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3 hours ago

This Tiny Game Boy Might Be The Coolest Dumb Gadget Of 2026

Nintendo releases a Game Boy Jukebox playing Pokémon music, announces stock buybacks, and Disgaea Mayhem gets a summer release date alongside various gaming updates.
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1 hour ago

Pokemon Winds And Waves Finally Ends The Series' Graphics Problem

and , released in 2022, were the last Switch-exclusive games, and were heavily derided for not only being a buggy mess, but for looking like a GameCube tech demo. They had a big map that had no real texture or life to it. When they got a Switch 2 update, they ran at a buttery smooth 60 frames-per-second, but they still looked really rough and old.
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fromKotaku
1 hour ago

Resident Evil Requiem Has A Big Game-Length Puzzle No Can Solve

As Grace, you'll escape the horrifying monster called The Girl while you're exploring Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center, and in the chase, the creature will lose one of its hands. While it's not required, you can pick up the severed hand and take it with you, but it doesn't have any apparent use from the get go.
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fromKotaku
37 minutes ago

Report: FromSoftware Turned Down A Bloodborne Remake

FromSoftware rejected Bluepoint Games' pitched Bloodborne remake, likely because director Hidetaka Miyazaki wants to preserve creative control over the beloved title rather than allow external development.
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fromEngadget
5 hours ago
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Pokemon Winds and Waves are coming to Switch 2 in 2027

Pokémon Wind and Waves, the Gen 10 games, launch on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027, featuring new starters and island exploration with nature-based challenges.
fromThe Verge
6 hours ago
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Pokemon Winds and Waves launch on the Switch 2 in 2027

Pokémon Wind and Waves are the next mainline games launching in 2027 exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2, featuring an island setting with enhanced environmental detail and open-world gameplay.
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12 hours ago

PGA Tour 2K25, Monster Hunter Rise and More Join PS Plus in March

A year after its launch, PGA Tour 2K25 arrives on PS Plus on March 3. The golfing sim is the sixth entry in 2K's PGA Tour series. The game lets players compete in three majors - The PGA Championship, The US Open, and The Open Championship - for the first time in the series. The sports title also features an expanded MyCareer mode, upgraded skill trees, and new customisation options.
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fromGameSpot
6 hours ago
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Those Pikachus In The Pokemon Winds And Waves Trailer Are More Important Than You Think

fromGameSpot
6 hours ago
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Those Pikachus In The Pokemon Winds And Waves Trailer Are More Important Than You Think

fromKotaku
5 hours ago

Pokemon Winds And Waves Trailer Breakdown: 9 Things We Spotted

Starting off the trailer is a cinematic showing several illustrations of a Pikachu traveling around the world. Each drawing shows Pikachu in a different region from the first nine generations, from Kanto to Paldea. It's a cute way to lead into the next generation and also pay homage to the series' 30th anniversary.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
11 hours ago

Speed Dates is no feeble full-motion video game it's a bold art film | Dominik Diamond

Speed Dating: Winter Edition is a Turkish FMV game where players navigate speed dating scenarios with 18 women, blending retro full-motion video aesthetics with arthouse cinema techniques.
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fromGadgets 360
7 hours ago

Sony Said to Be 'Backing Away' From Launching Its Single-Player Games on PC

Sony may abandon its PC release strategy for single-player exclusives and return to PlayStation-only releases, while continuing live service games on PC.
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fromKotaku
19 hours ago

We Are So Cooked Trailer Turns Hiding A Dead Body Into A Cozy Co-op Game

We Are So Cooked is a co-op physics stealth game where players must hide a dead body from security while navigating a busy hotel environment.
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fromKotaku
4 hours ago

Pokemon Fans Think Winds And Waves' Trailer Hints At A Legendary

In two sections of the trailer, you can see a cloud formation that looks kind of like a dragon. The first time is in the opening cinematic when a trainer is looking through their drawings of Pikachu in various regions. The final image in this section is one of Pikachu looking out a window into and ' ocean region, and you can see the dragon-shaped cloud in the sky.
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fromThe Verge
4 hours ago

Woot's 'Video Games for All' sale features some of our favorite games

Woot offers Black Friday-level discounts on video games and accessories through March 5th, with an additional 20% off through February 27th using code LEVEL20.
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fromMedium
9 hours ago

A love letter to the Pokedex

The Pokédex has remained a constant core mechanic throughout Pokémon's 30-year evolution across gaming platforms, serving as players' primary tool for cataloging encountered Pokémon species.
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fromKotaku
7 hours ago

Marathon Fans Divided Over Ammo And PVP As Bungie Responds

Marathon's distinctive visual style and complex UI generate both praise for uniqueness and criticism for visual clutter, with Bungie addressing player feedback on ammo scarcity and PVP encounter frequency.
#resident-evil-requiem
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fromKotaku
3 hours ago

Pokemon FireRed And LeafGreen Won't Let You Use Crude Names

Pokémon Switch ports implement profanity filters that automatically replace crude character names with generic alternatives, preventing players from recreating the crude naming tradition from original playthroughs.
fromFast Company
5 hours ago

Pokemon turns 30: What's behind the media franchise's enduring appeal?

I don't remember when was the last day I did not think about Pokémon at all. In the 30 years since Pokémon debuted in Japan with the 1996 release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green for Nintendo Game Boy, the franchise has taken over the globe with its animated shows, mobile games and highly coveted trading cards.
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7 hours ago

The ultimate queer-coded Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen team

Now, if you were a small child when the games first came out, and have since evolved into a joyous, queer individual, or you're playing them for the first time and want to inject your team with some big gay energy, we've thought up the perfect team for you.
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fromKotaku
4 hours ago

Retro Video Game Preservation Site Myrient Shutting Down

Myrient, a free video game preservation site with 390+ terabytes of content, will shut down by March 31, 2026, due to unsustainable $6,000 monthly server costs and stagnant donations amid rising hardware prices.
fromKotaku
16 hours ago

Resident Evil Requiem Guide: How To Get The True Ending

At the climax of the game, Grace is forced to make a decision between destroying or releasing something called Elpis. The choice is binary and not influenced by anything else you've done in the game up to that point, but what you choose to do will lead to one of two conclusions.
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fromGameSpot
6 hours ago

Walton Goggins Shares An Unexpected Inspiration Behind The Ghoul In Fallout 76

Walton Goggins used his son's gaming preferences as inspiration for voice acting The Ghoul in Fallout 76's Burning Springs expansion, emphasizing how voice work requires different acting techniques than on-camera performance.
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fromKotaku
3 hours ago

Pokemon TCG's 30th Anniversary Sets Could Include The Classics

Pokémon TCG introduces a 30th Anniversary Set with simultaneous worldwide release, marking the first time cards launch globally at the same time rather than Japan-first.
fromInverse
21 hours ago

36 Years Later, 'Mortal Kombat 2' Might Give Fans The Most Diverse Roster Yet

Mortal Kombat 2 was not just a thunderous success befitting Raiden himself, it also established many of the crucial players and much of the relevant lore in the franchise. And now, 23 years later, it seems as if the game's film counterpart will be following in its footsteps.
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fromKotaku
20 hours ago

An Ode To Pokemon's Ash Ketchum - Kotaku

After 25 years and over 1,200 episodes, Ash Ketchum retires as the Pokémon anime's protagonist, replaced by new characters Liko and Roy, marking the end of an era for longtime fans.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

The Biggest New Game Releases Of March 2026

March 2026 features major game releases including World of Warcraft: Midnight, Marathon, Fatal Frame 2 remake, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, WWE 2K26, Crimson Desert, and Legacy of Kain: Ascendance.
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fromWGB
2 days ago

Here Are Your Free PlayStation Plus Essential Monthly Games For March, 2026

Sony's March PS Plus lineup includes PGA Tour 2K25 and Monster Hunter Rise, with PS4 games continuing despite previous phaseout plans for early 2026.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Pokemon FireRed And LeafGreen: All The Version Exclusives

Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green remakes release on Switch February 27, featuring version-exclusive monsters requiring trading between versions to catch all Pokémon.
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Check Out These Steam Next Fest Demos Picked By The Game Informer Staff

Steam Next Fest offers hundreds of game demos, with editors highlighting standout titles like SoulQuest and Arkheron that showcase innovative gameplay in action and battle royale genres.
fromKotaku
2 days ago
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10 Incredible Demos You'd Otherwise Miss In February's Next Fest

Steam Next Fest has become oversaturated with AI-generated content, but curated indie demos across diverse genres offer genuine quality gaming experiences worth wishlisting.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

The Simpsons Hit And Run Guide: The Best Way To Play In 2026

The Simpsons: Hit and Run remains the best Simpsons game ever made, and Donut Team's custom PC launcher is the optimal way to play it on modern computers with enhanced features and mod support.
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fromEngadget
1 day ago

The new $25 action game from the creator of Just Cause arrives on April 8

Samson: A Tyndalston Story, a noir action game from Just Cause creator Christofer Sundberg, launches April 8 as a PC exclusive with a $25 price tag and streamlined gameplay focused on narrative and consequence.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Nvidia Promises No Relief As GPU Prices Keep Soaring

Nvidia's gaming GPU sales fell 13% despite record AI profits, with supply constraints expected to persist through 2027 while the company offers no concrete plans to increase availability.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Demon Tides Has The Makings Of An Old PlayStation Classic

Demon Tides features exceptional movement design that seamlessly blends mechanics from multiple platformers, allowing fluid transitions between animal transformations and diverse traversal methods.
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fromSustainable Bus
1 day ago

Bus Simulator 27 adds Solaris to its licensed bus roster

Bus Simulator 27 features over 45 officially licensed vehicles from 13 manufacturers including Solaris, offering diverse bus types and propulsion technologies for players to drive and manage.
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fromEngadget
23 hours ago

Guitar Hero vets RedOctane reveal their new music game

RedOctane, reformed under Embracer Freemode, is launching Stage Tour, a new music game supporting solo and band play with keyboard, mouse, and traditional music game controllers, planned for 2025 with regular evolving content updates.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Stardew Valley Creator Reveals Two New Marriage Candidates

Stardew Valley's 10th anniversary update adds Clint and Sandy as marriage candidates, while revealing extensive development history from the 2012 prototype Sprout Valley.
#loot-boxes
#gaming-industry
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fromKotaku
23 hours ago

Marathon Impressions: Open Beta Looks Great, But Is It Good?

Marathon's Server Slam beta demonstrates improved gameplay over last year's alpha, featuring polished visuals, solid performance, and effective tutorial design, though concerns remain about the game's long-term viability.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Pokemon Red And Blue Retro Review: RPG History Worth Revisiting

The original Pokémon Game Boy games from 1996 represent a simpler, more grounded era of the franchise that has evolved dramatically with technological advancement over 30 years.
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fromKotaku
22 hours ago

Original Guitar Hero Devs Reveal New Rock Band-Like Game - Kotaku

RedOctane, founded by original Guitar Hero developers, is launching Stage Tour, a rhythm game arriving fall 2026 with plastic instrument controllers and modern technology.
fromGame Informer
1 day ago

Samson Preview - Taking It Day-By-Day - Game Informer

As Samson, you return home to The Ditch with a mountain of debt to repay. To keep the debt collectors off his back, he hooks up with an old friend who happens to be a major player in the streets of Tyndalston, Carter, to take on some jobs around the city. These range from beating down the door of a local business and roughing up the owner who owes him money to chasing down some rival gang members.
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fromKotaku
22 hours ago

Project Windless Director Was Shocked Its Chicken Warrior Won Over Fans

Krafton Montréal's Project Windless features a beefy rooster protagonist because every job candidate expressed enthusiasm for playing this character during interviews.
fromGameSpot
1 day ago

How To Unlock New Game Plus In Resident Evil Requiem

Once you're done watching the credits roll, you'll be back at the main menu. You'll notice that you've unlocked various goodies, including: Insanity Mode is a high difficulty option for those who want to test their skills. A behind-the-scenes video, concept art, and character model viewing. The Jacket costume for Grace and Leon, as well as the Tactical Light skin for Leon's Alligator Snapper weapon.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Highguard's New Mode Is All Action As It Hangs On For Dear Life

In Raid Rush, 2 teams of 5 players will take turns attacking and defending their bases with no pesky looting phase in between. Instead, select your base and use Trader Flynn to upgrade your weapons and equipment in a round based format. After each round, you'll switch sides between attacking and defending.
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#ai-generated-content
fromEngadget
1 day ago
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An AI-generated Resident Evil Requiem review briefly made it on Metacritic

fromEngadget
1 day ago
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An AI-generated Resident Evil Requiem review briefly made it on Metacritic

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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Pokemon Popped Off With Its 30th Anniversary Merch

The Pokémon Company is releasing anniversary merchandise including a black-and-white pixelated Pikachu plush based on the character's original Game Boy sprite design.
#xbox-leadership-change
fromThe Verge
1 day ago
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Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?

Microsoft replaced Xbox leadership with AI executive Asha Sharma, signaling major strategic changes for its gaming division after Phil Spencer's decade-long tenure.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago
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Why Xbox's corporate shake-up matters for everyone who plays games

Phil Spencer retires as Xbox CEO after 25 years leading the division; Asha Sharma replaces him while Matt Booty becomes chief content officer.
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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Report: Highguard Devs Blame The Game's Downfall On 'Hubris'

Highguard evolved from a Rust-inspired survival shooter to a 3v3 raid shooter, but failed to retain players after launch due to underbaked mechanics and a risky stealth-release strategy driven by developer hubris.
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Interview: World of Warcraft Lead Composer On Making Of Midnight's Human-Made Music

World of Warcraft's lead composer Leo Kaliski discusses how Midnight's music expands the game's sonic identity with new instrumentation like distorted guitar while maintaining the broad, diverse musical language that defines WoW.
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fromInverse
1 day ago

An Acclaimed Medieval Action RPG Is Coming To The Big Screen

Kingdom Come: Deliverance creator Daniel Vávra is developing a film adaptation based on the game series' historically accurate medieval setting approach.
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fromWGB
2 days ago

Hardware Creator And Game Publisher Nacon Files For Insolvency Due To Bigben Financial Problems

Nacon filed for insolvency after majority shareholder Bigben Interactive failed to repay a €43 million bond, triggered by banks refusing credit due to alleged contractual breaches.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Resident Evil Requiem Endings Explained - How To Get All Endings

Resident Evil Requiem features multiple endings determined by player choice at a critical decision point regarding Elpis, with the destruction ending resulting in Leon's death and being classified as the bad ending.
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fromWGB
1 day ago

Warning: Someone Is Impersonating Me On Twitch, Do Not Fall For It

A Twitch user impersonating a gaming critic is running a scam offering fake featured growth case studies to streamers using stolen branding and Discord contact methods.
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fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Resident Evil Requiem is still scary as hell on the Switch 2

Resident Evil Requiem is a surprisingly solid port on Switch 2 despite graphical compromises, demonstrating the console's capability for hosting major third-party blockbuster titles.
#playstation-plus
fromEngadget
2 days ago
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March's PS Plus Monthly Games include Monster Hunter Rise and Slime Rancher 2

PlayStation Plus subscribers gain access to Monster Hunter Rise, Slime Rancher 2, The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, and PGA Tour 2K25 starting March 3 across all subscription tiers.
fromKotaku
2 days ago
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March 2026's PS Plus Free Games: Monster Hunter, Elder Scrolls

Sony revealed March's PlayStation Plus monthly games available to all subscribers across all tiers: PGA Tour 2K25, Monster Hunter Rise, Slime Rancher 2, and The Elder Scrolls Online - Gold Road Collection.
fromEngadget
2 days ago
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March's PS Plus Monthly Games include Monster Hunter Rise and Slime Rancher 2

fromKotaku
2 days ago

Fallout 4 On Switch 2 Is A Good Port, Includes 60FPS Option

Fallout 4 on Switch 2 is totally solid. Not perfect, but pretty damn good. This version of the 2015 open-world blockbuster RPG contains all the DLC as well as a ton of extra Creation Club content, too. It also launched with not one, but three different framerate options, including a 60FPS option, which was lacking when Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim launched on Switch 2 last year.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

Hell Is Us And Terminator Publisher Nacon Files For Bankruptcy

Nacon, a French publisher, filed for insolvency due to insufficient cash to pay debts while preparing major game releases including Greedfall 2 in March.
fromEngadget
2 days ago

Xbox consoles now support 1440p streaming

The higher bitrate streaming option will let subscribers with an Xbox Series X or S, Xbox One X or Xbox One play their games at a higher resolution, provided the game and their display supports it. Microsoft previously only offered 1440p streams on select Fire TVs, LG TVs, Samsung TVs, web browsers and the Xbox PC app.
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fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Amazon continues retreat from games by ending publishing deal for open world racer

We're in active dialogue with partners who share our long-term ambition for the IP and look forward to sharing more later this year.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Game Pass Launch Reportedly Saw Star Wars Outlaws Double Its Player Base On Xbox

Star Wars Outlaws gained approximately 595,000 new players through Game Pass since January 13, becoming the service's most popular January addition and effectively doubling the game's Xbox player reach.
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fromInverse
2 days ago

9 Years Later, A Cult Classic Sci-Fi Franchise Could Finally Get Another Great Game

Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes marks the franchise's return to gaming after nine years, positioning itself as a thoughtful continuation of the celebrated science fiction universe.
fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
2 days ago

If you haven't bought EA Sports FC 26 yet, it's now less than half price on PS5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PS4

EA FC 26 improves upon the previous version in a number of key ways. Players now have two gameplay options Authentic and Competitive. Authentic is a more realistic mode where the play is slower, weather and fatigue are factors, and using the right tactics is vital to break down the opposition, just like real football. Competitive is faster-paced and player actions are more dynamic; this is ideal for online play.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Marathon Server Slam Twitch Drops And Rewards

Starting on February 26 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET and finishing on March 2 at the same time, the Marathon server slam is an opportunity for players to get their hands on the game ahead of launch. It'll also allow Bungie to test its infrastructure before the full Marathon release date lands.
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fromKotaku
2 days ago

Final Fantasy 7's New Steam Version Is Already At Mostly Negative

Square Enix's 2024 Steam re-release of Final Fantasy VII received overwhelmingly negative reviews due to technical issues including stuttering audio, buggy resolution settings, and missing visual filters, while the superior 2013 version was delisted.
fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Arc Raiders Players Are Seeing UFOs In The Sky

A handful of Arc Raiders players have reported seeing the silhouette of a large ship in the clouds, but so far, only a Reddit user called Bewarden captured the incident in a video. The ship appears to be massive, but there's no indication yet it's confirmation of aliens in this world.
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fromEngadget
2 days ago

The next Assassin's Creed game loses its creative director

Ubisoft's shakeups continue unabated. The creative director of the next Assassin's Creed game, codenamed Hexe, has left the company. The departure of Clint Hocking, a 20-year veteran of the company over two stints, was reportedly announced in a staff meeting this week.
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