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Elden Ring players have decided Runebears are not worth fighting

11-12-2022 21:11 via gamesradar.com

Elden Ring players have decided that the game's ferocious Runebears are not worth fighting, along with the Revenant, the Magma Wyrm, and yes, even the "dreaded Dragonfly".In a thread on Elden Ring's subreddit - which has since had over 7,000 upvotes and hundreds of replies - players nominated the enemies they "suck at fighting" (or think are "not worth killing; you can decide what the distinction is), starting off with Runebears.Other enemies on the community's shit list include the all the "big

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The Witcher showrunner refutes claims the team "mocked the books" the show is based upon

11-12-2022 20:25 via gamesradar.com

The Witcher showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has refuted claims that the show's writers "mocked" the novels on which the show (and video game, of course) are based.For weeks now, the showrunner has been subjected to complaints and messages from angry fans who are unhappy at the direction Netflix's The Witcher series has taken. Even just a casual scroll through Hissrich's comments on this The Witcher Blood Origin teaser Instagram post shows hundreds of public messages, many of which deride

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Phil Spencer says Sony objects to Activision acquisition because it's "trying to protect its dominance"

11-12-2022 20:02 via gamesradar.com

Xbox's Phil Spencer has said there's "one major opposer to the deal" of the company's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, adding that competitor Sony "is trying to protect its dominance on the console".Talking on the Second Request podcast (via VGC), Spencer added that "the way [Sony] grow[s] is by making Xbox smaller"."[Sony] has a very different view of the industry than we do," he said on the show. "They don't ship their games day and date on PC, they do not put their games into their

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Modern Warfare 2 changes premium "camo" skin and now fans want a refund

11-12-2022 13:16 via gamesradar.com

Modern Warfare 2 players have hit out at Activision for nerfing a premium skin that was making it easier to hide in plain sight.The LA Thieves skin - all black besides a red logo on the chest - made it to Steam's top 20 best-sellers list as fans flocked to buy the premium suit.However, the suit proved so popular - and effective - that just two weeks after it was first released, Activision decided to add additional red accents onto the outfit, making it easier to spot across the map and dampen pa

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 shows off its gameplay for the first time

11-12-2022 12:36 via gamesradar.com

Focus and Saber Interactive have given us our first peek at gameplay from their upcoming action game, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.Starring Vikings' Clive Standen as Lieutenant Titus, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 sees you "embody a Space Marine, a superhuman warrior who protects humanity from untold horrors, in brutally efficient third-person action". "Expect the distinctively fast and fluid game feel from best-in-class studio Saber Interactive - the team and engine behind World War

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