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CultureNo Man’s Sky Coming To Xbox Game Pass And Windows PC In June
The procedurally-generated universe of Hello Games’ sci-fi epic is getting a massive influx of new explorers next month, as No Man’s Sky joins the Xbox Game Pass subscription service and scores a new Windows PC version. In the nearly four years since its August 2016 release, No Man’s Sky’s has evolved from a relatively bare-bones…
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CultureDota 2‘s New Summer Battle Pass Adds Female Anti-Mage, Guilds, And More
Valve unveiled Dota 2‘s long-awaited summer battle pass today and it’s full of stuff to get even lapsed players like me excited about playing again The International Battle Pass is Valve’s main mechanism for funding the prize pool for its big annual Dota 2 tournament and building up excitement around it. While the event has…
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CultureKotaku Game DiaryA Bet Over Animal Crossing: New Horizons Screwed Me Out Of $30
Over the past few months, I haven’t been shy about my feelings for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I’ve called it “seriously stressful,” an “exercise in patience,” and a “shoddy Xerox of life’s daily headaches.” I’ve publicly insulted Tom Nook and Jolly Redd. I compared a recent event to socks. Well, last week Animal Crossing: New…
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CultureCall of Duty: WWII Is One Of June’s PlayStation Plus Games
If you’ve had a hankering to play the Call of Duty from three years ago, PlayStation Plus has you covered next month. Although technically one of June’s PS Plus games, Call of Duty: WWII will actually be available to download starting May 26. Maybe it’s a day-after-Memorial-Day thing? Of course, good luck finding space for…
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CultureModder Makes Resident Evil 3‘s Nemesis Even Scarier
Sometimes things are more than they appear. In this Resident Evil 3 mod that’s not the case. It replaces Nemesis with Shrek. That’s it. That’s the entire mod. We saw a ton of mods transforming Resident Evil 2’s Mister X into the likes of Thomas the Tank Engine and others when it came out last…
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CultureHow’s It Going?: Memorial Day Edition
It’s Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer. But this year who even knows what that means. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Maybe you saw this video going around of a Memorial Day weekend pool party at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. You’d never know the covid-19 pandemic was still…
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CultureThe Week In Games: Dungeons And Creepers
Minecraft Dungeons releases this week and brings simple hack and slash action to almost every platform out there. I’ve been playing Dungeons for a few days and I’m enjoying it. It’s not a new Diablo or something that has the same depth as that game or other similar dungeon crawlers, but it’s enjoyable. And it…
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CultureFan Discovers Division 2 Audio Files That May Spoil Months Of Upcoming Storylines [UPDATE]
A datamining fan has found and shared what seems to be the possible next few months of story updates for The Division 2 buried in the new Public Test Server build of the game. On May 22nd The Division 2 got a Public Test Server and players could download and play this new version of…
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CultureShop Contest‘Shop Contest: SHARK!
I have been thinking about sharks a lot lately, after playing and reviewing Maneater earlier this week. So let’s have some fun with sharks! Your challenge this week: Add sharks where they don’t belong! Going a bit more open-ended this week. As long as your image includes a shark and is funny, it might win…
By Zack Zwiezen