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Fiddly parkour is the secret sauce that makes every moment of Deadlock compelling

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: running away is the best feeling in videogames. More specifically, being chased is the best feeling in videogames, a sentiment I’d happen to share with my golden retriever if you replaced the word “videogames” with “the universe”. He is a purer being, ...
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Xbox Confirms It’s Looking Into A Potential Handheld Device

Don't expect anything soon, though.Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has confirmed that the firm is looking into potentially producing a handheld device for its Xbox platform.In speaking with Bloomberg (thanks, Pure Xbox), the executive stated that the “expectation is that we would do something” in the handheld space, but was also seemingly ...
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Brace Yourself: The Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 1 Update Is 40 GB

Black Ops 6 Season 1 launches today, November 14, and with it comes a mammoth update that has become a Call of Duty trademark.The Season 1 update, which brings Call of Duty up to version 1.061.000, is available to download now and weighs in at a gargantuan 40.422 GB on ...
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Classic shooters Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free and preserved on the Internet Archive

Epic Games has given the OK for their 1998 shooter Unreal to be hosted on the Internet Archive, essentially making the classic sci-fi alien blaster free, and preserving it for the future. They've also given the same permission for Unreal Tournament to be hosted there too, making free the multiplayer ...
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Mortal Kombat 1 Dev NetherRealm Is Using Ghostface to Secretly Bring Back Two Obscure Characters — and Fans Have Already Worked Out Their True Identities

Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm fully unveiled Ghostface overnight, showing off the DLC guest character’s signature hunting knife, crawling skills, and ability to phone in a fellow Ghostface partner to help finish off victims.But what the developers failed to reveal is which Mortal Kombat characters they’re quietly bringing back to ...
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Blizzard just quietly released Warcraft 1 and 2 remasters, and they look like Zynga games made by a blind duck

Well, that was quick. After artwork leaked last week for what looked very much like a remaster of classic real-time strategy Warcraft II: Tides Of Darkness, Blizzard sneakily dropped both that and a remaster of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans last night. They’re bundled together with Warcraft III: Reforged - itself ...
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Pokémon TCG Pocket Adds Anticipated Feature Early 2025, But There’s A Catch…

Trading arrives but it will be "gradually" expanded upon.Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has got off to a flying start on mobile devices, but one feature trainers have been unable to access at launch is trading.It was previously mentioned trading would not be available on release, and now in an ...
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Xbox Chief On Bringing Games To Other Platforms, Says There Are No “Red Lines”

But it's reportedly too early to make a call on Halo.Last month, Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella spoke about how Xbox was extending its gaming content to other platforms including the Nintendo Switch.It's unsurprisingly reignited a lot of debate about how far Xbox could go with this new strategy, and now ...
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Eiji Aonuma Explains Why Zelda’s Gameplay Takes Priority Over Story

The producer thinks it would be "kind of difficult" to reverse.Legend of Zelda's longtime producer Eiji Aonuma has recently been doing the press rounds to promote the new entry Echoes of Wisdom, but he's also been discussing the design philosophy of the Zelda series in general.Speaking to Washington Post reporter ...
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Pokémon TCG Pocket Roadmap Includes Trading by January and More Booster Packs Before the End of the Year

The developers behind Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket have teased some of the updates players can expect to receive in the coming months, including additional booster packs, trading, and other new features.The team detailed their strategy in a post published on its official X/Twitter account. It’s a message that thanks ...
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