‘I’m not a gamer,’ says God of War Amazon series’ new showrunner, unwittingly kicking a hornet’s nest despite years of acclaimed writing experience

Amazon’s upcoming God of War series is still in the pipeline after everyone previously making it quit last year—which, if you’ve been big into the weirdly decent era of prestige TV and animation coming out of videogames recently, should come as a relief. Kratos’ grim mien is still coming to the silver screen. The series,…

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Ratings board gives away Silent Hill f’s gut-churning tricks, listing face-slicing, arm-sawing and, worst of all, ‘exposed buttocks’

The ESRB—Entertainment Software Rating Board—is, notionally, there to stick age ratings on games that make sure little Timmy and Sally aren’t scarred for life by the torture scene in GTA 5. In reality, I’m beginning to suspect the whole thing is a gigantic operation made to scupper games industry PRs’ carefully laid marketing plans. Like…

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Helldivers 2’s next warbond’ll let you be a real space cowboy, and draw on those Automaton scum with a lever-action rifle

Alright, pardner, it’s time to hike up your cowboy boots and put on your best duster—because Helldivers 2 has just announced a new warbond, and reports say it’s both rootin’, tootin’, and potentially shootin’. As per the video above, the Borderline Justice warbond is the next in the line of Arrowhead’s goodie bags, and it’s…

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Cataclismo review

Merlons. The very word strikes terror into the hearts of invaders everywhere, for their ability to increase the range of units and strengthen defensive walls. Also, there might be an archer behind them—but I’m pretty sure it’s the wall thing that gives the Horrors sleepless nights in this city building tower defence game (reverse the…

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XFX Swift Radeon RX 9070 OC review

What I want to say about AMD’s second-tier Navi 48 graphics card is that you shouldn’t worry if you missed out on the RX 9070 XT because the RX 9070 is an excellent mid-range card, has pretty much all the same Radeon goodness, but with a slightly lower sticker price. Which we now know is…

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“Eager to get me on my knees, Raphael?” Baldur’s Gate 3 mod lets you romance the silk-tongued cambion devil, although maybe you shouldn’t, yeah?

There are plenty of potentially intense romances to get involved in with your Tav in Baldur’s Gate 3, ranging from being pummeled by your new ‘hot githyanki girlfriend’ to getting fresh with a full-grown bear, but none are potentially as hot as the ability to romance Raphael, the silky-tongued proprietor of the House of Hope…

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