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Date Everything! Teams Up With Wild Cards For Its New Battle Pass Season

Gabrielle Castania — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:41:23 GMT

We’ve already had tons of fun with the characters from Date Everything since its bombastic June 2025 release. We’ve loved some, friend-zoned others, fully realized and set these beautiful items off into the world. These days, you can find things like a pair of Dateviator sunglasses, plushies, body pillows, and more to keep the love going for your favorites after you’ve rolled (and even dated) the credits.

Dragon Age: Thedas At War Developers Explain How This Crusader Kings 3 Mod Was Made

Rhiannon Bevan — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:04:03 GMT

Dragon Age: Thedas at War is the Crusader Kings 3 expansion of my dreams. If you’re a fellow Dragon Age fan, you need to play this, even if you’ve never even touched the game it's built on top of before.

The Duskbloods Is Not The PvPvE Experience I Expected

Kaitlyn Peterson — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:15 GMT

When I logged on to join the first session of The Duskbloods Network Test and was immediately met with a login error, my stomach dropped. I tested everything I could think of to fix the problem before FromSoftware finally announced that the issue was widespread, so the first session was being prematurely closed to address network issues.

Nioh 3 Hell Rising Review - Familiar, But Still A Hell Of A Time

George Foster — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:15 GMT

Back when Nioh 3 released near the start of the year (yes, it’s really been that long), working on the review and guides basically subsumed my life for a solid few weeks. I spent over 90 hours working my way through its tough-as-nails boss battles, mastering the new Ninja form, and exploring every nook and cranny of its dense open-zone maps.

Pokopia's Bubbly Basin Strikes The Perfect Balance Between Fresh And Familiar

Josh Coulson — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:40:56 GMT

One of the most impressive things about Pokemon Pokopia is its ability to have you effectively repeat the same steps over and over as you move to different locales without ever becoming stale. It strikes the perfect balance between making everywhere you go and everything you do feel familiar without getting repetitive. When I discovered the Bubbly Basin expansion would effectively be an extension of that, I worried the formula might be spread too thin.

Report: The Aftermath Of Xbox's Layoffs Across ZeniMax

Rhiannon Bevan — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:45:41 GMT

Alyssa Gobelle has been with ZeniMax Online Studios for fourteen years. Now, she’s waiting to lose her job.

I Finally Understand The Beautiful Agony Of Playing Bad Video Games

Mike Drucker — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:00:11 GMT

So, one of my job titles is “comedian,” which I know is often a stand-in on dating profiles for “shady unemployed man,” but here we are. I have no career outside of writing jokes for people who secretly hate me. Not for nothing, my dating profile was, “A six with the energy of an eight” and it performed quite well, thank you.

Why Players Become Support Mains, According To Psychology

Ryan Thompson-Bamsey — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:00:11 GMT

There is a familiar diagnosis applied to anyone who willingly locks in a support character. They cannot aim, they dislike pressure, and they want somebody else to carry them. Alternatively, they are the feminine role of the group – the mother or girlfriend – almost by default. Or, in certain games that have a known LGBTQ+ population, the bottom. I’ve been called all three in Final Fantasy 14 when healing through tough raids.

Fields Of Mistria Is The Best Cozy Farming Sim Since Stardew Valley

Jade King — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:00:11 GMT

Stardew Valley cast such a large, whimsical shadow over the video game industry that we are still seeing new experiences directly inspired by it even a decade later. Now, I am abundantly aware that ConcernedApe’s goal was always to create something that could live up to the majesty of Harvest Moon, but in doing so, it redefined an entire genre and helped to introduce a new era of cosy and comforting games that are still going strong today.

It's Been A Decade Since No Man's Sky Changed Gaming Forever

Jade King — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:00:11 GMT

When No Man’s Sky was first revealed by Geoff Keighley at the final installment of The Spike Video Game Awards before it underwent a comprehensive rebrand a year later, it seemed as if this passion project from Hello Games was destined to take over the world. It promised an endless universe brought to life by procedural generation that would in theory offer an infinite number of adventures among the stars.