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Oculus Rift Will Ship with EVE: Valkyrie If You Pre-Ordered

If you pre-order the Oculus Rift headset, it will come with a copy of EVE: Valkyrie.Read More

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Planet Nomads Trailer: Building, Exploration, and Aliens

Planet Nomads looks pretty cool—its announcement trailer shows a sci-fi sandbox game with lots of building, exploration, and some combat elements.Read More

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XCOM 2 Trailer Is Out

XCOM 2 has a new trailer. Earth is under alien rule, and the player is tasked with rebuilding XCOM, reclaiming the world, and saving humanity. Earth has changed and is now...Read More

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Fallout Shelter Gets Holiday Update, With Puppies and Cats

Fallout Shelter, the mobile game based on Fallout, just got the best update ever: pets.Read More

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Rovio CEO Stepping Down

Rovio, the studio behind Angry Birds, has announced that its CEO, Pekka Rantala, has stepped down. This is after only about a year in the position. He will be replaced...Read More

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Assassin’s Creed Jack the Ripper DLC Gets a New Trailer

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s first story DLC, Jack the Ripper, is coming out December 15.Read More

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Bethesda Is Setting Up Shop In Montreal

Oh Canada! Bethesda Game Studios, the American company behind Fallout and Skyrim, has just announced that it’s opening a new location in Montreal, Quebec. The studio is looking to further expand into...Read More

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Hidden Family-Gaming Gems: Guacamelee

If your kids are old enough to hold a controller, they’re probably already familiar with any number of other odds and ends of European mythology Hoovered up by the video...Read More

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I Love Rayman Adventures, But…

Last week I downloaded the latest Rayman game, Rayman Adventures, on my iPhone. I played the original Rayman game on my Game Boy Color back in the ’90s, and after years...Read More

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New LEGO Marvel Avengers Will Have Characters From Adult Shows—In Disguise

LEGO has a handy-dandy way of avoiding making kids want to watch Netflix’s more adult-oriented Marvel shows, like “Jessica Jones” and “Daredevil.” In games like the upcoming LEGO Marvel’s Avengers,...Read More

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Facebook Announces Its Own Picks for Best Facebook Games

Facebook has picked its favorite Facebook games. Here are the titles that made the grade, along with Facebook’s descriptions. Read More

Next Week’s Nintendo Direct is All About Cloud

The next Nintendo Direct is next week, December 15 at 2 p.m. PST. Masahiro Sakurai, director of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, will be discussing new updates...Read More

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Anita Sarkeesian Joins With Activists To Publish An Online Safety Guide

Anita Sarkeesian, founder of Feminist Frequency, has teamed up with Jaclyn Friedman and Renee Bracey Sherman to create a guide to protecting yourself from online harassment. Sarkeesian is an academic and a...Read More

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PlayStation 4 Multiplayer with PS Plus is Free This Weekend

PlayStation 4 is giving everybody free access to the multiplayer aspects of a PlayStation Plus subscription this weekend. Read More