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  CultureNewsIndustry News

  Xbox Taps Everyone’s Favorite Gaming Industry Chart Guy To Lead Strategy And Fix Its Console

  Matthew Ball previously helped with planning at Prime Video and Amazon Studios

  By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureTwitch

  An 81-Year-Old Minecraft Streamer Just Got Swatted During Cancer Fundraiser For Her Teenage Grandson

  'It was kinda fun,' according to GrammaCrackers

  By Lewis Parker Published May 20, 2026
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  OpinionImpressionsIndie of the Week

  Top-Down Roguelike Survival Game Is Death Stranding Meets Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors And It Rules

  Froggy Hates Snow is really weird, but also one my favorite games of the year so far

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  New Tomb Raider Mod Turns The Classic Game Into An Awesome 2D Platformer

  Lara Croft still kicks ass and gets the job done even when she can only move left and right

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 20, 2026
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  Culture

  Subnautica 2′s Great Fish-Killing Debate Is Bringing Balance Changes

  Unknown Worlds has promised 'improvements to creature behavior and player mitigation tools,' but no knife

  By Amelia Zollner Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  8 Of Our Favorite Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Easter Eggs

  It's not just Batman history TT Games is playing with

  By Kenneth Shepard Published May 20, 2026
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  Games

  Directive 8020: The Kotaku Review

  In space, no one can hear you sigh

  By Ash Parrish Published May 20, 2026
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  Games

  Ubisoft Promises New Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, And Ghost Recon Coming Eventually, But Says This Year Will Be A ‘Low Point’

  "Disappointing short-term financial performance"

  By Rebekah Valentine Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Quantic Dream Is Abandoning Its MOBA Just Three Months After Launch As Another Ill-Fated Live-Service Game Gets Added To The Pyre

  The Detroit: Become Human's multiplayer experiment comes to an abrupt end

  By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Fired Star Wars Writer Reveals His Pitch For A Rey New Jedi Order Movie: Nostalgia Versus Revision

  Damon Lindelof explained what he and his writer partners were attempting to do with their version of a Rey-focused sequel

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Features A Limmy Show Deep Cut Most People Probably Won’t Understand

  I'm the Yoker, baby

  By Lewis Parker Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNewsIndustry News

  The Video Came Company That Kept Buying Everything Now Can’t Stop Dividing Itself Up

  Embracer has announced fresh plans to play Tetris with its balance sheet

  By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2026
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  Games

  Secrets Of Strixhaven Beats Lorwyn Eclipsed To Become The Most Popular MTG Premier Set Ever

  Eclipsing Lorwyn

  By Rebekah Valentine Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The Top U.S. Video Game Sales Tracker Has A New Measurement Method That Reveals A Switch 1 Game Was April’s Best Seller

  Circana is changing how it shares sales data

  By Rebekah Valentine Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Studio Somehow Has Time To Make A New Sequel And An Entire Lord Of The Rings RPG

  Warhorse Studios is also working on a 'new Kingdom Come adventure'

  By Kenneth Shepard Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Sony Reveals Big PlayStation Showcase For June Featuring Deep-Dive Into Wolverine And More

  Sony is getting in on the Summer Game Fest action next month

  By Ethan Gach Published May 20, 2026
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  OpinionImpressions

  This Stylish Brawler Is Already Great, But Fans Are Making It Incredible

  Dead as Disco’s foundations are great, but it’s what fans are doing with it that will keep it going for a long time

  By Kenneth Shepard Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Sonic The Hedgehog Production Company Is Bringing Classic Adventure Broken Sword To The Big Screen

  After many aborted efforts, it seems this time a movie adaptation could really happen

  By John Walker Published May 20, 2026
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  CultureNews

  One Of The Last Surviving Writers On The Original Star Trek Is Returning As Part Of A New, Massive 60th Anniversary Comic

  David Gerrold, who wrote the episode 'The Trouble with Tribbles,' is one of many writers and artists working on the upcoming IDW anthology book

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 19, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Plex Burns Through Any Remaining Goodwill By Raising The Price Of Its Lifetime Subscription By $500

  Starting in July, Plex Pass lifetime subscriptions will cost $750

  By Zack Zwiezen Published May 19, 2026