It Really Sounds Like The Mass Effect 5 Team Had Figured It All Out Before The BioWare Shutdown: ‘I’ve Rarely Seen A Group So Good At Working Together’
The studio had a notoriously tumultuous development streak before its closure
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Lord Of The Rings RPG Game Studio Hit By ‘Serious’ Cyberattack As The Internet Continues Breaking
Warhorse Studios is investigating the extent of the damage
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Pokémon Unite To Be Killed Off Forever In March 2027
The MOBA will become unplayable in five months time
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10 Years Ago, Anime's Most Bonkers Series Introduced a Disturbing Villain Who Changed Everything
Part 4 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, called Diamond Is Unbreakable, also features an idyllic town with a rotten core. Author Hirohiko Araki changes things up after a globe-trotting adventure in Stardust Crusaders (Part 3), shifting the scene to the beautiful town of Morioh. Part…
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Free-to-Play Pokémon Game Is Shutting Down After 5 Years
Pokémon games come in all shapes and forms. There are the mainline Pokémon games, where players must collect 'em all and engage in battle with other trainers. But these pocket monsters have appeared in other video game genres as part of several series spin-offs. For example,…
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Adult Fairy Tales: The Best of the Best
𝔒𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔲𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔞 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢, 𝔴𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔲𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰, 𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔰. 𝔒𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔶𝔟𝔢 𝔴𝔢 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔫𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰? 𝔈𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔶, 𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔶 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔪 𝔬𝔣 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔪𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔞 𝔣𝔞𝔦𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔢’𝔰 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔩𝔩. 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔫…
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Wildwood channels The Decemberists' folk fairytale legacy
“I feel like when we were first coming up with the story, we were trying to really go for the early stuff — pull from folktale and fair ytale tropes,” Meloy tells Polygon. “I think there’s so many things in the movie that, because that was really the intent from the outset, was…
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These Two Dark Fairytales Need to Unravel on Modern Consoles
The world can be a cold and dangerous place. We think about its darkest parts as we wrap ourselves in blankets and find a comfy armchair near a roaring fireplace, much like our ancestors did. Also like our ancestors, we turn to stories to understand how to survive the darkness:…
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7 Reasons FF7 Is the Ultimate Video Game Fairy Tale
When you think of a fairy tale, what comes to mind? A medieval European setting, with soaring castle spires, imposing forests, brave knights, and fair maidens?
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Godzilla Minus Zero Director's Upcoming Giant Robot Movie First Cast Members Revealed
Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus Zero is not out in cinemas yet, but fans of the Japanese director already have another movie to look forward to. Grandgear, a mech action movie and the director's first English-language production, was announced in 2024, and the first cast…
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9 Spooky 'Far Side' Comics That Are Perfect to Read Before Halloween
During this time of year, all the classic monsters enjoy their annual resurgence. Vampires rise from their coffins, mummies emerge from their tombs, and witches fly in on their brooms to stalk the world of the living via decorations and costumes. Many people also enjoy horror…
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8 Most Entertaining Sci-Fi Books of the 21st Century That Are Impossible to Put Down
Science fiction writers imagine humanity's future in order to explore our present and past. The best sci-fi is a mix of cautionary tale and social commentary, but books about heady topics like artificial intelligence, alien encounters, and galaxy-spanning wars are often filled…
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Major 'Avatar: Seven Havens’ Korra Reveal May Be Hiding the Truth About the Cataclysm
For more than two centuries, the world of Avatar: Seven Havens has remembered Korra as the Avatar who destroyed everything. Everybody from Ellora to New Ba Sing Se has grown up hearing that story, and episode 7 seemingly gives Pavi (Saheli Khan) and Nisha (Aishu Devan) them…
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Skydance Institutes Company-Wide Mandatory Return To Office So It Can Avoid Saying ‘Layoffs’ So Soon After Merger
In addition to a five-days-a-week in-office mandate, the company is also offering employee buyouts
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Here’s How The Way Activision Talks About Call Of Duty Launch Weekend Sales Has Changed Over Nearly 20 Years
It hasn't been bragging about Modern Warfare 4 sales despite rave reviews
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AI Has Triggered A PS5 Homebrew Gold Rush, But It’s Also The Reason GTA 6 Can’t Be Pirated At Release
One hacker is being accused of ruining everyone's chances of pirating GTA 6 after reporting a massive hypervisor exploit to Sony
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What Does It Even Mean To ‘Save’ Mass Effect?
Thousands of fans are rallying around a campaign to save the series after BioWare's shutdown, but what does that look like?
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