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Dark Alliance Is A Spiritual Successor To Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance In Name Only

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Here's Everything Coming To And Leaving Game Pass Soon

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Activision Blizzard Esports Announces Layoffs [Update]

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Bandai Namco Speaks Out Against Anti-Asian Racism In America

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EA Trying New Technology To Fight FIFA 21's Racism Problem

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Fortnite Team Banned From Major Tournament After Player Tells Epic Exec To Kill Himself

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Ghost Of Tsushima Devs Didn't Think Those Fast Load Speeds Were So Special

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The Thieves Who Pack the Most Punch in Persona 5 Strikers

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A Little Taste Of Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

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After Anti-Semitic Slur, NBA Player Meyers Leonard Suspended By Team, Dropped By Sponsors

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla Gets Transmog And More Cats In Next Big Update

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Yet Another Producer Leaves Sony's Japan Studio

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The 12 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

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A Twitch Streamer Unearthed Cards From A Fake '90s Pokémon Ripoff, And Fans Are Pretending The Series Was Real All Along [UPDATE]

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Twitch's First Transparency Report Is A Start, But Streamers Want More

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So, Which Bethesda Game Pass Game Should You Play First?

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PSA: Surviving Mars and Metro 2033 Are Currently Free On PC

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Nine Inch Nails’ Ambient, Droning Quake Soundtrack Massages My Brain

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Burning Rangers' Music Makes Me Want To Kick A Fire’s Ass

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Grindstone’s Irresistible Hip-Hop-Inflected Tunes Made Me Abandon My Principles

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I Found Some Rad Tracks At This Virtual Japanese Music Festival

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