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CulturePlayers Are Using BB-8 To Crush Jedi In Star Wars: Battlefront II
The spherical droid BB-8 and its First Order variant BB-9E were added to Star Wars: Battlefront II on Monday and they have been utterly deadly in some multiplayer scenarios, whether facing down standard Storm Troopers or even Darth Vader. Part of that is due to the droids’ speed. They roll around levels fast, which makes…
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CultureNew Update Makes Power Rangers More Like A Real Fighting Game
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is getting a new update today that adds online lobbies and a spectator mode to make it play more like a full-fledged fighting game. The online lobbies will hold up to eight players and let them fight across four separate matches simultaneously. As people finish, they can then spectate…
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CultureDragon Quest is getting a new tactics spin-off in Japan later this year for smartphones. It’ll be a free-to-play game with paid in-game items, but outside of that we don’t know much else about it. Based on the screenshots, though, it will at least have the grid-based combat that tactics nerds crave.
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CultureDestiny 2’s New Sundial Boss Is A Pleasant Surprise
Today’s weekly reset in Destiny 2 brought a new villain to Osiris’ Sundial, and it’s a refreshing departure from the usual grind. Season of Dawn’s battle pass activity The Sundial has been rotating between three Psion Flayer bosses since it debuted back in December. Today, it got a new boss: Inotam, Oblivion’s Triune. After the…
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CultureAnother Super Smash Bros. Melee Major Bans Infamous Ice Climbers Technique
Super Smash Bros. competitors have very specific ideas as to how they believe their games should be played. You’ve probably heard some of them before: no items, specific time limits and stages, and so on. Then there’s “wobbling,” which is a high-level Super Smash Bros. Melee technique used by Ice Climbers players; it’s been controversial…
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CultureRockstar Finally Promises To Stop Red Dead Online’s Animals From Randomly Disappearing
The fields and forests of Red Dead Online are supposed to be filled with various different animals. But for months now players have been loading up the game and finding the world devoid of critters. Developer Rockstar has finally noticed the problem and is promising a fix. It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly this problem…
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CultureFallout 76 Finally Coming To Steam In April Alongside New Wastelanders Expansion
Fallout 76 lands on Steam on April 7, the same day as the game’s Wastelanders expansion, Bethesda announced in a press release today. The game’s arrival on Steam and the new update have both been in the works for a while. Bethesda announced the apocalyptic MMO would eventually come to Steam last March after initially…
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CulturePretzel Pop-Tarts Aren’t Nearly As Bad As They Sound
Here at Snacktaku, we’re big fans of Kellogg’s popular line of filled cardboard breakfast rectangles. We have tried and tested many varieties—basic, peanut butter, soda-flavored, Jolly Rancher—and we’ve come through only slightly scathed. Now Kellogg’s is making the tops of Pop-Tarts caramel-colored and sprinkling them with salt. Fine. We’ll bite. Pretzel Pop-Tarts is Kellogg’s taking…
By Mike Fahey
