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UK video game industry charity football match raises over £63,000 for physically disabled gamers

Video game charity SpecialEffect has once again hosted its One Big Game football event, bringing developers from all across the UK games industry together to raise money for a good cause. And with the event now over, more than £63,000 has been raised to help support physically disabled gamers. Read more

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Compulsion Games becomes publisher of South of Midnight on Steam, suggesting departure from Xbox amid major restructuring is now complete

Developer Compulsion Games is now listed as the publisher of its beautiful, musical action adventure game South of Midnight on Steam, suggesting that its full detachment from the Xbox division is complete. Read more

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Tyr Actor May Have Teased God Of War Laufey Role Months Ago

Even though we were shown a bumper 20 minutes of gameplay during God of War Laufey’s reveal, we still don’t know much about it or who from the series might return. There have been rumblings that Tyr might be back to play a role in Faye’s journey, and evidence solidifying those rumblings has been right under our noses f...

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Brand-New $850 Magic: The Gathering Release Officially Available Now

Today marks the official release date of a new Magic: The Gathering product sold for $850. Magic: The Gathering has been releasing a lot of new sets this year, with the final two of 2026 being the in-multiverse Reality Fracture set with Jayce Beleren as the villain and the Star Trek Universes Beyond set in November. Re...

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Palworld fans 'do not realize the sheer number of collabs we've rejected' even with the survival game's 'fun-first approach'

The crowning achievement of a game is no longer player count or Metacritic score, it's actually the number of collabs it can squeeze into its lifecycle—soon every game will collab with each other to make one giant game. I can see it coming. Although that may not be the case for Palworld, even with its current collabs i...

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How Two Film Grads, A TiVo Set And GameTrailers.com Changed Video Game Hype Forever

Geoff Grotz and Brandon Jones wanted to replicate the ritual they had with Apple's movie trailer portal, plundering TV commercials and demo discs until they caught the attention of MTV

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Less Than 10% of Crimson Desert Players Have Beaten the Game

It appears that only 9.7% of players on Steam have completed the story of Crimson Desert so far, despite the game being out for almost five months. Things aren't that different when it comes to Crimson Desert statistics on Xbox and PlayStation, with players on both platforms seemingly spending hundreds of hours in the...

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Forgotten Open-World Games That Aged Like Milk

Even though open-world games are a big deal and have been for a long time, some of them still get forgotten. These are some of the medium's most challenging development projects, so when a new open-world game is on the horizon, gamers pay attention. That said, when one doesn't grab their attention, it's easy to forget...

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Black Clover: 7 Strongest Elves, Ranked

From humans to devils to elves, Black Clover is home to some of the most powerful races in anime. In particular, the elves possess incredible magic power far superior to humans, allowing them to wield magic stones and cast forbidden spells at will. Some elves can even turn into dark elves, further granting them incredi...

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Matthew McConaughey On Why He Turned Down The Role Of Joel From The Last Of Us Show: ‘It Wasn’t For Me At The Time’

‘All right, all right, all right, Ellie. There was no cure’

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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review

Arc System Works can do just about anything, including convincing me to pick up a Marvel-themed 2D anime fighter. Not that I've got anything particularly against either of those things. But as someone who grew up firmly in the 3D fighting game scene (and continues to dwell there) and traditionally doesn't care much for...

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Nintendo announces Pokémon Pokopia has sold over 5m copies, meaning that roughly one in four Switch 2 users now owns the game

It looks like we've got another massive Pokémon-flavoured hit on our hands. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have confirmed that Pokémon Pokopia has sold more than five million units globally - a pretty impressive number given the game has been out for "just over four months". These sales include b...

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