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Hotel Barcelona brings cult horror chaos and bloody roguelike action to Xbox

Cult horror, roguelike and hack-and-slash gameplay, and all the bloody action you could want: Hotel Barcelona is the latest from the creators behind Deadly Premonition, No More Heroes, and Lollipop Chainsaw.

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"We underestimated how much they loved him" — Dying Light franchise director talks Kyle Crane's return, gore fidelity, and experimenting with the game formula

Dying Light: The Beast is scheduled to launch on August 22, so I spent four hours playing the game before sitting down to interview franchise director Tymon Smektala on the significance of Kyle Crane's return, zombie gore fidelity, and what makes this zombie franchise special.

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The Alters is my frontrunner for indie game of the year, as it painfully reflects my family's mortality and life's itinerary

Decision-based survival gameplay in The Alters reflects the struggles in my life. All for less than the cost of a single therapy session.

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The Alters PC review: I'm rethinking my own life paths after falling in love with a sci-fi game

11 bit studios' The Alters is a sci-fi strategy game where survival hinges on choosing different life paths to create altered clones of yourself. But is there enough substance here to make me alter my feelings on sci-fi narratives?

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I’ve fallen hard for Starsand Island, a promising anime-style life sim bringing Ghibli vibes to Xbox and PC later this year

Starsand Island is an upcoming farming and life simulation game where players can enjoy animal husbandry, carpentry, and more in a charming seaside village.

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I accidentally spent 50 hours curating wacky museums in this management simulator where weird quirks are half of the fun, and all I want is to play it more

Two Point County comes to life yet again in this third installment in the Two Point series, but Two Point Museum doesn't learn from its predecessor's mistakes.

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Microsoft News Roundup: Nightmare week of price hikes, rebrands, and remembering how Bill Gates lost $400 billion

Negative headlines surrounded Microsoft this past week as the company rebranded its most iconic apps, raised the price of Microsoft 365, and was attacked by Salesforce.

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AVerMedia Elite Go GC313Pro review: This little charging brick is a must-have for streamers on the go

Fans of handheld games that want to livestream their on-the-go antics won't want to skip over this powerful charging brick with capture card functionality.

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"It may sound shocking, but Call of Duty is one of the most accessible AAA titles," and Black Ops 6 takes it even further

Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 6 takes the accessibility of the franchise even further with an intelligent movement system. The game supports automating certain movements to reduce the number of button presses needed to perform maneuvers.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 should end the reign of 'movement kings' that use slide canceling to dominate competitive play

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 features a new movement system that marks a dramatic shift gameplay. Our Cole Martin went hands-on with Omnimovement and spoke with the Black Ops 6 development team about the system.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 sees Prestige return — but with a new twist

In our exclusive interview with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 devs, we talked about how Prestige will work in the upcoming game from Treyarch.

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XDefiant for Xbox review: The only thing this "Call of Duty killer" is destroying is my remaining goodwill toward Ubisoft

Pitting Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter against Call of Duty feels almost as unbalanced as XDefiant’s matchmaking. Ubisoft has a long history of canning free-to-play shooters that don’t capture virality, so don’t get too attached.

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Prison Architect 2 preview: a management simulator that I don't want to escape

Prison Architect 2 takes the keys from the genre guards and breaks out of its 2D cell to become the 3D prison management simulator, and we're ready to serve our sentence.

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Lightyear Frontier early access review: Get in your mech, besties — we're going farming

FRAME BREAK's debut game, Lightyear Frontier, shakes up farming simulators by suiting up in a giant mech and starting a homestead on a distant planet. But is it any fun?

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The Thaumaturge review: a monster taming RPG with a mature, dark, and moody twist

Fool's Theory and 11 bit studios have released The Thaumaturge, a story driven RPG set in 1905 Warsaw, Poland that gives monster taming a gothic makeover.

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XP-Pen Artist Pro 16 (Gen 2) review: Challenging the limits of pen display technology

XP-Pen has released the Artist Pro 16 Gen 2 refresh, and the latest version features a stylus with 16K points of pressure sensitivity and a 2.5K resolution display, all at a budget-friendly, entry-level price point.

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Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Xbox review — I may never emotionally recover from this haunting love story

Don’t Nod takes a chance with the ambitious ARPG Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, turning players loose in a world full of heartfelt characters and truly consequential stories.

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Palworld breeding guide: How to use egg incubators and create Fusion Pals

Palworld has some incredible and unique end-game Pals, but you don't have to wait to get your hands on them. Here's how to use the breeding farm and egg incubators to get your hands on great pals early.

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Palworld: How to catch or hatch Lunaris

Lunaris is stacked with transporting, gathering, and handiwork skills with the ability to manipulate gravity to increase your max carrying capacity. This makes it one of the most vital Pals in the deck, but first, you have to catch or hatch one.

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House Flipper 2 PC review: A strong foundation and good bones make for a successful sequel

Frozen District has once again made a blue-collar work simulator that is engaging and entertaining, with plenty of potential for the future.

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Spirittea review: I should NOT be having this much fun washing towels for ghosts

Solo developer Cheesemaster Games recently released Spirittea, a wholesome game with a charming pixel art style blending Spirited Away and Stardew Valley that you don't want to miss.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Season 1 — New maps, Zombies update, new Warzone map, and more

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's launch is but a little ways behind us, and that hasn't stopped Activision and Sledgehammer Games from announcing upcoming Season 1 content.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) Review—A balancing act of remembering the past while looking forward

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) is in the wild, but is Sledgehammer Games' third installment to the annual blockbuster a flop?

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The Talos Principle 2 PC review: A sci-fi puzzler that's as challenging as it is beautiful

Step into New Jerusalem and experience a post-humanity world full of puzzles and intrigues, where Artificial Intelligence carries on the legacy and culture of the people that came before.

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The Invincible PC Review: Slow down and smell the mysterious metal flowers

Starward Industries and 11 Bit Games' upcoming adventure title, The Invincible, takes players on a walk across a mysterious planet that's haunted with strange flora and moral dilemmas.

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