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CultureGame Pass now has over 10 million subscribers. Xbox boss Phil Spencer announced the stat in a new blog post outlining the downloadable game service’s continued growth. That’s up from 9.5 million monthly users last year. Spencer said subscribers are playing games twice as much since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.
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CultureFormer Battlefield Devs’ Intriguing Monster Game Put On Indefinite Hold
Announced in 2016 as Project Wight, Darkborn is a game in which players control a monster whose species has been hunted to near-extinction by humans. Today Swedish game studio The Outsiders announced development on Darkborn has been halted indefinitely. Inspired by John Carpenter’s Grendel, a retelling of the old English poem Beowulf from the monster’s…
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OpinionImpressionsThere Is Nothing Cathartic About This Spider-Killing Game
First-person spider hunting game Kill It With Fire is the stuff of nightmares. Here is the premise: the player is locked in a house filled with spiders. Squeaking spiders. Spiders that hide in drawers, under the toilet seat, and beneath cushions. These are spiders that screech as they tear ass across the room from one…
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CultureFinal Fantasy III Designer Wasn’t Particularly Into Moogles, Actually
In honor of Final Fantasy III’s 30th anniversary, Square Enix recently published an extensive interview with Hiromichi Tanaka, who worked as a designer on the 1990 Famicom game. While lighthearted, they do touch on some interesting subjects, including the debut of Moogles, how they created a cool attack effect for the Odin summon, and the…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryFinal Fantasy VII Remake‘s Finale Was Wasted On A Newcomer Like Me
I felt guilty while watching the credits roll on Final Fantasy VII Remake early this morning. This game wasn’t meant for me, I thought. I didn’t earn this. Sure, technically I played the game for 30 hours and finally beat the final boss after a couple of frustrating attempts. That was me. But without the…
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Tips & GuidesYou Can Download Art From A Real Museum In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Fact: Every Animal Crossing: New Horizons resident wants a killer art collection. Last week, Nintendo’s pastel capitalist vacation sim introduced its players to a new way to acquire great art: the scurrilous rube, Jolly Redd. This Fantastic Mr. Fox reject was added to New Horizons as part of a sweeping Earth Day update. A traveling…
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CultureTom And Isabelle Dance It Out In Animal Crossing Fan Videos
Animal Crossing: New Horizons players have been making clips of the game’s two stars getting their groove on at work, set to all sorts of music. It’s become my new favorite playlist for chilling out during these stressful days. Run by three Animal Crossing fans, the Twitter account TomAndIsabelleDanceTo takes short clips of island administrators…
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