Across the vast history of role-playing games, few studios have managed to be as influential as Obsidian Entertainment. Their work on beloved games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004), Fallout: New Vegas (2010), and Pillars of Eternity (2015) has made them a fan-favorite …
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Twisted Metal is back — at least on TV. While the beloved PlayStation-era game franchise has remained dormant since its last entry in 2012, the vehicular carnage returns this summer in season two of Peacock’s live-action adaptation. The first teaser for Twisted Metal’s second season has arrived, providing a first …
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About 50 hours into Avowed, I had to put down my controller and step away after becoming emotionally overwhelmed. It wasn’t because of some big narrative moment or choice, but rather a diary I discovered off the beaten path. An innocuous merchant I’d run into in every previous region had …
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In the ideological battle for the soul of video games, South of Midnight (out April 8) is the stop-motion heart beating a strange, staccato rhythm at its center. The upcoming third-person action-adventure title from Montreal-based studio Compulsion Games (We Happy Few, Contrast) challenges Roger Ebert’s infamous “video games will never …
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After months of radio silence, it appears that fans may finally know when they can get their hands on Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. In a potential leak by Sony via an update to the game’s digital storefront on the PlayStation Store, the title’s release date has now …
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Tucked away amid an unassuming mix of mid-rise office buildings in a quiet part of Berlin is an entire floor that serves as the headquarters for one of the world’s biggest professional gaming organizations — G2 Esports. It has a practice room made to look like a tournament stage, production …
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Imagine The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim if all the magic and flying dragons were taken out. It would lose its fantasy flair and the player would just be a person walking around in an European-influenced setting. With no dragons around, the land is suddenly more peaceful without the fear of …
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“What am I fucking looking at?!” Maximilian Christiansen — better known to fans as YouTube and Twitch star Maximilian Dood — stares at his monitor in bewilderment, a flurry of Twitch chat messages buzzing up the screen. The June 2024 Nintendo Direct showcase, one of the last places he or …
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In the multiplayer shooter Apex Legends, being a champion is everything. The 60-player, squad-based game has become a massively popular esport worldwide, but unlike others that focus on military or fantasy warfare, Apex is actually about a game within a game, where competitors fight for glory in a Hunger Games-style …
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For the past three decades, Tekken has been the dominant king of 3D fighting games. Plenty of competitors have come and gone, from the weapons-heavy Soul Calibur series to the highly technical Virtua Fighter, but as the generations passed and players migrated from arcades to home consoles, few have managed …
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