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Ash Parrish

Ash Parrish

Video Games Reporter

Ash is a Video Games Reporter for The Verge with a focus on covering marginalized gamers and their communities, writing about the intersection of video games and sex, and finding a way to make the general video gaming public care about the Overwatch League.

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Keepin’ it all in the family.

Rumors that a buyout of Ubisoft is imminent continue apace. According to a report in Reuters, the Guillemot family who founded and currently have a 15 percent stake in the company, is considering a buyout deal that will let them retain control of the company. Right now, Chinese developer Tencent is the likely choice of buyer for the Assassin’s Creed developer.


Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would’ve been better as a movie

The game’s most interesting bits are trapped in cutscenes while its boring bits are the stuff you actually have to play out.

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I came here to plunder temples and punch fascists.

And in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Indy’s got plenty of both. To mark the game’s imminent release, Bethesda has shared its official launch trailer. From the trailer, expect lots of whip cracking, Nazi punching, one of Tony Todd’s last performances, and painting a bunch of red lines all over a world map. Great Circle releases on Xbox, PC, and PlayStation December 9th.


The hardest part of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is making a choice

From romance to character classes, BioWare has made made almost all the game’s options compelling.

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Don’t expect any DLC for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

In an interview with Daily Star, the game’s director, Naoki Hamaguchi said that while he understands fans’ desire for an Integrade-style DLC for Rebirth, he thinks what they really want is simply the next entry in the series and it’s best to let the team focus on that instead. A bit of a bummer, though not unexpected as Nintendo made the same decision for Tears of the Kingdom.