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New World Bots Are Stealing All Resources And Tanking The Economy [Update]

Amazon’s MMORPG has bots beelining to resources like fish and depleted ore reserves

By Levi Winslow Published November 30, 2021

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How The Celeste Speedrunning Community Became Queer As Hell

With its refined design and story of self-acceptance, Maddy Thorson's acclaimed platformer has resonated with many queer and trans speedrunners

Jeremy Signor Published November 30, 2021
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Wow, Dead Cells Is Still Going Strong, Huh

Fresh off the heels of one batch of DLC, The Queen and the Sea expansion will add new biomes

By Ari Notis Published November 30, 2021
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Bots Propelled An Old Arcade Game To The Top Of The Steam Charts

Capcom Arcade Stadium shoot up to third place on Valve's platform

By Sisi Jiang Published November 30, 2021
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Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker Launch Will Prioritize Game Owners Over Trial Players

Square Enix is taking measures to improve congested servers for FFXIV 's upcoming expansion

By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2021

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Less Than 5 Percent Of Managers At Nintendo HQ Are Women

The Mario -maker revealed new stats as part of its pledge to become more diverse

By Ethan Gach Published November 30, 2021
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Halo Infinite‘s Battle Pass Just Got Way Better

But 343's multiplayer shooter still won't reward you for playing really, really well

By Ari Notis Published November 30, 2021
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Ludwig Leaves Twitch For YouTube Gaming

He broke Twitch's subscriber record in April of this year

By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2021
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Neon Genesis Evangelion Cosplay Gets In The Fucking Robot

While this looks like an action figure, it's actually an enormous cosplay outfit

By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2021
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Battlefield 2042 Glitch Lets Players Cancel Smoke Grenades Using Menu Screen

DICE's latest shooter continues to have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time with glitches

By Isaiah Colbert Published November 29, 2021

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Man Shot While Trying To Sell His PlayStation 5

The 19 year-old, from Harris County in Texas, was trying to sell the console to a stranger

By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2021
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MrBeast’s IRL Squid Game Sees Contestants Just Running The Red Light

The rules are so simple, yet some people in MrBeast's recreation don't know how to play the game

By Levi Winslow Published November 29, 2021
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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Players Are Glitching To Get Shaymin Early

You can surf to Shaymin’s secret area before the official event even goes live

By Ethan Gach Published November 29, 2021
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Call of Duty: Vanguard Player Headshots Opponents With Donkey Kong Bongos

Twitch streamer DeanoBeano has also amassed kills using a recorder and a drum set

By Sisi Jiang Published November 29, 2021
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Wrestling Man Collects 2,706 Copies Of Burger King Video Game

Leroy “ The Human Tackboard” Patterson is on a mission to own all copies of Sneak King

By Mike Fahey Published November 29, 2021

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Jump Force Is On Sale For $6 Before It Goes Offline In August 2022

Bandai Namco’s shonen anime fighter will be delisted and most of its online services will disappear, so get it while you can

By Renata Price Published November 29, 2021
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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Glitch Is Renaming Monsters

BDSP players are sharing clips of their monsters’ names getting swapped out during evolutions

By Levi Winslow Published November 29, 2021
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Speedrunner Beats Pokémon Shining Pearl In Under 34 Minutes [Update]

Apparently the secret is that the remakes are 'so broken'

By John Walker Published November 29, 2021
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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Duplication Glitches Are Out Of Control

A new Pokémon BDSP glitch lets you clone rare Pokémon faster than ever

By Ethan Gach Published November 29, 2021
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Real-Life Squid Game Without The Bleak Violence Is A Big Hit On YouTube

MrBeast brings to life a non-lethal version of the Netflix hit show

By Brian Ashcraft Published November 29, 2021

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