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Gloomwood rings in the new year with a very vertical update filled with piggish cops and a useful new gun

Gloomwood opened the year not with a whimper, but with a town - a Hightown! Right on January 1st, a fresh update and new area (The Hightown District) arrived in the early access stealth game. This new district is very vaguely described as the game's "most vertical open area" yet, ...
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Original Magic: The Gathering Art Director Wanted the TCG to ‘Celebrate Female Empowerment’ With Its Card Art

The original art director of Magic: The Gathering, Jesper Myrfors, has once again taken to social media to offer some interesting behind-the-scenes insight into the early days of the game, this time explaining his efforts to ensure Magic "celebrated female empowerment along with male empowerment" through a simple rule: "No ...
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Pac-Man Joins The ‘Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds’ Roster Later This Week

Eating up the dust.If you thought Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds was slowing down anytime soon, think again. Sega has announced that the Pac-Man Pack will be available on 7th January 2026.Alongside the upcoming DLC, which includes the iconic Namco character as a playable racer, PAC-MAN Festival is also kicking off a ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s writer doesn’t want to follow audience expectations despite being “a bit of a people pleaser”

When a game like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 rocks up, rakes in a bunch of success and critical acclaim, alongside the top game of the year prize at Geoffie's Lil Night of Ads, there will be certain expectations of what's next. It's always what's next! Because there has to be ...
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Former ZeniMax Online Founder Confirms He Resigned Because Xbox Killed Project Blackbird

Matt Firor, the former studio head and founder of ZeniMax Online Studios, has confirmed his resignation from the company as a direct result of the cancelation of the studio's unannounced game, Project Blackbird.In a LinkedIn post today, Firor reflected on the last year and confirmed his departure back in July, ...
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Baba is You gets one last big update leaving custom level makers with some foxy new toys

The best puzzle games are often the ones where the thing you actually do is dead simple, with the challenge coming from an intricately woven path of twists and turns on doing said thing. Like, for example, Baba is You. You (Baba) are a rabbity thing that pushes wordy blocks ...
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Belkin’s New Charging Case Pro For Switch 2 Looks Like A Huge Improvement

Shipping starts this month.Accessory manufacturer Belkin has added a new Switch 2 case to its catalogue, and this one looks like a doozy. The Charging Case Pro retails for $99.99, which certainly sounds like a lot for a case, but you're also getting a lot with this one.The new Pro ...
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Xbox to Bring Cloud Gaming to Select Hisense and V homeOS-powered Smart TVs

January 5, 2026 Xbox to Bring Cloud Gaming to Select Hisense and V homeOS-powered Smart TVs
  • Lori Wright, Corporate Vice President, Gaming Partnerships and Business Development
As we step into the new year, many of us are looking for fresh ways to play, connect, and explore. That’s why we’re excited to ...
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It’s Taken 15 Years, But Someone’s Finally Completed Super Meat Boy Without Dying Once

Super Meat Boy, the hard-as-nails platforming classic where dying dozens of times per level comes as standard, has now been played from start to finish in a perfect run. It's been 15 years since Super Meat Boy originally released for Xbox 360, and it has taken all of those 15 ...
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Styx: Blades of Greed paints a nice stealthy picture in its latest trailer, even if its titular goblin can’t shut up

A nice, juicy nine-minute-long Styx: Blades of Greed gameplay trailer has been plucked from the tree of stealth games today. Juicy in the sense that nine minutes is plenty of time to help ascertain whether a game looks like it could be fun, yet if we're sticking with this metaphor ...
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