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The harsh desert land of Arrakis sets the scene for Dune: Spice Wars, the upcoming RTS from Northgard developer Shiro Games and publisher Funcom. During a first look at the game in action, I see the unforgiving sandy wastelands from Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi universe covered in a dense fog. …

In the next four years, Sony plans to launch at least 10 live-service games. That’s 10. One-zero. In four years. Which is pretty ambitious on the face of things. Of course, the news delivered by Sony at yesterday’s 2021 third-quarter earnings call neatly ties in with its recent big money …

Since its release last month, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel hasn’t left Steam’s top ten. It’s barely dropping below 130,000 concurrent users. According to SteamCharts, its all-time peak of more than 260,000 players places it in the top 25 of the platform’s most-played games ever, not far behind the likes of Skyrim …

The current Call of Duty: Warzone situation feels like déjà vu. Just like when Black Ops Cold War integrated with (and subsequently broke) Warzone back in April 2021, the battle royale is currently marred by its recent Call of Duty: Vanguard integration. As it did back then, developer Raven Software …

There is a bear in OlliOlli World who might be the actual devil. Like any good satanic soul, it cleverly obscures an evil nature by looking disarmingly cute. After all, who could hate a cartoon grizzly who rides down a rapid river in a rubber ring? Well, I can. That …

On January 13, 2022, the Halo 3 Xbox 360 servers shut down for good, over 14 years after the game debuted. While you can still play the iconic blockbuster through the Master Chief Collection, there’s a certain sadness in the air. After all, Halo 3 launched at a time when …

The Halo Infinite Tenrai event just finished its second of six weeks, and while it’s greatly improved from its first iteration, there’s still a few kinks that need to be ironed out.  Halo Infinite Fracture: Tenrai is a series of week-long events with its own battle pass that you can …

Nintendo came into 2021 riding high of a year of unprecedented success. While everyone waited for Sony and Microsoft to release their new consoles, the Switch had quietly taken over the world with Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in a way that few other games have ever done. Of course, the …

2007 was a simpler time. The Xbox 360 had been out for two years, franchises weren’t releasing new games every fiscal year, and Microsoft’s Halo was bigger than some blockbuster films. So when Halo 3 dropped on September 25, 2007, it dominated the cultural conversation – it felt like everyone …

In need of a Final Fantasy 14 story recap before Final Fantasy 14 Endwalker arrives? If you wish to refresh your memory with a brief FF14 story overview, we’ve got you covered. Here’s everything that transpired from the start of A Realm Reborn to the finale of Shadowbringers.  Just remember …