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Past articles by Alanah:

My Favorite Witcher 3 Quest Has No Fighting, Just Drunken Shenanigans

There’s a quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that best shows why the world Geralt of Rivia inhabits is so easy to get lost in. It’s not an epic battle against a Griffin, or a cursed fetus. It’s not even a naked Witcher in a hot tub. There’s actually no fighting at all in ‘No Place Like Home,’ a quest that takes place right before the game’s final act kicks off. → Read More

WWE's Xavier Woods Really Wants A Mischief Makers Sequel

Every year or so, WWE rolls into Australia for a blockbuster, multi-city tour. Xavier Woods, who also goes by Austin Creed when he's not on tour or in the ring, was in town this year, but instead of talking about WWE 2K20 I caught up with him on all the ways gaming has changed over the last few years, and why he... → Read More

Fallout 76's Paid Subscription Service Has Not Had A Good Launch

Part of Fallout 76's controversial new paid subscription service Fallout First is the addition of an unlimited Scrap Box, which is somewhere players can store all of their junk. Problem being that some players are finding that the Scrap Box is bugged in the worst way possible: they’re losing everything they put into... → Read More

Twitch Star Shroud Moves To Mixer

While it’s possible to split hairs all day over which metrics definitively determine whether someone is the top streamer on Twitch, there’s no denying that Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is one of the platform’s biggest stars. Or, he was. Now he’s moving to Mixer.... → Read More

Destiny 2's Ongoing Story Has Potential, Even If The Vex Are A Little Boring

If you’ve logged on to Destiny 2 over the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed something different. The Tower, Destiny’s social space where players can collect quests from characters and store their gear, has a construction project underway. Two weeks ago, it was just scaffolding. As of this week, it’s... → Read More

Here's The Cheapest Copies Of Outer Worlds In Australia

The Outer Worlds is out on Friday October 25 and is shaping up to tide Fallout and Mass Effect fans over until the next installation. To help you get your eager hands on a copy, here's a list of Australia's stockists to get you a sweet deal.... → Read More

The Razer Viper Wireless Is One Classy Mouse

Less than 24 hours after I'd finished reviewing the Razer Viper, Razer's first entry into the ultralight mouse market, an image started floating around online. It was a wireless version of the same mouse, meaning Razer was finally gearing up to make proper inroads into proper wireless gaming mice. Today, the Razer... → Read More

WWE 2K20 Lets You Play As A Giant Rib And He Is My Tender, Meaty Son

There’s a lot to be said about WWE 2K20, the latest instalment in 2K’s annual WWE franchise but the first one to be solely put together in-house by developer Visual Concepts.... → Read More

The Best Things Xbox One Has Done This Generation

Sales for the Xbox One are estimated to be around 47 million units behind sales for the PlayStation 4, but it isn’t because Xbox failed to innovate. → Read More

The Best Things Xbox One Has Done This Generation

This console generation, sales for the Xbox One are estimated to be around 47 million units behind sales for the PlayStation 4. That’s a huge gap that Microsoft isn’t likely to close before we learn more about the next generation of consoles next year, but it isn’t because the Xbox One failed to innovate, or... → Read More

The Confusing End Of Destiny 2 Shadowkeep, Explained

Destiny 2’s latest expansion ends with a cliffhanger, one that suggests that it is the final set-up for a fight the series has been building to since the franchise debuted in 2014. We’ve got some theories about what it means.... → Read More

The Confusing End of Destiny 2 Shadowkeep, Explained

Or at least, our theories about what it means. → Read More

See How The Moon Changed From Destiny To Destiny 2

Since Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is allowing players to go back to the Moon, we thought we’d make a comparison video showing how some of the staple locations have changed from the original Destiny. → Read More

IGN

How Venom's Biggest Stunt Sequence Was Made

"There’ll be a four-minute sequence, and we spend months doing it.” → Read More

IGN

Developers Say Twitch is Hurting Single-Player Games

At every video game event I’ve been to for the past six months, including this year’s E3, I’ve asked a wide variety of game developers about the future of single-player games. → Read More

IGN

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Hands-On Preview

Lara Croft has evolved - into someone who’s narcissistic, destructive, and obsessed with finding the next treasure. → Read More

IGN

Here's How You Can Meet IGN at PAX East 2018!

If you're in Boston at the show, you can stop by any of these panels to meet some of the IGN team! → Read More

IGN

Metal Gear Survive: More "Survive", Less "Metal Gear"

The "Survive" in the title of Metal Gear Survive is a lot more literal than the first glimpses of gameplay might've made it seem. This is, first and foremost, a survival game, with unforgiving thirst and hunger systems that deplete by the second. → Read More

IGN

How Detroit: Become Human Handles Domestic Abuse In-Game

We got to play the controversial Kara demo of Detroit: Become Human at PSX this year, and saw how it handles violent and mature themes. → Read More

IGN

10 Original Xbox Games We Want Backward Compatible

From Red Dead Revolver to Jade Empire, here are the OG Xbox games we'd love to see return. → Read More