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  CultureNews

  The 10-Year Wait For ‘Minecraft Killer’ Hytale Is Finally Over

  The cube-shaped survival game is out in early access, after a fraught decade of development

  By John Walker Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Split Fiction Director Warns About Taking The Wrong Lessons Away From Clair Obscur

  Josef Fares argues for publishing diversity in the gaming industry

  By Ethan Gach Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  The Coolest Thing About Deadpool In Marvel Rivals Isn’t The Role Swapping

  The hero shooter’s next addition is one of the most elaborate characters in the game

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Rockstar Is Now Selling $200+ GTA Roleplay Mod Bundles On Its New Marketplace

  Some bundles sell for as much as a PS5

  Lewis Parker Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Forza Horizon 6 Will Take Fans To Japan Soon According To New Leak

  The next entry in Xbox and Playground's popular racing series is set to launch later this spring

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  A Detail About GTA 6′s Super Secret Multiplayer Just Got Accidentally Revealed

  Rockstar claims this tiny detail about GTA Online's successor is highly confidential

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ 3.0 Update Drops Early As Fans Race Back To Their Islands

  The Switch 2 version isn't live yet, though

  Nicole Carpenter Published January 14, 2026
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  Entertainment

  Stranger Things Documentary Director Says She Never Saw ChatGPT Being Used To Write The Finale: ‘I Witnessed Creative Exchanges’

  Fans allege the Duffer Brothers used the chatbot to write the finale without any substantial proof

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

  Battlefield 6 Is Trying To Do Too Much

  Also: what's the 'AAAA' game Eidos Montreal has spent seven years working on?

  By Ethan Gach Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Ex-BioWare Dev Explains How Anthem Could Live On As A Single-Player Game

  Mark Darrah has released a lengthy postmortem on the loot shooter that’s worth watching

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 14, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Don’t Let Todd Howard Catch You In This Fallout 4 Mod Or You’ll Die

  It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a Wasteland snail disguised as Bethesda's legendary designer

  By Ethan Gach Published January 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Stellar Blade Dev Believes ‘One Person Can Perform The Work Of 100 People’ With AI

  Shift Up's CEO thinks it's the only way to compete with studios from China

  By Ethan Gach Published January 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Infamous Peter Molyneux Parody Account Calls It Quits After 16 Years

  The director's final game, Masters of Albion, releases this year

  By Ethan Gach Published January 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  A Bunch More Gameplay Just Leaked From That Canceled Nolanverse Batman Game

  Monolith's canned Batman game was going to feature segments where you controlled the Tumbler

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Xbox Legend Major Nelson Is Unity’s Latest Layoff

  The departure comes amid the game engine company's ongoing identity crisis

  George Yang Published January 13, 2026
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  CulturePokemon

  Scalpers Try To Unload Lego Pokémon Sets On eBay For Over $1,000

  The Charizard, Venusaur, and Blastoise set is already being listed for more than a grand

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Cory In The House Fanatics Have Nearly Dethroned Clair Obscur As Metacritic’s Highest User-Rated Game

  Cory in the House has a long history of being memed to the top of user ratings, and it's experiencing a new surge right now

  Lewis Parker Published January 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Deadpool Studio And More Closed As Meta Chases AI Instead Of Gaming [Update]

  Twisted Pixel, Armature, and Sanzaru Games have been gutted according to laid off employees

  By Zack Zwiezen Updated January 14, 2026
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  CultureFeature

  EA Kills Anthem: A BioWare Fan’s Five Stages Of Grief

  After a canceled revamp and a server shutdown, BioWare fans mourn the loot shooter’s potential

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Ubisoft Follows Up Request For Employees To Lay Themselves Off By Doing It Itself

  The Assassin's Creed publisher continues restructuring scheme to keep costs down

  Jeffrey Rousseau Published January 13, 2026