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The 1990s was an astonishing period for video games – an entire decade where it felt like a revolutionary vision of the future arrived every six months. Super Mario 64 made the third dimension an essential addition to platformers, Baldur’s Gate brought astonishing scope to RPGs, and Resident Evil turned a simple house into a terrifying interactive nightmare. These examples remain immortal classics, but also paved the way to a better future for their respectives series and genres.

Half-Life will turn 25 years old on Nov. 19, and Valve is reflecting on this milestone with a surprising, yet fully deserved amount of pomp. The studio’s first game is not only free to download and keep, but it just got a big update full of additions, as well as bug fixes that have been hanging out in the code for the past quarter century.

An accidental bug fix caused BM Hunter to deal more damage than intended and BM hunter's pet abilities will be nerfed by 25%.

The PC Gaming Show returns in a few weeks to reveal the 25 most exciting upcoming PC games, with some new trailers and studio visits thrown in for good measure. 

PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted will air on Thursday, November 30 at 10 am PST (1 pm EST, 6 pm GMT, 7 pm CET) to reveal the 25 most exciting games in development on PC.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has topped the UK physical game charts, but it’s failed to hit the launch weekend sales numbers that its predecessor did.

UK boxed sales for Modern Warfare 3 fell 25 percent short on last year's Modern Warfare 2 launch.

Physical launch sales of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 in the UK are vastly lower compared to last year's Modern Warfare 2.

GameHouse has been around for 25 years making casual online and downloadable games. It drew some attention recently when Apple CEO Tim Cook visited its headquarters in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where GameHouse CEO Simonetta Lulli Gómez showed him games designed for women.

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launched worldwide before the weekend amid the backlash against the campaign. Whether that impacted its sales performance, its physical launch sales in the UK are 25 percent lower than Modern Warfare 2 (2022), as per Gfk.

In a tweet from a Blizzard Developer, it was announced that Horde will be receiving a Blessing of Kings equivalent, as many players have been complaining about Alliance players getting Windfury Totem from Feral Druids and Tremor Totem from a Paladin passive.

Skyblivion, the ambitious mod recreating The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion in Skyrim's engine, has released a new video showing the dark and spooky side of Cyrodiil. Sure, the video was posted a day late for Halloween—or 364 days early for next Halloween—but who cares? I'm always excited to get another eyeful of the mod's progress.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 campaign gameplay has leaked ahead of the game’s imminent release.

Not to toot the horn too much, but damn, are we attached to quite the bundle right now. Scroll down a little, and you'll be met by The Nine and Above package for PC on Humble Bundle. The dollar-to-hours ratio is insane. Plus, there's the worthy cause and fuzzy feels attached to the purchase as well.

Grim Fandango released on October 30, 1998, and so yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of arguably the greatest adventure game LucasArts ever made. Yeah OK, OK, simmer down Monkey Island fans: it's Manny Calavera's time to shine. And to mark the occasion Double Fine, the studio founded by Grim Fandango writer Tim Schafer, has published a compilation of reminiscences from fans and the developers and collected some of the finest cosplay and other bits people have made inspired by the game.

Hey, gamers! Wanna feel old? What if I told you that the classic LucasArts title Grim Fandango just turned 25? Time is indeed marching on unabated. However, to offer some small comfort, you can now get the game’s soundtrack on LP.

Last Thursday, UL Solutions celebrated the 25th birthday of 3DMark, the evergreen game graphics benchmarking tool. Since the early days of DirectX 6, there's been a version of the tool, showing off the latest graphics features and technology, and although it's not quite as ubiquitous as it was, you can't deny that two-and-a-half decades is an impressive run for a piece of software.

A stressed Skyrim player behooved to their faltering PC has turned to the internet for help, claiming to have unwittingly installed a mod that spawns 25 horses every time they load the file, and getting absolutely none. 

Sony's OLED televisions are some of the absolute best on the market, and the A75L model combines rock-solid 4K resolution with excellent pricing thanks to cutting some corners on speaker placement and the removal of the on-board Google Assistant. You won't miss either of those things, especially with this healthy price drop of $500 off the 65" model and $400 off the 55" one.

The PlayStation 5 has been incredibly successful for Sony, but despite almost three years on the market, 2023 could be its biggest year. The company is targeting 25 million consoles shipped for the fiscal year, which it will hit thanks to the console being fully stocked world, said Eric Lempel, head of business operations, to CNBC.

In its recent fiscal report for the first half of fiscal year 2023/24 (which runs until March 31, 2024), Ubisoft has announced the delay of an unspecified “large game” from the ongoing fiscal year into the next one. The company says this will allow it to “maximize its value creation”.

Hello everyone – my name is Kei Komaki, I am the producer and together with Yuichiro Kitao, Development Producer and Director we want to give fans and newcomers a deep dive into the development process of Star Ocean The Second Story R!

Blizzard has pushed hotfixes to Wrath of the Lich King Classic, addressing the Sinister Calling issue for the Halloween Achievement, a level adjustment to all lower level Random Dungeon Finder, as well as a bug fix for Death Knight Tier 10 set bonus.

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.

Valve is making changes to Steam pricing in Argentina and Turkey that will see game sales in those countries switched from their local currencies—the Argentine peso and Turkish lira—to US dollars. The change is being made to address «exchange rate volatility» that Valve says has made it difficult for developers to set and maintain prices for their games.

Here are the 5. With this guide, players can correctly answer the new questions. While it doesn’t actually matter whether you get the answers right or wrong, as you still get the two-card reward, some players just want to get them all correct. Here’s a breakdown of the questions and answers for October 25, 2023.

October 25th’s answer will cause trouble for many players yet again as it features the most unlikely repeating letter yet. While the answer is a quite common word, there is a chance that you may not be able to think of it right away. Due to this reason, you might waste a lot of your starting attempts on random guesses that might not even yield anything useful. However, if you are patient and can use a more challenging mode, you might be able to save your streak.

Win today's Wordle with our help. The answer is only a quick scroll away if you're in a hurry or out of options, and a helpful clue for the October 25 (858) game is waiting below if you'd rather have a gentle nudge in the right direction. However you want to play, we can give you a hand.

Quordle 639 answer for October 25: Good day for Quordle players! Wonder why? Similar to Wordle these days, Quordle is going easy on players these days and today's answer to Quordle 309 says that again. Guessing four words in just nine attempts is not at all an easy task, which is how to lower your burden, Quordle gives easy words today to make it an easy win. If you are figuring out the answers for today's Quordle challenge, you have come to the right place. You can check out the Quordle 639 hint and clues here.

Wordle 858 answer for October 25: This week, Wordle tested the players on a regular basis with its confusing puzzles. And it does not intend to stop even at the end of the week. Today's puzzle might appear difficult to many, but in reality, it is an easy word to find. But there is a secret trick to unlock the clues and get to the final word. If you're struggling to find all the letters or to arrange them in the right order, then don't worry. We will show you how to add another day to your win streak. Just take a look at these Wordle hints and clues and you will solve today's puzzle hassle-free. And if for some reason, you're still stuck, just scroll to the bottom and find the solution there. Either way, do not let today's puzzle break your streak.

Microsoft will host Xbox Partner Preview, a new broadcast event featuring updates from third-party partners and independent developers, on October 25 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER GPU is rumored to feature more memory than the original GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card.

The Snapdragon Summit is only a couple of days away, but that has not stopped a detailed specifications and features leak of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, revealing the improvements compared to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, along with a plethora of advantages for Android smartphones and tablets in multiple categories. The chipset maker has also invested heavily in GPU upscaling this time, making it possible to play games at the 8K resolution while also supporting visual additions such as global illumination and ray tracing.

Sonic Superstars has brought back the infamously creepy Tails Doll for the first time in a mainline Sonic game for 25 years, after having originally debuted in 1997's Sonic R.

Don’t worry gamers, you can stop killing The Lich King on ten alts every week for your chance at the Invincible mount. The popular but rare World of Warcraft mount from the Wrath of the Lich King expansion is now available in Diablo 4. And don’t worry…if you are fearing the grind, it’s not necessary here. Instead, all you need is a credit card!

Usually, movies are an escape from a world filled with scary, terrible things, but we all still enjoy the occasional trip into the darkness. Beyond stupid fun, scary movies can also bring people together: You can curl up into your loved one to feel safe, make jokes to alleviate the really intense parts, or laugh together afterward at gross-out moments.

Microsoft now owns Activision Blizzard, and while the publisher’s games showing up on Game Pass is a conversation that probably won’t begin until next year, Xbox players can look forward to a bit of an exclusive deal on Diablo IV this weekend.

The sandbox title continues to be extremely popular and has now sold over 300 million copies.

Though the average Wednesday is as mid as it gets, the deals this one brings are highly interesting. I'm tracking some pretty amazing Spider-Man bargain, not to mention a Midnight Suns discount that's worth taking a shine to. The biggest catch, however, has to be basically all of the eshops dropping Diablo IV down to an unprecedented price. If you've somehow resisted Lilith's charms, now could be the time for a sweet surrender.

Are you still on the edge of deciding whether or not you want to play Diablo 4 with the release of Season 2 and Patch 1.2.0? Maybe the Diablo 4 sale might help you with that decision. All Editions of the game are available for 25% off! Diablo 4 Sale US Website Diablo 4 Sale EU Website As shown on Blizzard's official Battle.net site, all editions of Diablo 4 are off by 25%, resulting in the following prices (these are based on the numbers shown in the US shop):

Are you still enjoying your Xbox One? 2023 had some great games released for the platform and 2024 will still see some game that are worth checking out.

Bethesda's head of publishing, Pete Hines, has announced that he will be leaving the company.

After nearly a quarter century of helping lead Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines, the company's head of publishing and one of its most recognizable faces, has announced that he is leaving the company and retiring from the videogame industry.

The Nintendo Switch is heading towards its final days, and this list will highlight some of the games from 2024 that’ll hopefully send it off in a good way!

Cyberpunk 2077 has reached a new milestone by selling 25 million copies, with 3 million copies sold in the first week of launch. CD Projekt Red announced this today along with some interesting statistics regarding the IP and the studio’s other games.

Fresh off the release ofCyberpunk 2077’s Update 2.0 and the expansion, Phantom Liberty, CD Projekt RED has announced 25 million copies sold for the base game. Its last sales milestone was September 2022, when it sold over 20 million copies.

Today, CD Projekt RED shared several Cyberpunk 2077 news during its Investor Day. First and foremost, the base game has sold 25 million units to date, while the recent Phantom Liberty expansion sold three million copies just in the launch week.

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of September 25, 2023 to October 1, 2023.

Total sales for Cyberpunk 2077 have surpassed 25 million units worldwide, developer CD Projekt RED announced.

The PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions of first-person shooter POSTAL: Brain Damaged will launch via PlayStation Store on October 25, publisher Running With Scissors, publisher and developer Hyperstrange, and developer CreativeForge Games announced.

October, the spookiest month of the year, is officially upon us, if you're looking for a new horror game to celebrate the occasion, the indie horror title Stray Souls is launching later this month.

Versus Evil has announced that Jukai Studio’s horror game Stray Souls will release on October 25, 2023. It is coming to PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One platforms.

The Hitman series soon turns 25 years old, but Agent 47’s unwrinkled face doesn’t carry the “what am I doing with my life?” stress that normally accompanies such a birthday. Developer IO Interactive is instead celebrating with both new and returning events coming to the stealth infiltration mega package that is Hitman: World Of Assassination.

Blumhouse's founder and CEO, Jason Blum, has revealed that the Five Nights at Freddy's movie has already made back its $25 million budget, despite not even being out for another few weeks.

Psychological horror game Stray Souls will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on October 25 for $29.99, publisher Versus Evil and developer Jukai Studio announced. Pre-orders are currently live via Microsoft Store.

The Last of Us maker Naughty Dog is reportedly among the latest game studios to be hit with layoffs. As per Kotaku, the first-party PlayStation studio is cutting off at least 25 developers, with the most affected members being quality assurance (QA) testers, whose contracts have been shortened. Affected workers are expected to continue working until the end of October, and they allegedly won't be receiving any severance payments. Turns out, the full-time staff — last recorded headcount being 400+ in July — are not being laid off, with employees in general being ‘pressured' to keep the news internal.

Creative Assembly, Team17, and Epic Games are among several companies in the games industry that have been hit with layoffs in recent weeks, and it seems Naughty Dog has joined that list. A report by Kotaku has claimed that the Uncharted and The Last of Us studio is set to lay off “at least” 25 employees.

Kotaku is reporting that Naughty Dog, the PlayStation first-party studio behind The Last of Us and Uncharted franchises, has laid off at least 25 developers, cutting their contracts short. The layoffs reportedly began last week, according to two of Kotaku's sources and various departments, from art to production, were hit. The majority of those laid off were in Naughty Dog's quality assurance testing department. 

Based on multiple recent reports, it’s looking like the Nintendo Switch’s active lifecycle is about to come to an end. Leaks have claimed that a next-gen Nintendo console is very much in the works, and targeting a launch sometime in the second half of 2024. However, Nintendo itself has said that it’s still got things in the works for the Switch itself for fiscal year 2024/25, which ends on March 31, 2025.

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Since its release, Microsoft Office has been the leading office suite for home, student, and business. Microsoft Office features a set of flagship products designed to make your work easier and more professional. There are different versions of the product, depending on your needs, and not all of the versions have the exact same apps and capabilities. Home and Student is designed for individuals who need essential Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for personal use. It is perfect for creating basic documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and is a great choice for students and home users. For those who need additional functionality, the Home and Business edition of Microsoft Office 2021 includes all the same core programs as Home and Student but adds Outlook for email and contact management. This version is great for small business owners who need to ease their work and keep all their communication in one spot. If you need even more advanced features, the Professional edition of Office 2021 is designed for big businesses and corporations. It includes all the same programs as Home and Business but also adds Access and Publisher for database management and desktop publishing.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for September 30: A new Zenitsu Wheel has arrived in Free Fire MAX. Players can obtain various items, including crates, fragments, and bundles through this Lucky Royale. Among the grand prizes, the Zenitsu Bundle and Thunder Breathing First Form: Thunder Flash are being offered. Just like in every other Lucky Royale, players will need to spend in-game currency, diamonds, to spin in this new wheel. In this new wheel, players must remove two items from the prize pool before spinning. Unlike other Lucky Royales, this one will stay active for a longer duration.

Minecraft Dungeons has reached 25 million players in the three years since its launch in 2020. In a blog looking back on the game, Mojang revealed the milestone for it and Double Eleven's Minecraft spinoff.

Mojang has ended development on Minecraft Dungeons three years after launch and after hitting an impressive 25 million players.

Mojang has ended support for Minecraft Dungeons.

Dusting off an old game and cracking into your save file is always a gamble. Those batteries aren’t exactly famous for functioning decades after their prime, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I popped my original Pokémon Red cart into an Analogue Pocket. Would it be a reunion with old friends or a bittersweet funeral with no guests? Amazingly, all my old pals were right there waiting for me, and it’s my pleasure to present the party I sent into the game’s Elite Four battles. Judge away, reminisce, but please, hammer, don’t hurt ’em. 

Minecraft Dungeons might not be Microsoft’s biggest or most high-profile release, but the dungeon crawling action RPG spinoff has, nonetheless, managed to attract a healthy player base.

Anniversaries are always a special thing in the gaming world, and today, we break down a very special anniversary of a pair of titles that truly changed the world when they were released in the United States and beyond. Pokemon Red and Blue Versions came out on this date in 1998 in the US, and when they did, they almost instantly set the gaming industry ablaze. Despite what people may remember, the original versions of these titles were released in Japan back in 1996, and some issues happened getting a new version ready for worldwide distribution. But eventually, they made it to other countries, and people ate it up.

Entergram will release HOOKSOFT-developed romance visual novel Docchi no i ga Suki Desu ka? for PlayStation 4 and Switch on January 25, 2024 in Japan.

September is just about in the books and what a busy month it’s been. However, things won’t be slowing down in October as next week is also the annual Essen gaming convention. Are you ready for the deluge of new releases to come from that show? In the meantime, we’ve got a large batch of crowdfunding campaigns for you to check out. Enjoy!

Blizzard has posted This Week in WoW which includes a new promotion and a BlizzCon Guild Clash!

Starting on September 26, viewers can stream the highly-anticipated three-part documentary series, The Fake Sheikh. This documentary series will be set in 2016 and will focus on the criminal case of Mazher Mahmood, a maverick British journalist who made headlines by his use of the alias “The Fake Sheikh” and other false aliases to trap and ensnare royals, sports stars, politicians, celebrities, and members of the public eye in order to achieve fame, only for him to get charged and imprisoned for 15 months. This documentary will star Ayla Fox, Paul Samrai, and Neil Wallis.

Each week we’ll look ahead to what’s in store for World of Warcraft, share the latest news, and keep you in the know byte by byte.

Pack-in games might mostly be a thing of the past, but Sony's offering the next best thing for new PS5 owners in the US: one free game from among a dozen of the console's very best titles.

The NYT Connections answers for today (September 25), along with our hints as to the categories, will help you solve today's puzzle, which looks set to be a fairly tricky one.

A brand new word is available for fans of the game to solve and today's answer should be an easy win for most. There are no hidden tricks, repeated letters, or region-specific spellings in today's answer which often makes for a quick and easy win.

Smooth out a rough Connections game with our help. There's a clue for every colour on the September 25 (#106) board if you just need a little push, as well as all the answers you need to win today's game in an instant. 

Not having much luck with Wordle today? Don't worry if those winning green letters haven't turned up yet—if you're here then that means you're only a single click away from the answer to today's Wordle. And if you've still got a few rows to spare and would like a little help rather than an instant win, why not take a look at the clue for the September 25 (828) game first?

Quordle 609 answer for September 25: While Quordle answers are fairly easy to crack on most days, today isn't one such day. The Vexing solutions for today's puzzle will have you feeling Monday blues and could leave you scratching your head! Since players only have a limited number of tries to guess the correct letter, and the word subsequently, taking random guesses isn't an ideal way of playing Quordle. While there are no hints offered, you can take a look at our Quordle 609 hints and clues for an easy way of finding the answers. They will not only help you solve the puzzle easily but also make sure that you maintain your winning streak without too much grunt work.

The craze for online games has been spreading rapidly among young people. And now, it is being seen that people of all ages have started enjoying these games. One of the most popular games is Garena Free Fire Max. It is a multiplayer battle royal game where players showcase their unique abilities and gaming skills and come together with players from around the world to enjoy the game. Players of this game may have a great need for many in-game items such as diamonds, pets, skins, and special outfits. In such online games, the gifts or items usually available are quite expensive, making it impossible for everyone to buy them. But if you don't want to purchase, you can obtain these items for free by using redeem codes. By using these redeem codes, you can get rewards without paying an additional subscription fee. If you are also a fan of this game, today we will tell you about those codes that you can use to get gifts for free.