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You can play Candy Crush with free, unlimited lives this week

Adi Robertson/Mar 30, 2020/36 views/1 comments

Mobile developer King is adding free, unlimited lives to Candy Crush Saga and a swath of other games this week, removing the timers that make players wait or pa...

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Half-Life: Alyx gives us a big hint about Gordon Freeman’s future

Adi Robertson/Mar 26, 2020/26 views/1 comments

Half-Life fans have gotten used to uncertainty over the fate of hero Gordon Freeman. Gordon last appeared in Half-Life 2: Episode Two, an extension of the 2004 ...

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Half-Life’s Alyx Vance, explained

Adi Robertson/Mar 25, 2020/34 views

It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for residents of Earth. City 17, formerly one of our planet’s finest remaining urban centers, has been destroyed. A nearl...

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How Half-Life: Alyx’s designers built an escapist dystopia with a spot of hope

Adi Robertson/Mar 23, 2020/32 views

I’m writing this story under self-quarantine for novel coronavirus exposure. I’ve been sequestered for over a week while the city outside my apartment has becom...

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Half-Life: Alyx review: a satisfying return to City 17

Adi Robertson/Mar 22, 2020/36 views/1 comments

That’s setting a very high bar, and, for now, I’m not sure Alyx clears it. The game is fighting VR’s inherent hardware limits, a pandemic-related headset shorta...

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There’s a new Amnesia game, and it’s probably terrifying

Adi Robertson/Mar 5, 2020/28 views/1 comments

Fantastic 2010 horror game Amnesia: The Dark Descent is getting a sequel this fall. Developer Frictional Games just announced Amnesia: Rebirth with a short trai...

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Half-Life remake Black Mesa is getting a full launch after 16 years

Adi Robertson/Mar 4, 2020/33 views/1 comments

Black Mesa was once a humble video game mod — but as of today, it’s a full-fledged remake of Half-Life, newly released out of Steam Early Access. Developer Crow...

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Apple agrees to $500 million settlement for throttling older iPhones

Adi Robertson/Mar 1, 2020/33 views

Apple has tentatively agreed to a $500 million settlement after admitting to slowing down older phones. The deal would provide small payouts for many iPhone own...

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Valve shows off how you’ll fight and move in Half-Life: Alyx

Adi Robertson/Mar 1, 2020/39 views/2 comments

Valve’s much-anticipated virtual reality game Half-Life: Alyx debuts on March 23rd, and it just offered a little more detail on what we’ll be playing. It releas...

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Run an America full of talking animals in Democratic Socialism Simulator

Adi Robertson/Feb 29, 2020/37 views

There are simulation games that try to be neutral. SimCity never lays out its philosophy of urban planning. Democracy lets you rewrite its rules to role-play an...

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Steam just added new search features, including a price filter

Adi Robertson/Feb 24, 2020/38 views

Valve is adding new features to its Steam storefront’s search system, letting users filter out games they already own, set a maximum price, and avoid seeing VR-...

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Eli Roth is directing a film adaptation of Borderlands

Adi Robertson/Feb 19, 2020/34 views/2 comments

Director Eli Roth has signed onto a film adaptation of Gearbox’s Borderlands games, joining Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin and producers Avi and Ari Arad. Roth of...