Gaming & Culture / Gaming & Entertainment
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DirectStorage on Windows 11: Next-gen gaming performance, with PC requirements
Here's what you'll need to get some (but not all) of Series X's jumps on a Win11 PC.
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Review: Omar Sy shines brighter than ever as gentleman thief in Lupin Part 2
Surprise Netflix hit is based on character created by French novelist Maurice LeBlanc.
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Fast 9 film review: Fast and furious enough, but buckle up for potholes
An explosive excuse to return to theaters, even if it misses some of the F&F; point.
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Xbox cloud upgrade is live: Series X power on your browser for over 260 games
Game Pass Ultimate's $15/mo now goes a lot further, and we break down why.
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The “loser, B-grade supervillains” are back in new The Suicide Squad trailer
"Your mission is to destroy every trace of something known only as Project Starfish."
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Marvel’s Avengers update flashes IP addresses on screen, dev promises fix
Bad news if you're a Twitch streamer on PS5, though dev says fix is incoming.
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Sony relists Cyberpunk 2077, includes new warning: Base PS4 “not recommended”
Version 1.23 approaches 30 fps on base PS4—but still isn't quite enough for PSN.
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Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is the raunchy action/comedy we need right now
Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek carry film through the rough spots.
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Sweet Tooth review: Evidently The Walking Dead just needed a deerboy
It's light(ish) but includes masks, disease-driven death, and humans being bad to each other.
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Test out next-gen space tech in Kerbal Space Program
The rocket-building game lets you pilot a fusion-propelled craft right now.
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Archaeologists recreated three common kinds of Paleolithic cave lighting
Experiments could enhance our understanding of the origin of prehistoric art in caves.
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Arcade1Up pinball cabinet review: Fine for families, interesting for modders
The default package is worth its $600 cost, but do your research before buying.
Unsolved Mysteries: Quantum Leap’s Don Bellisario on the fate of Sam Beckett
The man who came up with Sam, Al, and Ziggy dishes on the show—and what happened next.
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Game Boy Advance game gets split-screen multiplayer through new FPGA core
No link-cable needed for this emulated single-machine, single-display solution.
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Peter Jackson’s 6-hour Beatles documentary confirmed for Disney+ this November
Jackson thanks Beatles, Disney for "allowing me to present this story" as 6-hour beast.
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Bethesda exec says he’s “sorry” for lack of PS5 Starfield
"I'm certain that's frustrating... but there's not a whole lot I can do about it."
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Facebook begins tying social media use to ads served inside its VR ecosystem
Announcement doubles down on Facebook account requirement for Oculus hardware.
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New Picard S2 teaser taunts us with return of Q, time shenanigans
Second season doesn't debut until 2022, but this whets our appetite.
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Forget trailers: The best upcoming games we played at this year’s E3
You can play (most of) the games on our "Best of E3" list right now for free on PC, Xbox.
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Medieval people suffered for fashion with their extremely pointy shoes
Skeletons from 14th and 15th centuries had higher rate of bunions than earlier remains
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Everything Nintendo announced in its E3 2021 “Direct” presentation
New Warioware and Mario Party, remastered Advance Wars and Monkey Ball, and much more.
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New trailer shows first gameplay footage for Breath of the Wild sequel
Zelda sequel takes 2017 original to the skies, now due in 2022.
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Metroid Dread brings Nintendo’s classic back as a 2D sequel on October 8
Includes flashy 3D cinematics, mechanics from 2017's 2D revival Samus Returns.
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Todd Howard is finally ready to share some Starfield details
"300-ish" years from now, the "last space explorers" also explore profound questions.
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Halo Infinite multiplayer news: Bots, split-screen, free-to-play clarified
Hints of new announcer system, new firepower, and multiplayer-specific tweaks.
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16 games to keep an eye on from Sunday’s E3 2021 trailer showcases
From shooters to puzzles to mail delivery sims, these concepts stood out from the crowd.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark turns 40, and it’s still an unqualified masterpiece
Paramount released 4K Blu-Ray collection of first 4 films to mark the occasion.
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Every trailer and announcement from Microsoft and Bethesda’s E3 showcase
Halo! Forza! Psychonauts! Age of Empires! And dozens of other games, too!
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Starfield reveal: Coming November 11, 2022, exclusively to PC, Xbox Series X/S [UPDATED]
Brief, gorgeous trailer: "You're part of Constellation now. Part of our family."
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Ubisoft at E3: Mario Rabbids sequel, Rainbow Six: Extraction, more
Ubisoft Forward's familiar and new: Guns, extreme sports, just dancing, and Avatar.
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Kena: Bridge of Spirits hands-on premiere: As good as “Legend of Pikmin” sounds
Hour-long demo proves this fall game is much more than a pretty face.
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Review: Our favorite trickster god is charismatic as ever in Loki premiere
Pilot episode did everything it needed to do, with soupçon of whimsical swagger.
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Elden Ring shows off first gameplay footage, confirmed for Jan. 2022
George R.R. Martin, From Software collaboration caps off trailer-filled event.
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The Anacrusis: Left 4 Dead + sci-fi + persistent AI, coming to PC, Xbox this fall
After Summer Game Fest reveal, we got co-creator Chet Faliszek (ex-Valve) on the phone.
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GameStop stock falls sharply amid 5M-share sales plan, SEC investigation
Retailer names Amazon vets to executive team amid e-commerce turnaround plans.
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Xbox unveils cloud-centric strategy: New hardware, servers, regional plans
Pre-E3 briefing takes shots at rivals, confirms "new game every quarter" aspirations.
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Don’t look now, but GameStop stock is approaching record highs again
Retail investors try to force another short squeeze as Cohen becomes chairman.