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Everwild Screenshots Show Xbox's Canceled Fantasy World in Fresh Detail

New screenshots have surfaced of Everwild, the long-awaited fantasy game in development for more than a decade — until its cancelation this summer by Xbox. Everwild was the work of Sea of Thieves studio Rare, the veteran British team with a string of classic hits. But the long-gestating project was axed in July amid a sweeping wave of layoffs and project cancelations within Microsoft. Now, a…
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Halo Veteran Glenn Israel Departs After 17 Years

Glenn Israel, a 17-year veteran of Halo game development, has announced his departure from the series via a startling message that has left fans worried over the future of Xbox’s flagship shooter franchise. Originally an artist at Bungie, Israel ultimately served as an…
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'I Want to Know What Sort of Odds I Am Trying to Beat When I Am Grinding a Game' — 150 Hours and Over 3,000 Boss Kills Later, a Superfan Has Worked Out Borderlands 4's Disappointingly Low Drop Rate

If you’re big into Borderlands 4, you’ll be wondering about its drop rate. The looter shooter is, when it comes to the endgame, all about getting the right items for the right build so those damage numbers keep on going up. But what are the actual chances of getting a legendary drop from a boss in Borderlands 4? Developer Gearbox keeps the drop rate hidden from players, as it and so many other…
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Absolum Review

They say “insanity” is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result, but if I believed that, I wouldn’t play video games – and I certainly wouldn’t be playing roguelikes. They are, by definition, doing a lot of the same things over and over again and expecting that this time, this time, Steve, shall be different. This time, I am going to bash my head…
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Little Nightmares 3 Review: Lacking Inspiration

Many of us have recurring nightmares from time to time, whether it’s the one where you go to school naked, or the one where all your teeth fall out, or indeed the one where you go to school naked and all your teeth fall out. However, Little Nightmares 3 isn’t the kind of…
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Yooka-Replaylee Review

Despite all of their outdated issues, I have a soft spot for 3D platformers that makes itself known whenever something like Super Mario Odyssey finds a clever way to breathe new life back into the genre. Yooka-Replaylee, which remixes a platformer that was already soggy with nostalgia, doesn’t get anywhere near that bar, but it does at least succeed in making the cute-but-forgettable adventure…
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