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Tekken 8 Exodus Has Fans Worried As 20-Year Veteran Exits Bandai Namco

Ikeda's departure as Tekken 8's director has left the community feeling uncertain about the game's future, as Bandai Namco has yet to reveal who will be replacing him

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All Hunting Challenges in Crimson Desert

In Crimson Desert, there are 11 Hunting Challenges for players to complete, all of which revolve around finding, catching, or hunting the various types of wildlife found in the game.

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gaming

How to Complete 'Deadly Delivery' in 007 First Light

The Deadly Delivery challenge requires you to kill an enemy with a proximity mine placed on a robot vacuum cleaner during Wave of the Future, a main mission in 007 First Light. However, the challenge doesn't offer much in terms of helpful hints, which is why you might be a tad stuck.

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All 30th Anniversary Cards Revealed For The Pokemon TCG

Pokemon is, somehow, in its 30th year. I remember picking up Pokemon Blue as a kid, so this fact makes me feel very, very old. I've also been collecting the Pokemon TCG since its inception, so days like today still fill me with a childlike excitement.

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gaming

ROG Xbox Ally X20 With OLED Screen Revealed

Asus has revealed a third model of the ROG Xbox Ally. It's called the ROG Xbox Ally X20 and it comes with an OLED screen, improved controls, all of which is packaged up in a rather fetching black and gold translucent case. The only downside is the price because, much like when the original models of the Xbox Ally were...

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June 4 is the End of an Era for Call of Duty: Warzone

Given the massive install bases of the Xbox One and (especially) the PlayStation 4, not to mention COVID derailing the start of the current console generation, it’s no surprise that they’ve remained relevant for nearly 13 years. Major games have continued to release and recieve support on PS4 and Xbox One despite their...

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gaming

UK Government Considering Game Chat Ban For Under 16s

The UK was among the first countries to roll out new legislation that required social media sites to verify the ages of their users. This has proven controversial, with many seeing the age verification methods as an invasion into the privacy of adult users, and also ineffective at protecting children online.

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Destiny 2 Was Not A Failure

Bungie's loot shooter achieved something most games never even attempt

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gaming

AMD confirms that AM5 will continue to be supported by new processors through to 2029, and drop the deets on a forthcoming EXPO update

While AMD didn't have much in the way of brand-new PC gaming hardware for Computex 2026β€”just a cut-down GPU, plus a last-gen X3D CPU and a last-last-gen oneβ€”it has at least reminded us of something important for many rig builders. Its current desktop processor socket will still be supported by new chip releases for at...

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mobile

Jobs digest: moves at Miniclip, Supercell, Scopely, Socialpoint, Ares and more

  Our jobs digest has all the recruitment news you need from across the mobile games business, all in one spot. This column is sponsored by FastSpring. FastSpring: Global payments for your games from a partner you can trust with your players. Quickly launch a new web store, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a...

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Everything We Expect To See Announced At This Week's State Of Play

E3 season is here! Despite the fact this annual video game trade show died a slow yet inevitable death five long years ago, I still can’t help thinking of summer this way. All the sunshine means a bustling week when every major gaming company unleashes a flurry of exciting news and announcements to fill out the gaming...

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Noctua aims to effectively banish thermal paste horror stories and gooped-up CPU sockets

Noctua has announced a long-term partnership with Carbice, "a U.S.-based expert in vertically-aligned carbon nanotube thermal interface materials." Noctua revealed during this year's Computex that it will become the exclusive retail distributor of Carbice's carbon nanotube thermal pads.A dedicated cooling pad for AMD R...

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