Author: Mollie Taylor
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With Grand Theft Auto 6’s Lucia being the series’ first proper leading lady, I’m hoping she doesn’t become another caricature or stereotype
Last week Rockstar sent gamers absolutely feral when it dropped the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, albeit a little earlier than planned. It was 90 seconds chock-full of prime GTA vibes—we were given a great look at a modern-day Vice City, a whole host of real Florida Man behaviour, and a first peep…
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E3 is officially dead: 'Thanks for the memories. GGWP'
Almost three decades after first debuting at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, the Entertainment Software Association has announced it's finally laying gaming convention E3 to rest. A statement was posted to the official E3 Twitter, which read: “After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to…
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Lethal Company has just solved arachnophobia with words, literally
As a certified arachnophobe, it pains me how many games insist on including a creature that absolutely should not have that many legs. Thankfully, a handful of games have started to implement an arachnophobia mode over the years. You’ve got Grounded’s shiny round blobs, Kill it with Fire’s cartoonish balled-up arachnids and Webbed’s decision to…
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Great moments in PC gaming: Nailing a full combo in your favourite rhythm game
Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories. Despite years of frequenting arcades, exhibiting ultimate upstairs neighbour behaviour as I stomp away on soft dance mats, and almost giving the family computer a virus or two trying to download StepMania charts, I’m still pretty bad at rhythm games.…
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The Grand Theft Auto 6 announcement graphic has become the new CD Projekt Red apology as brands scramble to snag some hype of their own
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In case you missed it, a little-known developer called Rockstar finally revealed that its first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 would be dropping on December 5. With little more than a graphic with warm sunset tones, palm trees, and the words “Trailer 1, December 5, 9 AM ET,” the developer set fans into an…
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Turns out you can speedrun Duolingo, and someone did an entire course in 24 hours
Long gone are the days of speedrunning being confined to mere video games. You can gamify anything into speedrun territory these days: Wikipedia, Google Maps and even gamified language learning apps like Duolingo, as proven by one person who managed to blast through the entire Spanish course in 24 hours. Well, sort of. Reddit user…
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Tekken 8’s newest fighter is a suave Frenchman with a high-tech armoury strapped to his body, and he’s voiced by a French acting legend
There isn’t an official competition for ‘coolest movie actor to appear in a fighting game’ happening right now, but you would certainly think so. Aside from Jean Claude Van Damme and Megan Fox making appearances in Mortal Kombat 1, upcoming fighter Tekken 8 may have just cinched victory with its latest character reveal and the…
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I can’t believe I had to come back to Final Fantasy 14 to pay rent, but it was a blessing in disguise
Recently I received an eviction notice. I was going to be booted out of my house in a matter of weeks, with my property demolished shortly after. There would be a new property developer on the way in no time, swooping in like a vulture to erect a new building on the ground where my…
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Final Fantasy 14’s director really wants to do a crossover with Diablo
Final Fantasy 14 doesn’t shy away from crossovers—from Monster Hunter to Yo-kai Watch, and even a surprisingly fun-looking Fall Guys crossover that’s set to hit at the end of this month. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida still has one game in mind that would be his dream collaboration: Diablo. Speaking at a press conference during…
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Final Fantasy 14’s director promises to make an ultra-challenging achievement for the player who earned every single one, if they want
A few months back, one esteemed Final Fantasy 14 player obtained all of the 2,751 then-earnable achievements for the first time ever. That’s 10 years for someone to nab every single accomplishment, with one achievement alone time-gated to around seven years of hard work. Well, if that Warrior of Light is looking for an even…