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WHAT THE FUNK | Funko Fusion just got a new trailer, and your kids will either love it or hate it, because no one understands children

They could well also just be totally indifferent to it. Honestly, they kind of scare me, the little twerps.

May 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024

Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.

May 1, 2024 James Billcliffe

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GET PURR-PARED | Little Kitty, Big City swats its way to Game Pass alongside Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and more new and returning titles

Your May Game Pass line-up just got legen -wait for it - dary! (Old meme, so what?)

April 30, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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King Legacy codes

Free Beli is good Beli

April 30, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Another Crab's treasure official screenshot

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UNDER THE SEA | Another Crab's Treasure brings something truly fresh to Xbox Game Pass and the Soulslike genre

It may seem obvious, but Another Crab's Treasure does one thing that sets itself apart from its rivals.

April 29, 2024 Connor Makar

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Knuckles, in his TV show and live action film appearance, is in focus over art from him in Sonic & Knuckles and the OVA.

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TIL YOU BUCK | Knuckles follows a long-standing tradition of baffling video game adaptations, but I can't figure out if that's a good thing or not

Rougher than the rest of them.

April 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Knuckles, in live action, in the iconic three-star hat.

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THAT'S MY JAM | Knuckles' first episode is free on YouTube, making it very easy to just watch that and not see how weird the rest of the series is

You'll be doing yourself a favour.

April 29, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Artwork for Roblox game Clicker Mining Simulator showing a character with pets holding a pickaxe getting ready to mine.

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Clicker Mining Simulator codes

Get those clicking muscles ready.

April 29, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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Bad Business codes

Bad to the bone.

April 29, 2024 Holly Alice

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TOUGHER THAN LEATHER | Don't have Paramount Plus but desperate to watch the befuddling Knuckles? That's OK, it looks like it's getting a physical release

Whether you should or not is another question entirely.

April 28, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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MIC DROP | During promoted live stream, MapleStory’s top player holds the game’s feet to the fire with a scathing critique

Mere moments from hitting the record-breaking level 300, a list of problems is aired out in front of thousands of live viewers.

April 26, 2024 Connor Makar

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PEELY SERIOUS | Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble 16-player online mayhem revealed in new Battle Modes trailer from SEGA

Race, blast, and battle your friends for banana domination.

April 24, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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On the left, Sonic Adventure 2 key art of Sonic and Shadow both pulling cool poses. On the right, Maria in Sonic Adventure 2, stood in front of a command console on a space station.

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SAYONARA | Sonic 3 producer says it "takes a lot from Sonic Adventure 2" so I have to ask: what's going to happen to that 12 year old?

Will they pull the trigger, so to speak?

April 24, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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PODCAST | They'd never get away with THIS nowadays! The Best Games Ever Podcast episode 96

Nowadays, right, you can't even massacre everyone on a football pitch in an ill-advised parody of the first world war, because of woke

April 23, 2024 Jim Trinca

LittleBigPlanet 3's servers are staying offline "indefinitely" meaning more than a decade's worth of user-made levels are gone for good

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PLAY WITH NOTHING | LittleBigPlanet 3's servers are staying offline "indefinitely" meaning more than a decade's worth of user-made levels are gone for good

The servers were taken offline in January, but were planned to be restored originally.

April 21, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Roblox character dressed as an American footballer approaches the viewer holding a football.

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Ultimate Football codes

Get free coins and cosmetics in Ultimate Football with these codes.

April 18, 2024 Rebecca Jones

On the left, Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog movie with his arms outstretched, smiling confidently. On the right, a sleeping, 2D Chao.

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REAL ONES ONLY | Sonic 3 is for "all the real diehard fans" says Idris Elba, and I desperately hope he means there'll be Chao

And maybe some other familiar faces, too.

April 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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FINGERS CROSSED | Are we finally going to see Hollow Knight: Silksong at tomorrow’s Indie World Nintendo Direct?

The game was recently rated by the Australian ratings board.

April 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

On the left, Keanu Reeves as the titular John Wick looking at something offscreen. On the right, Shadow the Hedgehog stood on a grassy path overlooking his shoulder to the camera.

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THE NEED FOR SPEED | Sonic 3 reportedly nets the ultimate life form, Keanu Reeves, as Shadow the Hedgehog

This marks the second time The Matrix actor has been in the Sonic films, technically.

April 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Village Defense Tycoon codes

Upgrade your village with plenty of gold from our Village Defense Tycoon codes.

April 15, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Black Panther is holding an enemy NPC in his hand in some kind of temple-like area in Marvel's Avengers.

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IT'S SOMETHING | EA's Black Panther game might be open world, according to a recent job listing

We know next to nothing about the game at this point in time.

April 14, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A character in Elden Ring, one of the best PS5 games, looking at a shooting star

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PLAYSTATION ALLSTARS | The best PS5 Games to justify your next-gen PlayStation purchase in 2024

Sony's stellar lineup just keeps getting bigger.

April 11, 2024 James Billcliffe

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ROGUELITE STYLE! | The Rogue Prince of Persia parkours into Steam Early Access this May

Persia needs a hero.

April 10, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024

Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.

April 10, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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AMBITIOUS CROSSOVERS | Paramount wants to make the Sonic movies "Avengers-level events," but can the blue hog keep up with the MCU?

Good luck to the fastest spiny mammal around.

April 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A man stood in Shibuya shouting: "It's time to eat sushi or I will die!" in Sushi Soul Universe.

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RAW EMOTIONS | I am obsessed with this new Nintendo Switch game where you are a man who will die if he doesn't eat sushi

I have no sushi, and I must scream.

April 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Roblox Cabin Crew Simulator, official title artwork depicting a cabin crew member and a plane full of passengers

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Cabin Crew Simulator codes

It's time to fly and keep your passengers happy.

April 8, 2024 Marie Pritchard

With only days remaining before the Wii U servers shut down, a player managed to beat a Super Mario Maker level thought to be impossible

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IN THE NICK OF TIME | With only days remaining before the Wii U servers shut down, a player managed to beat a Super Mario Maker level thought to be impossible

The online servers for both the Wii U and 3DS shut down tomorrow, April 8.

April 7, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

April 5, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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Bee Swarm Simulator codes

Enhance your Swarm with these codes

April 2, 2024 Holly Alice

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LAYOFFS, AND A SALE | SEGA to reportedly lay off 240 staff, as Company of Heroes developer Relic announces plans to go independent

Creative Assembly, Sega Europe, and Hardlight will be affected by the cuts, according to reports.

March 28, 2024 Mark Warren

Classic Sonic is running a long a grassy path, looking into the camera in Sonic Superstars. A bunch of Fall Guys beans in different costumes are jumping towards something off screen.

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CHAOS CONTROLLED | Oops, the Sonic Fall Guys clone leaked and - surprise - it actually looks pretty good!

Not the spinoff you might have expected, but it is the one you're getting.

March 25, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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CRASH LANDING | Spyro and Crash studio Toys for Bob might be independent now, but it's already signed a deal with Microsoft for its next game

But there's no word on what it will be like.

March 24, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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WE ARE FAMILY | Good news, Steam's just introduced a better way to enjoy dodgy smut and 6/10s with your grandparents

You know you need to try and get them into Far Cry 6 and…uh…Fetish Locator Week Three

March 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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HOORAY! | PlayStation and Switch owners: Prepare for a stunning cinematic puzzle adventure when Planet of Lana arrives in April

The wait was worth it, promise.

March 16, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

An empty hotel lobby with a large double door at the end of it in the Roblox horror game Doors.

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DOORS codes

Whoever thought Roblox could be so terrifying?

March 16, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

Roblox Combat Warriors official art, a warrior-like figure is standing with their back to the screen on the right side of the image. They are holding a sword and looking into a hole filled with Lava.

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Combat Warriors codes

Ready, Aim, Fire.

March 16, 2024 Marie Pritchard

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Arsenal codes

Amplify your weaponry

March 12, 2024 Josh Broadwell

Ori and the Blind Forest official press image

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GOOD JOB, ORI | Former Xbox console exclusive, Ori and the Blind Forest, saved Moon Studios from bankruptcy

The game has passed 10 million sales, according to CEO of Moon Studios.

March 11, 2024 Connor Makar

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WAHOO! | The Super Mario Bros. movie is getting a sequel, to the surprise of absolutely no one

But will it do anything with that post-credits scene?

March 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Lego train set that looks like Bowser, Boom Boom riding at the front of it. A Lego Mario figure sat in a dimly lit room.

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START YOUR ENGINES | Lego is making a Mario Kart set, but the real winner is The Bowser Express Train

Your wallets will be emptied soon enough.

March 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

An Xbox Series X themed to look like SpongeBob Squarepants.

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I'M READY | You can soon get an Xbox Series X that looks like SpongeBob - if you can afford it

That is quite the price tag.

March 4, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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INFINITE WAHOOS | Play Super Mario 64 forever with this cool looking, fan-made mod

Mario for life.

March 3, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Crash Bandicoot and Dr. Nefarious in Crash Team Rumble.

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CRASH AND BURN? | Bandicoot fans hope Toys For Bob'll get to keep working on a woah-le load of Crash games as it goes indie

Oh, and Crash Team Rumble’s getting one final update next week before riding off into the sunset.

March 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Princess Peach, in Kung-Fu garb, does a flying leap kick. In the background, blurred, a stage version of her castle.

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STAGE RIGHT | Princess Peach Showtime is obviously for Nintendo's younger players, but it’s still delightful – hands-on

Princess Peach is the star of the show in this lovely kid-friendly adventure - but there’s more to it than first meets the eye.

Feb. 27, 2024 Alex Donaldson

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YEAH, MORE LAYOFFS | Until Dawn and The Quarry developer Supermassive Games reportedly plans to lay off 90 staff

The horror-centric studio seems like the latest to join 2024’s long string of companies cutting jobs.

Feb. 26, 2024 Mark Warren

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THE SHIITAKE SHOW | The problem with Xbox is that you don’t need an Xbox, and that's a hard circle to square

Xbox Anywhere, except under your TV where it's supposed to be.

Feb. 26, 2024 Jim Trinca

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MORE A COMIN' | Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown players can look forward to new content in the future

Ubisoft says it is "far from done" with post-launch content.

Feb. 24, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

Hi-Fi Rush x Pentiment cross header custom

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GETTING PHYSICAL | Both Pentiment and Hi-Fi Rush are getting physical versions soon!

Whether you're on the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, or Switch, one of these shiny new editions could be yours.

Feb. 22, 2024 Connor Makar

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ZOMB-EEE, LOOK HERE | Surprise, Dead Island 2 has quietly landed on Xbox Game Pass

Just in case there wasn’t enough Xbox news this week.

Feb. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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