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Larian finally throws its hands up as a 1,400-hour Baldur’s Gate 3 player defeats every possible backup, including a magic fish, to doom the world and find new content

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Nearly a year after the full release of Baldur’s Gate 3, dedicated players are still discovering rare interactions tied to fail-safes and backup fail-safes designed to prevent us from unknowingly breaking the game. The latest find comes after 1,400 hours of sleuthing Proxy Gate Tacticianwhich found a happy merchant, magical fish, spontaneous goblins, and a … Read more

Stalker 2 Hands On Preview – A Must-Play on Xbox Game Pass in September

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Subscribe to Pure Xbox at YouTube24k The story of Stalker 2 is well known at this point. Finally, after delays, a cancellation, and a 2018 re-reveal, the cult classic PC game was set to get a proper sequel in 2022, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced Kiev-based GSC Game World to relocate much of the … Read more

Hands On: ‘Reggie: The Game’ is a promising, gravity-defying platformer that oozes charm

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Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube770k Playing with gravity in platformers isn’t new; Super Mario Galaxy is a textbook example of the concept done well, but Limbo also did a commendable job in the latter stages of its short campaign. Being able to manipulate gravity for an entire game? That’s pretty new (shhh, Gravity Rush … Read more

Hands On: SteamWorld Heist II expands on a beloved 3DS title, but is this what fans really want?

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Image: thunderous Is there a genre Steam world is afraid to tackle? Image & Form’s long-running anthology series started as an RTS in SteamWorld Tower Defense, went to space and the Wild West, and has even taken the form of a fairy tale. And while Dig, the Metroidvania-style series, may be the most popular, many … Read more

Hands On: Can Lord Of The Rings spice up a stale genre with ‘Tales Of The Shire’?

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Image: Private department Right at the beginning of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit‘adventure’ is a bit of a dirty word. When the wizard Gandalf first meets the timid Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving, tobacco-smoking Hobbit, he asks: “I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure I’m arranging, and it’s very difficult to find someone.” Bilbo’s answer? … Read more

Hands On: ‘The Plucky Squire’ – Wit and charm enough to make Nintendo jealous

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Image: Nintendo Life When we walked into the Devolver booth in front of The Plucky Squire during the Summer Game Fest Play Days, we felt like we were going back to our childhood. There was a huge, colorful mural on the wall depicting the upcoming All Possible Future adventure game ahead. To our left was … Read more

Hands On: ‘Hello Kitty Island Adventure’ was by far our biggest surprise of the summer gaming fest

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Image: Sunblink “One world, connecting smiles.” That is the slogan Sanrio, the company responsible for its creation Hello Kitty, founded in 2021. The brand is all about ‘Minna Nakayoku’, which means ‘we all friends’ or ‘Getting along together’. Unity, friendship and love encompass the world of Sanrio, and it worked. For me, Hello Kitty has … Read more

Hands On: Black Myth: Wukong is a transformative action RPG

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Subscribe to Pure Xbox at YouTube24k Pure Xbox’s Craig Reid has spent the last few days at Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, where he had the chance to preview a range of upcoming Xbox releases. Today we share his thoughts on a hands-on demo of Black Myth: Wukong, which takes us into two hours … Read more

Computex 2024 AI Exhibition: GIGABYTE Wants You to Create New Horizons and Shape the Future with Your Own Hands

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The world’s largest tech gathering, Computex 2024, has just come to an end, and with it a brilliant showcase of the latest and future technologies that the world’s biggest PC hardware makers are creating. Artificial intelligence was at the center of this conversation, so when Team Wccftech was invited to visit an AI exhibition hosted … Read more