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Dark Souls 3 PC has a big cheating problem, and it’s not getting better. PC players were furious this weekend, as a…
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Senior reporter at Kotaku, streaming Mario deaths at youtube.com/patrickklepek
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It’s now standard practice to release a game at retail and digitally at the same time, but that wasn’t the case in…
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I’ve been fending off the diabolical Mario Maker creations by Giant Bomb editor Dan Ryckert for months now. Our…
Total War: Warhammer had previously locked an entire race, the Chaos Warriors, behind pre-order DLC, but the developer has since reversed its position. Now, the Chaos Warriors will be free for anyone who pre-orders or buys the game—until a week after release. It’s a good compromise.
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It’s been a few weeks since Worth Reading, your weekly guide to the best writing in video games, but we’re back.
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People bring all kinds of ridiculous signs to WWE events, but a demand to translate Mother 3? That’s a new one.
Dark Souls 3 is excellent on PC, but it’s a haven for cheaters. From Software’s solution seems to be blaming the…
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If you’re paying close attention to every level of the new DOOM, you might stumble upon something very cool.…
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Bethesda premiered the first gameplay from the single player part of DOOM today. It definitely looks like DOOM!
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It’s a quality selection of games, but they’re not exactly heavy hitters.
One of the more common ways to play Dark Souls is bulking up with huge pieces of armor, knowing you can withstand…
It’s been months since I played Rocket League, a game about cars playing soccer. The game’s newest game mode…
Flinthook, a beautiful and fast-paced action game built around a grappling hook, was my favorite game at PAX East last week. It only took a few moments before I was whipping around the room and collecting treasure. There’s no release date or platforms yet, but I’m already anxious. Read more
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There have been some weird controllers made for video games over the years. Namco’s NeGcon was one of the strangest,…
There are so many tiny details you can miss while playing Dark Souls 3, from elaborate side quests to hilarious…
Blackroom is the new shooter teased by John Romero last week, and he’s trying to raise $700,000 on Kickstarter. Romero describes Blackroom as a “return to fast, violent and masterful play on the PC.” If funded, they’re aiming to release in “winter 2018.”
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It took me almost 40 hours to beat every boss in Dark Souls 3. It’s taking speedrunner Distortion2 just over an…
From Software is cracking down on cheaters in Dark Souls 3, but as with previous Dark Souls games, it appears to be…
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While it’s just a teaser for another announcement, DOOM co-creator John Romero has announced he’s working on a new shooter. He’s working on it with Adrian Carmack. The game will be formally unveiled on April 25. Here’s hoping it’s not another F2P shooter!
Hyper Light Drifter is beautiful, mysterious, and hard as hell. To some, that difficulty is central to its design.…