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The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past key art cropped showing Geralt holding a new sword in front of some sort of monster
Maybe it's a good thing AAA games take 13 years to make

GTA 6 is sucking up all the oxygen, but nobody told The Witcher 3

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GTA 6 leak and Wolverine rage are symptoms of gaming’s summer of hate

Gamescom and the September deluge can't come soon enough

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Forget Summer Game Fest — Gamescom is now video gaming's main event

The German show survived COVID and an events-industry meltdown and is stronger than ever

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GTA 6 is gunning for Halo 3's crown

The red carpet is ready to roll

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spider-man brand new day
Marvel is in its endgame now

Doomsday is the toughest test the MCU has faced yet

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Master Chief fires his assault rifle against clouds and the ringworld
Halo invented Xbox, and that was just for starters

Bungie's masterpiece has been remade again, but no game ever needed it less

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Christopher Nolan stands in front of a dark screen projecting the title of his movie Interstellar at the film’s premiere at the IMAX theater in Hollywood
Christopher Nolan is the best IP in movies

Star Wars and Marvel take note

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Edward stands on a ship in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
We need to decide what we want from remakes

How faithful is faithful enough? How new is new enough?

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PS4 with disc
I won't mourn PlayStation discs

Physical games shouldn't die. But optical discs always sucked for games

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These feel like the end times

Layoffs, price hikes, and the death of physical. Are there any reasons to be cheerful?

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Hikari leads the party across a bridge in Octopath Traveler 2
Square Enix's HD-2D is more than just pretty, it's genius

Square Enix has created a brand and aesthetic for retro game styles that others would do well to emulate

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A character with a sword on their back looks at a giant beanstalk growing in a village
We finally know what life after GTA 6 looks like

2027 looks stacked already

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Geoff Keighley presents on stage during the Gamescom 2019 opening night in Cologne, Germany
Summer Game Fest's biggest problem? The Game Awards

Geoff Keighley set out to replace E3, but the trouble is he already did that

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A photo of a person using the Steam Deck OLED handheld gaming PC. Sackboy: A Big Adventure is being displayed on the console’s screen.
The best time to buy a video game console was two years ago

The Steam Deck's price hike is a sign of the times

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Artwork of a Florida guy in shorts with a beer sitting on a boat
GTA 6 has become too big for everyone's own good

No offense to Strauss Zelnick, but if we're all hanging on his every word, something has gone wrong

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Exploring underwater in an image from Subnautica 2
Subnautica 2 and Forza Horizon 6 don't take any risks, but maybe they should

Sometimes, the sequel machine needs to break down

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Three teens lying on the hood of a car
Mixtape is wonderful, but missed a shot at being personal

This universal movie adolescence lacks the specificity to really hit

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The return of video-game-ass video games

Pew pew.

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