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  1. Apex Legends datamines not a "source of truth", warns Respawn

    If Reddit is to be believed - a very big if - it would seem Apex Legends has really lost the element of surprise. Over the past few weeks several leaks and datamines have dug up information on the game, the most recent including images of an upcoming L-Star weapon and character models of 10 supposedly upcoming legends.

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  2. Marijuana empire builder Weedcraft Inc gets an April release date on PC

    Devolver Digital has announced that Weedcraft Inc, developer Vile Monarch's intriguing marijuana-themed tycoon game, will launch on PC on April 11th.

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  3. Sea of Thieves boosting gold and rep rewards this weekend to celebrate first birthday

    If you're on the final straight toward Pirate Legend, you may momentarily cease the chest-stashing, skeleton-bashing grind and rejoice: Sea of Thieves' inaugural Gold and Glory event unfolds this weekend, offering gold and reputation boosts as part of its first birthday celebrations.

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  4. Dead Cells' massive free Rise of the Giant DLC gets an airing in new video

    UPDATE 13/3/19: Developer Motion Twin has announced that Dead Cells' big free DLC update, known as Rise of the Giant, will be coming to PC on March 28th.

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  5. Hyper Light Drifter dev reveals gorgeous follow-up Solar Ash Kingdom

    Developer Heart Machine has unveiled Solar Ash Kingdom, the long-awaited follow-up to its superb exploratory action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter.

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  6. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Shamrock & Awe event gives Blackout a lovely spring makeover

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is once again refreshed with a new seasonal event, but as with most things Call of Duty-related these days, it's a case of good, bad and downright ugly.

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  7. If Fallout and Stardew Valley had a baby, it would be Atomicrops

    If Fallout and Stardew Valley had a baby, this would be it. Developed by Danny Wynne, Toby Dixon and Joonas Turner and published by Raw Fury, Atomicrops is a roguelite farming simulator where you must "cultivate and defend the last farm in the post-apocalypse wasteland".

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  8. Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene moves on from PUBG

    Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene moves on from PUBG

    "The past five years of my life has been all about battle royale…"

    Brendan Greene, aka PlayerUnknown, has moved on from PUBG to build a new division focused on research and game development.

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  9. Minecraft is coming to Xbox Game Pass next month

    Developer Mojang's seminal sandbox blockbuster Minecraft is joining the ever-growing Xbox Game Pass line-up on April 4th, Microsoft has announced.

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  10. Path of Exile finally has a PS4 release date

    Path of Exile finally has a PS4 release date

    And it's only a couple of weeks away.

    Path of Exile comes out 26th March on PlayStation 4, Grinding Gear Games has announced.

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  11. DayZ leaves Xbox Game Preview and gets full Xbox One release at end of March

    Bohemia Interactive's long-in-the-works online zombie survival game, DayZ, finally leaves Xbox Game Preview and launches in its Version 1.0 guise on March 27th.

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  12. How language shapes the way we play

    Feature | How language shapes the way we play

    On the importance of localisation.

    The first English words I learned were "register" and "not yet".

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  13. Four months after launch, Spyro Reignited finally gets missing subtitle accessibility options

    When Activision's Spyro Reignited launched last year, the three-game remake collection garnered plenty of praise. However, it also drew heavy criticism for omitting subtitle accessibility options for deaf and hard of hearing players. Four months later, they've finally been added.

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  14. Halo: The Master Chief Collection confirmed for PC - and it's coming to Steam

    Big news in the world of Halo: after a series of teases, Microsoft just announced Halo: The Master chief Collection is coming to PC.

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  15. Ninja-Gaiden-inspired retro platformer (with a twist!) The Messenger comes to PS4 next week

    Developer Sabotage has announced that its excellent retro platformer (with a twist!), The Messenger, will be heading to PlayStation 4 next week, on March 19th.

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  16. Hollow Knight's physical release is back on, includes fancy Collector's Edition

    If you've been patiently holding out for a Hollow Knight physical release, today's your special day. Team Cherry's gorgeous bug-themed Metroidvania will shortly receive a fancy Collector's Edition (and slightly less fancy standard edition) on Switch, PS4, and PC.

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  17. Street Fighter 5's in-game ads return, this time for Uniqlo

    Street Fighter 5's much-maligned in-game adverts have returned.

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  18. The wrenching pleasure of despoiling alien planets for factories in Satisfactory

    The absolute last thing I want to do when landing on a beautifully unspoilt, lush and exotic alien planet is build a clunking, grey, smog-spewing factory. But that's what Satisfactory makes you do, that's what it's about, and it's both horrid and inspired.

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  19. Fallout 76 Wild Appalachia update sees short delay

    An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but Fallout 76 players will have to wait a little longer for their Wild Appalachia update, which has been delayed until tomorrow.

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  20. Fortnite vending machines now drop free swag

    Fortnite vending machines now drop free swag

    Plus changes to cross-play matchmaking.

    Hamster balls, free vending machines, yet another extension to the infinite dab: Fortnite patch v8.10 is here, and brings with it yet another wave of changes to the game. Sometimes I feel like I could blink and accidentally miss a Fortnite patch.

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  21. Netflix announces Dragon's Dogma anime

    Here's a turn up for the books: Netflix has announced a Dragon's Dogma anime.

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  22. Devil May Cry 5 review - an unashamedly old school return for an action legend

    Style is everything, and Devil May Cry 5 has it in spades. It's in the blithe way rakish new character V holds a book of poetry and reads from it in the middle of battle. It's in the adolescent aggression that flows through the attacks of Nero, the character who was front and centre in the last numbered entry finally coming into his own here. It's in the swagger of Dante - oh that sweet, sweet swagger - who brings along every trick he's learned in the series' long history alongside a few new ones. It's an outrageously broad vocabulary of punishment that Devil May Cry 5 boasts.

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  23. Star Wars Episode I: Racer fan remake is a souped-up nostalgia rush

    Although this will likely win the competition for fastest cease and desist letter in history, someone has managed to remake Star Wars Episode I: Racer in Unreal Engine 4 - and the results are seriously impressive.

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  24. Ni no Kuni 2's upcoming Tale of a Timeless Tome DLC episode gets a trailer

    Level-5's Ni no Kuni sequel Revenant Kingdom gets its second major DLC episode next week, March 19th, in the form of The Tale of a Timeless Tome - and there's a brand-new trailer to get you in the mood.

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  25. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is getting a demo on Switch this week

    If you've been on the fence about developer Game Atelier's astonishingly good Wonder Boy revival Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (I'll try not to judge), you might be interested to know that it's getting a demo on Switch this week. Perhaps it might sway you!

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  26. Hands-on with Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Pokémon Go follow-up Niantic wants to run for "decades"

    When Pokémon Go first blazed to life, back in that incredible summer of 2016, developer Niantic found itself with a monster success beyond its wildest expectations. Built from the bones of Ingress, launched three years earlier, Niantic's own globe-covering tech was a perfect match for the globally known Pokémon franchise. The resulting pop culture phenomenon put location gaming on the map and launched a pocket money-spinner still raking in cash today. Now, another three years on, Niantic wants to do it all again - and this time, do it even better.

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  27. Shenmue 3 looks a lot like Shenmue in our first proper look at gameplay

    With a few short months until its release this August, we finally got our first proper look at Shenmue 3 in action courtesy of a new trailer unveiled at this weekend's Magic festival in Monaco. And it looks exactly like Shenmue - news that will probably delight as many as it disgusts.

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