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Battlefield 6 Dev Confirms Playlist Changes, Custom Search, and Start Time for Open Beta Weekend 2

August 15, 2025
Following the hugely popular Battlefield 6 Open Beta Weekend 1, developer DICE has outlined the changes and additions fans can expect for the upcoming Weekend 2, and confirmed its start time. Weekend 2 kicks off today, August 14, at 8am UTC (1am PT), and runs until Sunday, August 17. In a blog post, DICE outlined the playlist adjustments it has made for Weekend 2 and set out its reasoning. The…
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Into the Unwell Is Like a Chaotic 3D Cuphead in Roguelite Form

August 14, 2025
I think fans of combat-dense action-roguelites will have to splash around when they dive Into the Unwell. Its elasticky, sometimes grim slapstick humor brings a one-of-a-kind energy to a familiar-playing game, but looks aren’t the only thing that makes it stand out. Combat…
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Drag x Drive Review

August 14, 2025
If you’re one of the Nintendo fans who worried the company lost its creative spark after playing it fairly safe with the Switch 2, let me introduce you to Drag x Drive: a wheelchair basketball-inspired sports game that’s controlled almost entirely with the Joy-Con 2’s mouse mode. True, it’s surprisingly drab in personality considering it comes from the company that’s brought us some of…
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Remedy Admits FBC: Firebreak 'Underperformed' — 'Commercially, We Were Unsatisfied'

August 13, 2025
Developer Remedy believes the release of its first self-published game and Control spin-off, FBC: Firebreak, “succeeded technically,” but acknowledged it “underperformed” on Steam, admitting that “commercially, we were unsatisfied.” In a statement to investors, the studio reiterated Firebreak topped 1 million players. However, the majority of those players were on console — via PS…
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Civilization 7 Player Trends and Performance

August 12, 2025
We’re now half a year since the troubled launch of Civilization 7, which has fewer players on Steam than both Civilization 6 and the 15-year-old Civilization 5. But according to the boss of Take-Two, Civ 7 is projected to meet the company’s initial internal expectations…
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Pokémon Card Promotion Ends Early at McDonald's

August 12, 2025
McDonald’s has announced the early end of a Happy Meal Pokémon card promotion in Japan, after the chain was swamped by fans buying up dozens of burgers just to extract the packs found within them. Photos and videos of the ensuing chaos posted to social media show arguments among customers ignoring the chain’s limit of five meals per person, countless untouched Happy Meals dumped by the side…
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