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Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Getting A Limited Run Physical Complete Edition
Released in 2019, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night quickly became one of the best metroidvanias in modern history. Offering a vibrant art style, a fluid combat system, and even voiced cutscenes, Bloodstained brought plenty of flair to the standard metroidvania gameplay loop. And now, over five years later, Bloodstained is getting a new release from Limited Run Games. Preorders are officially
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CoD: Black Ops 7 Zombies Map Trailer Solves The Mystery Of This Missing Character
Season 2 Reloaded will add another round-based Zombies map to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and Treyarch has released the cinematic trailer ahead of launch. This map is called Paradox Junction, and it seems to finally address the missing character from a previous Zombies storyline.
Following the
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This Gorillaz Short Film Is The Kind Of Art AI Simply Can't Make
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band, the Gorillaz, has taken a stand against generative AI with its new project, a short animated film that serves as a hand-crafted homage to the golden era of 2D animation. Released in time for the band's new album of the same name, The Mountain reimagines the group through the lens of a '60s-era animated film, complete with all the imperfections
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At 70-Years-Old, This Prestigious EVE Online Player Is "Rebelling" Against Gaming Stereotypes
Beneath the cold, hard exterior of EVE Online lies plenty of stories from players that will warm your heart. Recently, I became aware of Arrowspeed Bounty, also known as Jennifer--a 70-year-old veteran player who has risen through the game’s political ranks to hold an important position on the Council of Stellar Management, or
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We Were All Wrong About Honkai Star Rail 4.0
Honkai Star Rail 4.0’s livestream reveal at the beginning of February concerned players, including me. A reduction in the number of events--being replaced with more minigames--the absence of an impressively produced music-video-style trailer, the already disappointing 3.X phase of the game, and the version being split across two worlds--Planarcadia and Astropolis--led to the reveal feeling a
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From One Ghost To Cosmic Gods, Pokemon Is Unrecognizable After 30 Years
Thirty years ago, Pokemon was a much smaller and stranger world. As Pokemon’s 30th anniversary approaches, the contrast between the original 151 and today’s sprawling National Pokedex shows just how dramatically the series’ creature design has evolved.
When Pokemon Red and Blue first launched, the Kanto region’s lineup was relatively restrained. There was only one
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With Fable, Project Windless, And Pokemon Winds/Waves, Video Game Chickens Are Having A Moment
The games industry seems to have run a-fowl of a strange trend as of late, with multiple upcoming AAA titles featuring belligerent chickens. This flock of games includes the Fable reboot, Krafton's Project Windless, and the recently announced Pokemon Winds and
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Pokemon Winds And Waves Are Skipping Nintendo Switch, And That's A Good Thing
It's official: Pokemon Winds and Waves will not be released on Nintendo Switch.
The website for the new games outright confirms this, stating that they "will be released exclusively on
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The Pokemon Game Boy Jukebox Is A '90s Throwback In More Ways Than One
If you haven't heard, today is Pokemon Day, and it's also Pokemon's 30th birthday. Earlier today, The Pokemon Company broadcast its annual Pokemon Presents livestream with news and updates, and nestled among the reveal of the
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GameCube's Pokemon XD: Gale Of Darkness Will Appear On Switch 2 Soon
Switch 2 is set to see its first GameCube Pokemon title sooner than later. Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness will arrive on the system in March, which is just days away, for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. Unless a surprise happens before then, it will be the