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Copywriter | Freelance Entertainment Journalist

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Khee Hoon Chan

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Kenneth Seward Jr

Kenneth Seward Jr. is a Tomatometer-approved critic, freelance writer, editor, and illustrator who covers games, movies, and more. He's also a co-host of The G.A.M.E. Cast.

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Leif Johnson

I'm a versatile writer and editor who chiefly focuses on tech, games, and entertainment. I've also done high-profile consulting work for video game studios, and I worked in art marketing …

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The Grumpy Jew Review

Hello there.My name is Aaron Pruner. Some of you may know me as the nerd from that one TV show. Others may be familiar with my writing work. Long story …

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Brittany Vincent

Professional writer and journalist of 15 years. Specialties include video games, technology, anime, entertainment, pop culture, and music coverage as well as commerce and branded content creation.

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John Carpenter's Escape From New York Getting A Limited Edition Steelbook

John Carpenter's influential action flick, Escape From New York, is one of the most important movies of the 1980s. The movie inspired not just future filmmakers, but also video games like Metal Gear and the seminal Cyberpunk novel Neuromancer. Soon, the iconic film is getting a slick new Steelbook edition …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Grab Some Great Editions Of Some Awesome Games With Fanatical's Special Editions Bundle

Special editions are often the best way to grab a game you might have missed at launch, particularly if that game saw expansions and downloadable content after release. More often than not, you can snag the game and all its goodies in one easy package. That's the case with Fanatical's …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Destiny 2 Cayde Stash Guide: How To Get The Destiny Anniversary Armor

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. It's the 10th anniversary of the original Destiny, and to celebrate the occasion, Bungie has added a new armor set to Destiny 2 modeled after original concept art from the game that …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Destiny 2 Will Let You Adjust Activity Difficulty To Chase More Kinds Of Rewards In 2025

With the next phase of Destiny 2, Bungie is looking to make its flagship MMO a little easier to understand, making big changes to how you find and play its activities and adding additional levels of rewards to make it worth playing and replaying them.Bungie dropped details about how it …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Bungie Is Changing Destiny 2's Approach To Content As It Begins A New "Multi-Year Saga"

After 10 years, Destiny 2 will no longer see one big expansion per year, nor the seasonal or episodic content drops in between--in 2025, it'll get two expansions, with four "major updates" per year.Alongside some of its plays to celebrate Destiny's 10-year annivesary, Bungie laid out some of the details …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Frostpunk 2 Releases This Month - Here's How To Save 30% On Your Preorder

Winter is coming in Frostpunk 2, and if the last game was any indication, it's going to be brutal and result in a whole lot of deaths--possibly everyone in your settlement, if your city management isn't up to snuff. The sequel to the intense survival city builder, which imagines the …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Get Six Elder Scrolls Games For Only $16 For A Limited Time

Everybody knows The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series stretches way back into the '90s, with a host of fantasy open world games that let you adventure around Tamriel. Fanatical's The Elder Scrolls Bundle gives you a chance to explore almost all of it, offering six PC …
By Phil Hornshaw
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The Casting Of Frank Stone Relliks - Where To Find All 12 Killer Dolls

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The Casting of Frank Stone takes place in the universe of multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight, in which some players take on the role of survivors, facing off another player as …
By Phil Hornshaw
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The Casting Of Frank Stone Trinkets Guide - Where To Find All 12 Trinkets

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Uncovering the deeper story being told in The Casting of Frank Stone often requires scouring corners and side paths. To learn about the backstories of different characters and fill in the blanks …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Castlevania Dominus Collection Is Already On Sale For 25% Off

The newly released Castlevania Dominus Collection is the latest remaster of classic Castlevania games, and if you're looking for a monster-hunting fix on PC, Green Man Gaming has you covered. The retailer is offering Castlevania Dominus Collection for 25% off its list price, knocking the cost down to $18.74 for …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Fanatical's Superstars Collection Bundle Lets You Grab Some Big-Name Games On The Cheap

Fanatical's aptly named Summer Superstars Collection bundle includes some serious heavy hitters among the 31 games on offer. Customers can customize their bundle with games like Death Stranding, The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout 4, Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 3, and more, including a selection of solid indie titles …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Funko Fusion Puts Funko Pop Haters' Voices In The Mouth Of Its Villain

For years, the Lego franchise has dominated a specific space for licensed action-platformers, taking the essence of properties ranging from Star Wars to Harry Potter and transposing them into a goofy video game setting. What makes the Lego games fun, apart from their players' affinity for colorful blocks, is the …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Destiny 2 Chorus Of One Guide: God Rolls And How To Get The Exotic Auto Rifle

The launch of Echoes Act 3 has added new gear to Destiny 2, including a new Exotic weapon called Chorus of One. To get it, you'll need to complete a new Exotic mission as part of Act 3's story, which will unlock the ability to craft the Void auto rifle …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Towerborne Uses Deep Combat To Modernize The Side-Scrolling Brawler

Towerborne is a pretty drastic departure from the Banner Saga series, developer Stoic Studio's impressive set of story-driven strategy games. But even with just a short look at it, it's easy to see some of the familiar Stoic DNA in Towerborne. It carries a beautiful art style that recalls a …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Xbox-Exclusive Avowed Is Like Skyrim Plus One Of The Last Decade's Best Sci-Fi Movies

A giant beetle charged toward me, and as it stepped into a big puddle in the center of the room, I snagged it with a burst of magical vines that appeared beneath its feet. Then I blasted the creature with one of my dual flintlock pistols--this one charged with electricity--which …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Ara: History Untold Combines Civilization With An Unexpected Dash Of Battle Royale

Grand strategy games are a bit too big to demo. Building from a single settlement and a couple of farms into a vast nation is a time-consuming process, and even playing tens of early game turns can only show you so much. Even with that being the case, though, a …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Sorry, Alien: Romulus, The Best Alien Sequel Is Still Alien: Isolation

There's something specific about Ridley Scott's 1979 movie Alien that makes it such an enduring classic. With the combination of its heavy focus on relatable, blue-collar characters, its dingy, lived-in capitalist version of space travel, and its stalking, unknowably malevolent creature, it creates a feeling that other horror movies have …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Squid Game Unleashed Lets You Play In A Cartoonish Version Of The Show's Capitalist Hellscape

Netflix is continuing to willfully miss the point of its hit series Squid Game, turning a show about living in an unfeeling capitalist utopia into a funny game about completing obstacle courses. Squid Game Unleashed got a new trailer during Gamescom's Opening Night Live that makes the horrific and lethal …
By Phil Hornshaw
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Dying Light: The Beast Announced With A Trailer Teasing The Return Of The First Game's Protagonist

Techland revealed Dying Light: The Beast, the latest addition to the open-world zombie series, with a new trailer that teases the return of the original game's protagonist, Kyle Crane, as its playable character. The announcement came with a trailer during Gamescom Opening Night Live.The trailer is light on details, but …
By Phil Hornshaw
• GameSpot

Splitgate 2 Excels At Feeling Like Its Own Thing | GameSpot Hands-On Preview

It's still a Halo-style arena shooter with portals, but what has surprised me most about Splitgate 2 is how much more there is to go with that idea. With its new iteration of the game, developer 1047 Games has dialed in elements that help build its identity, complementing what was …
By Phil Hornshaw
• GameSpot

Alien: Romulus Shows It's Time For Alien To Abandon Its Canon

Warning: This article contains some light spoilers for Alien: Romulus.Alien: Romulus starts with something of a goofy premise. For 20 years after the events of the original Alien, apparently, the xenomorph-obsessed Weyland-Yutani Corporation has been searching for the Nostromo and the monster its crew brought aboard. When they finally find …
By Phil Hornshaw
• GameSpot