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UncategorizedQC Games, the studio behind the team-based, arena RPG Breach, announced today that it’s closing. “Unfortunately, today is the last official day for QC Games, as we begin winding down internal operations on Breach,” the studio said. Breach went into Early Access on Steam in January but struggled to find an audience.
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OpinionImpressionsThe Original EverQuest Has Not Aged Well
Ten years ago I wrote a story about EverQuest, the online role-playing game I was so obsessed with it cost me my job and a relationship. Now I’m revisiting the game, playing on the new progression server opened to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and I can safely say I am in no danger of falling…
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UncategorizedGwent has a new vampire-themed expansion out, and to help celebrate CD Projekt is selling Blood Moon Packs for the low, low price of…$115. Each contains 100 kegs of new Crimson Curse cards to help get you started. It’s not a bad deal, but only if you want $115 worth of Gwent cards.
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UncategorizedI Bought A Video Game’s Collector’s Edition And Have Regrets
On September 1, 2016 I pre-ordered the collector’s edition of Persona 5. I can’t remember why I did that then several months after it had been announced and several more before it would finally be released. But I did. It cost me $76.31 with tax. Yesterday I unearthed the remnants of it from my closet,…
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UncategorizedBlack Desert On Xbox One Inches Closer To The PC Version
Pearl Abyss’ pretty online role-playing game Black Desert launched on the Xbox One last month, lacking much of the contentthat had been added to the PC version since its 2016 debut. It’s catching up quick though, with a free update today adding four new classes and large-scale player-versus-player events. The PC version of Black Desert…
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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Vanishing Paycheck
Whimsy and innocence? In K-Pop? Stranger things have happened. We’ve heard Stella Jang before, first with the wonderfully moody-cum-jazzy Monsieur, then with the 1980s nostalgia trip that was Beautiful. Vanishing Paycheck is more contemporary than either of them, but that doesn’t mean it’s anywhere close to mainstream K-Pop. It opens with a solitary accordion trill,…
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CultureSuper Mario Lost Levels, Punch-Out!! Heading To Switch This Month
Punch-Out!!, Star Soldier, and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, aka the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, are the next games coming to Nintendo’s NES library on Switch Online, on April 10. In other words, it’s another fairly safe, predictable month for Nintendo, with no especially surprising releases and nothing that hasn’t already been in…
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UncategorizedAlcatraz Island Proves Call Of Duty Blackout Works Great In Close Quarters
Alcatraz Island has arrived in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. It’s based on a Zombies map, but this version is for the Blackout battle royale mode. You wouldn’t think it, but the smaller map makes for an intense, close-quarters battle royale experience. Alcatraz, a free map, is currently available on PlayStation 4, with Xbox…
By S.E. Doster
