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Poll: Box Art Brawl: WarioWare Smooth Moves

Wii? More like… WAH. Welcome to this week’s edition of Box Art Brawl! It was a special Metroid 40th anniversary brawl last time, as we matched up every cover in the series for the ultimate showdown. Despite all those options, it wasn’t a remotely close-fought contest, as Super Metroid walked away with 62% of the…

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Saber’s AI Rideshare Stimulator controversy almost closes on high note with CEO apology, then he calls Portal scribe who mocked him an ‘unsuccessful writer’

The Rideshare Stimulator AI fiasco almost, but not quite came to a close today when writer Stella Sacco shared that she had received a private message from Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch, who apologized for his hurtful comments to the press regarding her employment and capabilities. In a separate post on LinkedIn, Karch reflected on…

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Retro Review: Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen

The first major expansion for the “Dragon’s Dogma” series, “Dark Arisen” comes with plenty of new weapons and enemies. For those who haven’t played the series yet, Capcom provides the type of title here that like an “Elder Scrolls,” “Fallout” or “Diablo” fan can quickly get attached to. But unlike the afformentioned games, regardless of…

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Quake Gets New Levels for 30th Anniversary

According to an official press release from Bethesda, the classic 1996 FPS, Quake, is receiving a brand new episode called “Dawn of the Machine. This update, which is free for owners of the recent Quake remaster on platforms like PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. In addition to 19 new levels, the anniversary update offers fresh achievements, multiplayer…

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Simpsons creator Matt Groening implies that a Hit & Run remaster is coming, current showrunner hastily disputes

First reported by Empire on X, “The Everything App,” Simpsons creator Matt Groening may have let slip the existence of some upcoming return for The Simpsons: Hit & Run⁠—though this was immediately disputed by another grandee of the Simpsons Industrial Complex. “I think the original game is coming back in some form,” Groening said in…

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