Sloclap shoots, then scores as Rematch hits 3 million players, proving there’s a surprising overlap between sports and fighting game fans

Rematch is a hit—nonchalantly dribbling its way to one million players on its first day of release. It’s the latest game by Sloclap, who you might know from Sifu and Absolver—a brawler and a fighting game respectively, if you’ve been paying attention. The studio’s gotten the art of kicking the crap out of someone down…

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The Switch 2’s super sluggish LCD screen is 10 times slower than a typical gaming monitor and 100 times slower than an OLED panel according to independent testing

Nintendo’s new handheld is certainly a smash hit. But one of the less impressive aspects of the Switch 2 is its 7.9-inch IPS display. Reddit has been alight with complaints concerning the speed of the display, with owners bemoaning the blurring and smearing of games. Now the results from independent testing are in and they’re…

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FromSoftware to make the most brutal boss in Elden Ring Nightreign even harder, as Fulghor gets picked to be the next Everdark Sovereign

It’s coming up to a month since Elden Ring Nightreign was released, and as players begin to get more comfortable with all the existing Nightlords, FromSoftware has begun to release Everdark versions of the bosses—suped-up atrocities which have a third phase. First, there was Gaping Jaw, with the Everdark version having swirling tornados, more purple…

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‘The fans had no influence’ on Karlach’s improved Baldur’s Gate 3 ending, says voice actor Samantha Béart—Larian had to dodge Starfield, but it was ‘very much planned’

Baldur’s Gate 3 was one of the best RPGs of the decade when it came out—and that accolade was only polished and shined in the ensuing months as Larian added patches to stitch up its wobbly ending. The biggest of these is, naturally, the epilogue—but there were a couple of minor additions before Patch 5,…

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