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I Completed Big Walk’s Final, Best-Hidden Secret Puzzle, And The Reward Was Delightful

I still don't know what you call them

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 30, 2026

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With AO3 Down, Try The Warhammer 40,000 Novels For Your Angsty Fic Fix

I'm as serious as an angst-ridden, 'there was only one drop-pod' heart attack

By Ash Parrish Published October 30, 2026

Games

Fans Think Blizzard Is Teasing A Return To Its Most Beloved Setting In World Of Warcraft: Forever

There's a chill in the air

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 30, 2026

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Anthropic Nerfs Claude Again To Stop Users From Making AI Slop Out Of Any ‘Specific Existing Game’

Anthropic's new Claude guardrail is stopping users from recreating a game 'even if it is renamed or called original'

By Lewis Parker Published October 30, 2026

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18 Excellent Horror Games That Are Free With Game Pass For Halloween 2026

The Xbox subscription service has some good spooky picks

By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2026

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Overwatch’s First Year-Long Story Reached Its Climax As Fans Ask What Was Even The Point

Was Vendetta a wasted villain used for Doomfist’s growth? Maybe, but let’s unpack it all

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 30, 2026

Games

Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse: The Kotaku Review

Belmont's Curse reminds you of how fun Metroidvanias can be while falling just short of claiming the genre throne

By Ash Parrish Published October 30, 2026

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BioWare’s Knights Of The Old Republic Entirely Changed My Understanding Of What Games Could Be

The classic RPG exists as a core memory in my life

By John Walker Published October 30, 2026

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Bungie Outlines The Road To A ‘New, Forever Destiny‘ Given The Cards It’s Been Dealt After A ‘True Reset Moment’

Don't expect Destiny 2 to feel whole again before 2028

By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2026

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Right-Wing Fans Ostracize VTuber With Female Avatar Following ‘Revelation’ They Were Assigned Male At Birth

VTuber Ember Paradox has come under fire from fellow right-leaning collaborators for 'lying' after her voice filter glitched during a livestream

By Lewis Parker Published October 30, 2026

Games

No Thank You, Roblox, I Do Not Want An AI-Driven ‘Explosion Of Content’

Roblox is proud of its firehose of AI-assisted games, and it's hoping to turn that blast onto the rest of the industry

By Rebekah Valentine Published October 30, 2026

CultureNews

Nintendo Cancels Kirby’s Switch 2 Halloween Event After It Kept Breaking Things

Kirby Air Riders was supposed to be all spooky, but it made the game repeatedly freeze up

By John Walker Published October 30, 2026

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Ex-BioWare Devs Released A 40-Minute Gameplay Video Of Exodus And Yeah, That’s A Mass Effect Spiritual Successor Alright

Can't imagine why they chose now to share it with us, but I'm glad they did

By Ash Parrish Published October 30, 2026

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AI Is Forcing Reddit To Get Way Worse

A 'logged-in only experience' is coming

By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2026

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Promises To Remove Offensive Footage Of Korean Tragedy After Backlash

The game’s intro uses videos from a 2022 incident that killed 160 people to set the tone for its fictional war

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 30, 2026

CultureNews

Japan’s Gundam Is Gone, But It’s Getting Two Life-Sized Monster Hunter Statues

But you'll have to travel a long way from Tokyo to find them

By Alicia Haddick Published October 30, 2026

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Star Trek Online Players Gather En Masse To Pay Tribute To Sir Patrick Stewart

Both ground and space-based memorials were held by players mourning the Jean-Luc Picard actor

By John Walker Published October 30, 2026

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Report: BioWare Was Shut Down Because EA Chose Star Wars Over Mass Effect

The publisher weighed which sci-fi project it wanted to invest in, and the upcoming multiplayer game won the coin toss

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 30, 2026

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Magic: The Gathering Designer Explains The Dangers Of Releasing Multiple Commander Decks At Once

Reality Fracture only has one precon deck and it makes sense why

By Ethan Gach Published October 30, 2026

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First Teaser For New Death Stranding Anime Cryptically Reveals ‘My Mom Became A Crater’

A stacked production team and a typically cryptic teaser are all we have to go on for now

By Alicia Haddick Published October 30, 2026