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GameStop Criticized for Ridiculous Pokemon Card Prices

GameStop has come under fire on social media for reportedly pricing the upcoming Pokemon card expansion, 30th Celebration, at triple the original MSRP. However, some of the Pokemon card products in question will not be available until months after the 30th Celebration expansion's initial release in September.

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Final Fantasy 14 Mobile's Official Site Seemingly Abandoned By Square Enix

I don't blame you for not remembering, but all the way back in 2024, Final Fantasy 14 Mobile was being rolled out in China. Later that year, it was announced to the Final Fantasy 14 community at large, and director Naoki Yoshida billed it as a new way to experience the story and a "sister title" to the main Final Fanta...

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How to Mega Evolve in Cobblemon

The Cobblemon mod for Minecraft does not support Mega Evolution by default. However, players can install the Cobblemon: Mega Showdown and the Navas ZA Megas mods to introduce this mechanic to the game. Here's how this works.

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The latest Chinese PC gaming hit is an indie game that spent the last 8 years growing into something you've never played before

Before Black Myth: Wukong or Phantom Blade: Zero, there was The Scroll of Taiwu, a Chinese indie game that attracted millions of players since it debuted in early access on Steam in 2018. Now, eight years later, it has hit 1.0, marking the end of a long journey that started before Chinese-developed games became all th...

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Sony's Former President Disagrees With Halting Physical Game Production

PlayStation has been in hot water over the past few days, and while it's not hot enough to make it reverse its decision on destroying the physical games market, it has been spicy enough to stop it from posting on social media. Every corner of the internet has been dunking on the company, all the way from physical retai...

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Hands-On With Ninjala 2: The Anime Brawler Returns To Switch 2 With A New Twist

The live-service franchise is pivoting to PvE

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Persona: All 6 Anime, Ranked

A spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise that's since taken on a life of its own, Personais one of the greatest JRPG series of all time. Beginning with Persona 3, the games started juggling slice-of-life and simulator elements with dungeon-crawling, relationship building, and some of the best turn-based combat in...

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Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold more than 40 million copies, 'a testament to what CD Projekt does best'

It's hard to imagine now, but Cyberpunk 2077 was an unmitigated disaster when it launched back in 2020. The PC version wasn't too bad, relatively speaking, but the console version was so wretched that Sony literally kicked it off the PlayStation Store. It was so far gone that several months after launch, with CD Projek...

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Dragon Ball Officially Reveals New Goku Form Ahead of Series Comeback

Between his countless Super Saiyan forms and multiple different versions of Ultra Instinct he's since mastered, Goku has no shortage of power transformations to choose from, and he's only going to unlock more once the Dragon Ball Super manga returns. Goku may not be the strongest Saiyan in Dragon Ballright now, but he...

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EVE Online studio Fenris follows through on yearslong promise to make its in-house game engine fully open source

On July 1, Fenris Creations (formerly CCP) completed the full open source release of its in-house Carbon Engine, the tech behind long-running MMO EVE Online and early access space survival game EVE Frontier. The Carbon Engine's repositories are available now on GitHub.It's an impressive, surprising move in a time when...

2 months ago πŸ‘ 6
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New Sims 4 update cuts back on excessive notificationsβ€”you can finally silence your phone, and the grim reaper will try to recruit you less

The Sims 4 is a noisy game, especially once you've piled on a few expansion packs. You're constantly fielding stray notifications and unsolicited calls from acquaintances asking you for advice, and before you know it you've soiled your pants and bowling night is ruined. Thankfully, the headlining note in a recent Sims...

2 months ago πŸ‘ 10
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Steam's Free-to-Keep Promotion Has 4* Upcoming 100% Free Games for July and August 2026

Thanks to backend information and data, Steam users already know 3 games, plus 1 additional freebie, that are coming to its popular Free-to-Keep Promotion in July and August 2026. Unfortunately, with the way the promotion works, no one knows when these games will go live. Steam's Free-to-Keep Promotion turns paid, prem...

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