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UncategorizedMicrosoft will have 14 games from its internal studios to show at this year’s E3. That’s according to a new tweet by the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer. Microsoft has been busy acquiring a bunch of new game studios recently. It sounds like we’ll finally get to hear what they’re working on.
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UncategorizedGoogle Now Requires App Makers To Disclose Loot Box Odds
Google rolled out a new Play Store policy requiring game makers to show players what the chances are of getting any items that might be contained in a paid random-chance scenario. Spotted by the website Android Police, the new requirement, listed in the monetization section of Google’s Development Policy Center, states: “Apps offering mechanisms to…
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UncategorizedBioWare Shares New Details About Anthem’s Upcoming Cataclysm Event
During a developer live stream today, BioWare gave Anthem players their first look at the game’s upcoming Cataclysm event, a limited-time end-game activity that will take place in an entirely new environment. Based on what BioWare showed, the Cataclysm, which will last six weeks, seems to function like a mini-freeplay mode. Players load into a…
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UncategorizedOuter Wilds Is An Excellent Game About The Joy And Terror Of Space Exploration
Outer Wilds asks you to accept that if you went to space, you’d probably die there. Maybe more than once. In Outer Wilds, out today for PC and Xbox One, you play an average four-eyed inhabitant of Timber Hearth, a small planet in a small solar system. Timber Hearth’s people live in log cabins but…
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OpinionImpressionsCrystal Crisis Is The Sequel Puzzle Fighter Fans Deserve
In 1996 Capcom released Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, a competitive puzzle game featuring chibi versions of Street Fighter and Darkstalkers characters. The closest Capcom’s gotten to making a sequel is a failed free-to-play mobile game. It’s cool, though. Indie developer Nicalis just released Crystal Crisis, and it’s all current-gen gem-fighting fans could possibly need.…
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CultureThe Internet Reacts To Whatever That Death Stranding Trailer Was
We now know when the highly anticipated Death Stranding comes out and what it’s about (kind of), which ends some of the mystery around this absurd and fascinating-looking game. But not all of the mystery has been unraveled yet, so we can all still make jokes about it. After Kojima left Konami in 2015, people…
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UncategorizedStarting next Tuesday, Apex Legends is having a limited time event called The Legendary Hunt More details are in the blog post, as well as a few tiny kernals of information about the Season 2 Battle Pass, which will be further fleshed out in a stream on June 8th. Happy hunting!
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OpinionImpressionsConan Unconquered Is A Real Time Strategy Game Without Any Fresh Ideas Of Its Own
If you were to ask Conan Unconquered, “What is best in life?” it might say back “To effectively manage your resources, build big walls, and hear the lamentations of your enemies when they see there’s another wall right behind the first big wall.” Conan Unconquered is a new real-time strategy game that came out on…
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UncategorizedFire Piranha Plant will be the latest character added to Mario Tennis Aces. Players can earn it by competing in tournaments throughout June before the character becomes available to everyone starting in July. That month, Mario Tennis will also see Dry Bowser added to the lineup
By Ethan Gach
