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Daedalic’s hand-drawn point-and-click comedy Deponia is free to keep on Steam until 20 August, with puzzles, absurd humour and a useful warning.
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Many 1990s children grew up with video game restrictions. But does banning games remove their appeal, or make forbidden play more tempting?
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Natalie Wynn’s Pokémon streams unexpectedly became the starting point for ContraPoints Live, illustrating how a simple online broadcast can grow in significance.
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Ken Russell’s controversial 1971 classic The Devils returns to US cinemas in a newly restored 4K director’s cut for one week this October.
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The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis remains a defining edutainment memory for many ’90s kids, showing how educational games shaped retro gaming.
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Liminal space games blend low-poly aesthetics, familiar environments and psychological unease, helping explain their particular appeal to millennial players.
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ContraPoints highlights the darkly comic freedom of The Sims, where a cheerful life simulator can turn everyday decisions into a virtual morality test.
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March is rude, talented and impossible to ignore in Fields of Mistria, especially when Olric asks you to give the difficult blacksmith a chance.
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Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses heads to the tabletop with Fate and Favor, a seven-player strategy game from Goliath Games.
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A Connecticut court dismissed a lawsuit linking Midway’s Mortal Kombat to a 1997 stabbing, finding the game protected expressive work rather than a product.
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Big Matthew recalls his dad introducing him to video games on Super Nintendo, while gaming remains a way to stay connected with family from afar.
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Busy performer and KARD member BM still makes time for Warzone sessions with his little brother, keeping gaming part of his family routine.
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Dance Dance Revolution helped BM develop an early connection between gaming, music and movement before he became KARD’s iconic lead dancer.
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Matthew Kim weighs up the challenge of playing Call of Duty on a Korean server, family competition and why U.S. servers remain his preference.
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Netflix closes Night School Studio and Moonloot as it narrows its gaming strategy around children’s, party, story-driven and mainstream titles.
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Gaten Matarazzo recalls being kept away from Call of Duty as a child, relying instead on Wii Fit and Nintendo games before Stranger Things changed things.
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Gaten Matarazzo recalls growing up with Nintendo while secretly finding a way to play Call of Duty despite a household ban on violent media.
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Insomniac explains why Wolverine’s suit repairs itself: practical gameplay concerns, cinematic presentation and detailed but temporary combat damage.
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Twitch streamers are protesting default generative AI training, sharing opt-out guidance and demanding clearer consent controls for channels and viewers.
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Rami Malek’s unconventional spy thriller The Amateur struggled in cinemas but has attracted a substantial second audience on Prime Video.
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Cinematographer Gustav Danielsson explains how A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms used outdoor locations, natural darkness and rigorous television testing.
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls delivers stylish four-character battles and clever team strategy, but severe Windows PC problems undermine its strongest ideas.
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An eight-asterisk clue has revived speculation about The Elder Scrolls VI, with Sentinel and Hammerfell leading theories about Bethesda’s long-awaited RPG.
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Sam Barlow and Brandon Cronenberg have revealed Precognition, a live-action sci-fi horror game centred on visions, choice and branching futures.
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After 10 hours, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave shows promising story, faster combat, flexible exploration and challenging tactical maps across its opening chapters.
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Duskfade combines Kingdom Hearts-style combat, inventive movement and cheerful platforming into a rewarding 20-hour adventure with a few frustrating travel systems.
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A Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls datamine reportedly names possible DLC fighters, including the Fantastic Four, Gambit, Wasp and Doctor Strange.
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J.J. Abrams’ return with The End of Oak Street offers a chance to revisit the unusual films and television series that shaped his genre-spanning career.
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Pokémon Bank will shut down in 2027, ending a vital transfer route between classic Game Boy Advance adventures, 3DS software and modern Pokémon games.
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Find Prism Scales, unlock Feebas and Milotic, and collect every reward in Pokémon Pokopia’s Fetching Scales for Feebas event.
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NetEase Games has upgraded Storm’s Marvel Rivals summer skin from Epic to Legendary after fans challenged its lower tier and missing features.
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Track every Pokémon Pokopia event habitat, required item and exclusive Pokémon, including Hoppip, Sableye, Jirachi, Feebas and Milotic.
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Super Mario Sunshine returns through Switch 2’s GameCube collection, inviting players to revisit its inventive mechanics, tropical setting and notorious rough edges.
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Caravan SandWitch, a peaceful science-fiction exploration game, is free to claim on PC through the Epic Games Store until 20 August.
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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen will receive Pokémon Home support in October 2026, with a completed Pokédex unlocking a free Celebi.
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Lenore Zann addresses the enduring Marvel debate over whether Gambit or Magneto is Rogue’s true love.
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Pokémon Bank will close on 25 February 2027. Here is what 3DS players need to know before moving stored Pokémon to Home.
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Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch says the studio will continue using generative AI in Rideshare Stimulator after a dispute with its former lead writer.
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The timeline of King of the Hill remains unclear, with the writers’ two-year planning assumption offering a clue but no confirmed in-story date.
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An old Starfield menu clue, a recent Xbox comment and a cryptic reply have fuelled fan speculation about The Elder Scrolls 6’s possible subtitle.
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