Marathon’s most popular shotgun is getting nerfed a second time, as Bungie worries it is ‘eclipsing a lot of the other short range options that exist in the game’

Since Marathon launched, one gun has dominated both the battlefield and the discourse. No, I don’t mean the Biotoxic Disinjector, which while ferociously powerful, is unlikely to appear outside of Cryo Archive due to its rarity. I’m instead referring to the almighty WSTR shotgun, by far the best weapon to carry in your back pocket…

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Almost 28 years later, the mystery of what’s under women’s skirts in Elder Scrolls spin-off Redguard has finally been solved

“This may be one of the longest running secrets in the history of The Elder Scrolls we are about to reveal,” says the holy repository of knowledge that is the Ultimate Elder Scrolls Portal, “this has seemingly stayed hidden for 28 years from general knowledge.” In 1998, Bethesda released a third-person action-adventure set in the…

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“A New Mission Awaits” – SNK Celebrates 30 Years Of Metal Slug, Teases Exciting Future

“We’re reigniting and rebooting the series”. SNK’s legendary run-and-gun series Metal Slug is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, and to mark this milestone, the company has today released a special retrospective video showcasing the franchise’s history. It covers not only the past and present, but also taps into the series’ “ever-exciting future” with a teaser…

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‘Are monitors anti-inflation?’: AOC argues monitors are a better upgrade than graphics cards or memory right now, which seems like the kind of thing a monitor manufacturer would say

Monitors are kind of important. Like, you need them to see the games you play, man. But on a deeper level, picking the right one to see your games as intended actually is important—be that going up to 4K for those beautifully rendered textures or OLED for true blacks. Monitor manufacturer AOC seems to agree,…

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Philips is bringing its 5K dual-mode gaming monitor to the West, and it comes in a neat white shell

A few weeks ago, Philips announced the Evnia 27M2G5800, a poetically-named, 27-inch, 5K dual-mode gaming monitor for sale in China, and today, the company has announced a western counterpart—the 27M2D5901A (yeah, monitor names are like that). I managed to get hands-on experience with the screen at a press event in Croatia, and dual-mode works as…

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