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CultureLet’s Build A Zoo Is A Zoo-Building Game With Moral Choices To Make
Coming this summer to PCs everywhere, Springloaded Games’ Let’s Build A Zoo is a charming game about building a fantastical theme park starring nature’s beautiful creatures. Or splicing together animals into hideous hybrids dwelling in a twisted meat factory. How fun! While there’s no real sign of it in this morning’s launch trailer, Let’s Build…
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CulturePokémon Go Introduces Sponsored Gifts Because Capitalism
The massively popular Pokémon Go has raked in over $4 billion since launching in 2016. Now, developer Niantic is looking to get a little more with the addition of floating ads. After some limited regional testing, Niantic recently introduced “sponsored gifts” to the game worldwide, which directly advertise businesses like Baskin Robbins and Grubhub to…
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CultureOdds and EndsGoing To See Demon Slayer Was The Perfect Post-Vaccination Celebration
Yesterday, my fully vaccinated partner and I (also fully vaccinated) decided to inaugurate our newly vaccinated life with one of the most bacchanalian things you can do in this mid-pandemic world—we went to the movies. The new Demon Slayer movie Mugen Train (its full title is so unwieldy that I refuse to name it here)…
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CultureOne U.S. Dollar Will Buy You Unlimited Invincibility In Capcom Arcade Stadium
Having a hard time with the classic games of Capcom Arcade Stadium? Well, the developers have just the thing for you: paid invincibility. Starting on May 25, Capcom Arcade Stadium players will be able to enable invincibility across its 32 games for just a buck. That’s coincidentally the same day the collection arrives on PlayStation…
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CultureOdds and EndsThe PS5’s Screenshot Overlay Is Incredibly Annoying
Last night, I tried to snap multiple rapid-fire screenshots of a [redacted big scary thing] in Returnal, the upcoming PlayStation 5-exclusive action game. (Sorry, can’t share ‘em yet. Embargos!) When I looked back at the collection, many of them were tarnished, overlaid by a little box with a check mark and a film reel in…
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CultureMonster Hunter Rise 2.0 Launches Today With New Monsters And Stuff
Anyone fancy a tussle with Apex Rathalos, maybe kill it, strip it like a stolen car, and wear its skin like a trophy? That’s a thing you’ll be able to do once today’s Monster Hunter Rise update 2.0 hits later today, bringing with it Apex Rathalos, Apex Diabalos, a trio of elder dragons, layered armor…
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ReviewsToysLego’s Funkiest Line In Years Expands This Summer
The Lego Vidiyo line—launched earlier this year—is supposed to be all about letting kids make augmented videos using licensed music clips, but it’s really a collection of the strangest, most colorful minifigures in Lego history. The line continues this summer with fairies, dragons, slime monsters, cat people, alien rockers, kick-butt interactive stages, and more. I’ve…
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CultureAssassin’s Creed Valhalla Will Finally Let You Skip Kill Animations
Ahead of its first major expansion, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will receive a title update tomorrow introducing a raft of changes to the game, including the ability to (finally!) turn kill animations off. Valhalla’s title update 1.2.1—which clocks in at 5.5 GB on PlayStation 5 and 16 GB on Xbox Series X—will add a toggle that…
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CultureI Need This Vehicle-Building Destruction Game Right Now
Launching into early access on Steam later this year, Instruments of Destruction is a physics-based vehicle-building destruction sandbox from the lead tech designer of Red Faction: Guerrilla. It’s advanced knocking things down from a guy who really knows knocking things down. We’ve been following the work of Radiangames’ founder Luke Schneider for ages here at…
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EsportsThe Overwatch League Paid Tribute To Jeff Kaplan With ‘Jeff’ Song
Last week, Jeff Kaplan announced his retirementfrom Blizzard Entertainment, ending a tenure at the developer that lasted for almost 20 years. Kaplan played an important role in developing Overwatch Esports, including the Overwatch World Cup and the Overwatch League. This weekend, the Overwatch League team paid homage to Kaplan with a musical tribute. It’s not…
By Ash Parrish
