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Half-Life: Alyx gives us a big hint about Gordon Freeman’s future
Adi Robertson//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//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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Ring Fit Adventure gets a new rhythm mode while everyone’s stuck at home
Andrew Webster//33 views
With everyone stuck at home, Nintendo’s home workout game Ring Fit Adventure has become particularly popular — so much so that it’s hard to even find a copy. Fo...
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Animal Crossing powers Nintendo to record Switch sales in Japan
Sam Byford//30 views
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is on track to become one of the best-selling video games of all time in Japan, according to sales figures released by Famitsu. Th...
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Epic launches publishing label, signs creators behind Control, Inside, and The Last Guardian
Andrew Webster//42 views
Fortnite maker Epic Games is getting into publishing in a big way. Today the company announced the launch of Epic Games Publishing, which is exactly what it sou...
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The Nintendo Switch is getting ports of BioShock, Borderlands, Burnout, and lots more
Chaim Gartenberg//34 views
Nintendo released a surprise Nintendo Direct Mini presentation today, announcing a variety of new games, rereleases, and DLC coming to the Nintendo Switch in 20...
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Why Half-Life’s City 17 was pivotal to gaming’s post-Soviet obsession
Ewan Wilson//39 views
Half-Life 2 didn’t just give us an original setting; it introduced many in the West to a whole new style of landscape, geography, and architecture. City 17 may ...
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Nook Miles is my favorite addition to Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Jay Peters//37 views
In my first weekend playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I had grand designs to pay off my initial mortgage and plant a robust orchard of fruit — but I didn’t...
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HyperX Cloud Alpha S review: the dark mode of PC gaming headsets
Cameron Faulkner//41 views/1 comments
HyperX has added a new color variant to its lineup of Cloud Alpha S gaming headsets. It’s called “blackout” and, as you’d probably expect, every single detail a...
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Go read this Vice piece about the history of toxic marketing in video games
Bijan Stephen//37 views/2 comments
As an entertainment industry, gaming isn’t that old — it’s been around since the ‘70s, which makes it a baby compared to radio, film, and maybe even television....
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Fox will broadcast NASCAR’s substitute sim racing ‘season’ on television
Sean O'Kane//36 views
Fox and its sibling channel, FS1, are going to broadcast a “season” of virtual races that pit current, past, and the rising stars of NASCAR against each other o...
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The creators of Plague Inc. are adding a new game mode that lets you stop an outbreak
Bijan Stephen//29 views
The video game Plague Inc. allows you to play as a disease, with the goal being to wipe out humanity. Ndemic Creations, the game’s makers, however, are very pro...
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Sony will slow down PlayStation downloads in Europe, but says multiplayer will remain ‘robust’
Jacob Kastrenakes//42 views
Sony will slow down PlayStation game downloads in Europe to help preserve overall internet speeds. The change won’t materially affect multiplayer, according to ...
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How to put eyebrows on your villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Makena Kelly//39 views/1 comments
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the customization options appear endless. You can make your tools pink, change your bedsheets, and remix your villager’s style...
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How Half-Life: Alyx’s designers built an escapist dystopia with a spot of hope
Adi Robertson//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...