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Hollow Knight: Silksong Review: Yes, It Will Hurt You. Yes, You Will Love It.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong Review: Yes, It Will Hurt You. Yes, You Will Love It.
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Seven years. That's how long we waited. Was it worth it? Short answer: yes. Long answer: my thumbs are still bleeding.

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[exclusive] "We Don't Want A Doll, We Want A Human": Inside IO's Plan For A New 007
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[exclusive] "We Don't Want A Doll, We Want A Human": Inside IO's Plan For A New 007
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How does the Hitman studio build a Bond game? I sat down with IO Interactive's Franchise art director Rasmus Poulsen to talk development, design, and the pressure of tackling a 60-year-old icon.

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Hotel Architect Review: My New Addiction Is Building Hotels for Ungrateful Blobs
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Hotel Architect Review: My New Addiction Is Building Hotels for Ungrateful Blobs
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I’ve been searching for a good hotel sim for years. Hotel Architect is the closest I’ve come to finding it, and it has completely consumed my life with its charming, chaotic, and dangerously addictive gameplay.

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"HEY, LISTEN!": A TRAUMA-FUELED LOOK BACK AT ESCORT MISSIONS AND THE AI WE WERE FORCED TO PROTECT

Say the words "escort mission" to any gamer over the age of 20 and watch their eyes glaze over. You'll see a flicker of a long-suppressed trauma, a flashback to a time of rage-quits and shattered controllers. For a solid decade, it felt like every other game was determined to saddle you with the world's most incompetent, suicidal AI companion and call it "gameplay." it was a babysitting job from hell, and the pay was shit.

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