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Spring Scoring | Marvel Rivals' Spring Festival kicks off today, and it's got a new game mode that basically looks like Lunar New Year superhero Rocket League, but without the cars

Ok, so the cars are a big part of Rocket League, duh, but I challenge you to look at this and say there aren't lots of similarities.

Jan. 23, 2025 Mark Warren

Cole Palmer in EA Sports FC 25 opposite Rook in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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Graph Not Go Up | Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn't do as well as EA hoped, but EA Sports FC 25's struggles to score big financial numbers were an even bigger factor in it revising expectations

Damn, even the perennial cash cow that is EA's footy behemoth hasn't quite delivered in the way it hoped this year.

Jan. 23, 2025 Mark Warren

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The player character aims their gun at a deer in Once Human

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Free Energy Links | Once Human Codes

Here’s your one-stop shop for Once Human codes.

Jan. 23, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

Stelle (the female Trailblazer) and her pet tuskpir approach a Living Flame of Georios on a balcony overlooking the abyss of Amphoreus in Honkai: Star Rail.

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Pot Head | Honkai: Star Rail Living Flame of Georios locations

Where to find Living Flames of Georios in Okhema in HSR, and how to fulfill their wishes in exchange for their rewards.

Jan. 22, 2025 Rebecca Jones

Stelle (the female Trailblazer) and her pet tuskpir stand in front of a gold-and-purple glowing goat skull in the corner of an Amphoreus bathhouse in Honkai: Star Rail 3.0.

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Goat Cheese | Honkai: Star Rail Golden Scapegoat solutions

How to solve the Golden Scapegoat puzzles on Amphoreus in HSR, along with full solutions.

Jan. 22, 2025 Rebecca Jones

Honkai Star Rail character Kafka looking at her phone with a large Stellar Jade in the background.

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Jan. 22, 2025 Dion Dassanayake

Honkai Star Rail's Feixiao standing in a ray of sunlight, wearing a serious expression as she contemplates an unseen object offscreen

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Honkai Star Rail Feixiao build and teams

Feixiao has plenty of viable picks for Light Cones and two strong Relic sets

Jan. 21, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Jade from Honkai Star Rail, with a large purple snake emerging from a dark background

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Honkai Star Rail Jade build and teams

The best Light Cones and Relics for Jade, and it won't even cost your soul

Jan. 21, 2025 Josh Broadwell

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C&C Commeth | C&C successor Tempest Rising is one of the most promising RTS games of 2025, and there's a demo you can play right now

2025 is looking very much like the year of the return of the RTS, and one of the most anticipated of the bunch wants you to play it ahead of launch.

Jan. 21, 2025 Sherif Saed

Minthara in Baldur's Gate 3 next to Athkatla's streets in Path To Menzoberranzan.

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In Mintyberranzan | Big Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod about an all-new adventure to Minthara's terrifying home town is aiming to release a demo pretty soon

Time to see if all the horrifying tales Minty's spun after starting a sentence with the dreaded 'In Menzoberranzan...' are true.

Jan. 21, 2025 Mark Warren

Whiteout Survival artwork showing three characters looking over a frozen canyon

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Whiteout Survival codes

Cold as ice.

Jan. 21, 2025 Amelia Zollner

Venom being attacked by some players in Marvel Rivals.

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Sounds Right | Marvel Rivals newbies are drawing up handwritten playbooks to help teach themselves the ideal Venom strategy: arrive, do damage, then yeet yourself off a ledge

Flawless tekkers, no notes.

Jan. 21, 2025 Mark Warren

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Just Like That | Good news, US-based Marvel Snap fans, the card game is back online, and its developer has a slightly surprising plan to make sure it doesn't go down again

"We’ll continue to update with more information as soon as possible!"

Jan. 21, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Oh Snap | UPDATE: Sorry US-based Marvel Snap fans, but to the surprise of even its own developers, the card game has been banned alongside TikTok

Second Dinner is trying to get it up and running again as soon as it can.

Jan. 20, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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GTA 6's two protagonist alongside a street of expensive cars in GTA 6.

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Price Ain't Right? | Will GTA 6 cost $100? There's hope for that kind of price tag around the industry, analyst says, as it continues to face "an uncomfortable truth"

It's the age-old debate about game prices reignited by a finance guy, and Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director has weighed in.

Jan. 20, 2025 Mark Warren

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Artwork showing a trio of anime characters for the Roblox game Anime World Tower Defense.

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Build, battle, defend.

Jan. 19, 2025 Dion Dassanayake

The male Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail, sitting on a marble step and holding a pen with colors swirling around it. Mem, a pink, rabbit-like creature, sits next to him

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Honkai Star Rail Remembrance Trailblazer build and teams

How to get the best out of HSR's new Trailblazer form

Jan. 18, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Some characters facing of against a dragon in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

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Veilgone? | UPDATE: Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche is leaving BioWare, having spent 18 years at publisher EA

Busche, along with John Epler, was one of the main figures responsible for overseeing Veilguard's final push across the release finish line.

Jan. 17, 2025 Mark Warren

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Trouble Brewing | Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 - Aglaea interrogation answers

How to avoid execution in Amphoreus during the "Distant Travelers, Listen to this World's Prayer" trailblaze mission.

Jan. 17, 2025 Rebecca Jones

The Seeker Assassin, Col, an S-tier character in Sword of Convallaria.

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IRIA'S FINEST | Sword of Convallaria Tier List - All characters ranked

To help you choose from the huge host of characters in Sword of Convallaria, we've ranked them all from S-tier to D-tier!

Jan. 17, 2025 James Billcliffe

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Artwork for the Roblox game Ultimate Tower Defense showing anime-inspired Robloxified characters looking powerful.

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Power up your anime army with free units, gold boosts and more.

Jan. 17, 2025 Amelia Zollner

Kratos in God of War Ragnarok looking surprised/angry.

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Sigh | God of War live service game reportedly cancelled alongside one other live service project, as PlayStation's live service push continues to go just fine

The studios that were working on these titles reportedly won’t close, but it's unclear right now what they'll be doing next.

Jan. 17, 2025 Mark Warren

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Movie Crossover | Spider Man is getting a brand-new Marvel Rivals skin, a fan favourite taken straight from the Insomniac game

Yet another slick cosmetic, and it's coming January 30 too!

Jan. 16, 2025 Connor Makar

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Better Meta | Honkai Star Rail 3.0 review: Horrible history and smart battle changes make this the strongest HSR update yet

A more thoughtful story and a fair new meta give HSR 3.0 a strong identity

Jan. 15, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Dress to Impress artwork with one character wearing a brat t-shirt.

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Strut your stuff on the Roblox runway!

Jan. 15, 2025 Amelia Zollner

Artwork for the mobile game Reverse 1999 showing a female anime character wearing a top hat looking deep in thought.

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Reverse: 1999 codes

Grab your RE:1999 exchange code freebies here.

Jan. 15, 2025 Dion Dassanayake

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

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Whoever thought Roblox could be so terrifying?

Jan. 15, 2025 Dion Dassanayake

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Pad Life | Marvel Rivals moves to kill unfair hardware advantages on console, by putting a strict ban on keyboard and mouse adapters

One of console gaming's most underhanded tactics as been banned, officially.

Jan. 15, 2025 Connor Makar

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The Herta from Honkai Star Rail, blowing a kiss to the camera

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Honkai Star Rail The Herta build and teams

Light Cones and Relics only a genius could come up with

Jan. 15, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Several heroes like Storm, the Hulk, and Doctor Strange are fighting off other Marvel characters in Marvel Rivals.

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Hero O'Clock | Marvel Rivals devs promise to release a new hero every 45 days, give or take, in efforts to “keep everyone excited”

"We just eventually want to continue to enhance the experience."

Jan. 14, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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They're Back | Marvel Rivals mods inevitably return in slightly dodgier fashion after NetEase cracked down with season 1, provided you're willing to risk a lot to be Mr OnePiecestic

Oh, and you'll have to follow some instructions with a rather unnerving amount of disclaimers.

Jan. 13, 2025 Mark Warren

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Patience Is A Virtue | As Larian's CEO tells fans to "stay tuned," the Baldur's Gate 3 studio puts its "full attention" on its next game, even if that does mean you might not hear from the dev as much going forward

They're still not telling us what it is, though.

Jan. 13, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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From left to right, a blue rabbit, brown bear, and yellow chick animatronic in the Five Nights at Freddy's movie.

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How About... | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 set pics have started to leak, so let the unnecessarily complicated fan theories commence

Bite of '87 anyone?

Jan. 13, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

On the left, key art for Marvel Rivals showing multiple characters. On the right, Goku from Dragon Ball hanging upside down on a web like Spider-Man.

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Not So Super | As Marvel Rivals reaches a ridiculous new player count record on Steam, its devs put a damper on things by preventing mods, so no more Goku skin for you

Swings and roundabouts!

Jan. 12, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

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Relaxed Grind | Marvel Rivals' best feature so far is that completing its seasonal passes and events doesn't feel like a second job

I like Marvel and cool skins, but I'm also a semi-functional adult.

Jan. 10, 2025 Fran Ruiz

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Welcome to N0xus | League of Legends season 15 is here, and a bunch of bugs have popped up alongside it

Plenty of cool features and controversies too!

Jan. 10, 2025 Connor Makar

Some heroes in Marvel Rivals next to Thomas The Tank Engine modded into it.

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Tanking It | Marvel Rivals season one is about to drop, and naturally the hero modders have turned into Thomas The Tank Engine has steamed to the highest pick rate among casuals so far

Because some things are just destined to be.

Jan. 9, 2025 Mark Warren

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Knocked TF Out | League of Legends's Noxus cinematic soars past 25 million views in less than a day, and it's got a nice surprise for fans of Arcane

Millions upon millions of people have watched Trundle getting rocked.

Jan. 8, 2025 Connor Makar

A toy soldier character pointing a rifle in Roblox game Toy Defense.

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Jan. 8, 2025 Dion Dassanayake

A character wielding a gun in Delta Force: Hawk Ops.

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As You Do | UPDATE: “We are not a military company or supplier,” Chinese gaming giant Tencent responds to landing on list of companies that give the US Government the heebie-jeebies

The American government believes the parent company of League of Legends developer Riot Games could have links to the Chinese military.

Jan. 8, 2025 Mark Warren

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Hard Pass | Game Pass's wave one January line-up disappointingly offers just one new game for Game Pass Ultimate console users

While PC or Game Pass Standard players are getting something fresh, those paying the most aren't getting much.

Jan. 7, 2025 Connor Makar

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Even Valkyries like freebies

Jan. 7, 2025 Holly Alice

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To The Point | A must-play JRPG is back on the Nintendo Switch after a short leave of absence

If you've not played it yet, now you can on the go!

Jan. 6, 2025 Connor Makar

Various animals with creepy beady eyes in key art for Animal Well.

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One More Round | If you can put Balatro down for half a second, the lead dev behind it has recommended some other stunning indies with a very low-key awards ceremony of their own

Their top spot is a "true masterpiece."

Jan. 5, 2025 Oisin Kuhnke

A finger swiping a Tarot Card to receive a character in Sword of Convallaria.

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HAVE HOPE | Sword of Convallaria Codes

Sword of Convallaria has plenty of codes offering Hope Luxites, crafting materials and more!

Jan. 5, 2025 James Billcliffe

Aglaea in HSR, a tall woman in a toga-like dress with bobbed blonde hair, raising a golden bauble to the sun, surrounded by dressmaker's dummies raising their hands to her

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HSR 3.0’s banners feature The Herta, Aglaea, and six big reruns, so uh, hope you haven’t spent any Stellar Jade for the last six months I guess

So many 5-stars in so short a time

Jan. 2, 2025 Josh Broadwell

Minthara in Baldur's Gate 3 looking very pissed off opposite Raphael's succubus dressed in not much clothing.

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Still Going Rogue | Baldur's Gate 3's popular roguelike overhaul mod just got a total revamp, including a level 27 "superboss" for the uber-masochists out there

It looks like the list of new "unique, rarely-fought enemies" might also include a sheep, because why not?

Jan. 2, 2025 Mark Warren

Honkai Star Rail press image with protagonist in pink light

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Season's Greekings | Honkai Star Rail kicks off the new year with a release date reveal for version 3.0

Alongside this, a new cinematic OP trailer that swings past all the new characters.

Jan. 2, 2025 Connor Makar

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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2025

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

Jan. 1, 2025 James Billcliffe

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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2025

Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!

Jan. 1, 2025 Connor Makar