GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. PC has continued to see more games releases from Sony and Microsoft, which, combined with all of the exclusives the platform gets, makes it a great place to play. While Nintendo is an exception, you’re all but guaranteed to get the best …
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Looking back at 2024, there have obviously been a lot of fantastic games. No doubt about it – it’s been a great year for pretty much anyone who loves turning on their PC, console, or phone and just throwing dozens of hours to the wind. But there is only one game that has truly astounded me this year. Not only …
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The year is wrapping up but the gaming news keeps coming. This week, tales of hurt feelings and anger among some developers and fans of Black Myth: Wukong emerged after it failed to take home Game of the Year honors at this year’s Game Awards. Additionally, the announcement that pricey Killzone skins were coming to Helldivers 2, a game that already …
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When From the World of John Wick: Ballerina hits theaters in June, it will mark the first film entry in the ever-expanding franchise not led by Keanu Reeves’s titular assassin. Instead Reeves passes the baton (or should we say Glock) to Ana de Armas and her character Eve Macarro, who the team insists is complex and nuanced in her own …
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At first glance, Crow Country is a nostalgia piece. It pulls on the horrific sprawl of Resident Evil, populating its theme-park setting with brain twisters and monsters contorting into human shapes. It borrows from the toy aesthetic of Final Fantasy VII, its characters rendered in blocky, plastic proportions like Playmobil. Yet, it’s more than just a throwback, it lays bear …
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When your game(s) of the year largely consist of psychological horror and back-to-back, brutal boss fights — as mine did — you’ll almost definitely need something mindlessly relaxing to kick back with. Sure enough, as I wrapped up my time wandering around the streets of Silent Hill 2, an adorable, unsuspecting game began doing the rounds on social media: Webfishing. …
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Well, here’s something I wasn’t expecting to see: Valve has finally revealed what Team Fortress 2‘s Spy looks like under his mask. And it turns out he looks pretty dang handsome! The Week In Games: A Star Wars Classic Returns & More New Releases Valve’s still-popular class-based team shooter launched back in 2007, which feels like three lifetimes ago at …
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The Team Fortress 2 comic has just released its newest update, seven years since the last issue and seemingly the finale to this long journey. Team Fortress 2 Issue 7 “The Days Have Worn Away” is the first update to the online digital comic series since January 10, 2017, and it looks like it might just be the comic’s finale …
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At long last, Quentin Tarantino’s two-part Kill Bill saga is getting a 4K Blu-ray release alongside his cult-classic crime caper Jackie Brown. All three of these memorable Tarantino films are scheduled to release January 21 and are available to preorder now at Walmart and Amazon. Along with 4K Blu-ray discs, you’ll get standard Blu-ray and digital versions of the movies. …
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On TV and in films and games, Star Wars has the same problem. The original trilogy was an unprecedented mix of grizzled Western, brooding Samurai film and pioneering Science Fiction which made for transformative popcorn entertainment, a true pop-cultural event. Most things they do make lots of money, but in a cultural impact sense, in the Disney-era particularly, Lucasfilm has …
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