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    General What Movie Are You Really Looking Forward To?

    Sometimes all it takes is one good trailer and suddenly we’re counting down the days until release. Whether it’s a sequel you’ve been waiting forever for, a new scary thriller, or something that just looks amazing, some movies grab your attention right away. For me I am extremely excited to...
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    General Star Wars Horror TV Project?

    Apparently, it's time for Star Wars to put on a spooky mask and try horror. Because after galaxy-spanning civil wars, morally bankrupt trade federations, and an increasingly confused timeline of Jedi trauma, the next logical step is Force ghosts that scare people. According to Andor showrunner...
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    General Star Wars or Star Trek?

    It's an question as old as time itself. Which of the two major sci-fi franchises is the best? Not, which do you prefer, but which is the best? One is space fantasy. The other leans heavily into science fiction. One’s about war, destiny, and space wizards. The other’s diplomacy, exploration, and...
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    General DO NOT PLAY - Or Do Play. You Decide.

    SCRAP and 213℉ have announced DO NOT PLAY, a point-and-click psychological horror game coming to Steam next year. It’s built to mimic early 2000s Flash games: basic browser puzzles like spot-the-difference, drag-and-drop, hit the moving target. No jump scares (yet), but the tone leans heavily...
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    General Death Stranding 2 Lets You Skip Boss Fights But With a Catch

    Is it a cliché to say that Hideo Kajima's games are 'genre-defying'? It's certainly true of Death Stranding, the game that's not a stealth game, not a shooter, and not a sim. Genre-defying is what people reach for when they know the game doesn’t slot neatly into anything. In Death Stranding 2...
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    General Prototype 3 Might Actually Be Happening

    After 13 years of nothing, there’s a rumour that Prototype 3 is in the works. And yes, Alex Mercer might be back in the lead. According to an apparent Activision 'study group' leak, the game’s set in New York again, with Mercer gaining the ability to transform into people to infiltrate areas...
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    General Do Quick Time Events Still Belong in Action Games?

    I hate Quick Time events. "Mash X to stay alive." No skill, no finesse, just hammering away at the buttons until the event is over. I often think of it as lazy game design and that there must be a better way to present an event such as this. In the God of War series every boss fight ended with...
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    General Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Whips its Way onto PS5

    After a short Xbox and PC exclusivity window, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is now out on PS5. If you held off, you're getting the full package: upgraded visuals, DualSense support, and a solid 60FPS across the board. The game sits somewhere between Wolfenstein and Uncharted, but with a...
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    General Tempest Rising - out now!

    This one has been on my radar for a very long time and it's finally getting released on April 24th and I can't wait. Just in time for the Easter long weekend - so you can guess what I'll be doing. I've played the demo, and recently got a chance to interview the game designer - Brandon...
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    General Blending Two of my Favourite Game Genres, Anoxia Station looks ace!

    Anoxia Station is a mining management game set in a dystopian near-past. A supervolcanic eruption devastated the Earth’s surface, rendering it uninhabitable. Nations now teeter on the brink of extinction relying on the Terranauts - miners sent into the hellish depths of this dying world-. Their...
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    General STRATEGOS | ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER | CRITICAL MOVES

    Strategos is a real-time tactics wargame set in classical antiquity. Command massive armies in large-scale battles featuring over 120 factions and 250+ unit types from across the ancient Mediterranean. Create your own custom engagements or take control of historical battles with thousands of...
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    General Everything Confirmed (So Far) About Star Wars: Zero Company

    Over on swzerocompany.com they have covered everything that has been confirmed up until now for Star Wars: Zero Company. https://swzerocompany.com/what-is-star-wars-zero-company/
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    General Is There a Future for the Total War Series?

    As of April 2025, there have been 16 mainline Total War games, and other than a major success with the Warhammer series, the reception has been... less than excellent. The last game, Total War: Pharaoh. was released 18 months ago to 'Mixed' user reviews on Steam, and there has been no additional...
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    General Which RPG Would You Want to Live In?

    World building in RPG games is very important. You need a living, breathing world to exist for a game to be fun. You also need a dangerous, enemy filled, treacherous world for a game to be interesting. No-one wants an easy life when playing an RPG, right? And developers have seen fit to give us...
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    General Hogwarts Legacy Devs Are Hiring for an Online Multiplayer RPG

    Avalanche Software and Warner Bros. Discovery are hiring for a new online multiplayer RPG, and it’s already got people thinking: is Hogwarts Legacy 2 in the works? The job listings mention systems like player progression, in-game economies, skill trees, crafting, and monetization, all pointing...
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    General Dune: Awakening

    It's been ages since I played an MMO. I think the last one I played to any great extent was 2008's Age of Conan: Unchained (originally called Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures). I played it all the way until the end game with several characters at level 80 and took part in a number of raids. I...
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    General BioWare Is Basically Gone With Fewer Than 100 Staff Remaining

    BioWare was once the gold standard for Western RPGs but is now down to fewer than 100 employees following EA’s latest wave of layoffs. Over 200 people worked on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and Bioware had up to 500 staff at it's peak. Now, a skeleton crew are working on the next Mass Effect game...
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    General The Golden Age of FPS Was When...?

    I got heavily into gaming in the 90's so I'm probably biased when I say that the late 90's and early 00's were the peak of FPS gaming. Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, and then Half-Life and the ultimate FPS - Half-Life 2. Yeah, I'm biased, but that was the golden age. Modern shooters have lost...
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    General The Most Satisfying Gun in Gaming History

    Of all the shooters from history, which game is the most satisfying. This doesn't have to be just in terms of raw firepower, it can be just like how it feels or how it sounds. I have two. One might be a controversial choice so we'll go with that first. Half-Life 2's gravity gun - especially...
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    General Keyboard & Mouse or Controller?

    What's your go to when playing FPS games? I get that if you're a consoles gamer you're mainly restricted to a joypad, but for us PC gamers do you opt for the convenience of a controller or the fine-grain control from keyboard & mouse? I've always found that trying to get a controller to work on...
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