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OpinionImpressionsPredator: Hunting Grounds Is Only Fun When The Predator Is Around
Predator: Hunting Grounds takes the original film’s concept—a small squad of soldiers on a mission in the jungle are ambushed by a deadly alien hunter—and turns it into an asymmetrical multiplayer game. It seems like a logical and fun adaptation, but some mediocre gunplay and long waits bog the whole experience down. Hunting Grounds, out…
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CultureXbox Series X Gameplay Reveal Set For May 7
Microsoft will finally show gameplay from Xbox Series X games, including our first look at Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in action, on a new episode of Inside Xbox airing May 7. While Microsoft has already shown the console itself, as well as shared deep dives into its specs, this will be the first opportunity to see…
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CultureThe Makers Of Jackbox Are Launching A Celebrity Livesteam Show For Charity
A new livestreaming series called Celebrity Jackbox: Games & Giving will pit some mildly famous people against one another as they play Jackbox party games to raise money for those affected by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. “Every episode, a new crew of famous personalities will play a variety of games from Jackbox’s collection of 30…
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CultureAssassin’s Creed Valhalla Coming To Old And New Gen Consoles, Features Choice Of Male Or Female Protagonist
Now that we’ve spent eight hours watching artist Bosslogic paint a picture of a Viking, it’s time for something more substantial. Here’s the epic cinematic trailer debut for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, along with the first concrete details on the holiday 2020 release. First we have the trailer. Looks like England is going after the carefree,…
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CultureGame Pass now has over 10 million subscribers. Xbox boss Phil Spencer announced the stat in a new blog post outlining the downloadable game service’s continued growth. That’s up from 9.5 million monthly users last year. Spencer said subscribers are playing games twice as much since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.
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CultureFormer Battlefield Devs’ Intriguing Monster Game Put On Indefinite Hold
Announced in 2016 as Project Wight, Darkborn is a game in which players control a monster whose species has been hunted to near-extinction by humans. Today Swedish game studio The Outsiders announced development on Darkborn has been halted indefinitely. Inspired by John Carpenter’s Grendel, a retelling of the old English poem Beowulf from the monster’s…
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OpinionImpressionsThere Is Nothing Cathartic About This Spider-Killing Game
First-person spider hunting game Kill It With Fire is the stuff of nightmares. Here is the premise: the player is locked in a house filled with spiders. Squeaking spiders. Spiders that hide in drawers, under the toilet seat, and beneath cushions. These are spiders that screech as they tear ass across the room from one…
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CultureFinal Fantasy III Designer Wasn’t Particularly Into Moogles, Actually
In honor of Final Fantasy III’s 30th anniversary, Square Enix recently published an extensive interview with Hiromichi Tanaka, who worked as a designer on the 1990 Famicom game. While lighthearted, they do touch on some interesting subjects, including the debut of Moogles, how they created a cool attack effect for the Odin summon, and the…
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