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EVE Players Are Poised For A Million-Dollar Battle
EVE Online has once again been plunged into a major battle—possibly its biggest one ever, depending on how it all goes. At around 3 PM Eastern today, Keepstar-class Citadel (the single largest object that can be owned by a player in EVE) held by the Pandemic Horde alliance has come under attack, and is poised…
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Rhythm Games Don’t Get Much Cooler Than Cytus II
No one makes rhythm games that are quite as cool as independent Taiwanese studio Rayark, creator ofDeemoand Voez. With outstanding music, sleek visuals and a unique instant message-based story system, mobile game Cytus II is Rayark’s coolest rhythm game yet. In a future where the internet has progressed to the point that it can easily…
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The New OK K.O. Game Is Really Good
Cartoon Network’s ongoing quest to make video games based on animated television that do not suck reaches a new level with OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes, a sweet little beat ‘em up developed by the makers of Super Time Force and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. It does not suck at all. Announced around the…
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Here’s What Nintendo’s HQ Looked Like In 1889
It’s well-known that Nintendo was originally founded in Kyoto, Japan as a maker of playing cards in 1889. But a recent historical project by the city of Kyoto has turned up, for the first time, a photograph of what the company’s headquarters looked like in that year. The photo, and an accompanying blog post, were…
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Darkest Dungeon Bug Makes DLC Unbeatable, But A Fix Is Coming [Update: Fixed]
Crimson Court, a piece of DLC for Darkest Dungeon, has a bug on the Switch version that makes it impossible to complete. The game’s development studio has said they are working on a solution. [Update-4:44, 2/14: The issue has been patched] One of the features of Crimson Court is a location called The Courtyard. The Courtyard…
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We Talk With The Creator Of Iconoclasts About His Painstaking Love Letter To Metroid And Metal Slug
Joakim Sandberg spent seven years making the huge, colorful, beautiful, 2D action-adventure game Iconoclasts. I played it. He watched and reacted. We had a good time. Usually, when someone makes a Metroid-like game these days, they channel Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Sandberg’s influences are more unconventional. He prefers the action-packed Metroid…
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Xbox Game Pass Now Gets New Microsoft Games On Day One
Microsoft’s $9.99 a month Xbox game subscription service just got a bit more attractive. Starting with the March 20 release of Sea of Thieves, all new Microsoft Studios games will be available on the service on launch day. TheXbox Game Passoffers subscribers access to more than 100 games from throughout Xbox history, allowing them to…
By Mike Fahey
