Ahead of Elden Ring’s launch this month, a bunch of PlayStation Studios devs from Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Bend Studio, and Sony Santa Monica have revealed their favorite bosses from the Dark Souls series. The devs’ responses were compiled into a list on the PlayStation Blog (opens in new tab). As …
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Boss fights have existed almost as long as games have. As old and hoary a tradition as ‘Press start to play’ and ‘Game Over: Continue?’, they’ve nonetheless stuck around with more resilience than some of their now anachronistic contemporaries. Barely any game has a lives system any more, but the …
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This article is part two of a three-part series of awards. Click here for Part 1 and Part 3. Welcome back to our sixth annual celebration of all the amazing things the gaming industry brings us. Welcome back, indeed, because now that the feel-good Special Awards and console exclusives are …
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