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Long Before Friendslop, Portal 2 Made Co-Op Cool
April 18, 2026 marks the 15-year anniversary of Portal 2's release. Below, we reminisce about its memorable story, novel cooperative two-player mode, and enduring comedy.
There was a time in the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 era when Valve was spoiling us with games, packaging some excellent titles in The Orange Box and bringing us back-to-back Left 4 Dead entries.
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15 Years Later, Games Still Can't Nail What Portal 2 Perfected
Portal 2 is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, April 18, 2026. Below, we examine how it approached comedy, and how many games still struggle with it.
Today, Portal 2 turns 15. Unlike most of us at that age, though, Valve's revered 2011 puzzler is completely confident in its identity and funny as hell. In a sea of games that attempt to make us laugh,
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Get A Free Fortnite Skin And Car During Rocket League Crossover Event
Fortnite and Rocket League have kicked off a small new crossover event, called Rivals & Rockets, and it's got unusually good rewards. With a fairly minimal amount of grinding, you can earn a free Fortnite skin and a free car body that works in both games. But you'll have to
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Exude Your Inner James Bond With The Limited Edition 007 First Light Controller
...Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Director Says It Did Gay Romance "Right" By Not Going "Woke"
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has received two nominations for Gayming Magazine's 2026 Gayming Awards, and the game's director, Daniel Vávra, has responded to this with an X post in which he says he's "really proud" of the game's nominations. Vávra then goes on to
...One Of The Best Call Of Duty Games Just Came To Game Pass
One of the best Call of Duty games in recent times, 2019's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from developer Infinity Ward, is out now on Xbox Game Pass. The game is available for the Premium and Ultimate tiers of Game Pass, as well as PC Game Pass.
Modern Warfare scored generally positive review scores upon release
...Epic Keeps Making Fortnite Crew Less And Less Valuable
When Epic Games raised prices in Fortnite by reducing the amounts of V-Bucks players receive for purchases and on the battle pass, it represented
Please Give My Decades-Old Pokemon Something Fun To Do
When Pokemon Champions was unveiled, my excitement gravitated towards one specific aspect: As cool as an official battle simulator sounded, support for Pokemon Home was the main selling point.
While people might get into Pokemon for the competitive
...PSA: You Definitely Don't Want To Time Travel In Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream
Based on my experience, the Venn diagram of people who are currently playing Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and people who poured countless hours into Animal Crossing: New Horizons is pretty much a circle. We life-sim fans, after all, have a type. However, don't expect all of the tricks you used to progress in Animal Crossing to work in Nintendo's most recent simulation game. In fact, one
...Video Game Industry Woes Continue With More Mass Layoffs At Iron Galaxy
Iron Galaxy Studios, the Illinois-based independent developer, has announced a round of layoffs that could affect as many as 90 people. It's the second round of layoffs in as many years, with Iron Galaxy cutting 66 staff in 2025.
The studio announced the news on