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Breaking Down Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Classes And Factions

As part of the character creation process for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, players will have to select both a class for their player-controlled Rook and a faction. After customizing much of your Rook's body, including things like a Qunari's horn type and material, for example, with the hundreds of options available in Veilguard, it will be time to pick said class.  There are three classes to choose from: Rogue, Mage, and Warrior. As the names suggest, each features a unique combat system and plays differently as a result. Though you’ll be performing things like light and heavy attacks using the same buttons, what those attacks do varies based on your class. For example, a sword-and-shield Warrior can hip-fire or aim their shield to throw it like Captain America, whereas a Mage can use that same button to throw out...
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Thirsty Suitors Joins Netflix Games Roster, The Case Of The Golden Idol And More Available Now

Netflix has announced that Thirsty Suitors, last year’s skateboarding cooking RPG, has joined its roster of games. Additionally, a few new titles, such as The Case of the Golden Idol, are available now on the service. Thirsty Suitors, a story-driven turn-based RPG about a woman battling her various exes (to the chagrin of her disapproving parents), launched last November. The surreal experience also features skateboarding gameplay and cooking mechanics, with the entire package garnering positive reviews upon release. The move to Netflix Games means it will become available to play on mobile devices for Netflix subscribers. There's no date for when Thirsty Suitors arrives on Netflix, but it's "coming soon." As for new games hitting Netflix this month, acclaimed point-and-click mystery game The Case of the Golden Idol is now available. Joining it is Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit, the Netflix-exclusive...
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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Paints A September Launch Date, Collector’s Edition Revealed

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, the remake of 2010’s Epic Mickey, has a release date. Look for it to arrive on September 24. The game was first revealed during a Nintendo Partner Direct in February. The remake is being handled by developer Purple Lamp and features reworked gameplay (the original was played with Wii motion controls, after all), new brush abilities for Mickey, and a graphical upgrade. A new trailer features a chat with the game's original creative director Warren Spector, who is also involved with this remake, to reveal Rebrushed's Collector's Edition. For $199.99, this special box is available for pre-order now and includes the following items: The full game Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed A 28 cm Mickey Mouse statue An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit keychain A vintage Mickey Mouse tin sign Six Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed postcards A Collector’s Steelbook...
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Atari 50 Expansion Adds Over 30 Games And New Timelines This October

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is already a fantastic history lesson and playable compilation of Atari’s heyday, but it’s about to become even more comprehensive. The 2022 interactive documentary is getting an expansion that adds new timelines and 39 games. This new version of the game is called Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Expanded Edition, and it arrives on October 25. It will be released as DLC to Atari 50 owners and as a standalone title, both digitally and physically. Developer Digital Eclipse (which Atari acquired in 2023) is bolstering the compilation with two new timelines. First is "The Wider World of Atari", which features 19 playable games and eight video segments. Topics discussed include Pong creator Al Acorn discussing the birth of Breakout, a spotlight on artist Evelyn Soto, who helped create Atari’s "Fuji" logo, and a deep dive...
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Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD Review

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is a great installment in Nintendo’s spectre-snaring series, even if it’s not the best one you can play on the Switch....
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Deadrop Studio Drops Co-Founder Dr. Disrespect After Allegations Surrounding The Streamer’s 2020 Twitch Ban Emerge

Deadrop studio Midnight Society has terminated its relationship with co-founder and streamer Guy Beahm aka Dr. Disrespect. It did so after looking into allegations surrounding Beahm that emerged over the recent weekend regarding his 2020 Twitch ban.  On Friday, June 21, former Twitch account director of strategic partnerships Cody Conners said on Twitter, "He [referring to Beahm] got banned because he was caught sexting a minor in the then existing Twitch whispers product. He was trying to meet up with her at TwitchCon. The powers that be could read in plain text. Case closed, gang." Conner replied to his own post on X (formerly Twitter) and said, "No one made the wrong decision, f*** him and his boys."  He got banned because got caught sexting a minor in the then existing Twitch whispers product. He was trying to meet up...
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is Up for Preorder, Out September 6

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection is officially up for preorder, releasing September 6....
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PSA: Shadow of the Erdtree’s Scadutree Blessings Are the Answer to Elden Ring DLC’s Difficulty

The key to salvation in the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC lies within a brand new Shadow Realm Blessing system, which requires Scadutree Fragments....
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DeathSprint 66 Hands-On Preview

DeathSprint 66 is a violent, cyberpunk take on the Mario Kart formula. Check out our hands-on preview from Summer Game Fest....
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Fortnite Reload Is a New Mode With a New Map, Endless Revives, Classic Elements, and No Vehicles

Fortnite is launching a new mode today, June 22, called Fortnite Reload that features a new map, a ton of classic weapons and locations, endless revives as long as one player on a team remains alive, and no vehicles....