 4060 Ti?
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Pour one out for Call Of Duty: Warzone Caldera, which is shutting down in September
By Liv Ngan - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 23, 2023 - 11:23Activision are shutting down Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera later this year to "focus on future Call Of Duty content including the current Warzone free-to-play experience". Caldera, the new name for t...
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Dungeons of Hinterberg has stolen my heart
By Chris Tapsell - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 11:01I'll forgive you for having missed Dungeons of Hinterberg during Xbox's big summer showcase. It was tucked away, forty-something minutes in, between a new horror from cult-favourite studio The Chin...
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What we've been playing
By Eurogamer staff - Eurogamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 11:00Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: Diablo, a NES classic, and Spelunky 2.I...
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RPS are partnering up with the Rezzed Zone at EGX 2023
By Katharine Castle - Rock Paper Shotgun | Jun 23, 2023 - 11:00Frequent EGX goers will know that the Rezzed Zone has always been home to the best and most interesting games at the UK’s biggest gaming show, and RPS will be there on the ground this year, highlight...
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Indiana Jones will be an Xbox/PC exclusive following Bethesda acquisition
By Chris Moyse - Destructoid | Jun 23, 2023 - 11:00No Ticket It has been a very, very long time since we last heard anything from Bethesda's exciting new Indiana Jones title, but we have some new news straight from the horse's mouth — Though it might...
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Blood Bowl 3 debuts seasonal 'blood pass', gives away Lizardmen team for free
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 07:06Will it be enough to win players back?
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Sims 4 Officially Announces Horse Ranch DLC With New Trailer
By Hayley Williams - Gamespot | Jun 23, 2023 - 07:01After leaks suggested horses were finally coming back to the Sims for the first time in over a decade, EA has officially confirmed the news with a new trailer showing off the Sims 4 Horse Ranch Expan...
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Destiny 2 Fanartist To Be Paid, Credited, After New Cutscene Referenced Their Artwork
By Hayley Williams - Gamespot | Jun 23, 2023 - 06:15Destiny 2's Season of the Deep this week revealed a new cutscene that explains the origins of The Witness, but one fan artist noticed one of the images used in the cutscene looked surprisingly familia...
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Today's Wordle hint and answer #734: Friday, June 23
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 06:06Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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Our Favorite Cosplay From Dreamhack Melbourne 2023
By Luke Plunkett - Kotaku | Jun 23, 2023 - 02:45From Comic-Con to C2E2, the vast majority of cosplay coverage you see on this website comes from American conventions. Which is fine! This is an American website, many of the world’s biggest shows are...
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Magic: The Gathering's Lord of the Rings set gives the card game a mythic resonance other crossovers lacked
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 02:10The Fortnite cards, not so much.
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This solo developer can't stop making his own riffs on famous stealth games, and his next looks like the best one yet
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 01:14From Metal Gear Solid to Splinter Cell, Antonio Freyre has carved out his own sneaky niche on Steam.
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Armored Core VI Cover Story And Final Fantasy XVI Review | GI Show
By Alex Van Aken - Gameinformer | Jun 23, 2023 - 01:13In this episode of The Game Informer Show, Alex returns from Tokyo to share everything he's learned about Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon, what it was like co-writing his first cover story w...
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After 9 years of waiting, horse fans are underwhelmed by the Sims 4 Horse Ranch expansion reveal
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 00:40The first trailer has equine enjoyers feeling mixed about the expansion's accuracy.
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For Deus Ex's 23rd Anniversary, its most chaotic mod is literally flipping the script with a new mirror mode
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 00:24The Deus Ex Randomizer continues to offer way more than just randomization.
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Mortal Kombat 1 Stress Test Codes Have Been Sent Out, Begins Tomorrow
By Luis Joshua Gutierrez - Gamespot | Jun 23, 2023 - 00:19Tomorrow on June 23, you'll finally be able to test your might in Mortal Kombat 1 as NetherRealm Studios will be holding a Stress Test. The test will take place over the weekend, ending Sunday, June 2...
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E3 2024 and 2025 may be canceled, according to LA tourism board
By Eric Van Allen - Destructoid | Jun 23, 2023 - 00:15ESA says no final decision made yet With the summer showcases winding down here, we've just had another summer without E3. And according to a new source, E3's potential return still seems very, very...
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Filthy Diablo 4 infinite spawn glitch makes it rain loot for as long as you want
By PC Gamer | Jun 23, 2023 - 00:00Farm XP and legendaries until Blizzard nerfs this one too.
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The first trailer for the big budget GameStop—Reddit stock scandal film reveals a surprisingly stellar cast
By PC Gamer | Jun 22, 2023 - 23:53umb Money stars Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Nick Offerman, America Ferrera, Seth Rogen, and several other big names.
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Final Fantasy XVI Gets Localization Right
By Matt Miller - Gameinformer | Jun 22, 2023 - 23:42We’ve all been there. You’re playing a game you really like; the action is tight, the visuals are impressive, and the systems are engaging. Then a character opens their mouth, and the dialogu...
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