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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Will Bridge The Gap Between The Animated Series And The Games

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For many fans, this isn't the big box of GTA stuff they wanted and the price isn't winning them over

The Blood of Dawnwalker's divisive time mechanic was once much stricter, but it was loosened because of "fear" around the game
I've had a hunch ever since playing The Blood of Dawnwalker that its divisive time limit feature - whereby you have 30 in-game days and nights to save your character's family from a nasty pack of vampires - isn't as strict as Rebel Wolves once intended it. And it turns out I was right. Read more
Morphine Dust Off Archival Recordings, Add New Baritone Sax Parts for ‘Cocoon’
Title song from eight-track album, recorded a year before frontman Mark Sandman's death, streaming now

I cannot believe this obscure MMO from my childhood is still going 23 years later
Was I always this bad at it, though?

Oh, the places you'll game: Aerospace engineers use Steam Deck to steer Mars rover prototype
Destined for the stars.

"It genuinely breaks my heart"- Confusion and frustration reign as gaming communities react to Xbox's drastic restructuring this week
It's been another difficult week for Xbox and the many studios it operates, as a second wave of layoffs has ripped through the company. The saddest news surrounds the impending closure of Hellblade studio Ninja Theory , but layoffs have all but dismantled Halo Studios and halved Age of Empires developer World's Edge as well. Read more