G-Man’s voice actor rings in the new year by dropping a cryptic tweet grenade promising ‘unexpected surprises’ into the starving Half-Life 3 fanbase

There are certain, well, certainties in life. Death and taxes are two of them, while the fact that Half-Life 3 is probably never coming is a fitting third. Despite a bevvy of occult rumours and whisperings, prayers and sacrifices to the periodic table have never borne fruit. Silksong, for all its despair and mania, can’t…

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Nintendo Download: 2nd January (North America)

Ys Memoire! Rivenaar’s Grove! Uh… That’s it! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop –…

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PUBG creator Brendan Greene swears his infinite, mega-ambitious digital universe isn’t like all the others: ‘I want to build a metaverse because I don’t think anyone else is’

PUBG’s creator, Brendan Greene, has been tinkering away at his next next project for a while now with his homegrown studio, PlayerUnknown Productions. Called Project Artemis for the time being, it’s a procedurally generated Earth-sized world simulation… thingy. If it sounds like I’m being vague, it’s because Greene’s not keen on putting it into defined…

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Not only did FF14’s controversial chatter Wuk Lamat rank 1st for words spoken in Dawntrail, ‘Wuk Lamat’ was the most-used phrase by the characters in 2nd and 3rd place, too

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail has a bit of a script issue—several, in fact—and while there were certainly moments I enjoyed quite a lot, it marks an otherwise low point for the MMO’s otherwise sterling reputation for emotive and impactful storytelling. Well, except for that one questline before Titan back in A Realm Reborn, but we…

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Talking Point: Our 2025 Nintendo Gaming Predictions

New hardware smell. This is it, people. This is the year. The smoke and stench from refried rumours is overwhelming but soon it will clear to reveal… new Nintendo hardware. No, not a grainy motherboard pic from a factory backroom or a render someone posted with ‘OMG the latest Switch 2 trailer is 🥹🥹🥹!!!!11‘ slapped…

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