ConnexionHere we go: The Oblivion remaster will be officially unveiled tomorrow
Will it launch on the same day? We remain hopeful.
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5 years out from its last hero release, Heroes of the Storm is looking awfully spry for a 'dead game'
Most communities shudder at the thought of maintenance mode, but Heroes still shines in its underserved niche.
Mark Zuckerberg is so desperate to make Facebook relevant again he considered deleting your entire friends list
Remember who your friends are.
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Super Robot Wars Y pits Gundams against Godzilla in a huge showcase and release date announcement trailer
Also featuring Nicolas Cage's all-time favourite mecha.
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Bungie's classic Myth fantasy tactics series gets the remasters it deserves, courtesy of its community
Myth: Twice Born Edition includes a new engine, a graphical overhaul, a rebalanced campaign and enhancements for dozens of community-made missions.
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One of classic Doom's most brutal challenge runs is finally conquered after 13 years of mega-scale demon slaughter
Doom pro Coincident rips and tears until it is done.
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There's no need to overshare on social media now that OpenAI's new chatbots can pinpoint your location from the tiniest details in images
The ultimate GeoGuessr cheat code or just a privacy nightmare?
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A high-performance Intel Battlemage gaming GPU has allegedly been spotted and I really want it to be a $400 RTX 5070 killer
That's if tariffs don't get in the way...
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Quick, get in the DeLorean, we've got to go back. A new renewable powered battery made of radioactive waste product just dropped, and someone's gotta tell Doc Brown it's uranium, not plutonium
Great Scott, this battery is going to be heavy.
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Robots lose embarrassingly to inferior meatbag humans in a first of its kind half-marathon race
"The robots are running very well, very stable … I feel I’m witnessing the evolution of robots and AI."
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Asus announces specs and price for its 2025 TUF A14 gaming laptop and do my eyes deceive me or is this a good deal?
We loved 2024's A14 and these could be just the step up we're looking for.
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Skyfaring survival sandbox Lost Skies launches into early access, built from the bones of PvP cousin Worlds Adrift
A friendlier, more sociable game about swashbuckling sky-ship crews
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Is that why they gave them bigger butts? Marvel revives its Swimsuit Special, with 'designs for new costumes coming soon to Marvel Rivals'
Maybe NetEase was just gearing up to put all the men of Marvel Rivals in budgie smugglers.
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Today's Wordle answer for Monday, April 21
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Palia's big Elderwood expansion is coming in May with a new zone that reminds me of WoW's Teldrassil
Palia's Elderwood expansion isn't Teldrassil, it only looks like it.
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Ubisoft has made its colorblindness simulation tool available to any game developer for free
A win for gaming accessibility.
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Finally, a climate change solution: This free game lets you shoot a tornado with a shotgun
Kill the Tornado is exactly as goofy as it sounds (and more challenging than you think).
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Teleport, alter gravity, and survive on the run in puzzle platformer Bionic Bay
Full of beautiful pixels and probably perfect for speedrunners.
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Gloomhaven: Second Edition on hold due to Trump tariffs causing a 'ripple effect' on the board game industry, says publisher: 'Our products are no longer retail viable'
Gloomhaven: Second Edition is in limbo thanks to tariffs and more board games could follow
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REPO devs gently ask modders to 'optimize the amount of server traffic they send' to avoid 'skyrocketing server costs'
REPO's dev team needs you to respect their boundaries—on lobby size.
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Last Epoch's excellent new update proves we're in a golden age of ARPGs, and there's something here for everyone
No need to be mad. Let's farm monsters.
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TV tie-in MMO looter shooter Defiance returns for a free-to-play third shot at life and gigantic messy boss battles
Three seasons, three launches. Third’s the charm for this quirky MMO looter-shooter?
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I'm glad the Lunar Remastered Collection scrubs the Austin Powers references, but I wish it went further in overhauling its wacky '90s localisation
Mercifully minus the balance changes from the original English release
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Survival horror word-em-up Blood Typers rolls out the Scarlet Carpet for its grand finale update
The final floor, a grisly boss and a public server browser
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Devolver's financials show Cult of the Lamb is its best seller, earning more than $90 million with DLC a significant factor: 'Gamers are spending more time on known IPs'
The indie label will be "Leaning further into our own popular IPs in a variety of ways".
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Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, April 20
Help with solving Sunday's puzzle.
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Diablo is doing a crossover with grimdark anime Berserk and, OK, that makes sense
Yes, I know it was a manga first.
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Once promising developer Tequila Works is auctioning off the rights to its games, including 4 still in development
The developer of Rime and Gylt is being split up and sold in parts.
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This subreddit dedicated to the worst computer setups on Earth makes me weirdly proud to be a PC gamer
Celebrating the gloriously terrible PC gaming setups of r/shittybattlestations.
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You don't see the Havok logo much anymore, but the legendary physics middleware used in Half-Life 2 never went away—just the splash screens
An icon of 2000s gaming wants us to know that it's still being used in big games, even if SSDs mean hardly anyone has time to show its logo anymore.
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Scientists claim they've seen a 'jaw-dropping' new color, but you can only experience it by shooting lasers directly into your eyes
The specifics of the claim are contested, but the ability to precisely stimulate the retina with lasers is cool whether or not it's really a 'new color.'
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Don't worry, the fan-favorite Baldur's Gate 3 bug that turns character portraits into moody glamor shots wasn't fixed in the final patch
Close call for the dedicated community.
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When a game's identity becomes wrapped up in its rarity, what happens when it's re-released on Steam for 20 bucks?
Collector's items no more.
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Dwarf Fortress sells 1 million copies on Steam, so now Bay 12 Games can afford that 'little party' it planned
But the work continues.
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After a disappointing sequel and a cancelled remake, the original Fear Effect is coming to PC 'for the first time ever'
The cel-shaded action game's rerelease comes courtesy of Limited Run.
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The Elder Scrolls Online celebrates its 10th anniversary a year late by selling off 2,000 pieces of its servers
Own a shard of Tamriel.
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Yes, Zero Company really is Star Wars XCOM, and it's got the permadeath to prove it
It's ticking all the right boxes.
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Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, April 19
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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