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Paralives is possibly the first ever videogame with a character editor that gives people motion sickness

Cosy life sim Paralives launched into early access this week, sweetening the initial reception with a roadmap full of free goodies. I've been looking forward to the game, if only because there has been such disappointment of late on the life sim front – Paradox Tectonic's Life By You fell foul of funding cuts, In...

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Alan Wake and Control "should have sold more", says Remedy's newly-appointed CEO, who promises he's not the evil exec people expected

While both games were critically acclaimed, Remedy's newly-appointed CEO believes Alan Wake and Control "should have sold more" and been more commercially successful than they were. That being said, he has a remedy for Remedy's titles (thank you Matt, for pointing out this the perfect word play here), and believes film...

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Even WWE legend Trish Stratus is throwing shade at GTA 6's delay

In a perfect world, we'd all be sitting playing GTA 6 right now. The game would have launched on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, as it was originally supposed to. Alas, we don't live in that utopia, and GTA 6 has been delayed until the fall, much to the chagrin of gamers everywhere. Ever since, the memes have been flowing, and...

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IO Interactive has a plan to keep you playing 007: First Light long after the credits roll

As a linear, scripted action game, the replayability of James Bond game 007: First Light has been called into question. It's something Rick brought up in Eurogamer's 007: First Light review, mostly because it jars with the sandbox approach IO Interactive used for Hitman, which is replayable by design. Read more

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Dragon Quest 40th anniversary event reveals DQ12 restart with new title, DQ11 Switch 2 port, and the return of Dragon Quest Monsters series

It's been a few years since Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate's announcement, so fans were logically expecting news during today's 40th-anniversary stream. An update has indeed been shared, but it's not what we were expecting. Read more

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Rome has fallen and the gods are missing. Lead the rebuilding effort in new survival game Romestead

Rome has crumbled, the dead rise at night, and the gods have fallen silent. I've been waiting quite some time for Romestead to hit early access, and it's finally here. This gorgeous co-op survival game leans into the fantastical, tasking you with rebuilding civilization after the fall of Ancient Rome. Officially suppor...

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Race Your Lucky Block codes (May 2026)

Gaining speed and beating the Judge is a piece of cake with our Race Your Lucky Block codes. Redeem these codes to grab extra brainrots, place them on your plot, and simply watch the cash roll in. Use all that free money to train your lucky block with the best weights out there, and you'll be on the podium in no time....

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007 First Light's PC performance isn't quite martini-smooth, but it's a damn sight better than that stuttering reveal footage

While Mark’s off doing the actual review and/or agonising over watch straps, I’ve spent my time with 007 First Light slowly moving a laser beam up between its legs, demanding it reveal its PC performance secrets. Which it did immediately and without protest, to be fair. But you know the saying: when you&rsq...

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Is Fortnite shutting down in 2026?

Is Fortnite shutting down? With price increases to V-Bucks, internal layoffs at Epic, and reports of unmet financial expectations and projections, all of these events paint a rather volatile picture for Fortnite. It may sound unthinkable, but the Fortnite community has begun to wonder whether the game could actually be...

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Survive the Backrooms codes May 2026

Keeping yourself alive in a creepy, yellow maze is daunting, but you can increase your chances of survival with some Survive the Backrooms codes. You need to find your friends who are also in the Backrooms and last 99 days if you want to make it out alive. One of our favorite things about the game is the classes, which...

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"Hoping we'll be spared" - The bowieknife99 saga in Forza Horizon 6 continues as the urban legend goes viral and Walmart bans the mysterious racer

Forza Horizon 6 is a blast, but there's a recurring 'drivatar' AI racer making things harder for many drivers. Their nickname is bowieknife99, and they've caused enough mayhem to become an urban legend of sorts. Now, the myth has gone viral. Read more

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New TFT patch brings some much-needed consistency to Arbiter and Psionic

Teamfight Tactics patch 17.4 is upon us, and Riot looks to be rebalancing conditionality. While the one-cost reroll menace was finally defeated in 17.3, I feel like the playstyle itself has been overcorrected. We do have a decent spread of higher-cost boards now, but highly-conditional boards continue to dominate - Ser...

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