Rick Lane
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Resident Evil 4 Remake gets surprise microtransaction DLC that lets you pay to upgrade your guns
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News Whaddaya sellin'?
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F.E.A.R. inspired shooter Trepang2 blasts onto Steam this June
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News Date reveal trailer shows off the game's glossy, gory action.
![Alyx and Gordon watch the combine portal from afar in Half-Life 2 VR Mod - Episode 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KxZ66HjrxmaCVwtB9fcBEV-320-80.jpg)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two is now completely playable in VR thanks to a mod
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News See those hunters up close and personal.
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Resident Evil 4 Remake's Mercenaries mode is available to play now
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News Downloadable via Steam as free DLC.
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Ravenbound review: An underbaked roguelite RPG with the bones of a good game
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Rook hard Ravenbound spreads its roguelite ambitions across an island too big for its own good.
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Company of Heroes 3's environmental gameplay lets you literally reshape the battlefield
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boot camp Build defences, blow up buildings, and use height to your advantage in Relic's WWII RTS.
![Redfall - Four characters walk down a destroyed city street carrying weapons with a small robot companion.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y7QgXa93yeSf678HC9NWi4-320-80.jpg)
Redfall: Everything we know about Arkane’s co-op vampire shooter
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Red Dead All the fang-tastic facts about Redfall's gameplay and characters.
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Company of Heroes 3's multiplayer lets you fight with or against your friends in dramatic, emergent battles
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Reinforced From tight 1v1 duels to massive 4v4 engagements.
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Dominate the battlefield from the sea and the sky in Company of Heroes 3
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Sponsored Ships and aircraft play crucial roles in Relic's RTS.
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Command the mechanized might of the Axis in Company of Heroes 3
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boot camp Tanks for the memories.
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Company of Heroes 3 factions and battlegroups guide
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Rapid Deployment Master the four playable armies in Relic's explosive World War 2 RTS.
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Company of Heroes 3's twin campaigns offer classic RTS action and a whole new way to play
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boot camp Fight through North Africa's story-driven operation, or conquer Italy via a turn-based map.
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Company of Heroes 3's Allied Forces represent the global effort to defeat the Nazis
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Boot Camp Field troops from America, Britain, India, and more in Relic's World War 2 RTS.
![Company of Heroes 3 soldiers fighting in a yellow haze](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/akRQDeMr2vcSpn3Tgj6CnK-320-80.jpg)
Company of Heroes 3's tactical pause lets you snatch control of the battlefield
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Boot Camp Direct your forces in detail with this game-changing new feature.
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2023 will be a make-or-break year for Game Pass
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Pass or fail The service needs a big year, and some big games, if it's going to shape Microsoft's future.
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The developers we want to hear from in 2023
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TBC What mysteries lie in wait for the coming year?
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2022 was a warning shot for the big-budget games industry
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red alert It isn't just the pandemic that's to blame for this year's dearth of blockbusters.
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Hideo Kojima says he 'completely rewrote' Death Stranding 2 after the pandemic
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News "You can't pretend that something this big never happened."
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Hideo Kojima says the Death Stranding movie is 'taking a direction that nobody has tried before' with a game adaptation
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News "I'm aiming for a more arthouse approach."
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France slaps Microsoft with €60m fine for placing ad cookies on users' devices ‘without their consent’
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News Bing-ed out.
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Gloomwood's final update of the year adds a pub and lets you quicksave
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News Last orders.
![Two young figures look over a lush fantasy landscape which includes a floating castle. Behind them, a dark path leads to a city of modern skyscrapers.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ViRJEhjsbx5mJF77qaRpn9-320-80.jpg)
Blizzard's survival game team has 'doubled in size' and BlizzCon is coming back
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News President Mike Ybarra shares an end-of-year update.
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Atari CEO makes 'friendly offer' to acquire control of struggling games publisher
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News Flagging hardware business and blockchain ventures have left Atari in dire financial straits.