“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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The weight of the world — or, at least, one of the world’s biggest video game developers — rests squarely on Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Set in feudal Japan and starring dual protagonists Naoe (a slight, stealthy shinobi warrior) and Yasuke (a big, brawling samurai), Ubisoft is calling it the “ultimate” …
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Today, Microsoft unveiled new looks at multiple upcoming games during its Xbox Developer Direct 2025 presentation, livestreamed on the official Xbox YouTube channel. Although it was known that the showcase would provide new details on previously announced titles like South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Doom: The Dark …
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Looks like Chappell Roan is hot to go for a new collaboration with Fortnite. In an interview with BBC Radio 1‘s Jack Saunders this week, the 26-year-old singer revealed that not only is Epic’s online shooter her current obsession, but that her chart-topping 2024 single, “Good Luck, Babe!” will soon …
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For anyone who loves gratuitous, over-the-top action games, it doesn’t get any bigger than the Dynasty Warriors franchise. With the release of Dynasty Warriors: Origins (out today), Koei Tecmo has brought back the hack-and-slash historical fiction series and reinvented it for a new generation. And although it isn’t for everyone …
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It’s officially (Mario) party time. After months of speculation, and multiple unconfirmed leaks from third-party accessory manufacturers, Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on the worst-kept secret in the gaming industry with the official announcement the successor to the Switch. It’s simply called the Nintendo Switch 2. No price …
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There are certain video game franchises that excel at delivering sheer spectacle. In that regard, Dynasty Warriors: Origins (out Jan. 17) is unwavering from beginning to end. Twenty five years after the release of Dynasty Warriors 2, the entry that set the blueprint that the series currently follows, Origins takes …
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The video game industry is in the middle of a crisis. Budgets for big releases are ballooning out of control with games like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020) costing up to $700 million to produce. The developer workforce has also been ravaged, with dozens of studios closing, …
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