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Valve Discloses The Odds For Its New Dota 2 Loot Boxes
Valve’s latest update for Dota 2 changes how the free-to-play MOBA’s loot boxes work. It now discloses the odds for the rare items that have a chance of dropping in each box, following in the footsteps of other companies amid growing public concerns over loot boxes’ similarity to gambling. Yesterday, Valve added the “Treasure of…
By Ethan Gach - Uncategorized
EVE Online Cheaters In China Might Get Sent To Space Jail
When EVE Online’s Chinese version relaunches in Q4 of 2018, rulebreakers may find themselves facing a type of punitive action that goes way beyond banning—they might end up in a virtual prison labor camp. Data miners from Hoboleaks, a site dedicated to discovering changes pushed to the EVE Online test server, recently uncovered new in-game…
By Lee Yancy - Uncategorized
Have Sex With King Arthur And Sir Lancelot In This Text Adventure
Sometimes, I wish I could spend just a little time in the historical days of England. I’m not a huge fan of plagues, bread shortages, and the feudal system, but I do like courtly love—the chivalrous, disciplined romantic overtures that drove noble women wild with passion, lust, and the mystery of what came after all…
By Kate Gray - Uncategorized
Some Starlink Copies Bought From Best Buy Didn’t Include The Game, Players Say
A number of Best Buy customers who purchased copies of Ubisoft’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas starter kit for Nintendo Switch received boxes containing everything but the actual game. The publisher says it is investigating. As mentioned inour Starlink buyer’s guide yesterday, reports of missing games began popping up on the Switch subreddit on Tuesday, the…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Sims Players Want More Diverse Options From Fan-Made Creations
If you don’t want to make new Sims in The Sims 4, you can always download ones other players have made from the gallery. Some players are saying that unless you’re looking for characters who are white, your options are pretty slim. The gallery has been a feature of The Sims since The Sims 3.…
By Gita Jackson - Uncategorized
Well, You Don’t See That Very Often
In fighting game competition, there are supposed to be winners and losers. Players are either one or the other once a match has concluded. But sometimes, the fates like to throw a wrench in that rigid dichotomy with the anticlimactic and almost unheard of draw game. At last night’s Next Level Battle Circuit, local competitors…
By Ian Walker - Uncategorized
In an interview with USGamer, Monolith Soft executive director Tetsuya Takahashi said a Switch port of Xenoblade Chronicles X would cost a lot of money. As a result, it seems unlikely to happen any time soon, if at all. “It’s a massive game. Re-creating it would be really difficult,” he said.
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Skybound Games ‘In Discussions’ With Former Telltale Staffers About Completing The Walking Dead
Skybound Games, which is currently finalizing an agreement with Telltale Games to finish the final season of The Walking Dead, hopes to release episode 3 by the end of the year and have episodes 1 and 2 back up for sale later this month, according to comments by its CEO during an AMA on Reddit…
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UncategorizedBlack Ops 4’s Narrator Says Some Wild Stuff
Jumping into Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 can be a little disorienting for people returning to the series after a bit of a hiatus. Thankfully, the game offers a “Specialist Headquarters” that onboards players by showing them how to utilize each character. But it’s not hidden in some lifeless practice arena. You’re guided along…
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UncategorizedSeveral Excuses For Why I Am Still Playing Nintendo’s Latest Mobile Game
When Nintendo and Cygames’ Dragalia Lost launched at the end of last month, I said it was a slick version of the same old mobile action role-playing game. Turns out a little slickness goes a long way, as I’ve been playing the damn thing every day since. Why? Let me pull out my list of…
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