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Path of Exile 2 can be punishing. Compared to PoE 1, player characters are more fragile. Monsters hit harder, and they’ve got movement collision—if you get cornered, you can get surrounded so thoroughly that no amount of dodge rolling will help you. With this Titan build devised by YouTuber Panzerfaust, however, there’s a simple solution…

Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere (another name for HoYoverse) has agreed to pay a $20 million fine and will block children under the age of 16 from making in-game purchases without parental consent in settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and “deceived children…

Vampire Survivors had a big 2024 and what sounds like an even bigger 2025 is on the way, which includes free updates to the action roguelike that “will be a bit chunkier than usual.” Patience is requested from fans, however, because “a lot of time is needed to QA and release patches now, since we’re…

(Image credit: Ubisoft) Ubisoft posted some new Assassin’s Creed Shadows artwork the other day. It’s a collage of faces which somewhat oddly minimizes the two playable characters (you can see the full image at the bottom of this article). There’s a big guy at the top who’s much more prominent than the leads in the…

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PC will require “some serious hardware to accommodate Cloud and his silly-large sword,” we said when the system requirements were announced in December 2024, including a whopping 155GB of storage space. But the good news is the game isn’t so demanding that it won’t run on a Steam Deck—in fact,…

Grand Theft Hamlet is a masterpiece. On one hand, the in-game feature documentary that culminates in an unexpectedly moving rendition of one of literature’s most acclaimed tragedies perfectly captures the boundless possibilities of video games. Simply by giving inventive players the tools to create and perform, we’re shown how even William Shakespeare can be led…

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 publisher Deep Silver has rolled out a new code of conduct for discussions in the game’s Steam forums, forbidding discrimination, hate speech, and harmful ideologies, and warning of possible permanent bans for those who break the rules. “We are grateful for the vibrant and passionate discussions that take place here,” developer…

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that could see TikTok being banned within the country in the next few days over national security concerns. The court had this week heard an appeal from TikTok owner ByteDance against the law but has chosen to reject it, and now all eyes will turn to the…