There’s a PUBG Mobile Julien Fournié Skin Collection Now, Apparently

That’s a headline I never thought I’d write. Not because the idea of PUBG Mobile and Julien Fournié teaming up for a collaborative in-game costume seemed as unlikely as Endwalker getting a bad score (however new the brand is new to me: an uncultured British boy living in the grimy,…

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10 Video Game Music Tracks to Boost Your Run (Or Any Exercise)

Music is an important, under-looked element of any video game. A good soundtrack can elevate moments to heights not possible in any other medium. Music is designed to complement everything from blockbuster action setpieces, to smaller, tenderer sequences often driven by impactful dialogue. There are plenty of pieces that lend…

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XCOM: Chimera Squad Really Leans into the Series’ Horny Undertones

XCOM, like all video games, is inexcusably horny. It has been since at least XCOM 2 — when the series introduced big tittied, all-female snake soldiers with prehensile tongues that squeeze your guys up real tight. Firaxis, developer of Civilization and the modern XCOM games, has mostly tried to deny…

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Composer Yoko Shimomura Reflects on the Legend of Mana Remastered Soundtrack

Earlier this week saw the release of the Legend of Mana remaster. Originally released in 1999 for PlayStation, the fourth entry in the Mana series has been remastered for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Despite the varying popularity of each installment, the Mana series is famous for its unanimously lauded…

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Bioware Solemnly Swears Dragon Age 4 is Making Progress, For Real

It’s hard being a Dragon Age fan right now. After this year’s EA Play stream brought absolutely no news about Bioware’s fantasy franchise that has been quiet for six years (game wise, at least), fans are looking for literally any sign of life from the long-teased but never shown fourth Dragon…

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Monster Hunter World Behemoth Guide

The toughest beast in Monster Hunter: World isn’t actually from the Monster Hunter… world. Behemoth is a crossover creature introduced to World in update 5.0, in collaboration with the (excellent) MMO Final Fantasy XIV. It carries many of that game’s dungeon mechanics with it, as well—including the ability to tank…

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Earns its Video Game Bullshit

The first live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie thrived because, even with a blue hedgehog who runs fast at its center, a lot of the film was grounded and distanced from the wilder lore the decades-old series has cultivated. Even though that meant staying away from the characters I love most,…

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Lost Ark Quickly Breaks Steam Concurrent Player Records, Holds Second Place Spot

Lost Ark is soaring past some of Steam’s biggest titles and now sits as the second most concurrently played game on the platform. At the time of publishing this article, the MMO is hovering around 1.3 million concurrent users—making it second to only PUBG: Battlegrounds in terms of highest concurrent…

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Bear Party: Adventure is Half-Life With Care Bears, Wait Please Don’t Go

There are a lot of terrible things one person can say to another, but “try this FPS about violent Care Bears with drug imagery” must surely rank among the worst. Nevertheless, I urge you to check out Bear Party: Adventure, a standalone, free release of a 2019 single-player Source mod of an…

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Microsoft is Bringing Game Pass to Smart TVs

Microsoft has confirmed future plans for its Game Pass subscription service, ranging from new subscription tiers to a streaming device that will allow players to access Xbox games without the need for a console itself. The news comes as part of a Game Pass update the company posted to the…

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Persona 5 Strikers Security Level Guide – How to Lower a Security Level

Persona 5 Strikers is only a few weeks away, so it’s time to rally the Phantom Thieves together for one last adventure. Developed by Omega Force and P-Studio, Strikers is a radically different style of game than the smash-hit JRPG Persona 5. Combat is no-longer turn-based, but a mix of the army…

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Persona 5 Strikers Love Soupreme Guide – How to Get the Meal Tickets

Persona 5 Strikers is only a few weeks away, so it’s time to rally the Phantom Thieves together for one last adventure. Developed by Omega Force and P-Studio, Strikers is a radically different style of game than the smash-hit JRPG Persona 5. Combat is no-longer turn-based, but a mix of the army…

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