Persona-adjacent turn-based tactics RPG Demonschool just got its second big patch, seems like now is the time to dive in

The Persona games sound fascinating. Tactics RPGs about students who fight demonic analogues of small-town problems at night, yet have to balance that with school and social obligations by day? I’d say sign me up, but even the shorter ones take 80+ hours and the longer ones demand well over 100. I tried Metaphor: ReFantazio…

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Fortnite’s latest live event drew in 10.5 million players to see Godzilla, Hatsune Miku, Homer Simpson, and countless other characters fight a giant squid man

Fortnite is at it again with a new escalation of its increasingly ridiculous crossover shenanigans, this time with a season finale event that drew in 10.5 million live in-game participants, according to a post on the official Fortnite X account. The post adds that over 3 million people tuned in for livestreams of the event…

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Palworld publishing boss says ‘I haven’t really touched so-called AAA titles’, adding that they tend to be ‘overwhelmingly about graphic quality and fidelity’

When it’s not equipping little critters with assault rifles or fending off lawsuits for those critters’ resemblance to Pokémon, Palworld studio Pocketpair is stepping in to publish small-scale indies. It’s got a host of upcoming games on the docket, such as pixelated fishing game Normal Fishing and the Hollow Knight-esque Never Grave. The studio’s publishing…

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It feels weird to type these words, but Alienware’s Cyber Monday deals are offering some of the best available prices on prebuilt Nvidia gaming PCs

While it was a hard truth to accept while wistfully fiddling with build configurations in my younger years, Alienware and affordability don’t often go hand in hand. For this year’s Cyber Monday festivities, however, Dell’s offering some uncharacteristically respectable discounts on its gaming line, bringing a pair of prebuilt PCs at the lowest prices we’ve…

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Inside the GTA mod that was so well-written its creators axed it to make their own game—and then returned to finish the job due to public demand

Over 20 years after Carl “CJ” Johnson first tore through Los Santos dual-wielding uzi submachine guns, two modders are bringing it back to life in a way Rockstar never did. Blue & Blood is an ambitious total conversion mod that reimagines the game from the other side of the law—not as a young gangster clawing…

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