ICYMI: Genshin Impact’s 2.6 Preview Includes Ayato, The Chasm, and Irodori Festival

Genshin Impact’s 2.6 update, Zephyr of the Violet Evergarden, is on the way with Boba-sipping five-star cutie Kamisato Ayato in tow on March 30. For those of us hoarding Primogems for the Kamisato clan head, that’s good enough. But, as always, developer HoYoverse has plenty to celebrate by adding a…

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NEWS

NJPW Castle Attack Review: Desperate Times Call For Desperado Measures

Previously on NJPW, the Castle Attack tour had gotten off to a bleak start, but it was the kind of bleak that I could sum up as “cursed.” When the tour picked up again, the company descended to such a miserable place that using an internet slangy term like “cursed”…

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WRESTLING

Embracing the Absurd in Steins;Gate

On the surface, Steins;Gate seems like a simple thrilling, twisty time travel story about trying to escape fate. And on one level, it is: the 2009 visual novel, adapted into an anime series in 2011 and then readapted into a game using visuals from the anime as the just-released Steins;Gate…

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FEATURES

Insanity, Class, and Cannibalism in Channel Zero’s Butcher’s Block

In Channel Zero’s third season, the show pulls back from the claustrophobic focus of its first two and sinks its teeth into the rotting underbelly of American class warfare. Butcher’s Block is broader, bloodier, and funnier than either Candle Cove or No-End House, but while its lens may be wider…

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FEATURES

Dying Light 2 Gets December Release Date & New Gameplay Trailer

It’s been some time since we last heard from developer Techland about Dying Light 2. Originally revealed during Microsoft’s E3 conference in 2018, Dying Light 2, the game quietly receded from public view following the loss of their art director Pawel Selinger and narrative lead, Chris Avellone. With fans fearing the…

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NEWS

‘Soon, Only the Ocean’ is One of the Best Games of 2020, But You Can’t Play It

I always find talking about my games of the year particularly challenging. Sometimes that’s down to the fear that I’ve missed something great, and other times simply due to the way that my opinions seem to change the more I try to pin them down. But as we approach the…

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FEATURES

‘Free Guy’ Review: Familiar, But Not Too Familiar

If you’ve seen a trailer for Free Guy (and given that the first one dropped before the pandemic, you probably have), then you may have dismissed it in the same way that I did. “This is just The LEGO Movie, but in a video game” my friends and I grumbled,…

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REVIEWS

Heels Episode 4 “Cutting Promos” Recap & Review

We’re now deep enough into Heels to get a feel for the show’s storytelling rhythm, which alternates between episodes centered around DWL show days and those set during the workweek, when characters deal with the fallout from the last show and plan for the next while coping with the struggles…

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REVIEWS

Six Months Later, Marvel’s Avengers Still Feels Lackluster

In September of last year, Square Enix finally released Marvel’s Avengers, their delayed superhero multiplayer live game based on one of the biggest properties in the entire world. It seemed like it should have been a slam dunk, considering how popular games like Destiny are and how much money you can make…

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‘Scream, Queen!’ Revisits the Gayest Nightmare on Elm Street Movie

Last year, streaming service Shudder gained critical and audience acclaim for its in-house documentary Horror Noire, which centered Black voices both in front of and behind the camera. Earlier this year it debuted Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, a deep dive into slasher sequel Nightmare on Elm Street…

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How To Optimize Ship Loadouts in Stellaris

Are you putting together a fleet of spaceships in Paradox's new grand strategy game? We've got some tips.

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Did someone say Farming Simulator 17?

Because we sure heard you say Farming Simulator 17.

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