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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla First DLC Is Good, But Feels A Bit Lonely

Posted: 13 May 2021 10:00 AM PDT

Assassin's Creed Valhalla was a big game. (Maybe too big.) But I still found myself wanting to explore and conquer more after the credits rolled. Today's new DLC, Wrath of The Druids, is mostly what I wanted: While it adds a big new map and storyline, it lacks the smaller side stories and characters that I loved so…

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The Nintendo Download: Calculator And 28 Other Fun Games

Posted: 13 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT

What do you mean we've already done the calculator joke? Had I known I would have chosen a screenshot from one of the Famicom Detective Club games or random anime gem-matching game Kasiori. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now.

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The Black PS5 DualSense Controller Everyone Wants Comes Out Next Month

Posted: 13 May 2021 06:25 AM PDT

Ever since Sony revealed its striking white DualSense controller folks have been clamoring for an all-black version. Well, here you go. Midnight Black and its foppish companion, Cosmic Red, are hitting store shelves next month.

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Unsurprisingly, Nintendo Switch Shipments Were Impacted By Stuck Suez Canal Boat

Posted: 13 May 2021 05:00 AM PDT

The global business trade seemed to grind to a halt this past March when the Ever Given container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal. Loads of product shipments were impacted, including the Nintendo Switch.

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How Studio Ghibli Helped With The Latest Evangelion Film

Posted: 13 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT

Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno has a history that goes way back with Studio Ghibli—before it was even founded. One of the first big jobs he got in the industry was working on Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 classic Nausicaä.

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New Dragon Quest Will Be Announced Later This Month

Posted: 13 May 2021 02:00 AM PDT

Square Enix has announced that later this month it will announce a new Dragon Quest game.

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Daigo Umehara Hospitalized After Contracting Covid-19 But Is Feeling Better

Posted: 12 May 2021 11:41 PM PDT

This weekend, it was announced that Daigo Umehara, one of the greatest Street Fighter players of all time, had contracted covid-19. He has since been hospitalized to get the care he needs as the esports pro came down with pneumonia.

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Target Stores Will Stop Selling Pokémon Cards After Shortages, Fighting

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:15 PM PDT

Thanks to a combination of the pandemic, late-stage capitalism and people being assholes, Target stores across the US are about to halt all physical sales of certain trading cards, with Pokémon on the list.

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Paradox Director Is Very Sorry For "Low Quality" DLC Releases

Posted: 12 May 2021 05:30 PM PDT

Following fan backlash over Europa Universalis IV's Leviathan DLC, which wound up the worst-rated launch on Steam of all time, the director of the studio responsible has apologised to fans for not just Leviathan's poor quality, but that of some other recent releases as well.

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Grand Theft Auto V Looks Almost Photorealistic Thanks To Machine Learning

Posted: 12 May 2021 05:00 PM PDT

While we've seen loads of examples of AI making games look better over the last couple of years, I've never seen anything like this approach, that's able to take Grand Theft Auto V and through the power of magic make it look so damn real.

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Everything You Need To Know About Returnal’s Endgame

Posted: 12 May 2021 02:00 PM PDT

So, you've rolled the credits on Returnal, the PS5-exclusive action game about realizing that the events of Groundhog Day could've gone a lot worse, actually. Typically, a credit crawl signals the end of a game. Not so with Returnal. Once you hit the ostensible end, there's a lot left for you to do.

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Resident Evil Village Looks Much Scarier As A PS1 Game

Posted: 12 May 2021 01:00 PM PDT

I wasn't blown away by the scares in Resident Evil Village, and it turns out a PlayStation 1-style demake is all the proof I need to believe the game would have been a much more terrifying experience on older consoles.

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Sex Game Can't Get On Steam, Even After $20,000 Worth Of Attempts

Posted: 12 May 2021 12:30 PM PDT

The developers of Holodexxx are at a loss. After spending months attempting to get their VR sex game onto Steam, they've hit a wall that no amount of self-censorship or mechanical refinement has been able to drill through: Valve's nebulous definition of "pornography."

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Ethan’s Severed Hand Is More Than A Gory Resident Evil Gag

Posted: 12 May 2021 11:30 AM PDT

We've established by now that Resident Evil Village puts protagonist Ethan Winters through a great deal of unpleasantness. But the already-iconic visual of Ethan's hand being slashed and sliding off isn't just a good running gag or Capcom at its most masochistic. It's also a clue to an end-game twist.

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The Wait Is Over: Calculator Debuts For Nintendo Switch

Posted: 12 May 2021 11:00 AM PDT

Today, after weathering a presumably blistering fan campaign (Project Nerdfall?), Nintendo added a Calculator app to the Nintendo eShop. For 10 whole-ass American dollars you can purchase what comes in every other phone, tablet, and computer for free.

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