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- February 2, 2026
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To celebrate 5 years in early access, Valheim gets a new hat, better Steam Deck performance, and—wait for it—frosted sweetbread
It’s been five years since Valheim revitalized the survival craft genre. At the time I remember thinking “why would anyone want to play a new game in this style when…
- Gaming
- February 2, 2026
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Two Silent Hill f actors are now tourism ambassadors for the city that inspired the game’s rural Japanese village
Silent Hill f was one of last year’s biggest surprises and marked a return to form for the veteran horror game franchise (if we don’t count the SH2 remake). With…
- Gaming
- February 2, 2026
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Final Fantasy 2’s Word Memory system is an underrated gem
The original Final Fantasy was pretty bare bones in terms of its world-building, and followed four unnamed adventurers who became the Warriors of Light. Its successor, Final Fantasy 2, introduced…
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- February 2, 2026
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The Biggest Ways That Resident Evil Requiem Shakes Up The Series Formula
Resident Evil Requiem is shaking things up for the long-running series. Having recently played several hours of it, we can say that it honors the two sides of the series:…
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- February 2, 2026
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Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 – Everything You Need to Know, From Whether or Not It’s Canon to Why This *Isn’t* the Spinoff Everyone’s Expecting
After weeks of heated speculation about whether Netflix was done with Stranger Things, including thousands of TikToks and social media posts about #ConformityGate and whether there was a secret, ninth…
- Gaming
- February 2, 2026
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Yuji Horii Is Following Sakurai’s Lead With His Own Manga Biography
Image: Shogakukan Last year, Masahiro Sakurai’s game knowledge was extended to yet another medium when the game developer extraordinaire’s life was translated into a manga biography. Why do we bring…
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- February 2, 2026
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Team Fortress 2 Classified is good, clean, hatless fun, despite its cruel Horace ban
Team Fortress 2 Classified is out now on Steam, the mod having finally earned Valve’s blessing after a bit of a tizzy with its former name of Team Fortress 2…
- Gaming
- February 2, 2026
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Adobe is killing Adobe Animate, the Flash animation tool that defined the look of early web games and was used for the soon-to-launch Mewgenics
When web developers moved on from the Flash plugin in the 2010s, Adobe kept the software used to make Flash animations alive under the name Adobe Animate. Now the Flash…
- Gaming
- February 2, 2026
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Relaxing anime-inspired life sim Starsand Island sets February early access launch on PC and Xbox, full multi-platform release coming in summer
If you think we’ve had enough takes on Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley formula, think again. Starsand Island is almost ready to invite players into a “peaceful paradise,” and its…
- Gaming
- February 2, 2026
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Crunchyroll raises subscription prices for Fan, Mega, and Ultimate Tiers
If you didn’t secure a Crunchyroll subscription when it was on sale during Black Friday, we have some bad news, anime fans: The price has officially gone up. Effective immediately,…
