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Must-Play PS4 & PS5 Games Included In PS Plus Premium (January 2024)

PS Plus Premium hosts some terrific Playstation 4 and 5 games, making classics like Ghost of Tsushima and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot free to subscribers.

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25 Pokémon With The Fewest Type Weaknesses

Knowing a Pokémon's type weakness is one of the best ways to get a leg-up in battle, but some Pokémon have fewer type weaknesses than others.

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Mario Party Superstars: 5 Ways It's Better Than Super Mario Party (& 5 Ways It Fell Short)

Mario Party Superstars is one of the best games in the series, but Super Mario Party still did a few things better than its successor.

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Baldur's Gate 3: 12 Things to Complete Before Finishing Act 1

Baldur's Gate 3 is a huge game, with players likely to spend upwards of 30 hours in Act 1 alone. Here's what to complete before moving on.

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The 15 Best Bloodborne Weapons, Ranked

FromSoftware's gothic RPG Bloodborne encourages high-octane combat, so players are better off using the best weapons in the game.

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25 Open-World Games That Let You Use Superpowers

Some of these amazing games take the open-world format a step further by letting players run through the game with actual superpowers.

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How A Classic Zelda Game's Greatest Strength Became TOTK's Most Criticized Feature

TOTK's biggest weakness for fans was that it's too similar to BOTW. Here's how a classic Zelda sequel made that same quality into its strength.

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The 10 Strongest Fire-Type Pokémon, Ranked

Fire-type Pokémon have been a major aspect of the game since the first games. Since then, there have been many powerful Fire-type Pokémon.

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10 Best Video Games To Look Forward To In January 2024

The month of January continues the trend of recent years delivering non-stop great games for fans of all genres.

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15 Best NBA 2K Games, Ranked According To Metacritic

While microtransactions have marred recent NBA 2K releases, the yearly sports franchise has a deep history of fantastic basketball games.

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10 Most Relaxing Games, According To Steam

Steam offers games that provide simple, relaxing fun for players, such as Disney Dreamlight Valley and Slime Rancher 2.

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25 Scariest Video Games Of All Time

From Resident Evil to Dead Space, the scariest horror video games of all time put players under constant threat of putting the controller down.

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25 Best Free Oculus Quest 2 Games (Updated 2023)

From Echo VR and Pavlov: Shack to Rec Room, Poker Stars, and VRChat, discover the best free-to-play Oculus Quest 2 games to try in 2023.

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The Legend of Zelda’s Greatest Villain Took a Big Step Backwards in Tears of the Kingdom

Tears of the Kingdom took many steps forward for the Zelda franchise in terms of gameplay, but its main villain lost a lot of what made him great.

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Top 10 Best Modern Updates To Classic Games

Games like Gamecube's Resident Evil and MGS: Twin Snakes are shining examples of good remakes and how they can expand on the original game's design.

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10 Video Game Protagonists Who Would Be Great At Playing Their Own Games

Many video games have great protagonists, but only some could conceivably beat their own games, such as Joel Miler, Master Chief, and Ezio Auditore.

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10 Cutest Legendary Pokémon

While some Legendary Pokémon have tough appearances, Legendaries like Mew, Kubfu, and Cosmog are some of the cutest Pokémon in the Poké Dex.

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10 "Bad" Games That Are Actually Pretty Good

Despite their low critical scores and awful reputations, these games still offer fun gameplay experiences for those willing to give them a shot.

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10 Best HD-2D RPGs

Square Enix may have patented the HD-2D aesthetic, but many other non-Square titles also do HD-2D games plenty of justice.

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Why the Most Popular Version of Link Shouldn't Be in The Legend of Zelda Movie

The most popular Zelda titles have featured a very specific form of Link, but the movie should look toward Zelda's roots when casting its hero.

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