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Thousand Threads Review — Post Secrets
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 4:00 am

Thousand Threads opens outside a tent in an unknown land, a dirt path presenting one potential way forward. If you stray from it, odds are a wolf will take notice and attack; you might fend it off with a stick, you might outrun it, or you might accide...

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Halo Infinite Brings Back Veteran Writer And Director Joseph Staten
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 3:39 am

Halo Infinite is bringing on one of the most veteran developers in Halo's history. Developer 343 Industries has confirmed that Joseph Staten--who wrote Bungie's original Halo, as well as Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo Reach--is joining the Hal...

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NBA 2K Devs Release Statement On Jacob Blake Shooting And NBA Protests
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 3:10 am

Multiple NBA teams today refused to participate in their playoff games as a protest and a sign of solidarity over the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin this week. 2K Sports, which develops the NBA 2K series, has now released a statement on the matte...

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The Last Of Us Part 2–Watch Dina’s Face Model Meet Herself In-Game
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 3:08 am

The Last of Us Part II puts its characters through the ringer, and thanks to the game's detailed facial modelling and motion capture you really feel their suffering. So it's nice to have a video like the one below, from Dina face model Cascina Caradonn...

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Control: The AWE Expansion, Which Ties Into Alan Wake, Is Available Now
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 1:57 am

Control's second and final DLC expansion, AWE, is out now. This expansion is designed to bridge the connection between Control and Remedy's earlier game, Alan Wake--it turns out Remedy was building a connected universe all along.All the time of writing...

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Grand Theft Auto 5: Michael’s Actor Shares On-Set Stories, And Wishes There Was DLC
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 1:11 am

Grand Theft Auto V released in 2013, and has gone on to be absolutely enormous. Ned Luke, who plays Michael De Santa in the game, has said in an interview that while he knew and had played Grand Theft Auto, he didn't know the name "Rockstar Games" befo...

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NHL 21: Here’s When More Details Will Be Announced
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 1:03 am

EA's NHL 21 has finally been officially announced with Alexander Ovechkin as the cover star and the reveal that high-skill moves like The Michigan have been added to the game. While EA has shared a good number of details on this year's game, the develo...

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How A Catfish Helped Dustin Live His Truth As A Gay Man
by Matthew Scott Donnelly | August 27, 2020 at 1:00 am

On this week's 'Catfish,' Dustin finally met the man who helped him feel more comfortable in his own skin as a gay man.

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Sky: Children Of Light On Switch Is The Latest Game Delayed By COVID-19
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 12:25 am

Sky: Children of Light on Switch has been delayed. The game, which first came to iOS in 2019 and released on Android this year, will come to Switch in 2021. Nintendo fans will have to wait a bit longer for Apple's 2019 Game of the Year.The game, which ...

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Tenet Behind The Scenes Video Shows How They Blew Up A 747 And Closed A Highway
by GameSpot - All Content | August 27, 2020 at 12:09 am

Inception director Christopher Nolan's next movie, Tenet, is coming to theatres--yes, theatres--in the US on September 3. Reviews for the film have been generally positive, and even Tom Cruise counts himself as a fan. To help promote the film further, ...

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