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Walton Goggins and Aaron Moten make surprise appearance at New Vegas fan convention in the real-life Goodsprings, remind us that Fallout season 3 is already confirmed

As reported by TheGamer, Fallout actors Walton Goggins and Aaron Moten made a surprise appearance at the annual Fallout fan gathering in Goodsprings, Nevada to hobnob with fans and remind them that, not only is Fallout season two coming out in a month, but the show’s already been renewed for a third season as well….

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GTA Online: Bikers Update Out Today

GTA Online: Bikers opens up an entirely new part of the criminal underbelly of GTA Online, bringing proper Motorcycle Clubs to the roadways and ever-evolving illicit markets of Blaine County and Los Santos. Motorcycle Clubs Life in an MC is more than just a fleet of shiny new rides and impressive leather cuts. Bikers brings…

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Black Ops 7’s launch day Steam player count is significantly lower than last year’s Call of Duty, suggesting Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 ate a hefty portion of its lunch

It’s Call of Duty launch day—the yearly festival in which millions of eager revelers are presented with a fresh crop of maps, weapons, and killstreaks to enjoy as they slide, wallhop, and twitch their way through combat in a pseudonarcotic mania. This year’s paramilitary bacchanal, however, seems a more muted celebration: On Steam, Black Ops…

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Atari just bought the rights to the big daddy of PC RPGs, and a reissue campaign is afoot

Released in 1981, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord was the first grid-based first-person RPG—what we nowadays call blobbers—and it proved enormously influential. Its art was rudimentary: the monochrome dungeon halls were a series of white lines carefully placed to simulate the feeling of moving through a three-dimensional environment. Leaving the ruggedness of its…

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Random: Did You Know About This Obscure Mario Bowling Game?

Mario Bowl was released exclusively in Japanese bowling alleys in 1995. Over the years, there have been a lot of obscure Mario spin-offs, but did you know that back in 1995 Nintendo partnered with a bowling equipment manufacturer named Brunswick to produce a Mario-themed scorekeeping game for Japanese bowling alleys? Well, we certainly didn’t. The…

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Oblivion’s forgotten goblin wars system, which saw gobbos battling each other all over Cyrodiil, emerged from designing a single quest: ‘I figured it wouldn’t be a lot more work to make this systemic’

Oblivion’s radiant AI system is mainly remembered for its impeccable, if entirely unintentional, comedic timing, producing non-sequiturs and bizarre NPC interactions all over Cyrodiil. Players are currently discovering this all over again in Bethesda’s immensely popular remaster. But one of the system’s lesser-known effects is how it also influenced goblin behaviour. Far from being mindless…

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