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The Marvel Rivals Rip-Off Accusations Have Come Full Circle For Overwatch 2

Vendetta is getting comparisons to Magik in NetEase’s hero shooter, even if they're missing the whole picture

By Kenneth Shepard Published November 21, 2025

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Fallout 4 Modders Celebrate A Decade Of Hard Work While It Gets Review-Bombed On Steam

Also: The Witcher 3's Geralt defends his new Netflix counterpart

By Ethan Gach Published November 21, 2025
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Counter-Strike Pro Talks Sandwich Meme Sexism After Going Viral

Though shared in good spirits, the pro CS2 player’s photo speaks to the struggle of making it in pro-level esports

By Claire Jackson Published November 21, 2025
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Bikini-Wearing Succubus Board Skyrockets To Top Of Kirby Air Riders Custom Market After Nintendo Ban Wave

The scantily clad Chef Kawasaki board is one of many custom vehicles players can buy and ride on

By Kenneth Shepard Published November 21, 2025
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Fans Who Pre-Ordered Metroid Prime 4 Six Years Ago Have Seen Their Entire Lives Change

People have bought houses, had kids, changed careers, and more since pre-ordering Nintendo's long-awaited sci-fi shooter

By Zack Zwiezen Published November 20, 2025

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We Saw 12 Games During The Latest Xbox Showcase And Some Of Them Definitely Have My Attention Now

Microsoft's latest livestream was full of new Game Pass reveals

By Ethan Gach Published November 20, 2025
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Expedition 33 Star Uses Award Speech To Say What Everyone’s Thinking

‘This industry is hard…there are many people who should be here who aren’t because they are laid off’

By Alyssa Mercante Published November 20, 2025
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Borderlands 4‘s First DLC Smaller And Free After Gearbox ‘Ran Out Of Time’ Fixing The Game

Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is out now on all platforms and adds a new questline, guns, and cosmetics

By Zack Zwiezen Published November 20, 2025
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Monster Handgun Wrecking Everyone In Arc Raiders Has Been Put In Nerf Jail

You menaces glitching into locked doors are gonna have a tougher time with your shenanigans

By Claire Jackson Published November 20, 2025
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Open-World RPG Where Winds Meet Has It All: Evil Geese, AI Chatbots, And A $40,000 Skin

The wildly popular Wuxia game jams a lot into its world, to varying degrees of success

Alyssa Mercante Published November 20, 2025

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Zoopunk Says The Game Is All Human-Made, But Lets Players Use Gen AI To Make Stuff

Zoopunk was part of today's Xbox Partner Preview showcase

By Kenneth Shepard Published November 20, 2025
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Agent 47 Teams Up With Eminem To Kill Slim Shady In New Hitman Update

The new mission starring the famous rapper and his alter ego will be available to play for free in December

By Zack Zwiezen Published November 20, 2025
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Surprise Vampire Survivors Spin-Off Turns It Into An Awesome-Looking Dungeon Crawler

Vampire Crawlers is retro-inspired dungeon crawler set to launch sometime next year

By Zack Zwiezen Published November 20, 2025
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Someone Might Have Just Bought The Last Brand-New Physical Copy Of 2008’s Spore

Also: The Finals is shutting down on PS4, Avalanche Liverpool closes up, and Sakurai wants you all to leave him alone

By Zack Zwiezen Published November 20, 2025
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Kirby Air Riders Players Wasted No Time Creating Unhinged Vehicles

The Switch 2 racer’s vehicle decoration tools open a world of possibilities

By Kenneth Shepard Published November 20, 2025

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Battlefield 6 Is Already Toppling Some Call Of Duty Records

The shooter was the best-selling October game in the U.S. by a country mile

By Ethan Gach Published November 20, 2025
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AMD Is Powering Every Next-Gen Console And Its GPUs Are About To Get Even More Expensive

Memory prices and shortages are causing havoc

By Claire Jackson Published November 20, 2025
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Damn, Pokémon Fans Really Don’t Like This Digimon-Ass Mega Evolution

Mega Zeraora’s reveal has a fair bit of baggage to carry

By Kenneth Shepard Published November 20, 2025
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Naked Homer Breaks Fortnite‘s No-Nipple Rule

The Simpsons icon will not have his glands censored

By Ethan Gach Published November 20, 2025
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Fortnite’s About To Get Its Weirdest Crossover Ever: A Missing Chapter From Kill Bill

Chapter 7 seems like it will be recreating Tarantino's scripted Yuki's Revenge, cut from Kill Bill Vol. 1

By John Walker Published November 20, 2025

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