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Respawn Details Its Plan To Keep Apex Legends Fresh, But Avoid Employee Burnout
Respawn Entertainment’s battle royale game Apex Legends came out of the gate with a bang. Now that the initial burst of excitement has slowed down, the development studio has released a roadmap for the future. Its aim is to please players, but also avoid employee crunch and burnout. When Apex released in February, it was…
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Dragalia Lost Is Crossing Over With Fire Emblem
It’s a big week for players of Nintendo’s mobile action role-playing game Dragalia Lost. Along with permanently reduced prices for summoning heroes and dragons, familiar faces are crossing over as part of the special Fire Emblem: Lost Heroes event. A portal opens between the worlds of Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragalia Lost, bringing beloved characters like…
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Captain Olimar Is The Latest Smash Character That Competitors Love To Hate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has only been out for a few months and its competitive community has already gone through several distinct phases of hatred for various cast members. The latest Nintendo character to receive the scene’s ire is Captain Olimar, the diminutive protagonist of the Pikmin franchise. Olimar was first introduced to the series…
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BlizzCon, Blizzard’s annual convention for all things, well, Blizzard, will take place November 1 and 2 this year. Tickets go on sale May 4. The event will host all of the regular esports tournaments for games like Overwatch and Hearthstone, and who knows, Blizzard might even announce another mobile game.
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‘Persona 5 S’ Isn’t A Switch Port, It’s Persona 5 Scramble, A Musou Game
Following yesterday’s detailing of a cool, expanded edition of Persona 5coming to the PlayStation 4, today Atlus reveals Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, a musou action RPG by Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force, coming to the Nintendo Switch and PS4. Welp. Fans of Omega Force games like Dynasty Warriors, Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem…
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Thanos Returns In Fortnite‘s Avengers: Endgame Event, And He’s Got Company
Last year Thanos rampaged across Fortnite Battle Royale’s island, taking out players left and right as part ofan epic Avengers: Infinity War tie-in. Now the Mad Titan is back, backed by a team of Chitauri warriors and opposed by a team of heroes wielding Avengers weapons in the limited-time Fortnite Endgame event. Rather than pitting…
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Not Even My Mobile Dress-Up Game Is Safe From Avengers Mania
On my way to work, I see multiple advertisements for Avengers: Endgame. I can hardly scroll through any of my social media accounts without a friend or acquaintance offering their hot take on the movie, even if they haven’t seen it yet. I thought maybe one place I’d be safe from the hype and the…
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Block, Yoda Can Finally
Star Wars: Battlefront II came out 17 months ago. In all the time since, Yoda hasn’t been able to block attacks with his lightsaber. Luke Skywalker was able to block. Obi-Wan Kenobi was able to block. But not the Jedi master who taught them. Until now. Today’s Battlefront II update adds a new costume for…
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Black Ops 4 Variant Maps Are Pretty, But Don’t Change The Game
Treyarch has been adding lots of map variants to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, changing the time of day and weather patterns in some of the previously existing maps. They can be a nice change of pace, but they don’t change the gameplay, and are clogging up the map rotation, too. On the one…
By S.E. Doster
