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Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Xbox 360)

Red Dead Redemption didn't need a zombie mode. By October 2010, Rockstar's open-world Western had already cemented itself as one of the defining games on the Xbox 360. John Marston's story was complete, the frontier felt alive, and the critical reception spoke for itself. So when Rockstar announced…

1d ago

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS)

When Intelligent Systems set out to remake the 1990 Famicom original that started the entire Fire Emblem franchise, the expectations were enormous. Shadow Dragon arrived on the Nintendo DS in early 2009 as the first handheld Fire Emblem since the beloved GBA trilogy, and it carried the weight of…

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Xbox 360)

Dracula's castle has risen again, and only his own son can stop what's inside. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night dropped on the PlayStation in 1997 and fundamentally changed what a 2D action game could be. Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo fused the franchise's gothic platforming roots with deep…

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2d ago

Steam Next Fest October 2026: Indie Devs Stealing the Spotlight

Steam Next Fest is running right now through October 26, and it's turning into a real showcase for indie developers. Valve opened the doors the usual way. No big AAA keynote or flashy launch event. Just the Steam page with thousands of free demos, developer streams, and Q&A sessions. Players get to…

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4d ago

BioWare Shuts Down

Nobody is surprised. BioWare is closing its doors after more than 30 years. EA just announced it today, along with ending early development on the next Mass Effect game. They're laying off around 400 people across the company, with about 50 of those tied to BioWare's Edmonton office. This one hits…

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6d ago

Money Monday: MW4 Is Already Winning, Sega Is Already Losing, and Game Pass Keeps Bleeding

Money Monday – October 19, 2026 Third Monday of October. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign early access is already live and Steam players are calling it the best COD campaign since 2019. The full launch is Thursday. Epic kicked off its Halloween Sale today. Game Pass is bleeding titles. Sega…

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Oct 18

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Review – The Series Finally Comes Back Swinging

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Review – The Series Finally Comes Back Swinging Twenty-one years is a long time to leave a franchise sitting on the shelf. Konami hasn't exactly been known for treating its legacy IPs with respect, so when they handed the keys to Castlevania over to Evil Empire and…

Oct 17

The Evil Within (Xbox 360)

When Shinji Mikami announced his return to survival horror in 2014, expectations were enormous. The creator of Resident Evil had stepped away from the genre he helped define, and The Evil Within was pitched as his comeback: a brutal, resource-scarce third-person horror game built on id Tech 5 and…

Oct 16

SEGA Pulled Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition After 48 Hours and the Reason Is Embarrassing

Total War: Shogun 2 is one of the best strategy games ever made. That has been the general consensus after fifteen-plus years of the game holding up against everything Creative Assembly has released since. So when SEGA announced a Complete Edition remaster, people were excited. That excitement…

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Oct 16

Epic Games Said 'No More Handwritten Code' and Shipped a Buggy AI Launcher to Prove It

Epic Games is going all-in on AI development, and it's not being quiet about it. In the span of a few days, the company publicly bragged that its new launcher was "vibe coded" with AI, claimed it boots 46% faster than Steam, and then watched the backlash roll in as users started cataloguing the…

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Oct 15

Hood Warfare 2

Hood Warfare 2 is what happens when somebody watches the Chicago evening news and says, "You know what? This would make a great video game." And they were right. Trapstar Games dropped a $6 FPS on Steam where the Bloods and Crips shoot it out over Chicago turf, and the internet is having a full…

Oct 12

Gears of War: E-Day

The Boys Are Almost Back Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel set 14 years before the original Gears of War. You play as young Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago on Emergence Day, the moment the Locust Horde first rips through the surface of Sera and turns everything upside down. The Coalition built…

Oct 12

Money Monday Oct. 12th

Money Monday – October 12, 2026 Second Monday of October. Fall is here, the releases keep stacking, and the industry keeps finding new ways to piss me off. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is less than two weeks out. Microsoft's asset streaming tech just went cross-vendor. Razer dropped some compact…

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Oct 12

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (DS)

When Square Enix announced in 2006 that the next mainline Dragon Quest would be a Nintendo DS exclusive, the gaming world raised an eyebrow. Moving from the PlayStation 2 — where Dragon Quest VIII had delivered one of the most visually stunning JRPGs of its generation — to a handheld with a…

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Oct 12

The stats on Tobi are killing me 🤣

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Oct 12

Oh and Star Wars: Galactic Racer is playing good on the steamdeck. Pretty good game but these type of games used to be $20-40... not full price.

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Oct 12

Infinity Ward is back but none of the original engineers are. The gaming industry has run out of original ideas. Asha needs to hurry up and fire everyone so she has no one left. We need a new console or a new controller or something to give developers something new to work with.…

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Oct 10

Dead Space (Xbox 360)

When Dead Space launched in October 2008, EA Redwood Shores had something to prove. Electronic Arts wasn't exactly known for original survival horror IP, and the third-person shooter space was already crowded with heavy hitters like Gears of War and Resident Evil 4's lingering influence. Dead Space…

Oct 10

Graphics really did kinda peak in the 360 era. Now it's just lighting, which so many games just make things look "wet" nowaday, and the sheer volume of objects.

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Oct 6

Money Monday Oct. 5th

Money Monday – October 5, 2026 First Monday of October. Gears of War: E-Day drops tomorrow. Star Wars: Galactic Racer came out of nowhere as a legit contender. Kingdom Hearts Collection and Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen land later this week. Hellraiser: Revival wants your Halloween money. And…