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New Disney Game Looks Perfect (For Disney Adults)

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 06:20 PM PDT

While my household is still in mourning over the untimely demise of Disney Infinity, the former movie studio and now cultural monopoly has today unveiled a new video game that, if Disney is your thing, is very much catering towards your things.

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Final Fantasy XIV's Director Is Asking You Not To Be Jerks

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 05:30 PM PDT

Final Fantasy XIV recently introduced a new 5v5 player-vs-player mode called Crystalline Conflict. And while for the most part it seems to be going just fine, and folks are happy with it, the team behind the game aren't as happy with some people's behaviour in the mode, and so have taken the time to address the issues…

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Streamers Aren't Liking Twitch's Potential Moneymaking Idea

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 03:10 PM PDT

Twitch is reportedly considering major changes to the monetization practices that streamers are upset about because the potentially lopsided percentages work out to pad Twitch's bottom line.

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Broken Elden Ring Boss Is Back To Being Just Really Hard With Latest Update

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 03:00 PM PDT

The latest Elden Ring patch is all about fixing issues from the previous update, like a bug that turned the FromSoftware game's most challenging boss into a constantly regenerating monster.

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The Latest Sims 4 Update Is Trolling Players With An Unexpected Demon

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 02:05 PM PDT

Picture your worst nightmare. Really allow yourself to round out each gruesome detail. Feel your heart race, then step back to reflect on what you've created. I'm guessing it's not a Sim with a cell phone, but somehow, developer Maxis has managed to turn that innocuous image into a menace to Sims society.

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Let's 'Marie Kondo' Your Disgusting Elden Ring Inventory

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 11:50 AM PDT

I was shocked when I opened up my boyfriend's Elden Ring inventory. Baffled and terrified, even. It was fully stocked in a way that only the cheese section of your fridge should be—there were multiples of the same armor sets, a despicable buildup of consumables and common items like herba and melted mushrooms, and a…

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Game Pass Hidden Gem Mixes XCOM, Worms, And Comic Book Vibes

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 10:50 AM PDT

What happens if the world gets too stupid, too overrun with people who don't trust science or educators? Well, according to the recently released Research and Destroy, once folks stop trusting science and start believing in every wild theory they find online, the world is actually taken over by supernatural monsters,…

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The 15 Best Games For The Xbox Series X And S

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 10:20 AM PDT

A new console generation usually means a new library of games. That's not exactly the case with Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, at least not yet. So far, there are few true next-gen exclusives. Instead, Xbox games are often released in both last-gen and next-gen versions.

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Dragon Age 4 QA Devs Say They're Unionizing Over Bad Pay And Covid Safety

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 08:20 AM PDT

The video game industry is currently undergoing a small but unprecedented wave of developer organizing. Last week it even reached the halls of famed RPG maker BioWare, where a group of QA contractors working on Dragon Age 4 revealed their intention to unionize. The two biggest reasons why? Bad pay and concerns over a…

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A Random Elden Ring Wall Is Mysteriously Poisoning Players

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 07:40 AM PDT

We all know Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki loves poisoning players, but apparently there exists an inconspicuous wall in FromSoftware's latest game that can inflict a toxic status effect just as well as any swamp.

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Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Players Pissed Over ‘Short’ DLC

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 07:20 AM PDT

Watching the news cycle around Tiny Tina's Wonderlands for the past month has been like watching the news cycle of a game on fast-forward. You know how it goes: Game comes out. Gets positive reviews, fans praise it. DLC hits, is then slammed by fans. By now, it's basically a framework. Only this time, the entire cycle…

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Sony Requiring Some Game Devs To Provide Free Trials To PS Plus Subscribers

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 06:30 AM PDT

When Sony combines PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now in June, its new most expensive tier will be $18 a month and include time-limited game trials. But most games don't currently have such demos. To fix that moving forward, Game Developer now reports Sony will require all developers of games at a wholesale cost…

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