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CultureBlizzCon 2020 Has Been Cancelled
Blizzard, the studio behind World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo just announced via blog post that they are cancelling BlizzCon 2020. Even as states are slowly reopening with social distancing guidelines in place, Blizzard expressed concerns that it’s just too much to consider trying to throw their massive convention this year. “We’ve had many discussions about…
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CultureSkullgirls Honors Two High-Level Queer Players In Latest Update
Although Skullgirls patches these days often focus on improvements to online play and tiny graphical bugs, the 2012 fighting game received an update over the long weekend that pays homage to a pair of high-level players. Before they dominated Mortal Kombat and Dragon Ball FighterZ, Dominique “SonicFox” McLean was the world’s greatest Skullgirls player. Now,…
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UncategorizedTrying To Buy A Switch Now Is Just Ridiculous
The covid-19 outbreak created an economy of scarcity. Overnight, goods such as toilet paper, cleaning products, and hand sanitizer became valuable commodities. Meanwhile scalpers seized upon the opportunity to hoard and resell those items at ridiculous mark-ups. But as stocks replenish, one item that hasn’t yet been seen on many shelves is the Nintendo Switch.…
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CultureClassic Anno Strategy Games Are Getting Future-Proofed With 64-Bit Updates
The Anno city-building strategy series began over two decades ago with Anno 1602: Creation of a New World. That and other games from the series’ early history are getting touched up as part of the new Anno History Collection, coming to PC on June 25. The collection will be $40 and include the first four…
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CultureFallout 76 Intestine Shortage Delays Big Masked-Parade Event [Update]
Fallout 76’s much anticipated Fasnacht Parade went live yesterday, but not for long. It was quickly taken offline after players discovered a bug that made it too hard to complete the event’s requirements. It’s the latest piece of Fallout 76 content to be derailed by a slew of recent technical problems. The Fasnacht Parade, based…
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CultureNo Man’s Sky Coming To Xbox Game Pass And Windows PC In June
The procedurally-generated universe of Hello Games’ sci-fi epic is getting a massive influx of new explorers next month, as No Man’s Sky joins the Xbox Game Pass subscription service and scores a new Windows PC version. In the nearly four years since its August 2016 release, No Man’s Sky’s has evolved from a relatively bare-bones…
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CultureDota 2‘s New Summer Battle Pass Adds Female Anti-Mage, Guilds, And More
Valve unveiled Dota 2‘s long-awaited summer battle pass today and it’s full of stuff to get even lapsed players like me excited about playing again The International Battle Pass is Valve’s main mechanism for funding the prize pool for its big annual Dota 2 tournament and building up excitement around it. While the event has…
By Ethan Gach
