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Lord of Hatred upgraded Diablo 4 into one of the best action RPGs out there, but its new season ignores everything that made it great

Diablo 4 is easily in the best spot it's ever been. The Lord of Hatred expansion gave it depth where it sorely needed it without ruining its strength as a straight-forward action RPG where numbers go up and loot rains from the sky. It's never had a better foundation for Blizzard to build on as it sets course for whatev...

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Hollywood Is Desperate For The Next Backrooms As Studios Buy Up Film Rights To More Creepy Online Media

Movie studios are hoping popular online horror content like The Mandela Catalogue will win young people over

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10 Strongest New-Gen Anime Villains Jinwoo Can Beat, Ranked

Sung Jinwoo is one of the most overpowered new-gen anime protagonists. Hailing from the world of Solo Leveling, Jinwoo is a one-man army capable of standing up against gods with limitless powers. It's no surprise that Jinwoo has become synonymous with invincibility, courtesy of the overwhelming Shadow Monarch powers he...

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Following the success of Mouthwashing, developer Wrong Organ wasn't ready to make a better 'story game,' so it's making a 'gameplay game' instead

Ahead of co-op tank sim Carcass Clad's reveal trailer at the PC Gaming Show, I got to speak to Wrong Organ devs Jeffrey Tomec and Dave van Egdom about the studio's upcoming third game. The elephant in the room: Carcass Clad is a huge departure from the studio's breakout hit, Mouthwashing, a singleplayer narrative horro...

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Yu-Gi-Ohโ€™s New Chess-Themed Set, Chaos Rising, Sees More Extended Art Cards Debut

It feels like Yu-Gi-Oh Battles of Legends: Glorious Gallery has only just launched, and yet we're already welcoming another new booster set of cards to the game. Chaos Origins is an homage to the anime and manga so many fans are familiar with and features an overall unique chess theme, so no main deck monsters are incl...

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Suicide Squad Devs Open Up About The Gameโ€™s Struggles: โ€˜I Started Feeling Like I Wasnโ€™t Making Games Anymore, I Was Following A Spreadsheetโ€™

Kill the Justice League's prolonged development proved fatal for creativity

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Half-Life 2: Episode Three Mod Slated For "Late 2026"

Lead writer Marc Laidlaw left Valve in 2016, and the very next year, he released Epistle 3, a short, legally-distinct "fanfic" about Gertie Fremont that served as a collection of ideas on how he might have resolved the Half-Life 2: Episode Two cliffhanger. Laidlaw has expressed regret over publishing the story, mainly...

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Microsoft Announces New AI Company Days Before Mass Layoffs: โ€˜A Learning Loop In Which Human Capital And Token Capital Compoundโ€™

Read the room

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Lets Players Explore the Deep Sea With Big Change

Ubisoft continues to announce new features for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, with the latest tease changing how players will be able to explore the deep sea areas in the game. Although the existence of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced may have been one of the worst kept secrets before its eventual reveal, i...

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"I could feel myself coming apart at the seams": Suicide Squad leads on almost leaving the games industry after its failure

Crikey, remember Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League? That sure was a mess. It was a public mess too, one where there were seemingly some attempts to save the game, but none that could have shifted it away from its inherent flaws. But for the game's co-director Axel Rydby and associate design director Johnny Armstro...

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'Fewer than 10' employees remain at Thick as Thieves studio following another round of layoffs

Thick as Thieves developer OtherSide Entertainment has laid off 18 employees, according to a Game Developer report, a move that comes just two weeks after the studio laid off 17 people following the cancellation of a new game it had in development. A studio rep told the site that following this round of cuts, "fewer th...

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Every Commander With Eminence In MTG, Ranked

There are few Magic: The Gathering mechanics that are more powerful than Eminence, which might be why it's only appeared on five unique cards in the history of the game.

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