Dark day for humanity as Gex Trilogy achieves ‘huge success,’ patches in its cursed EU voices from Red Dwarf’s Cat and the ‘Ding dong’ guy

Reader, I hoped I’d never have to write these words. I hoped you’d never have to read them. But it falls to me to report that, in a clear violation of mankind’s covenant with god, Limited Run Games’ remastered Gex Trilogy has apparently attained “huge success.” I kid. Well, kind of. The Gex games were…

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Elden Ring Nightreign’s relic system could learn a lot from MMOs like World of Warcraft, which figured out pure RNG loot sucks years ago

Has this happened to you? You’ve just finished a kickass Elden Ring Nightreign run. You and your buds—or two strangers—were in top form. Barely any deaths, seven flasks in your pocket, level 15 next to your health bar, and weapons that type against the Nightlord‘s specific weakness. You do the customary L1 spam as the…

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Say Hello To Pauline In Donkey Kong Bananza

The singing sensation has arrived. The Donkey Kong Bananza Nintendo Direct has confirmed the worst-kept secret about the upcoming platformer — Odd Rock, the purple rock that DK carries around with him, isn’t a rock, it’s Pauline! In Donkey Kong Bananza, Pauline is a talented singer who wants to reach the Planet’s Core to make…

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Borderlands 4 hands-on: Yeah, it’s just ‘more Borderlands,’ but Gearbox’s consistency is respectable and there’s a cool hoverbike

There are no big surprises here: Borderlands 4 is more Borderlands. But if you’re all extraction-shootered-out and a regular old co-op campaign is what you’re looking for (I can sympathize), then I think you’ve got something to look forward to. Specifically: a big world, some fun new movement abilities, a cool hover bike, and fewer…

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Microsoft announces new dream team partnership with AMD on a ‘portfolio’ of next-gen Xbox devices, all with backwards compatibility with existing games

Microsoft has just dropped a video showcasing their plans for future Xbox hardware based on AMD technology. The main takeaways? First, Xbox will become a “portfolio” of devices including traditional console, PC and handhelds. Second, backwards compatibility with existing Xbox games is central to the new strategy. Xbox President Sarah Bond has fronted a new…

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