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1. The free 'Quake II RTX' demo is now available on Steam
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... free, and if you own the full game, you'll be able... Read all  ...

2. Sling adds social TV and movie viewing to its Oculus Go app
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If you can't be with your buddies to yell at the screen at the same time during a game or watch a movie together, Sling has a new social watching option in store for you. The co-watching feature is ...

3. My On-the-go gaming set-up
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... is I or my kid might play video games inside our camper van while camping. We like to play video games and we're spending a lot of time in our Westy this summer. I wanted my kid and her cousins to be able ...

4. 'Destiny 2’ is now free-to-play, including its year-one expansion
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... 17th, the core game will go free-to-play, shifti... Read all  ...

5. 'Baldur's Gate III' is real and it'll be on Google Stadia
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Amid its wave of announcements for Stadia, Google confirmed several new games will be available on the platform. Darksiders Genesis emerged a few hours before Stadia Connect got underway, and there are ...

6. Google Stadia launches this November with $130 Founder's Edition
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On the eve of E3 (well, the night before EA's press conference, anyway), Google has revealed pricing and availability for Stadia, its highly anticipated game streaming service. The big date for your ...

7. People who document evidence of violent extremism are being shut down in Youtube's crackdown on violent extremism
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... bungling of the removal of the racist homophobe Stephen Crowder, which he says has prompted the company to play a game of both-sidesism, setting up a "false equivalence" of racists and people who oppose ...

8. 'Darksiders Genesis' confirmed for Google Stadia, consoles and PC
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THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate have announced the latest entry in the Darksiders series following 2018's Darksiders III -- and it's one of the first games confirmed for Google's Stadia ...

9. Watch Google's Stadia event here at 12PM ET
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Google is hosting a Stadia event today, and it's set to reveal some big news for the game streaming platform, including pricing and launch details as well as some of the games you'll be able ...

10. Nintendo's E3 will center on Pokémon, Zelda and Luigi's Mansion
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We already knew that Nintendo would be focusing on 2019 games at E3 this year (sorry, Metroid Prime fans). Today, the company has gone a step further and revealed the exact games that will be playable ...

11. Final Fantasy soundtracks come to Spotify and Apple Music
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Square Enix might have just convinced a ton of Final Fantasy fans to spend their hard-earned Gil on music streaming services. The game developer, with no prior announcement, has just made the soundtracks ...

12. The end is near for 'Uncharted' and 'The Last of Us' multiplayer on PS3
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... the least," as the games marked "defining entries"... Read all  ...

13. Fortnite's new weapon is a storm in a bottle
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One of the great things about battle royale games like Fortnite is that no two matches are different. Random generation ensures that lobbies include different players, varied weapons spawn in known locations ...

14. Fox Sports will stream every Women's World Cup game in 4K
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Fox Sports offered 4K streams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup last year, but in order to watch them, you had to own a HiSense TV. For the Women's World Cup that begins Friday in France, those higher quality ...

15. 'Rocket League' is mining the '80s for nostalgia-tinted DLC
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... for the game's biggest event to date, lasting all summe... Read all  ...

16. The best Joker is the woman Joker who snaps after a lifetime of being told to "smile, baby" by shitty men
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... for better superheroes in the future. “UGH JUST WRITE NEW STORIES, WHY DO WE NEED TO REWRITE THE OLD ONES?” This argument is interesting to me, because it’s not a zero-sum game. New stories are ...

17. ESPN launches an esports event series, starting with 'Apex Legends'
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... include a variety of games with collegiate, pro an... Read all  ...

18. Blow up game night with Exploding Kittens
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NEWS – Exploding Kittens bills itself as “a card game for people who are into kittens and explosions and laser beams and sometimes goats.” Worried about the fate of sweet, cartoon kitties? Actually, your ...

19. The magnificent reappearing act of Richard Hofmeier
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Richard Hofmeier was an early superstar of modern indie games. In 2010, he released Cart Life, an unassuming, grayscale title that he described as, "a retail simulation for Windows." In actuality, ...

20. Ubisoft confirms 'Watch Dogs Legion' will be at E3
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... the game's logo. The company has also alluded to... Read all  ...

21. 'Pokémon Sword' and 'Shield' come to Nintendo Switch on November 15th
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The next core titles in the Pokémon franchise, Sword and Shield, will be released on November 15th, 2019. Developer Game Freak confirmed the news in a 15-minute Direct that also included a host ...

22. Snapchat's battle royale game is out now
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Snapchat is getting in on the battle royale craze with Tiny Royale, which you can play right now. The Zynga-developed top-down shooter expands the lineup of available multiplayer Snap Games. Read ...

23. The Xbox app for Windows 10 is now a ‘console companion’
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Microsoft is continuing to build on its promise to improve its services for gamers. Last year, it vowed to improve its Microsoft Store and last month unveiled a powerful new take on the Xbox Game Bar. ...

24. GameStop cuts costs to deal with plunge in console sales
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The PS4 and Xbox One are clearly approaching the end of their main lifecycles, and that's doing serious damage to GameStop's bottom line. The video game store's Q1 profits fell to $6.8 ...

25. Super Mario Bros. theme performed on credit card swipe machines
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Device Orchestra's first attempt at a classic video game theme. Other highlights from the channel include Spice Girls on 5 toothbrushes, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on a Ladyshave and The Imperial March ...