Alexander Cope
Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran with over 35 years of experience who primarily covers Xbox and PC gaming news and spotlights discounts on the best laptops, peripherals, and other electronics. He's also a diehard fan of JRPGs, action games, beat em’ ups, and Capcom’s Monster Hunter series
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Xbox Gamescom is around the corner, and I'm hoping for any shred of information about these sequels, if they appear at all.
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Gaming Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet recently addressed issues concerning Xbox discs not launching games during Xbox Live's most recent outage and plans to make sure this doesn't happen again
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Gaming Double Fine Productions announces it has laid off 23 employees, as it was the only way to survive after regaining independence from Xbox during its big "reset"
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Deals Best Buy is offering a 14% discount on JLab's Epic Wireless Mouse for those looking for an ergonomic option for work and play.
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Gaming From tougher challenges and permanent weather states to improving the fights of old returning monsters, this is my wishlist for Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance.
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Gaming I never played as a Tank Class in World of Warcraft because none of them ever appealed to me, but if it took inspiration from Final Fantasy XIV's new 'Bastion' job, I might consider playing as one
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Gaming Tears of Metal is a loving indie homage to the Dynasty Warriors franchise while incorporating roguelite elements to make its gameplay fresh, and it's the chaotic fun my stressed-out brain needed
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Gaming "DD2gether" is an upcoming mod that aims to give me 4-player online co-op where I can quest and hunt monsters with friends.
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Gaming Xbox Live is having errors that are preventing people from signing in, seeing their library, and playing their games, but Microsoft's engineers are on the case to fix it ASAP.
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Gaming S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl's first DLC expansion, 'Cost of Hope', will launch alongside its 2.0 update on August 20, 2026.
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Deals JLab flagship Epic Wireless Keyboard is enjoying a limited-time discount at Best Buy for typists looking for an affordable keyboard with stellar responsiveness and long battery life.
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Gaming Our colleagues at PC Gamer have discovered that Halo: Campaign Evolved can achieve high framerates on low graphical settings without sacrificing much of its graphical fidelity, even if you're using older RTX 3000 series GPUs
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Gaming A post from Dungeons & Dragons' partner, Roll20, that has been quickly taken down, reportedly suggests the iconic tabletop RPG is planning a crossover with World of Warcraft
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Gaming Behold the military might of the Astra Militarum faction in Total War: Warhammer 40,000's first Alpha Strike gameplay livestream, showcasing all the features and carnage of its ranged combat
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Gaming Steam has announced new changes to its gifting system so that it's easier to buy and send games to friends and family. Here's how the new system works.
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Gaming Just as Halo: Campaign Evolved has launched in early access, Xbox Live services shut down at literally the worst time possible, but Microsoft is aware of the outage and is working on fixing it.
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Gaming Reports are coming in of people unable to play Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access via its Premium Edition or Premium Edition Upgrade on the Xbox, but the developers are on the case to fix it
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Gaming From cutting out tiring FOMO trends and microtransactions to launching RuneScape on Xbox, the CEO of RuneScape has big plans to take the franchise to new heights.
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Gaming From cosmetic skins to mounts, Blizzard Entertainment is offering treasure troves of in-game items for all its flagship video game franchises in celebration of BlizzCon 2026, just being less than two months away
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Gaming On July 30, 2026, players will feast their eyes on what Gears of War: E-Day's 12-player horde mode and 4v4 multiplayer modes will look like in action through a gameplay livestream
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Deals The 16-inch version of the HP OmniBook X Flip laptop, which we rated highly for its efficient performance and detailed touchscreen display, is now on sale for Best Buy's Back to School sale
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Gaming Halo: Campaign Evolved, Beast of Reincarnation, id Software's Heretic + Hexen games, and more will make their Xbox Game Pass debuts later this month
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Gaming CD Projekt Red has announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's highly anticipated 'Songs of the Past' DLC expansion will debut at Gamescom's opening night ceremony on August 25, 2026.
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Gaming "CliffyB" has expressed a burning desire to return to making video games after eight years since his studio, Boss Key, shut down.
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Gaming Following Double Fine Productions and Compulsion Games' examples, Mighty DOOM and Wraithbone creator Alpha Dog Games has announced it's broken off from Xbox and is now independent again.
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