It takes a special kind of conviction to truly master 2022’s Elden Ring. For some, FromSoftware’s open-world action RPG is the pinnacle of hardcore gaming — an endless gauntlet of death and discovery that rewards heavy stat crunching and min-maxing on specific character builds to bend the game to a …
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This post contains spoilers for Season Two of The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II PlayStation game. With another wave of shocking twists, Season Two of HBO’s The Last of Us has come to an end. Over the course of seven episodes, the adaptation of the …
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Jump to an episode Episode One, “Future Days” Episode Two, “Through the Valley” Episode Three, “The Path” Episode Four, “Day One” Episode Five, “Feel Her Love” Episode Six, “The Price” Episode Seven (season finale), “Convergence” When it premiered in 2023, HBO’s The Last of Us was hailed by many as …
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It’s been 12 long years since that last Grand Theft Auto game, and a lot has changed. Since GTA V launched in 2013 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, there’ve been two full console generations (hell, four presidencies and 29 MCU movies too), but the gaming landscape itself has shifted. …
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Today, the Mushroom Kingdom officially welcomes theme park goers in Orlando, Florida, through the gates with the grand opening of Super Nintendo World. One of five areas that make of the new Universal Epic Universe — which also includes Celestial Park, the monster-themed Dark Universe, and worlds based on The …
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Tucked away in a nondescript complex in Santa Monica, California, is a one garage-doored building surrounded by palm trees. It’s easy to miss, with an entrance hidden far from public view on the rear side of its plain slab exterior — which is important given the exclusive clientele that come …
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“Rip and tear, until it is done.” This is the line that opens id Software’s duology of modern Doom games: Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal (2020). It’s a creepy, campy narration meant to set the tone for not-quite-horror games with horrific settings. But it’s also a mission statement — players …
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When news first broke about FBC: Firebreak (out June 17), the new multiplayer shooter from Remedy Entertainment, the idea caused some uneasy feelings among the studio’s fanbase. It wasn’t the sort of disquiet that Remedy likes to cause — between their acclaimed psychological horror games like Control (2019) and Alan …
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Just days after announcing the hotly anticipated game would be delayed until May 26, 2026, the second Grand Theft Auto VI trailer is here. The nearly three-minute clip from Rockstar Games gives an extended look at the in-game story: It opens with an older man greeting protagonist Jason Duval, who …
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It’s been a bumpy road for Halo developers Bungie over the last few years. After releasing its last big game, Destiny 2, in 2017, the once-industry leading studio has mostly focused on frequent updates and upheavals surrounding the cooperative online shooter — which have fluctuated in quality between middling (2023’s …
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