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The new Lord of the Rings MMO coming from Amazon Games is not aimed exclusively at fans of the MMO genre. Amazon Games president Christoph Hartmann said in a new interview with IGN that he wants people who might say they don't care about MMOs to give this one a shot. Basically, Hartmann believes the game can appeal to "everyone." "The game by itself needs to be so good that everyone wants to play it… My target is not just to make a certain group of MMO players happy with the game, I want...

Elden Ring is the game that just keeps on winning. A year after its release, it won the 2023 Nebula Award for best writing in a video game. The award went to both Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin, both of whom had played a major part in the game's writing and narrative. This isn't the first time Martin has won a Nebula Award, but this is the first time Miyazaki has been nominated for one. Martin has been nominated 13 times throughout his career and has won three awards. In 1979, he...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one massive physics playground, with many of the shrines and puzzles requiring you to use these systems to your advantage. This is true of the Rasiwak Shrine, which contains the "Flotational Brilliance" puzzle, located on the North Akkala Beach in the northeastern region of Hyrule. Here's how to solve this Shrine. How to solve the Rasiwak Shrine Puzzle in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom After entering the Shrine you will climb a set of...

Valve now offers Steam game trials, starting with 2023's Dead Space remake. Previously, players could buy a game on the platform and then return it within a two-hour window, but this new trial feature makes things a bit easier for consumers. It seems only Dead Space has a trial available on Steam right now, but the feature may come to other games later on. With Dead Space, you don't need to purchase the game to play during the 90-minute trial period. The Dead Space trial isn't restricted to...

You can delete your Diablo IV Server Slam and/or Beta installs without fear. The full version of the game will be completely separate, which means you can uninstall without interfering with your main game. This news comes from Blizzard itself, via global community development director Adam Fletcher on Twitter. He also clarified that the Server Slam and Beta files will not be updated and are a separate client. Basically, if you keep the Server Slam or Beta client on your computer, it will...