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Marathon Reveals An Ambitious Blueprint For Making It A Game More People Want To Play

Bungie outlined new experiments with PVE and progression to widen the player pool

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Amazon Reportedly Forced Devs To Make A GenAI Game And Then Laid Them Off When It Wasn’t Working

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Watch Kylie Jenner Explain The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild And Get It Mostly Right

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A Very Underrated Star Wars Game And More Are Joining PS Plus In May 2026

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Nintendo’s New Switch 2 Bundle Is Your Best Deal To Grab One Before Prices Shoot Up

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17 Cool Indie Games You Can Go Play Right Now

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is Coming To Digital Stores Next Week

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Nintendo’s Live-Action Zelda Movie Keeps Changing Release Dates

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New Star Wars Book Is Possibly Setting Up A Meeting Between Cal Kestis And Luke Skywalker

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It’s Official, KPop Demon Hunters Is Going On A World Tour

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Forget AirPods Max, Anker’s Soundcore Q20i Headphones Are Still Going Strong at Under $40 After 10K+ Sold on Amazon

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Anker’s 8K HDMI Cable Is Basically a Giveaway at Under $10 on Amazon, Compatible With PS 5, Xbox, and More

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Amazon Clears Out the Galaxy Z Fold 7 at a Lower Price Than Samsung Store Even Before Trade-In Credits

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Logitech MX Brio Ultra HD 4K Webcam Just Got a Bigger Discount Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Clearance Push

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Razer Drops Pokemon Gengar Edition Headset to Its Lowest Price on Amazon, Gaming Setups Way More Affordable

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HP Already Offloads Its 2026 Laptop at 50% Off Despite Rising Memory and Storage Prices

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Samsung Quietly Pushes the T7 Portable SSD 2TB to $0.20 per GB Low Despite Industry-Wide Storage Price Surges

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Logitech Practically Gives Away Its Wireless Peripherals as This Keyboard and Mouse Combo Hits an All-Time Low

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Great News for iPhone Users, Anker Clears Out 10,000mAh MagSafe Power Bank at Its Lowest Price of the Year (Qi2 Certified 15W)

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Forget DJI Mic Mini, Insta360 USB-C Microphone Bundle Drops Below Black Friday Pricing

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Anker Soundcore P31i ANC Earbuds Drop to 42% Off, Now a Budget Alternative to AirPods Pro 3

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Amazon Is Blowing Out Anker Nano Travel Adapter at All-Time Low Ahead of Peak Summer Vacation Season

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Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, And More Classic Cartoon Network Flash Games Are Back And Playable Again

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Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka Reinvented The Legend Of Zelda Without Overthinking It

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Nirvanna The Band’s Classic Wii Shop Wednesday Song Gets An Amazing Update For The Nintendo Switch

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PlayStation 3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask That People Stop Flooding It With AI Code Pull Requests

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Unlike Concord, Sony Is Sticking By Marathon And Its ‘Highly Engaged’ Fans

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Forza Horizon 6 Is Now This Year’s Best-Reviewed Game

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Nintendo Hints At More Big Switch 2 Games This Fall And The Ongoing Importance Of Its Last-Gen Console

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The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)

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