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Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember Gets Wuxia… and Let Me Fight a Horrific Spider Thing | IGN Preview

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Key Preview Takeaways: Visually, Wo Long 2 is a beautiful game. No stamina gauge means faster action. I love that the combat system encouraged me to be aggressive and chase perfection. I have a confession to make, friends: I’ve never played the original Wo Long. I know, I know. Dust off your pitchforks, light your torches. I have it coming in the same way that we all do. “How could you, Will? You’re an action game guy!” Listen, I’m of the opinion that Team Ninja is one of the best to ever do it. Maybe even the best . But everybody’s got blind spots. That’s what I told myself as a giant spider thing with weird arms named Wugu who I’m sure would have been easier if I’d played the original smashed me into the ground for the umpteenth time. I was also coming into the fight cold. My demo had been split by an interview with producer Mazakazu Hirayama and development producer Masaaki Yamagiwa. Great for this preview. Bad for me. But the beauty of Team Ninja’s games has always been that they a...
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Amazon Has a Sale on Magic: The Gathering Booster Boxes Even Before Black Friday Kicks Off

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Has Magic: The Gathering ever been as popular as it is right now? It feels like the long-running card game is having a bit of a moment in terms of bringing fresh players in via its ever-growing roster of Universes Beyond crossover properties. Rightly or wrongly, that means there are more people looking to build collections, whether they’re playing or collecting the cards, and it just so happens that Amazon has rolled out some price cuts on Play Booster Boxes - including the Star Trek one at 26% off just weeks before it even launches . It’s worth reminding you that these are Play Booster Boxes, as opposed to Collector Booster ones. Aside from a massive difference in price, Collector Boosters are where you’ll find the most valuable cards in each set. With that caveat out of the way, here are the best Play Booster Box deals we’ve found so far. Save On Magic: The Gathering Play Booster Boxes Sure, that Star Trek deal is great, but it’s not the only Universes Beyond property seeing a price ...
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Saber Interactive CEO Says Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival is Performing 'Extremely Well on PC and Consoles' with More to Come

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Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival has been a smash hit, says Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch in a post on LinkedIn, and it’s the first of a “series” of releases from the studio that will improve how it makes games in the future. Hellraiser: Revival has proven to be a smashing success, in spite of — or, perhaps because of — its super-spicy content. The game doesn’t skirt around the sex, blood, and gore that defined the source material, causing some content creators to get permanently banned despite taking pains to censor their playthroughs. In an October 19 LinkedIn post, Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch praised the Hellraiser development team, revealing the title has been performing “extremely well on PC and console” since its October 8 release. He also speculated that AAA titles with massive budgets and lengthy development timelines won’t be sustainable in the industry for much longer (if, indeed, they are right now), instead positing that AA games based on established IPs w...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on PS5 Drops to New All-Time Low Price at Amazon With a Coupon

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If 2025's Game of the Year , Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has been on your gaming wishlist, there's no need to wait for Black Friday sales to grab it at a discount. Amazon currently has its physical PlayStation 5 copy marked down to a new all-time low price of $34.65 - 31% off its list price - which you can get by ticking the coupon box on the store page ( see it here ). This is the only way you'll be able to see this deal price at checkout, so don't forget to check the box before adding it to your cart. The coupon is also only available for a few more days, until October 26, so the clock is ticking to pick it up at this record-low price . Additionally, it's only available for PS5 users. If you're hoping to grab it for Xbox, you'll unfortunately have to pay full price. If you are able to take advantage of it, though, this is quite an exciting deal to have pop up before Black Friday sales kick off. It beats where we saw it during Prime Day earlier this yea...
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It Looks Like GTA 6's Beer Brands Are About to Become Real

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It appears that Rockstar may be preparing to sell beer brands from GTA 6 in real life. As spotted by iGrandTheftAuto , labels for three GTA-related beer brands have been approved by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The labels include brands that have been featured in previous GTA titles, such as Patriot Beer and Pißwasser (commonly known as Pisswasser). There's also a new brand known as No Mames Vice City, which features a little dog wearing sunglasses and a Vice City chain on the label. These are being produced by a Florida brewery known as Tripping Animals Brewing. For alcohol afficianados, No Mames Vice City lager will have a 6% ABV, while the other two will be 4.2% ABV, which is identical to Bud Light's ABV. With all of that said, we have no idea exactly when or where these beverages will be sold. They may be exclusive to bars in and around Miami, as Rockstar Games has completely taken over the city with GTA 6 ads . Citizens have spotted various in-universe...
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Umamusume Fans Distraught After Los Angeles Concerts Canceled Due to Visa Issues

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Two Umamusume concerts in Los Angeles have been canceled after workers could not get their visas approved in time for the event, leaving American fans distraught. On October 18, the official Umamusume: Pretty Derby Twitter/X account announced that staffers working the shows — scheduled for October 22 and 23 — were having difficulties securing their travel visas. At the time, it did not cancel the events, but warned concertgoers that this may impact the festivities. The possibility that these concerts would be canceled sparked concern among the game’s fanbase, with many joking (or perhaps being fully serious) that this event might politically “radicalize” them, given the extremely long wait times for visas in the United States right now. The next day, Cygames confirmed that the Los Angeles concerts had been officially canceled, offering refunds to fans who’d purchased both on-site viewing tickets and streaming tickets to watch the show remotely. Responses to fans who made travel plan...
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'There's No One Person That Has This Whole Thing in Their Head' — GTA 6 Devs Had Freedom to Add Cool Features Just Like RDR2's Horse Balls

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Rockstar Games gave GTA 6 s' developers so much freedom to add cool details that not even the studio's top executives are aware of everything in the game. The latest behind-the-scenes information on GTA 6 comes from Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, who expanded upon his trip to the Rockstar North offices in Edinburgh, Scotland, after previously sharing other highlights last week . One of the more noteworthy bits shared in his 18-minute video's runtime is that the team who spent a decade or so making next month's Grand Theft Auto game had quite a bit of freedom to add details simply because they thought they might be cool. Schreier said he'd guess that "not even top developers" at Rockstar know every tiny detail added to Vice City and its wealth of NPCs. He noted that giving large teams the autonomy to flesh out every street corner isn't too uncommon for open-world games. In the case of GTA 6 and its huge budget and lengthy development time, that ...
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