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Grounded 2 PC requirements show it’s 5 times bigger than the original

Grounded 2 PC requirements show it’s 5 times bigger than the original

Microsoft’s gaming division and publishing label Xbox has released several new high-profile, first-party games this year already, with more heading to Xbox Series X|S consoles and Windows PC later in 2025. Amongst those titles is Grounded 2 — the highly anticipated sequel to Obsidian Entertainment’s popular 2020 survival game hit, and the second of three games from the studio this …

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‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Breaks Records For Netflix Original Movie

‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Breaks Records For Netflix Original Movie

It’s been nearly three decades since Adam Sandler introduced us to Happy Gilmore, and audiences showed how much the Sandman and his beloved character still resonate following the record-breaking opening weekend of Happy Gilmore 2. According to the Netflix Top 10 released Tuesday, the film amassed 46.7 million views in its first three days, making it not just best opening …

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Crash Bandicoot’s original lead programmer says N. Sane Trilogy was great but ‘botched’ how jumping works

Crash Bandicoot’s original lead programmer says N. Sane Trilogy was great but ‘botched’ how jumping works

Crash Bandicoot‘s original lead programmer Andrew Gavin has taken to Linkedin to write about his opinion of the mostly excellent Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. He said that Vicarious Visions remake nailed the original trilogy’s ambience and coupled that with luscious visuals. However, Gavin says that the team completely botched one thing and that was the jumping aspect. He said that …

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Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a dozen types of complex organic molecules swimming closely around a protostar in the constellation Orion, suggesting that the chemicals can …

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Military bases revert to original names with different namesakes

Military bases revert to original names with different namesakes

In 2023, amid a national reckoning on issues of race in America, seven Army bases’ names were changed because they honored Confederate leaders. Now, those same bases are reverting back to their original names, this time with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames — the Army found other service members with the same last names to honor. Members of the …

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Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a dozen types of complex organic molecules swimming closely around a protostar in the constellation Orion, suggesting that the chemicals can …

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LEGO releases original nintendo game boy set with tactile buttons

LEGO releases original nintendo game boy set with tactile buttons

LEGO game boy set with A and B buttons   LEGO introduces a set that lets collectors recreate a model of the original Game Boy from Nintendo. An homage to an important time in video game history, the model is almost the same size as the real Game Boy, and it includes realistic details from the design of the original …

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CRITICAL ROLE Announces Original Video Game Set in Exandria – Nerdist

CRITICAL ROLE Announces Original Video Game Set in Exandria  Nerdist Critical Role to Start Development on Their First Video Game in Partnership With AdHoc Studio (EXCLUSIVE)  Variety AdHoc announces Project Exandria, a new game set in the world of Critical Role  checkpointgaming.net Critical Role & AdHoc Studio Announce Multiple New Collaborations  Bleeding Cool News We Finally Know Who Is Going To Develop Critical Role’s …

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Original Programmer Says Remake ‘Botched’ Jump

Original Programmer Says Remake ‘Botched’ Jump

As is being discussed over on Resetera, a LinkedIn post from Naughty Dog co-founder and lead programmer on the original Crash Bandicoot from 1996, Andrew (Andy) Gavin, dives into a critical difference between the original box-bashing bandicoot experience and Vicarious Visions’ 2017 remakes, which many of us who grew up playing these games see as entertaining and authentic: The jumping …

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