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Psychonauts 2 Review

Psychonauts 2 is a game out of its time. That is a phrase usually reserved as a negative, but here it is nothing but a positive. Coming 16 years after the first entry, Tim Schaefer and the master developers at […]

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Twelve Minutes | Spoiler Free Review

Developer Luis Antonio’s Twelve Minutes is a hard game to review. It is a game built almost solely around narrative that, if I were to talk too much about it, would be treading into huge spoiler territory. Quite honestly this […]

Bethesda
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Bethesda Officially Joins Xbox

After receiving approval from the European Commission for the deal, Microsoft goes ahead with it’s $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax, bringing Bethesda and other studios under the ownership of Microsoft. “This is an exciting day for Xbox. […]

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Microsoft Has Acquired Bethesda Softworks

In a move that is sure to shake up the industry, Microsoft announced today that they have acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft now owns Bethesda and all of its studios — Bethesda Game Studios, id […]

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Xbox Series S Price Confirmed for $299.99

After a string of leaks yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Series S will be launching at $299.99. The Series S is set to be Microsoft’s lower-end next-generation hardware, reportedly coming in a much smaller box and lacking a disk-drive. […]

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Inside Xbox: Next-Gen News and Game Reveals

The Summer Game Fest kicked off today with a very special episode of Inside Xbox, promising exciting third-party reveals, news about the Xbox Series X, and a look into the near future of gaming on Xbox. Needless to say, that […]

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The Sandbox Myth

For the last 10 years or so it seems that Sandbox style games, games that allow little limitation on character and world, have become the forefront of gaming technical ability. Developers seem keen to make huge and vast worlds that […]

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The Best Halo Games | Ranked

Ah, Halo. A long and storied series of games. The first-person shooter franchise traces its roots back to 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved, a title that established the Xbox as a major contender in the console arena and raised the profile of its […]

Ninja Theory
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E3 2019: Microsoft | Obsidian Shows Off Trailer For The Outer Worlds

A typically dramatic countdown clock heralded the beginning of this year’s Microsoft contest, and we might be in for a good’un. Obsidian Entertainment opened the show with its sci-fi epic The Outer Worlds, which looks like an absolute bucketload of […]

Apex Legends
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Apex Legends Utilises Unique Ping System That Simplifies Communication

Respawn Entertainment recently debuted their newest title, Apex Legends, a free-to-play Battle Royale shooter. Revealing and releasing the title on the same-day, Respawn went with the rare “no-hype” marketing strategy, where developers will release a game and allow the gamers around […]

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Telltale’s Top 10 – A Legacy Worth Continuing

It’s been more than a whole year now since, on 21 September 2018, a truly tragic thing happened. Practically the entire staff of employees working at the studios of veteran episodic-drama developer Telltale Games was suddenly and brutally let go. […]

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Freeder’s Digest – Splinter Cell Conviction

Movies may have Jason Bourne. TV may have Jack Bauer. But games, well they definitely have Sam Fisher. These action giants have many things in common: they’re cool, they’re smart, they have severe unresolved anger issues. But more importantly, if […]