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Cyberpunk 2077: The Awards To Come

Should games made under duress be awarded “Game of the Year,” “Best Direction,” and so on? Well, in the week ahead of us taking our yearly break, the ever-so energetic Kotaku published a piece criticizing the Game Awards‘ awarding The Last of Us: Part II‘s Directors…

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Cyberpunk 2077 Pulled From PS Store

At least Microsoft finally has that launch exclusive that they were looking for the Series X and S. Yeah, it has been a happy launch for CD Projekt Red with their massive dystopian futuristic open-world, and by all accounts, it seems to…

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A Fortnight Of Free Games From The Epic Games Store

The final one of these of the year, I couldn’t be happier: Monday, Prime Gaming added Yooka-Laylee‘s 2.5D sequel for members, Alexx spoke of a dark-humored murder mystery from the House Flipper devs, and I showed concern Codemasters might be bought by EA. Tuesday, David spoke of Steam’s latest experiment; All the…

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Doctor Who “Midnight” – Review

Midnight, not just the time I am swearing at when trying to grab images for these reviews, but also the name of a planet in an episode I didn’t quite remember watching before. I knew one or two shots but for the…

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GOG Winter Sale Starts With Free Prison Architect

If you are a platform holder, either a storefront or console and its store, you have free PR for when you erode all the goodwill you’ve created with a game people love. So, you might have heard, that CD Projekt Red not…

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EA Play Not Coming To Game Pass PC This Month

Following the initial announcement back in September, some have been excited for the addition of EA Play to Xbox Game Pass. The service did see EA Play join for consoles back in November upon the release of the Xbox Series X and S…

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DiRT 5 Update & Snowy DLC Out now

“Snow no!” “You’ve got snow-where to run to,” and other snow-based punnery I’d normally be too professional to include if it wasn’t our last week. Snow, it is all the rage around this time of the year, and I hate it. Though,…

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Ubisoft Doing A Week Of “Gift” Giving

I talk about free stuff (included with a subscription or not) like it is a stereotype that my people are frugal, that and more recently getting drunk enough to drive into a vault of gold. Today is no different, as Ubisoft joined in…

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EA Out Bids Take-Two For Codemasters

Everyone understands the phrase: “Stuck between a rock and a hard place.” Though, I wonder how many understand: Stuck between the cartel and the up and coming drug lord. It’s like the prior, but with guns and knives. I think that’s where…

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Yooka-Laylee & The Impossible Lair Added To Prime

It feels like the last day of school before everyone goes away for the Christmas/holiday period, or what it feels like to me, summer. There’s not a day in this past year since our last break that I’ve asked to take off.…

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