Samuel Tolbert
Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter @SamuelTolbert.
Latest articles by Samuel Tolbert
Fallout TV series casts Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin for second season
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Growing cast Actor Macaulay Culkin is reportedly joining the cast of the Fallout TV series for its second season.
A Mass Effect TV series is finally happening
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Shepard A Mass Effect TV series is reportedly in development at Amazon MGM Studios, with BioWare's Michael Gamble producing.
Take-Two Interactive sells Private Division to unknown buyer
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💰? Grand Theft Auto owner Take-Two Interactive has sold off the Private Division publishing label to an unknown party, including the rights to its upcoming games.
Hogwarts Legacy 2 to tie into upcoming Harry Potter TV series
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Tie-in? A sequel to Hogwarts Legacy is on the way, and it'll tie into the story of the Harry Potter TV series.
Apex Legends: From the Rift reworks one of the game's original characters
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Support Apex Legends: From the Rift introduces support buffs and a huge rework for Lifeline.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Goat Simulator 2024, and more join Xbox Game Pass
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Games! From Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 to Goat Simulator Remastered, here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in November 2024.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard — Romance options guide
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❤️❤️❤️ Here's a guide to the seven romance options available in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Buy two games and get one half-price at Amazon, including Space Marine 2
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Deal Ahead of Black Friday, you can buy two games at Amazon and get one of them half off, including titles like Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard — How to change your appearance
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Changes Here's how you can change your character appearance and transmog your gear in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Apex Legends can't be played on Steam Deck anymore, and EA has explained why
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Apex Legends is no longer playable on devices running Linux, including the Steam Deck, with EA noting the decision is due to the amount of cheaters.
Corsair brings some of its best features to this new gaming keyboard — and it won't take up a lot of space
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Clack-clack Corsair is officially launching the K70 Pro TKL, a gaming keyboard that features FlashTap and Rapid Trigger functionality.
How to upgrade weapons and armor in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Upgrade! Here's how you can upgrade your gear in Dragon Age: The Veilguard in order to take on different threats.
Xbox FY25 Q1 gaming revenue is up 43% thanks to Activision Blizzard
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💰 Microsoft gaming revenue is up with strong results mostly due to Activision Blizzard.
Dragon Age: The story so far — a full recap before The Veilguard
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Recap Want to play Dragon Age: The Veilguard without jumping into every prior game? I've got you covered with the story so far. Here's a full recap of the Dragon Age games.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard gets one major thing wrong for me, but delivers some of BioWare's best characters ever
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Review Dragon Age: The Veilguard mixes an action-RPG formula with classic BioWare companion storytelling. Here's my review.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 — List of bugs, errors, and known issues
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Bugs Here's a list of known bugs, errors, and issues in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the latest entry in the yearly juggernaut franchise.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is getting Public Test Servers in 2025 — and there's big gameplay changes coming soon
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Update Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is getting a number of gameplay balance changes soon, while test servers coming in 2025 will let players check out updates before they're live for everyone.
Fallout 76 is getting a giant snake raid boss — and we might see what radioactive fishing looks like soon
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🐍 More updates are on the way for Fallout 76, with a giant snake raid boss and possibly fishing coming in the weeks and months ahead.
Xbox Series X is now outselling Series S in the US, per new sales report — but console hardware is still dropping
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Hardware Xbox Series X is outselling Series S in the U.S, according to the September 2024 Circana sales report, but video game hardware is still trending down.
Netflix closes its AAA game studio, shuttering the team that pulled in Halo and God of War veterans
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Ugh Netflix Games' Team Blue has been shuttered, with the AAA developer that pulled in talent like former Halo and God of War veterans being closed just a couple of years after it first opened.
Xbox Series X|S storage expansion prices are bouncing up and down like a yo-yo. Grab this must-have accessory now before the Early Black Friday deal goes away.
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Deal The Seagate Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S is on sale again, making it a must-buy for anyone looking to improve the numbers of games they can store on their console.
One of the biggest PlayStation games is finally coming to Windows PC, but there's some bad news for fans
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Spider-Men Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is coming to Windows in PC in January 2025, but there won't be any story DLC.
Subnautica 2 is unleashing new oceanic leviathans, and it's coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one
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Deep sea Subnautica 2 is coming to Xbox Game Pass at launch when it arrives in early access at some point in 2025.
Alan Wake 2's new expansion The Lake House has a release date, and it's looking like the perfect scare I need this Halloween
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Lake House Alan Wake 2's upcoming DLC The Lake House is launching on Oct. 22, 2024, bringing a horror-focused experience in time for Halloween.
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