After 15 years and 323 hours, I’ve finally beaten Fallout: New Vegas, and this game doesn’t need mods as much as you think it does

I’m a lifelong RPG reroller: I’m obsessed with restarting these things over and over until I’m sure that my first time hitting the credits will be perfect. My white whale for the past 15 years? Fallout: New Vegas, one of my very favorite games, which I finally completed for the first time after 323 hours…

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Counter-Strike player sucker punches opponent onstage, gets 10-year ban while rival jokes that he had ‘better aim than with the AWP’

As reported by IGN and DotEsports, German Counter-Strike 2 player MAUschine has been banned from the CAGGTUS Leipzig tournament for 10 years for striking his opponent, Fabian “Spidergum” Salomon, after a heated match. Influencer Jake Lucky shared a video to X of the moment MAUschine socked Spidergum during the awards portion of the tournament: Spidergum’s…

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Armored Core 6 is one of the best mech builders in gaming, and this pitch-perfect Sailor Moon AC is just more proof of that

FromSoftware’s continued silence on a series tradition expansion/mini-sequel to Armored Core 6 remains one of the great tragedies of my life, but the game’s fan community has stayed vibrant. AC buildmaster and YouTuber Thryfe recently stole my heart with a fantastic Sailor Moon “cosplay” mech. Thryfe’s whole deal is rolling out creative or novelty builds…

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Crusader Kings 3’s next major expansions will bring playable Popes and merchant republics

After last year’s celebrated Chapter Four expansions that extended Crusader Kings 3’s map across Asia with systems for playing as Mongolian nomads, Chinese courtly bureaucrats, and god-kings of Indonesia, Paradox isn’t resting on its laurels. Today, the studio unveiled its future plans in a Chapter Five reveal video, previewing a pair of major paid DLC…

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