Sony Wants to Create a 'Fingerprint' of Players' Voices

According to a recently published patent, Sony is working on a program that would record in-game and voice chat audio and then convert those sounds into haptic feedback vibrations to be felt on a controller. A number of recent patents from Sony have focused on enhancements to the PlayStation controller's haptic feedback capabilities, and this latest filing has once again showcased the company's ...read more

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Stellar Blade’s Powerful Burst Skills Showcased in New Trailer

Shift Up’s previous trailer for Stellar Blade highlighted the Beta Skills that Eve could unleash on the Naytiba, but the latest showcases Burst Skills. These are even stronger abilities that require Burst Energy but unleash even more devastating (and impossibly stylish) attacks. Check out some of them below. While you get energy for Beta Skills by dealing damage, Burst Skill energy comes ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Players Discover Brand New Secret Brutality

A few Mortal Kombat 1 fans have discovered a fun new Brutality that seems to have been secretly added to the game. Brutality kills in Mortal Kombat 1 are some of the most satisfying ways to finish a match, and this new addition offers an exciting update to the game's combat. The Mortal Kombat franchise has grown a reputation for its hilariously over-the-top violence. Although the imagery in ...read more

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Meta partners with Xbox as it opens Quest’s OS to third-party hardware

Meta has announced that it’s opening up Meta Horizon OS, the operating system that powers its Quest headsets, to third-party hardware makers. Xbox, Lenovo and Asus are among the first partners set to develop new mixed reality devices for different use cases. “Xbox and Meta teamed up last year to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) to Meta Quest, letting people play Xbox games on a large 2D ...read more

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Steam zombie survival game leaving early access after 11 years

After over a decade in Steam Early Access, zombie game 7 Days to Die is finally launching version 1.0, with a roadmap full of features slated through 2025. With a ‘very positive’ Steam user rating from over 210,000 reviews, 7 Days to Die is a survival game you don’t want to miss, especially considering 1.0 will bring a price increase, but not before a hefty Steam sale at least. 7 Days to ...read more

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Rare introduces its new sustainable workplace, Barn X

Rare has marked Earth Day by showing off its latest building, a sustainable workplace called Barn X. The 1200 metre-squared building was built on Rare’s campus in Twycross, Leicestershire and has been certified LEED Gold sustainable building status, according to an official Microsoft news post. The Xbox studio already has four barns, which in the past were used to house different ...read more

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Respawn Job Listing Appears to Confirm New Star Wars Jedi Game

A third entry in Electronic Arts and developer Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi series seems to have been confirmed by a job listing looking for a Senior Game Writer. After several years of fumbling its exclusive Star Wars license with the Battlefront games, Respawn Entertainment's third-person action Soulslike Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order pleasantly surprised fans in 2019. Its follow-up, ...read more

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Santa Monica Studio Job Listing Appears to Confirm New God of War Game

A recent job listing on Santa Monica Studio's website hints at a new God of War game in development. The God of War series capped off the Norse saga with 2022's Ragnarok, which was followed up with 2023's free-to-play Valhalla DLC, both of which set up plot lines for future games. Spoilers for God of War Ragnarok Ahead God of War Ragnarok ends with Kratos relinquishing his fate as a destroyer ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Players Discover Brand New Secret Brutality

A few Mortal Kombat 1 fans have discovered a fun new Brutality that seems to have been secretly added to the game. Brutality kills in Mortal Kombat 1 are some of the most satisfying ways to finish a match, and this new addition offers an exciting update to the game's combat. The Mortal Kombat franchise has grown a reputation for its hilariously over-the-top violence. Although the imagery in ...read more

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Meta partners with Xbox as it opens Quest’s OS to third-party hardware

Meta has announced that it’s opening up Meta Horizon OS, the operating system that powers its Quest headsets, to third-party hardware makers. Xbox, Lenovo and Asus are among the first partners set to develop new mixed reality devices for different use cases. “Xbox and Meta teamed up last year to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) to Meta Quest, letting people play Xbox games on a large 2D ...read more

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Rare introduces its new sustainable workplace, Barn X

Rare has marked Earth Day by showing off its latest building, a sustainable workplace called Barn X. The 1200 metre-squared building was built on Rare’s campus in Twycross, Leicestershire and has been certified LEED Gold sustainable building status, according to an official Microsoft news post. The Xbox studio already has four barns, which in the past were used to house different ...read more

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Respawn Job Listing Appears to Confirm New Star Wars Jedi Game

A third entry in Electronic Arts and developer Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi series seems to have been confirmed by a job listing looking for a Senior Game Writer. After several years of fumbling its exclusive Star Wars license with the Battlefront games, Respawn Entertainment's third-person action Soulslike Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order pleasantly surprised fans in 2019. Its follow-up, ...read more

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Sonic Frontiers 2 Rumored to Be in Development

Sonic Frontiers launched in 2022 to solid reviews on PlayStation 4 and PC. The other versions of the game didn't perform as well due to technical and control issues. In ComicBook.com's review of the PS4 version, we said the team "has clearly put a lot of thought and care into crafting this new direction for the series, and the results are impressive." After it was met with solid sales, it was ...read more

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ID@Xbox Digital Showcase Set for April 29

Microsoft has announced another edition of the ID@Xbox Digital Showcase, its annual event focused on indie games, which is returning a week from now, on April 29, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST. The company says the showcase will feature “epic trailers, fresh gameplay, and new reveals”, in addition to updates on a number of previously announced upcoming indie titles. That will include ...read more

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Star Wars Outlaws Will Have Space Stations with Side Quests

Star Wars Outlaws’ promise of a vast map where players are able to seamless travel from open world planets and moons into outer space has been one of its more enticing aspects, but there’s still plenty yet that we don’t know about when it comes to what kind of content and gameplay opportunities the game’s space areas will bring. Developer Massive Entertainment has said that space in Star ...read more

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Bethesda Received Death Threats Over Fallout 3

Former Bethesda artist Jonah Lobe reveals that the studio received death threats during the development of Fallout 3. Lobe says that these abusive messages came from fans of the classic games, and were in response to the Elder Scrolls studio buying the rights to the series. As reported by Kotaku, Lobe revealed this in a recent YouTube video that goes over his time at Bethesda. This included ...read more

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Sony Wants to Create a 'Fingerprint' of Players' Voices

According to a recently published patent, Sony is working on a program that would record in-game and voice chat audio and then convert those sounds into haptic feedback vibrations to be felt on a controller. A number of recent patents from Sony have focused on enhancements to the PlayStation controller's haptic feedback capabilities, and this latest filing has once again showcased the company's ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Players Discover Brand New Secret Brutality

A few Mortal Kombat 1 fans have discovered a fun new Brutality that seems to have been secretly added to the game. Brutality kills in Mortal Kombat 1 are some of the most satisfying ways to finish a match, and this new addition offers an exciting update to the game's combat. The Mortal Kombat franchise has grown a reputation for its hilariously over-the-top violence. Although the imagery in ...read more

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Respawn Job Listing Appears to Confirm New Star Wars Jedi Game

A third entry in Electronic Arts and developer Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi series seems to have been confirmed by a job listing looking for a Senior Game Writer. After several years of fumbling its exclusive Star Wars license with the Battlefront games, Respawn Entertainment's third-person action Soulslike Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order pleasantly surprised fans in 2019. Its follow-up, ...read more

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Santa Monica Studio Job Listing Appears to Confirm New God of War Game

A recent job listing on Santa Monica Studio's website hints at a new God of War game in development. The God of War series capped off the Norse saga with 2022's Ragnarok, which was followed up with 2023's free-to-play Valhalla DLC, both of which set up plot lines for future games. Spoilers for God of War Ragnarok Ahead God of War Ragnarok ends with Kratos relinquishing his fate as a destroyer ...read more

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Sonic Frontiers 2 Rumored to Be in Development

Sonic Frontiers launched in 2022 to solid reviews on PlayStation 4 and PC. The other versions of the game didn't perform as well due to technical and control issues. In ComicBook.com's review of the PS4 version, we said the team "has clearly put a lot of thought and care into crafting this new direction for the series, and the results are impressive." After it was met with solid sales, it was ...read more

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Popular Final Fantasy 7 Summon Being Saved For Remake Part 3

While it never appeared in either of the first two Final Fantasy 7 Remake games, the legendary Knights of the Round Summon is being considered for the trilogy’s third and last installment. One of the main draws of Final Fantasy 7 Remake is seeing how elements from the 1997 original were updated for modern hardware, and that includes powerful Summons like Ifrit and Shiva. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ...read more

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FF14 producer Naoki Yoshida apologizes for graphical update concerns

The FF14 Dawntrail expansion draws ever closer, and with it the long-awaited graphical update for the decade-old MMORPG that’s also set to arrive in Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.0. Following the recent release of an FF14 benchmark tool that allowed players to test out the new-look models in the game’s character creator, while also trying out the new playable female Hrothgar race, concerns have ...read more

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Star Wars Outlaws Will Have Space Stations with Side Quests

Star Wars Outlaws’ promise of a vast map where players are able to seamless travel from open world planets and moons into outer space has been one of its more enticing aspects, but there’s still plenty yet that we don’t know about when it comes to what kind of content and gameplay opportunities the game’s space areas will bring. Developer Massive Entertainment has said that space in Star ...read more

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Sonic Frontiers 2 Rumored to Be in Development

Sonic Frontiers launched in 2022 to solid reviews on PlayStation 4 and PC. The other versions of the game didn't perform as well due to technical and control issues. In ComicBook.com's review of the PS4 version, we said the team "has clearly put a lot of thought and care into crafting this new direction for the series, and the results are impressive." After it was met with solid sales, it was ...read more

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GTA 5 Modders Get Game Running on Switch

Modders have managed to get Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 running on the Nintendo Switch. Ever since its initial release in 2013, Grand Theft Auto 5 has been a massive success. Not only does GTA 5 continue to receive new content for its online component, the game has also been re-released on several different platforms across three console generations. One platform that the game was never ported ...read more

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Rocket League is Crossing Over With X-Men 97

Rocket League has announced the newest in-game collaboration for the popular sports game, offering a plethora of cosmetics themed around the recently released X-Men '97. The unique sports game from developer Psyonix has often teamed up with other brands to offer crossover content, allowing players to deck out their cars with special designs. From Cars mascot Lightning McQueen to the iconic ...read more

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Nintendo Modder Builds the World’s Smallest Wii

A Nintendo modder has created a tiny version of the Wii that actually works. The miniature build is impressive from a technical standpoint, and for fans who enjoy such projects, the pocket-sized Wii creator has shared how it was built so others can recreate it. The Nintendo Wii was already a small console in comparison to the systems released by its competitors at the time, namely the Xbox 360 ...read more

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NES Emulator Shows Up on App Store, Swiftly Gets Removed

Earlier this month, Apple lifted its ban on emulators on the App Store. One developer wasted no time bringing an option that allowed players to access games originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES. The Bimmy – NES Emulator was made available for iPad as a free download by developer Tom Salvo, but was swiftly removed. While some would assume this was the work of ...read more

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s Shadow is Reportedly Voiced by Keanu Reeves

Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s post-credits scene made it abundantly clear that fan-favourite Sonic character Shadow – first introduced in 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2 – would have a major role to play in the next instalment of Paramount Pictures and Sega’s film franchise. Speculation and rumours about who the Ultimate Lifeform would be played by have been rampant since then, and it seems we now ...read more

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Nintendo Could be Porting a Popular Wii U Game to Switch

Gaming giant Nintendo recently filed trademark applications for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, suggesting that the popular Wii U Kirby game may be added to the growing list of older games ported to the Switch. Whether it could be among the retro titles on Nintendo Switch Online or fully remastered remains unknown, but the trademark filings may be promising for fans of Kirby and the Wii U. First ...read more

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Leak Points to Imminent Release Date

A new leak associated with Hollow Knight: Silksong has again indicated that the long-awaited indie game is drawing very close to its release. At the start of this month, it was discovered that Silksong had finally received an official game rating in South Korea, which came in tandem with the game being briefly listed on the Xbox digital storefront. Both of these moves often come about very late ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Players Discover Brand New Secret Brutality

A few Mortal Kombat 1 fans have discovered a fun new Brutality that seems to have been secretly added to the game. Brutality kills in Mortal Kombat 1 are some of the most satisfying ways to finish a match, and this new addition offers an exciting update to the game's combat. The Mortal Kombat franchise has grown a reputation for its hilariously over-the-top violence. Although the imagery in ...read more

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Steam zombie survival game leaving early access after 11 years

After over a decade in Steam Early Access, zombie game 7 Days to Die is finally launching version 1.0, with a roadmap full of features slated through 2025. With a ‘very positive’ Steam user rating from over 210,000 reviews, 7 Days to Die is a survival game you don’t want to miss, especially considering 1.0 will bring a price increase, but not before a hefty Steam sale at least. 7 Days to ...read more

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Rare introduces its new sustainable workplace, Barn X

Rare has marked Earth Day by showing off its latest building, a sustainable workplace called Barn X. The 1200 metre-squared building was built on Rare’s campus in Twycross, Leicestershire and has been certified LEED Gold sustainable building status, according to an official Microsoft news post. The Xbox studio already has four barns, which in the past were used to house different ...read more

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Respawn Job Listing Appears to Confirm New Star Wars Jedi Game

A third entry in Electronic Arts and developer Respawn Entertainment's Star Wars Jedi series seems to have been confirmed by a job listing looking for a Senior Game Writer. After several years of fumbling its exclusive Star Wars license with the Battlefront games, Respawn Entertainment's third-person action Soulslike Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order pleasantly surprised fans in 2019. Its follow-up, ...read more

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Sonic Frontiers 2 Rumored to Be in Development

Sonic Frontiers launched in 2022 to solid reviews on PlayStation 4 and PC. The other versions of the game didn't perform as well due to technical and control issues. In ComicBook.com's review of the PS4 version, we said the team "has clearly put a lot of thought and care into crafting this new direction for the series, and the results are impressive." After it was met with solid sales, it was ...read more

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Tekken 8 Drops To "Mostly Negative" On Steam Over Battle Pass Backlash

Tekken 8 recently added a battle pass which locks new content behind a paywall, despite the base game retailing at $69.99 with a $30 season pass. It immediately proved controversial, dragging the Steam score down to 'mixed', and things have only gotten worse in the weeks since as it now sits at an even lower 'mostly negative'. "I was happy at first. Then I was disappointed, betrayed, and sad. ...read more

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Disney Dreamlight Valley Hints at New Multiplayer Options

Over the last year and a half, Disney Dreamlight Valley has added a bunch of new content, including additional characters, realms, and furniture options. Unfortunately, multiplayer content has been a bit slower to come to the game; players only got the chance to start visiting one another's Valleys back in December. However, it seems that Gameloft is planning some changes to this feature to make ...read more

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FF14: Dawntrail Benchmark Software Will be Replaced with Fixes

While Square Enix recently released the benchmark tool for the upcoming Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail, producer and director Naoki Yoshida has taken to a blog post on the game’s official website to reveal that the software will be getting a new version to improve what has been described by players as the “lifeless eyes” of characters. Yoshida goes quite in-depth about the game’s new ...read more

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NES Emulator Shows Up on App Store, Swiftly Gets Removed

Earlier this month, Apple lifted its ban on emulators on the App Store. One developer wasted no time bringing an option that allowed players to access games originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES. The Bimmy – NES Emulator was made available for iPad as a free download by developer Tom Salvo, but was swiftly removed. While some would assume this was the work of ...read more

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Game Boy emulator released for iPhone

Following Apple's relaxation in its App Store policy to allow the publishing of retro game emulators in its marketplace, iGBA, a free Game Boy emulator, becomes the first emulator to be available for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. Apple has been pretty restrictive and never allowed emulators to be published on its App Store, till this recent change in its App Store policies. Things have ...read more

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Twitch CEO Addresses Demand for Rewind Feature

The CEO of Twitch has responded to viewers' demands for a rewind function on streams. The feature would put streaming on Twitch more in line with services like YouTube, which let viewers go back and see what they missed before they tuned in. While Twitch was once the undisputed leader of live video streaming on the internet, YouTube, Kick, and even Meta have all tried to draw users towards ...read more

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PPSSPP emulator eyeing App Store launch this year

Recently, Apple updated its guidelines and opened the doors of its App Store for emulators, marking a significant shift in policies. Now that one barrier is gone, the popular Android emulator PPSSPP's creator, Henrik Rydgård, has said that the PPSSPP emulator may debut on the App Store later this year, but only if Apple eases out an important restriction. Notably, according to the updated App ...read more

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Apple lifts App Store ban on game emulators

Apple has lifted its restriction on retro game emulators on the iOS App Store. In an update published on Friday, the company announced that game emulators – previously banned from the iPhone store – will now be allowed globally, as well as downloadable games. The company noted that developers are responsible for all software offered, “including ensuring that such software complies ...read more

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Discord Reportedly Rolling Out Ads Soon

Advertisements will reportedly be hitting the popular communications service Discord within the week. Discord is available on a wide range of devices, from Xbox to the Steam Deck, but it will soon change with the arrival of advertisements. Discord is the go-to online messaging system for many, featuring a wide range of robust chat and video conferencing features, as well as community-focused ...read more

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The Sonic 3 movie has wrapped filming

Sonic 3 director Jeff Fowler has announced that the movie has concluded filming. Posting to X, the director, wearing a shirt reading, “Keep Calm and Jim Carrey On,” showed off a film slate depicting Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will be released in cinemas on December 20, 2024.

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Apple sues a former employee for allegedly leaking info

Leaks about upcoming and unconfirmed software and hardware products from Apple are to be expected these days. However, the company is taking a very public action against a former employee who Apple said leaked confidential info about a number of its products. MacRumors reports that earlier in March, Apple filed a lawsuit in California state court against a former employee, Andrew Aude. The ...read more

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Stellar Blade’s Powerful Burst Skills Showcased in New Trailer

Shift Up’s previous trailer for Stellar Blade highlighted the Beta Skills that Eve could unleash on the Naytiba, but the latest showcases Burst Skills. These are even stronger abilities that require Burst Energy but unleash even more devastating (and impossibly stylish) attacks. Check out some of them below. While you get energy for Beta Skills by dealing damage, Burst Skill energy comes ...read more

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Alone in the Dark Accolades Trailer Highlights Critical Praise

Developer Pieces Interactive and publisher THQ Nordic have released a new trailer for horror game Alone in the Dark, celebrating the positive responses the game has received from certain outlets and critics. You can check it out below. The game has also seen relatively positive reception from its player base. On Steam, for example, the game is sitting at an aggregate of Mostly Positive ...read more

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Remnant 2: The Forgotten Kingdom’s Invoker Archetype Revealed in New T

The second paid DLC for Gunfire Games’ Remnant 2, The Forgotten Kingdom, sees players returning to Yaesha to combat Lydusa, a wrathful stone spirit. There are new weapons, mods, rings and amulets to collect and bosses to tackle, but perhaps most exciting is the new Archetype – the Invoker. The developer outlines the new class and its powerful abilities in a new trailer – check it out ...read more

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Stellar Blade Trailer Offers Flashy Showcase of Beta Skills

A new short trailer for Shift Up’s Stellar Blade is available, focusing on the different Beta Skills wielded by Eve. These will look familiar to those who played the free demo, but it’s still a stylish showcase for some of Eve’s stronger skills. Check out the trailer below. Players start with a multi-hit thrust attack but can quickly acquire skills like Shield Breaker, a double backflip ...read more

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – Brief New Teaser Reveals Smorg

Given the reputation Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door continues to enjoy to this day, two decades on from its GameCube launch, the level of excitement surrounding the release of its upcoming Nintendo Switch remake isn’t surprising in the slightest. And as the RPG draws closer to launch, Nintendo is continuing to show more bits and pieces. Taking recently to Twitter with its official UK ...read more

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Hades 2 Reveals First Extensive Gameplay Footage

After being announced back in late 2022, Hades 2 is well on its way to release as its developer Supergiant Games has released part of the game as a technical test, allowing those selected through the game's Steam page to test the first part of the game. Thankfully, the content included in the technical test is enough for Supergiant's Creative Director Greg Kasavin and Studio Director Amir Rao to ...read more

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V Rising – Ruins of Mortium Endgame Area Showcased in New Gameplay

Stunlock Studios’ V Rising exits early access next month for PC, and while the Legacy of Castlevania content is getting attention, the launch update features tons of other new content. It includes the Ruins of Mortium, an end-game zone where players battle the Legion of Noctum, Dracula’s generals and eventually the head bloodsucker himself. Some new gameplay is available, showcasing the ...read more

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First trailer and information on EA Sports F1 24 revealed

EA has revealed the first information on its upcoming racing game EA Sports F1 24. The game will be released on May 31, earlier than in previous years, and will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One and PC. The game’s main new feature is called EA Sports Dynamic Handling, and promises more a more realistic feel.

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