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Please Don’t Ever Change This Nightmare-Inducing Switch Icon

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Switch owners like their game icons a certain way. They want bright colors and sharp-looking art. They'd also prefer the game's logo be present in some way, shape, or form. What many of them don't seem to like is slightly blurry, eyeless terror rabbits. I can't see the problem. Neither can the rabbit, technically.

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No Man's Sky Free Halloween Update Adds Giant Spooky Sandworms

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 08:45 AM PDT

As if space exploration wasn't already inherently a little spooky, No Man's Sky is adding a Halloween update to the game today. "Emergence" is a story-driven campaign where players will have to fight mutant sand worms and uncover the secrets of a dark cult. This story event accompanies various quality-of-life updates.

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God of War Comes To PC Next Year As Sony Continues Porting Exclusives

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 08:35 AM PDT

God of War will be the latest PlayStation exclusive to come to PC. A new listing for the 2018 action game revealed it will come to Steam next year on January 14, 2022.

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Destiny 2 Nickle-And-Diming For New Dungeons Is A Bummer

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 08:15 AM PDT

Destiny 2 will get a lot of new content when The Witch Queen launches in February. Unfortunately, some of it will only be accessible to players who pony up for the Deluxe Edition of the annual expansion. It's the latest development in the messy evolution of how Bungie monetizes Destiny, and a lot of players are upset…

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Speedrunners Protest, Leave Biggest Leaderboard Site As It Gets Flooded With Abusive Comments

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Speedrun, a website where leaderboards crown the fastest players for any given game, recently added a commenting feature which hasn't been going well for anyone. Since its implementation, users have been spammed with vulgar comments and inappropriate images. Worse, those plagued by this problem can't moderate the…

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Posing In Apex Legends Is Crashing The Game

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 07:45 AM PDT

Have you ever flexed so hard in a game you made it crash? That's apparently a dream coming true for Apex Legends players, where performing Epic animated poses is breaking the game. Respawn is asking players of the battle royale shooter to stop using them.

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Hands On: The PS5’s Storage Upgrade Is Quick And Easy

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 06:30 AM PDT

Last month Sony finally upgraded the PlayStation 5 firmware with support for additional storage via NVMe M.2 solid-state drives (that is, the latest, fast models of SSDs). While not quite as simple as popping open the lid and slotting a chip, with the right hardware and a single small Phillips head screwdriver, the…

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Dragon Ball Voice Actor Chris Ayres Dies Age 56

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 05:45 AM PDT

Chris Ayres, perhaps best known as Frieza's English language voice actor, has passed away. Besides the iconic Dragon Ball character, Ayres also voiced Kei Kurono in Gantz, and Shingen Takeda in Sengoku Basara. He was 56 years old.

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Tipping In Japan? One Company Aims To Spread It Throughout The Country

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT

In Japan, tipping is basically not a thing. There are a few occasions where one does tip, such as at a ryokan, or a traditional Japanese inn. But generally, good service is expected minus tips. So if you go to a restaurant, the price on your bill is what you pay. One Japanese company is trying to change that.

"If you…

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The Art Of Far Cry 6

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 06:20 PM PDT

As people finally settle in with Ubisoft's latest Far Cry game, now's the perfect time to look at some of the designs and models that went into Far Cry 6's development.

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Lego Says No To Amazing Hyrule Castle Playset

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 05:15 PM PDT

Lego Ideas, the platform where fans can design Lego sets, then see them licensed and sold in stores, has given us some fantastic builds over the years. Sadly, this big Hyrule Castle set won't be one of them.

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'More Than 20' Activision Blizzard Employees Have 'Exited' Over Harassment Lawsuit

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 03:50 PM PDT

With the company still mired in lawsuits spurred on by historical allegations of harassment, Activision Blizzard has used an interview with the Financial Times to disclose that a number of employees have "exited," and more "disciplined," in the wake of the case.

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Pokémon Unite’s Drednaw And Rotom Tweak Just One Of Many Wild Patch Changes

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 02:45 PM PDT

Pokémon Unite is poised to get a substantial update on October 20, which will kick off the Halloween event on mobile devices and Nintendo Switch. Though TiMi Studio Group has yet to drop the official patch notes, what's expected are wild changes, including nerfs to Blastoise and tweaks to Rotom.

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German Game Ban Just Screwed Over Switch Players On Several Other Continents

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 02:35 PM PDT

Dying Light: Platinum Edition launched on Nintendo Switch today, but due to an extremely peculiar Germany-specific ban, the digital version of the game is unavailable to players in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Genshin Impact Player Uses Glitch To Make Awesome Dinosaurs

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Like other fantasy-themed live-service games such as Final Fantasy XIV and Elder Scrolls Online, Genshin Impact has a highly customizable housing system. With it, players can craft furniture using materials they've gathered, they can grow flowers for use in potions, and they can even create little rock gardens in the…

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I’m Gonna Play The Heck Out Of This Lo-Fi Spin On Pokémon

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 02:15 PM PDT

The elevator pitch for Cassette Beasts, a forthcoming indie game, can't fit on a single line. A lo-fi monster-hunting game clearly inspired by Pokémon? Or, oh, oh, how about a top-down role-playing game with gorgeous pixel art and killer music? Surely it's something distinguished by being awash in '80s vibes? The…

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Activision Blizzard May Have Found A Way To Wriggle Out Of California Lawsuit

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Activision Blizzard, embroiled in legal wranglings over alleged appalling work conditions for its staff, has requested additional time to investigate and potentially disqualify the California Department of Fair and Equal Housing from its ongoing legal battle with the agency. This is on account of potential ethics…

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How To Move Your Animal Crossing Island Onto Your New Switch, OLED Or Not

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 12:20 PM PDT

In the liminal period between Animal Crossing: New Horizons offering nothing new to do and Animal Crossing: New Horizons offering arguably too much new stuff to do, Nintendo released a new Switch model complete with a bigger screen and a 0 percent increase to battery life. Perhaps you were lucky enough to snag one.…

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Seven Hours With Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion's Free DLC

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 11:45 AM PDT

With a name like Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, I was hoping to learn a thing or two about taxes, government regulation, and the ways in which the system fundamentally screws people out of money and property. While I can't say I learned anything about tax evasion playing this adorable 2D action game—don't do it, I…

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PS5 Accessory Makers Just Won't Stop Taunting Sony's Lawyers

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 11:25 AM PDT

Dbrand, a tech accessories brand that my roommate described to me as "being for dudes who like new iPhones," has decided to wage a very loud legal war with Sony Entertainment regarding their totally fine PS5 plates and cases.

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