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Morbid Metal Preview Hands On: The Art of Shapeshifting Combat
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Morbid Metal’s demo delivers a fast-paced rogue=lite experience with stylish hack-n-slash combat and real-time character switching. Players battle through semi-procedural levels using two unique characters, each with distinct abilities. Despite limited enemy variety, the demo shines with smooth gameplay, hidden secrets, and strong replayability.

Hell Is Us Demo First Impressions: A Hauntingly Beautiful Exploration of the Unknown
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Hell is Us is a new RPG coming this year with a blend of Soulslike combat, Zelda-style exploration, and deep investigative gameplay. Read my Hell is Us hands on impressions from the demo here.

The Shining Turns 45: Why Jack’s Madness Still Feels Fresh in 2025
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The Shining is a horror film that was released on May 23, 1980, and as it turns 45 this year, here we talk how Jack feels a relatable character to the audience in 2025.

45 Years of Pac-Man: Gobbling Its Way from a Gaming Sensation to a Pop Culture Icon
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Pac-Man turns 45 this year, and despite its age, the game continues to be culturally relevant. In celebration of this incredible milestone, we look back on Pac-Man's history, and how a pizza slice inspired a pop culture icon.

ARC Raiders First Impressions: Solid Extraction Experience, Less Flashy Marketing
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Being a shooter fan for over a decade, I tried the ARC Raiders playtest for 24 hours, and here are my first impressions of the game. Trust me, it takes you into a different style of extraction shooter that you have never experienced before.

Rematch First Impressions: Sloclap Breaks the Deadlock With Beauty
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Rematch, the new multiplayer football game from the studio that made Sifu, is slated to release in June this year. Ahead of the game's release, the studio has opened a play test and I fortunately participated in one to experience the game earlier. You can find my first impressions of the Rematch game here if you are wondering how good the new football game is.

This Upcoming Game Levels the Playing Field by Giving Everyone Wallhacks and Aimbots
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Tired of the online FPS world becoming a cheat fest? Introducing 'Cheaters Cheetah', where you can turn on wallhacks, aimbots, and more to compete against other cheaters. Play against legal cheaters or rage cheaters to win and use the Ban Hammer to ban the losers. It is a fun and exciting concept never explored before in online FPS.

It Ends with Us Review: A Stellar Tale of Love, Loss, and Liberation
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Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us is now live in its theatrical adaptation in cinemas near you and here is our review for the movie!

I Downloaded This Viral Steam Game and It Had Me Click a Banana All Day!?
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After getting stressed with multiple games in 2024 I was looking for games to just relax to. Banana on Steam is a free game that lets you just click on a virtual Banana with a counter. The more you click, the more the numbers go up. Banana helped me relax and just have fun without thinking much about things I need to do. But the game also offers skins where some rare skins sells upto $500 on the Steam Community Market. Interesting combination eh?

Maria and Angela’s Character Designs in Silent Hill 2 Remake Have Divided the Fanbase
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As Konami officially showcases the gameplay and brand-new look at the prominent supporting characters Maria and Angela in Silent Hill 2 Remake, fans are divided over the new designs. While a broader outcry is currently happening over Angela's new look, with some calling it ugly, others are upset about the Maria's clothing re-design for the remake. Keep reading to find out what I think about it here.

Curtain Call for Hollywood: Is the Era of Theater Experience Fading Away?
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There was a time when going to the theater to watch a movie was something we did for fun. However, it seems that this dynamic is gradually closing in on its end with outrageous price tag on the overall experience and the introduction of OTT. There are more factors that lead towards this and in this article, read all about how it seems to be happening.

These 10 Movie Franchises Need to End Already
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Some movie franchises are running longer than they should. Franchises like Fast and Furious, Men in Black, Terminator should have ended long ago. Check out other franchises in this list that should just wrap up.

Xbox Hikes Game Prices by up to 300%, and I’ve Never Felt More Excluded
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In another shocking move for selected countries, Xbox decided to covertly raise prices for a select few of its games. This includes the likes of Sea of Thieves, Gears 5, Halo Wars and many more. Gamers naturally are angry at the company and calling it out for being greedy. This is especially worse considering Xbox' shutdown of multiple Bethesda studios just a few days earlier.

No More Hi-Fi Rush: Microsoft Axing Tango Has Ruined My Xbox Wishlist
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Tango Gameworks has been one of the most creative game developers team with four great games on their portfolio in 14 years. The Evil Within series, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Hi-Fi Rush are some of the studio's masterpieces. Xbox Studios vision to make sustainable Game Pass worthy titles could be one of the reason why Tango Gameworks was let go among the three other studios. Nonetheless, it is a sad sad news and one I didn't want to hear.

10 Video Game Remakes We Actually Need
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As game studios are slowly getting comfortable in remaking older titles for modern audiences, I believe it's the perfect time to bring some other stories in a fresh light. With that, I decided to sit down and select some games I eagerly want remakes of. This includes legacy titles like Resident Evil, and some cult-classics like The Suffering.

The Rise of Open World Games in the 2000s
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Open-world games have been in the industry for over three decades now with the concept evolving ever since. From the modern open-world of GTA 3 to the current waves of Cyberpunk 2077, or The Witcher 3, it has been going through huge upgrades ever since beginning. Let us dive deep into the evolution of open-world games from the last 20 years and talk about what can come in future.