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Alan Wake 2 guide: How to get the crossbow
By Samuel Tolbert published
🏹 Alan Wake 2 offers its protagonists a variety of weapons to stay alive, and Saga Anderson can obtain a crossbow. Here's how to get it.
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Alan Wake 2 guide: How to get the shotgun
By Jez Corden published
How To Alan Wake 2's shotgun is locked behind a padlocked cabinet in Cauldron Lake's general store. Here's how to get it.
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See Activision Blizzard's long 44-year history charted in a single, equally lengthy infographic
By Michael Hoglund published
Celebrate! Activision Blizzard is celebrating its 44-year history with a special infographic detailing the rise of their studios and games.
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Alan Wake 2 too rich for your blood? Save BIG on these 4 legendary Xbox horror games instead
By Zachary Boddy published
Spooky Deals Alan Wake 2 may be the new masterpiece horror game on the block, but these other Xbox horror games are still incredible and are on sale.
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Latest Cyberpunk 2077 update improves audio quality in several languages, rebalances weapons, and more
By Zachary Boddy published
Fewer Bugs Cyberpunk 2077 2.02 is a sizeable patch update rolling out to players on current-gen consoles and Windows PC with lots of fixes in tow.
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The Xbox October Update is bringing keyboard mapping to controllers and easier clip editing to everyone
By Zachary Boddy published
Xbox Update With the Xbox October Update, players will now be able to map keyboard buttons to their controller, edit Xbox clips more easily from Clipchamp, and more.
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New Xbox Game Pass games (October 2023): What's coming, leaving soon
By Zachary Boddy last updated
New to XGP Every month means new Xbox Game Pass games. Keep track of everything coming and going with our comprehensive guide.
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Microsoft reorganizes Xbox gaming leadership, Matt Booty and Sarah Bond grab promotions
By Samuel Tolbert published
Big changes As Microsoft has finalized its Activision Blizzard acquisition, the Xbox gaming leadership team is seeing some shake-ups.
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Apex Legends: Ignite introduces a new Legend named Conduit and cross-progression for all platforms
By Samuel Tolbert published
Cross-progression! The next season of Apex Legends is called Ignite, and in addition to a new Legend named Conduit, players are getting cross-progression on all platforms.
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