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News But Marathon "could be something very exciting for you" if you're a fan of PvP sandbox games
After playing Marathon for 8 hours, I don’t think Bungie’s extraction shooter will be the next Helldivers 2 hit, but I don’t think it will be the next Concord bust either
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"We don't expect Marathon to become Destiny 3": Bungie reckons "if you are a Destiny player who's not really interested in any PvP," Marathon is "probably not the game for you"
News But Marathon "could be something very exciting for you" if you're a fan of PvP sandbox games
Marathon release date set for September, closed alpha coming this month – Bungie's extraction shooter is not free-to-play but we don't have a price yet
news The Destiny studio won't say how much it'll cost just yet, though
Hollow Knight devs originally wanted to make a "very small" Metroidvania and debated shaving $5,000 off its Kickstarter goal days before it went live
News Hollow Knight was at one point planned to be "like two hours or something"
Marvel Rivals Season 2 quietly made one big cheeky change without telling anyone by buffing all the male hero's assets
News Wolverine, Mr Fantastic, and more all get a small bump
Dethroning Monster Hunter Wilds and Split Fiction, this surprise roguelike has instantly become the best-rated game of the year
News 2025 has a new champ
More than 1,000 classic RPGs, strategy games, and horror greats are wildly cheap in GOG's "Classics" PC sale, and are we OK with Skyrim officially being labeled an "old game?"
news I suppose 2011 was like 5 or 6 years ago now
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News "I can't wait to play through again, and again"
As Star Wars Battlefront 2 fans beg for an end to the rampant cheating problems on PC, modders say EA "has deployed a server-side fix to stop key exploits"
News The devs behind the Kyber custom server project say EA will "continue to work on fixes independently and in collaboration" with modders
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After playing Marathon for 8 hours, I don’t think Bungie’s extraction shooter will be the next Helldivers 2 hit, but I don’t think it will be the next Concord bust either
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