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GTA 6 pre-orders open next week, and to celebrate Rockstar has revealed its official cover art

It may sound impossible, but the wait for Grand Theft Auto 6 is almost over. After a couple of delays, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has reassured fans that GTA 6 will release on November 19 this year, and now we have the pre-order date to prove it. Rockstar just randomlyβ€”hold on a second, let me check what...

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Helldivers 2: Galactic Campaigns, Explained

The Galactic Campaign system is Arrowhead's answer to making Helldivers 2's Galactic War more rewarding. A campaign is essentially a set of Major Orders that all go toward a specific goal for the war in a broader sense. Think of them as story beats that are tied directly to regular gameplay.

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"Our players can swing different types of ways" - Warframe studio talks avoiding Protoframe burnout, and fending off fans' furious appetite for romance

Warframe's next update - Jade Shadows: Constellations - has finally arrived, bringing with it two new Protoframes: Ryoku and Vena. A relatively recent addition to the sci-fi shooter's playable repertoire, Protoframes - essentially human versions of the game's familiar Warframes - were a bold swing that won hearts and...

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Gabe Newell buys $70.8 million mansion in Florida, and naturally it has a dock for his superyachts and a personal tunnel to the ocean

Gabe Newell, yacht enthusiast and the founder of one of the biggest videogame storefronts and developers on the planet, has just bought a big stonking house with his seemingly bottomless well of "I own Steam" money. The news comes courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, which reveals that Newell has bought a property in M...

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We now have teardown pics of the Steam Frame controller and it looks like it could be pretty repairable

The FCC has just made public some exhibits for the left Steam Frame controller (via SadlyItsBradley). We've known the FCC ID 2AES4-1013 refers to the left controller for the upcoming Valve VR headset for a while, but we now have iFixit-style teardown pictures of it, courtesy of Valve itself.Things could presumably stil...

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Final Fantasy 14 Is Giving Japanese Taxpayers Free Items

Japan has a tax contribution system called "Furusato Nozei," which allows you to donate part of your income tax to a city of your choice, usually your hometown. The chosen city will return the favor with gifts, such as high-end seafood, premium cuts of wagyu beef, luxury fruit, local alcohol, rice, and daily commoditie...

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For some reason, Riot Games is creating a Valorant 'pub' in east London hosted by a British takeaway guy who likes to yell "bosh!"

Ever watched a Big John video? He's a big guy from London who films himself eating food that'd probably floor me. I watched one video where he ordered three pies and two scoops of mash potato and some swamp-like sauce. Proper hearty food he calls it, then he said "bosh", and apparently he says bosh a lot. Read more

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How to Get Galaxy Sprites in Fortnite

Galaxy Sprites have been added to Fortnite as of Thursday, June 18. This new rarity of Sprite is even harder to find than Gold and Gummies, and it might take you quite a while to locate them (unless you're extremely lucky). However, we've got the methods you need to follow to make farming Galaxy Sprites in Fortnite eas...

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Steam Frame battery details emerge, showing hot-swappable system and AA batteries for the controllers

Yet another hint about the impending launch of the Steam Frame VR headset has emerged, thanks to a new FCC filing showing details of the battery systems used by both the headset and its controllers. Along with the controllers shown using standard AA batteries, the filing also contains details about a hot-swappable batt...

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Yosuke Okunari Wants To Make All 4,500 Sega Games Playable On Modern Platforms

While there's still a very real risk that some video games have been lost to time, and others remain unplayable, there's a more concerted effort now than ever by developers to try and make sure as many old games as possible are playable on modern platforms. None have attempted to undertake quite as big a task as Yosuke...

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Rockstar reveals the Grand Theft Auto 6 box art, which is quite nice I suppose, and pre-order dates for the game

Rockstar Games has revealed the box art for Grand Theft Auto 6, which looks a lot like you'd expect it to look, and it's revealed pre-order dates for the new game. Read more

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Virtua Fighter Crossroads Is Going For Broke On Things Most Fighting Games Wouldn’t Bother With

Fighting games aren't typically known for their stories. Ryu Ga Gotoku is trying to change that

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