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New Xbox Series X/S Background Is A Pulsating Blob From The Past

Posted: 12 May 2021 10:30 AM PDT

Rolling out with the May Xbox Series X/S update that includes important updates to that handy Quick Resume feature, "The Original" dynamic theme marks the return of the glowing green glob of Flubber from the original Xbox's startup and dashboard.

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Every Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2021

Posted: 12 May 2021 09:07 AM PDT

Spring is here! The birds are singing, flowers blooming, and uh, it rains more. What a season! Sadly, covid-19 hasn't gone anywhere. So depending on where you live you might still be stuck inside. Well, at least you'll have games like Monster Hunter Rise, Outriders, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition to play while you…

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Silicon Dreams Is Blade Runner Meets Papers, Please

Posted: 12 May 2021 08:30 AM PDT

Silicon Dreams is something rather special. I almost feel bad reducing it to an elevator pitch, but honestly it captures the game so perfectly, and communicates exactly what you need to know: It's Blade Runner meets Papers, Please.

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My Singing Monsters Comes To Consoles With A Bunch Of Non-Singing Minigames

Posted: 12 May 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Mobile hit My Singing Monsters is a game about collecting and breeding musical monsters whose unique noises join together to create beautiful music. Coming to consoles this November, My Singing Monsters Playground is a party game featuring more than 20 different minigames. Hopefully one of those minigames is singing,…

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I'm Not Sure I'm Ready For The Biomutant Plushie

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:10 AM PDT

Dear THQ Nordic store, I am not supposed to have the urge to cuddle a video game hero until after I have played it, and Biomutant does not come out until May 25. You cannot have my heart yet, no matter how soft and fluffy it looks with its little plush eye injury and super-cute scarf.

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Pretty Much Everyone In Resident Evil Village Needs Therapy

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT

I'm a big believer in therapy and finding healthy coping mechanisms, so throughout my playthrough of Resident Evil Village, I kept thinking about how much better off everyone would've been had they just worked their shit out. Seriously. I think everyone in this fucked-up game could benefit from talking things out and…

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Gundam's Zaku Makes A Pretty Good Japanese Teapot

Posted: 12 May 2021 04:52 AM PDT

Quick! Out of all the Gundam mecha, if you were to pick one to make a Japanese teapot, which would you pick?

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Starcraft II Great TaeJa Is Retiring Once Again

Posted: 12 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Today, Yun "TaeJa" Young Seo has announced he's retiring from professional StarCraft II play.

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Card Shop Employee Arrested For Alleged Assault Over Mask Request

Posted: 12 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT

Late last month, 27-year-old Kazuhiro Arita traveled from Osaka to Fukuoka. While there, according to News 24 and ANN, a 55-year-old man warned him about not wearing a mask, provoking Arita to allegedly punch him repeatedly in the head.

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Let's Remember Gran Turismo 5's Intro, Which Was A Masterpiece

Posted: 11 May 2021 07:40 PM PDT

We tend to associate video game intros with lavish, pre-rendered cinematic sequences. Something to help kickstart the story, set the tone. Which is fine, but there's been a video game intro stuck in my head for over a decade now, and it wasn't trying to tell me a story. It was trying to teach me something.

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Life Is Still Strange

Posted: 11 May 2021 05:40 PM PDT

Florent Auguy is an artist from France who has worked on stuff like Into the Spider-Verse and Detroit: Become Human.

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Lady Dimitrescu vs The Humble Coffee Table

Posted: 11 May 2021 05:00 PM PDT

She's as big as a truck and can kick your ass if she gets anywhere near you, but Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitrescu's relentless pursuit can be rendered powerless by a single artefact: a...coffee table.

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ROM Hack Puts Conker In Super Smash Bros.

Posted: 11 May 2021 04:30 PM PDT

Smash Remix is a popular ROM hack that takes the original Super Smash Bros. and cranks the mayhem to 11 with new characters, stages, and moves. Ganondorf and Bowser were added to the popular platform fighter in previous updates, and earlier today, the developers revealed none other than Conker as a playable character…

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Hood, A New Multiplayer Heist Game, Is Fine

Posted: 11 May 2021 04:00 PM PDT

What if Robin Hood but moodier than a mid-2000s Warped Tour ticket line? That's the premise of Hood: Outlaws and Legends, a class-based multiplayer heist game based on a dark and stormy version of the Robin Hood folk tale, officially released yesterday for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. (Over the weekend, those who…

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Whaddaya Buyin? (Ethan Winters’ House, Please)

Posted: 11 May 2021 02:30 PM PDT

My partner and I have been looking for our dream home, and I think we found it. It's somewhere in Eastern Europe—possibly Romania—it's probably owned by a shady government agency, and I have it on good authority that its previous occupants won't be coming back any time soon. I'm talking about Ethan Winters' house in

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A Baby's Head On Chris Redfield Is Somehow Even More Cursed Than Chris Redfield's Head On A Baby

Posted: 11 May 2021 01:00 PM PDT

Yesterday, we introduced you to Baby Chris Redfield, who will decidedly not be rivaling Baby Yoda or any other baby, real or fictional, in popularity polls anytime soon. Perhaps, though, you will find Chris Redfield's tall, rippling body with the goo-spewing head of an infant more to your liking.

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Resident Evil Village Art Book Shows Ada Wong, Early Lady Dimitrescu Concept

Posted: 11 May 2021 12:00 PM PDT

One of my favorite parts of gaming is learning the ins and outs of development, and most especially the plot points that may have been changed before launch. "The Tragedy of Ethan Winters," an extensive digital art book included with the collector's edition of Resident Evil Village, provides a ton of these juicy…

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Ubisoft's Skull & Bones Delayed To Late 2022

Posted: 11 May 2021 11:00 AM PDT

Skull & Bones is sailing into rough waters once again. In an earnings report today, Ubisoft revealed that the game has been delayed to next year.

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