The fighting game scene may be thriving today, but when the origins of the genre were much more humble. After Yie Air Kung Fu (1984) and International Karate (1985) introduced the idea of one-on-one martial arts battles, Capcom threw its hat into the digital ring in 1987 with Street Fighter, …
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AriGameplays always knew she wanted to be a performer. The Mexican streamer, who has amassed over 7 million subscribers on Twitch playing everything from Fortnite to Roblox, remembers being a young girl performing for her family at holidays and wanting to be a star. “It was an idea that was …
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When Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was first revealed during Xbox Games Showcase 2024, it instantly caught the attention of role-playing game fans. Here was an RPG from a brand new IP that mixed the turn-based combat of Japanese games like Metaphor Refantazio with a more realistic aesthetic akin to Western …
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It’s time again to return to Tamriel. After a full week of speculation stemming from an alleged leak of screenshots and key art, Bethesda has confirmed that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is both real and will arrive very soon. Following the details that popped up online, Bethesda had …
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There’s no one way to properly revive a classic. For games like Street Fighter 6, its creators focused on hitting all the right notes that fans broadly know, while trying to streamline the gameplay to be as accessible as possible. For others like Tekken 8, there’s little need to change …
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Talk to Tinashe for long enough, and Call of Duty: Warzone is likely to come up. She mentioned her love of gaming whenRolling Stonecaught up with her in October, talked aboutWarzonewithBillboardin August, and played the game with the YouTube channelGaming While Blackback in 2022. So, it’s no surprise that Call …
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The year is 2025 and ninjas are once again all the rage. The hype began in March with the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, a game whose stealthy action mechanics perfectly fit the historical fantasy of becoming a ninja. This summer, Sega revives one of its classic franchises with Shinobi: …
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Around this time every year, a wave of indie games begin to appear that will make their mark on players. Balatro in 2024, Dredge in 2023, and Sifu in 2022 are some examples of indie darlings that shaped the landscape for the months to come — drawing attention from AAA …
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A Minecraft Movie, based on the bestselling video game in the world, is, to put it lightly, an abomination. It currently sits at a “rotten” 48 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and Rolling Stone’s own review was far from glowing, calling it an “expensively cheap, 100-percent corporate mess.” But despite the …
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The sweeping tariffs on foreign goods unveiled by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, April 2 are expected to have widespread implications across the United States and beyond, affecting the cost of cars, clothes, wine, furniture, shoes, and — to the chagrin of many online — highly anticipated video games and …
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