The Overwatch dating sim and its associated rewards are back for a limited time, but it’s still got far fewer romances than its China-exclusive counterpart

Loverwatch—the cheeky browser-based dating sim where you win the hearts of various Overwatch heroes—is back. It first appeared as an impromptu Valentine’s Day celebration in 2023, and back then you could romance Genji, Hanzo, or Mercy. Last year, western Overwatchers howled in lonely despair as China got an exclusive sequel of sorts to the event…

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Poll: What’s Your Favourite Gen 1 Pokémon?

Kanto bright. On 27th February, Pokémon turns 30. That’s three whole decades of exploring many and various regions to find monsters, battle monsters, and pocket monsters – and we’ve all got our personal favourites. And they’re not always just our starter, either! Sure, you build up a special relationship with your first Pokémon each generation,…

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Underrated hack ‘n’ slash Blades of Fire heads to Steam with a 2.0 update, bringing new game plus and ‘expanded death and mutilation variations’ for you sickos out there

I was extremely excited for Blades of Fire when it was announced last year, mainly because it was clearly MercurySteam’s spiritual successor to ye-olde hack ‘n’ slash Blade of Darkness. At least, from my perspective it was clear. I was possibly the only person in the entire world eagerly awaiting a Blades of Darkness successor….

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Digging a little deeper into Intel’s Xe3 architecture shows exactly why Panther Lake’s iGPU is good: It’s basically an Arc A770 graphics card jammed into a mobile chip

After the early promises of how good Intel’s Xe3 GPU architecture could be, thanks to Intel’s breakdown of the changes implemented to everything, we finally got to test one properly last month in the form of a Panther Lake laptop. And you know what? It is good. Very good, in fact. On paper, that should…

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THQ’s Gothic 1 remake arrives in June, and I think it might prove a more valuable overhaul than Oblivion Remastered

Over five years since it was announced, the remake of Gothic 1 finally has a release date. The overhaul of Piranha Bytes’ lovably janky RPG—which boasts a ‘complex life simulation on a scale hardly ever seen before’—will land on players’ virtual doorsteps on June 5 this year. Publisher THQ revealed the release date in a…

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Review: Turtle Beach Rematch Wireless Controller For Switch 2 – A Solid, Dependable Pad (If Rumble Isn’t A Must)

Nice to C you. Turtle Beach’s original Rematch Wireless is what I’d call a decent and dependable budget pad, and around what you’d expect for your money. It looked and felt surprisingly premium in its buttons, its responsive D-Pad, and in its many different designs. Now, Turtle Beach is back with the cunningly-named ‘Turtle Beach…

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