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Hellraiser Creator Clive Barker "Astonished" By Revival

Hellraiser: Revival might be divisive among critics, with a Metacritic score of 69 (fitting), but the game just got the one seal of approval that matters most: Clive Barker's.

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Solo Leveling Ragnarok: 8 Strongest Hunter Comebacks, Ranked

Hunters of many different types and classes exist in the dangerous world of Solo Leveling. They are significantly stronger than unawakened humans, especially those blessed with immense mana reserves and magical power that allow them to defeat magic beasts, raid dungeons, and protect others.

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The rumoured Steam Frame OLED would fix one of the Frame's minor weaknesses and do nothing for its major ones

Good catch by SteamFrameHub here: snippets of the recently released Steam Frame kernel source code contain references to a possible variant of Valve's new VR headset with upgraded OLED lenses. A failed prototype, ditched during development? Maybe not – one of the related code branches, which codename the device '...

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GTA 6 Is Officially Eligible To Win Game Of The Year At The Game Awards

GTA 6 will be released on November 19, 2026. After several long-term delays, there is no stopping this train now, and the game will almost certainly not see its release date move again. That means, with the eligibility window now confirmed, GTA 6 will officially be in the running to be crowned 2026’s Game of the Year.

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'There is no secret sauce' to a successful live service game according to Overwatch's associate game director, but knowing your audience is a good start

Not many live service games have stood the test of time quite like Overwatch. 10 years in and it's still been able to retain its playerbase, maintain momentum, and even ramp it up. How, you ask? Well, besides having really cute skins and a very enticing game loop, Team 4 figured out exactly where Overwatch needed to st...

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Riot Games has announced the end League of Legends Classic as an on-going mode, just three months after its release

League of Legends Classic, the recreation of an older version of the popular MOBA, will be taken down at the end of the current season. The reason given is simple: most players have moved on to other areas of League of Legends. Read more

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OLED really is the gift that keeps on giving, with what should be cheaper 700 Hz panels planned by TCL for 2028

I've long been a proponent of high refresh rates for competitive FPS gaming, though there are diminishing returns the higher up you go. So it's been an absolute joy to see the direction OLED panels have been heading of late, with high refresh rates and low prices. Now there's even more good news, as TCL is going to be...

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Dragon Ball's Orange Piccolo Officially Returns in 2027

Dragon Ball has introduced plenty of powerful transformations over the years, but some of its best upgrades are characters who have spent decades fighting alongside Goku, like Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero's Orange Piccolo. Piccolo has grown from one of the franchise's original villains into one of its most reliable he...

20 hours ago 👁 2
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"Some people like it, some people are annoyed by it": Substructure may look like Factorio, but it changes the automation game in some fundamental ways

In many respects, as someone who has played a lot of automation games, Substructure is very familiar. It begins with you landing on the surface of an alien world and using nothing but pluck, the tools on your UI, and the schematics in your tech tree to construct a sprawling factory that claws up resources from the plan...

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Castlevania Belmont's Curse swung between Dark Souls and Dead Cells to find the form that "feels good in your hands"

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse launches today, and it feels right. Developer Evil Empire was born out of Dead Cells studio Motion Twin to continue work on that game, which always wore its Castlevania influences on its sleeve. Eventually, the team would bring the two together with a crossover DLC, before finally building...

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Microsoft Survey Teases a Future Where Minecraft and Fallout Are Xbox Exclusives

A brand-new survey has just been sent to some Xbox owners, asking them what they'd do if the company decided to make all of its future first-party games console-exclusive. While this latest survey does ask fans how they'd feel if every future Xbox game was exclusive, a handful of franchises are highlighted specifically...

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Fortnite One Wish Willow Sprite Location & Effect

Fortnite Override's final event has begun, bringing the second part of the 2026 Fortnitemares Event. With it comes new content, new rewards, and even a collaboration with the hit movie Obsession. While players can pick up Obsession cosmetics via the Item Shop, many may also be hunting for the One Wish Willow Sprite, wh...

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