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The Game Awards has revealed six 2025 Game of the Year nominees, creating a shortlist that feels familiar while also being described as unprecedented.
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LeKukie’s latest Super Mario Bros. world record leaves just 0.1 seconds between elite speedrunning and the NES classic’s theoretical perfect time.
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Overwatch is changing its battle passes, making rewards easier to target and bringing selected older cosmetics back without their original seasonal deadline.
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Star Wars Zero Company combines Clone Wars characters with flexible turn-based tactics, but repetitive side missions and cumbersome base management hold it back.
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From Stardew Valley to Destiny 2, fishing minigames turn waiting, timing, collection and social play into memorable breaks from the main game.
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Madoka Magica’s Walpurgisnacht: Rising will receive the franchise’s first IMAX release, with simultaneous screenings scheduled across more than 60 Japanese theatres.
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The Blood of Dawnwalker launches on 2 September, bringing a vampire protagonist, branching choices and former Witcher 3 developers to PC and consoles.
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Saber Interactive’s Rideshare Stimulator trailer includes a Texas licence plate that appears to reference Randy Pitchford’s long-running USB controversy.
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Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO uses an alien catastrophe, AI anxiety and anti-war themes to explore technology humanity may not control.
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Nintendo’s awards history offers an incomplete picture of its games, with voting systems and timing unable to fully measure lasting quality or player enjoyment.
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Terraria’s Calamity Mod has halted development after allegations involving its lead developer, unpaid contributor claims and a sharp fall in Patreon support.
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls delivers stylish Marvel battles and accessible combos, but its overloaded tutorial makes learning the deeper mechanics unnecessarily difficult.
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YouTube’s planned 2027 monetisation changes double entry requirements and introduce a demanding Shorts threshold, worrying smaller creators and gaming channels.
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Max Burkholder discusses the game he has completed most often in the latest Shelf Quest episode, although the available details do not name the title.
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Max Burkholder reflects on how entertainment properties are adapted today compared with the past, offering a concise perspective for retro-gaming fans.
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Actor Max Burkholder remains loyal to Final Fantasy, but names 2025’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as his favourite game of recent years.
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Find all seven purple gourd puzzle locations in Big Walk, with clear solutions for the timer, golf, communication, posing, obstacle and symbol challenges.
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A new Mighty Nein anthology uses Essek’s revised history to suggest that the animated Campaign 2 canon will guide Critical Role’s future stories.
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Bulkhead’s Wardogs launches on Steam Early Access in September 2026, with a pre-order beta, large-scale battles and an unusual in-game economy.
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Chris Carter has reworked The X-Files: I Want to Believe, restoring its horror, trimming its romance and adding the Frankenstein-inspired subtitle Vrach Frankenshteyn.
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Deadpool’s moveset in Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls hides tributes to Mortal Kombat, Fatal Fury, Dragon Ball FighterZ and unforgettable FGC moments.
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Max Burkholder explains why virtual reality can become uncomfortable at the edge of realism, while traditional games succeed through imaginative control.
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GTA 6’s $100 Ultimate Edition is reportedly attracting more early pre-orders than the $80 standard version, though Take-Two remains cautious about forecasts.
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Chris Carter expects Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny to appear in Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot, potentially linking it to the original series.
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A Jeff the Killer feature film is in development, with Tongal and Savanah Moss inviting online creators to help shape Hollywood’s latest viral horror project.
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A pivotal Westworld conversation about Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam captures the series’ enduring ideas about consciousness, identity and free will.
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Matthew Lillard visits VideoGamesNewYork in New York City, exploring a collector’s trove of retro classics and rare imported games.
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Pokopia players have discovered how to drain almost all of Bubbly Basin, testing which Pokémon can survive on land, underwater and in custom tunnels.
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Alan Wake 2 has passed 3 million sales, giving Remedy welcome momentum as Control Resonant becomes increasingly important to the studio’s future.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 players are disabling swing assist after Brand New Day, discovering that free-swinging through New York is harder than expected.
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Sony’s Marvel’s Wolverine hardware includes a Battle Yellow PS5 Digital Edition, matching DualSense and silver Adamantium accessories.
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House of the Dragon season 4 will be the Targaryen saga’s final chapter, with a 2028 release planned and the succession war heading towards tragedy.
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Marvel and Star Wars will finally cross paths in Hope Assembles, a five-issue comic event arriving monthly from January to May 2027.
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Critical Role’s latest Mighty Nein anthology expands Campaign 2 through compelling stories about allies, enemies and overlooked characters across Exandria.
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A reported Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 console and Pro Controller leak shows dark green, black and gold designs, but pricing and timing remain unconfirmed.
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Fortnite players can unlock a Dylan Faden skin through Control Resonant’s Epic Games Store promotion, with an Item Shop release planned later.
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Overwatch Season 4 reshapes the Battle Pass with flexible reward tracks, skin swaps and a permanent Unvault system for selected legacy passes.
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Chainsmoker Cat has drawn discussion from Japan’s BPO after viewers complained about an apparent illegal-drug scene involving self-injection.
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Stop Killing Games and DoesItPlay are backing a Dutch collective lawsuit alleging Sony’s PlayStation Store control harms competition, pricing and game ownership.
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls delivers stylish 4v4 combat, but its limited costume selection and paid alternates leave a disappointing gap for Marvel fans.
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