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From smartphones to cord-cutting to video games, we've got your tech needs covered.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tomsguide.com\u002Fgaming\u002Freviews",{"id":307,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":308,"author":309,"original_score":315,"normalized_score":57,"review_url":316,"review_date":242,"summary":317,"created_at":318,"updated_at":318,"author_id":310,"last_edited_at":318,"outlet":319},53686,48,{"id":310,"bio":19,"name":311,"avg_score":32,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":312,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":313,"claim_token":19,"article_count":314,"claimed_by_user_id":19},4516,"Przemyslaw Dygas","2025-01-23T14:53:29.432708-05:00","2025-02-17T12:10:29.751057-05:00",3,"8.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gry-online.pl\u002Frecenzje\u002Frecenzja-gry-age-of-empires-4-powrot-krola-rts-ow\u002Fz038d1","After hours spent in Age of Empires 4 destroying castles, commanding cavalry and building fortifications, I can say one thing - fans of the cult series 2 will feel at home here.","2025-01-23T14:59:56.142742-05:00",{"id":308,"logo":320,"name":321,"slug":322,"tags":323,"bluesky":324,"twitter":325,"youtube":326,"facebook":325,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":327,"website_url":328,"score_format":45,"average_score":329,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":330,"stats_updated_at":331,"headquarters_city":332,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":333,"reviews_editor_email":334,"editor_in_chief_email":335,"published_authors_count":290,"published_reviews_count":336},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGryOnline-Logo.jpg","GRYOnline.pl","gryonline-pl","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'women_led',\n  'online_media',\n  'ingestion_pending'\n  ]","golpl.bsky.social","golpl","TVGRYpl","The largest website in Poland dedicated to computer games.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gry-online.pl\u002F",78,"2025-05-09","2025-08-07T04:54:08.933021","Kraków","Poland","anna.garas@webedia-group.com","maciej.pawlikowski@webedia-group.com",134,{"id":338,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":339,"author":340,"original_score":315,"normalized_score":57,"review_url":347,"review_date":242,"summary":348,"created_at":349,"updated_at":349,"author_id":341,"last_edited_at":349,"outlet":350},78694,56,{"id":341,"bio":19,"name":342,"avg_score":343,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":344,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":345,"claim_token":19,"article_count":346,"claimed_by_user_id":19},5576,"Dominic L",77.00348432055749,"2025-02-05T21:50:11.095343-05:00","2026-06-24T08:32:58.966528-04:00",291,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2021\u002F10\u002F25\u002Fage-of-empires-4-review\u002F","Age of Empires 4 is a deeply enjoyable return for the series. 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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e",5,"sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":493,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":494,"author":495,"original_score":114,"normalized_score":115,"review_url":501,"review_date":502,"summary":503,"created_at":504,"updated_at":504,"author_id":496,"last_edited_at":65,"outlet":505},17324,8,{"id":496,"bio":19,"name":497,"avg_score":32,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":498,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":499,"claim_token":19,"article_count":500,"claimed_by_user_id":19},1210,"Oliver Clare","2024-11-27T15:20:48.308011-05:00","2024-12-02T07:25:10.943906-05:00",2,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurogamer.net\u002Fr-aoe3-pc","2005-10-24","These hand-outs are symptomatic of the stagnation at the heart of Age of Empires 3. 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