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Choose My Adventure: Where Winds Meet ends as intriguingly and confusingly as it started

I’ve spent a few hours over the course of this past month with Where Winds Meet, and I still cannot tell you how I really feel about that time with the game all that much. Or at least not with any level of great confidence. That’s not to suggest I’m passing final judgment (this is […]
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Rumor: Disney is considering fully buying out Epic Games and taking ownership of Fortnite

Fortnite is already absolutely awash with Disney IP, and the House of Mouse has already thrown $1.5B at Epic Games to help put together a “huge Disney universe” in the shooter. So it’s probably not too surprising to learn that Disney is interested in buying Epic Games whole hog. That comes from tech reporter Alex Heath, who […]
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Genshin Impact’s April 8 update expands Mondstadt, adds a new character, and brings new events

Genshin Impact already gave players a reason to return to the starting area of Mondstadt back in February, but now it’s giving those folks a reason to stay with its next update scheduled for Wednesday, April 8th, by way of a new part of the region to explore. The zone will expand northward into a region […]
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Never Wither is a multiplayer survival crafting ARPG where players collect and control critters

Sure, we’ve seen a couple of games that combine creature collecting and survival sandbox mechanics before, but what if that game format were more about ARPG combat and also let players directly control the companions they capture? That seems to be the elevator pitch of Never Wither, a developing multiplayer survival crafting ARPG from studio […]
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Soulframe shows off its next pre-alpha build and wolf mount, Warframe dates its next prime for April 8

With everything else going on, it’s easy to have missed that PAX East was kicking off over the weekend, which is where Digital Extremes dropped some new details for its games Warframe and Soulframe during its panel at the convention’s main theater. A large number of reveals were made for Soulframe at the event, chief among them being […]
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Mobile dungeon delver Elder Scrolls Blades announces its June 30 sunset

Yes, we also forgot entirely about Elder Scrolls: Blades, the multiplayer mobile and Nintendo Switch dungeon crawler that started life back in 2019, pushed through a rocky early access period, and eventually went on to appear to right some of its initial wrongs and establish some small playerbase. The game was even marking a fourth anniversary […]
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Roblox faces a second state lawsuit, this time from Kentucky, over alleged child safety

Back in August, we reported on a lawsuit filed by Louisiana State Attorney General Liz Murrill against Roblox that alleged the games platform has not done enough to protect children from predators and sexual exploitation. Now it looks as if the company has a second such lawsuit on its hands, this time coming from the […]
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Skate highlights the cosmetics in its first skate pass and heralds over 15M players since early access

This week saw the first season arrive to the early access mulitplayer sandbox of Skate, and like all games that run a seasonal model, this one is once again making sure that players are made aware that it has a battle pass – sorry, skate pass – that offers up cosmetic goodies to earn. The […]
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