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Nintendo reportedly expects Switch sales to decline this year
Nintendo reportedly expects Switch sales to decline in its current fiscal year, due to ongoing shortages and disruption to logistics networks. That’s according to a report by Nikkei, which claims that the company expects to sell around 20 million Switch units in its current FY, which represents a 10% decline from the previous year and a 30% decrease from FY 2020. The number of Switches ...read more
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New PlayStation Game Takes a Decade to Get Platinum Trophy
A new PlayStation release will take players at least 10 years to platinum, much to the chagrin of the PlayStation community. The platinum trophy is the last trophy in every game on PlayStation. Once the player unlocks the second to last trophy, they get a platinum, which essentially tells other players that this person has achieved 100% completion in that game. It's nothing but bragging rights, ...read more
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“If Sony Were Really Smart, They’d Make a Move for WB Games” – analyst
Sony, not unlike Microsoft, has been on its own spending spree, having made a number of significant studio acquisitions throughout last year, and that’s something the company has very much continued in the early months of 2022, having announced the acquisitions of Bungie and Haven Studios. PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has insisted that there are still more acquisitions planned, but what other ...read more
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Psychonauts 2 is Reportedly Double Fine’s Best-Selling Game to Date
It’s crazy to think that Double Fine Productions announced Psychonauts 2 in 2015 and released it last August. Though it had exceptional critical acclaim, official sales numbers haven’t been shared. Lisette Titre-Montgomery, who served as art director on the project, did provide a rough estimate on Twitter though. Tweeting about her last day at Double Fine (which was on April 1st) after ...read more
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Microsoft Edge To Include Free VPN Built In
Microsoft is giving its Edge browser an upgrade by adding a free built-in virtual private network (VPN) feature as part of security and privacy improvements. As spotted by The Verge, the upcoming feature is detailed in a support page. The feature is called "Edge Secure Network" and Microsoft is making sure it works well before it's heading to the public as part of a security upgrade. The Edge ...read more
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Yakuza 8 Gets Development Progress Report
Yakuza: Like a Dragon toppled the existing beat-'em-up franchise formula in favor of JRPG mechanics. The game performed well and fans seemed receptive to the change, but since then, the series has gone relatively dormant. While fans of the developer have been treated to Lost Judgment, the Yakuza-series detective spin-off in the meantime, things have been relatively quiet on the development ...read more
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Rumor: Ubisoft May Be Quietly Retiring The Watch Dogs Series
Ubisoft has found itself in a quagmire of game release strategy. After middling game releases and suggested fatigue with its gameplay mechanics, the company has been looking to revamp its product offering and seems to be cutting franchises to focus resources on other games. A YouTuber has offered up a theory that may suggest that the Watch Dogs franchise is on the chopping block as Ubisoft plans ...read more
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Valheim's mistlands tease some ancient, bronze bound stone ruins
The developers over at Iron Gate AB continue work apace on Valheim's Mistlands update, posting a new developer diary on Steam. (Though I'm sure they also took a small break and celebrated when the game hit 10 million copies sold.) The diary, titled "Ancient Ruins Unearthed," includes an impressive look at some cyclopean stone ruins that will populate the Mistlands. We've seen their like ...read more
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Phil Spencer Describes Microsoft Earnings As A Nice Moment For Xbox
Microsoft recently held its quarterly earnings meeting, which was then followed by the head of Xbox Phil Spencer taking to Twitter to recognize the occasion and describing it as a nice moment for Xbox. He also thanked other high-ranking executives within Microsoft such as CEO Satya Nadella for their feedback and support. While this might not be some surprise revelation or announcement, it’s ...read more
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YouTuber beats Minecraft challenge run with no kills
Minecraft challenge runs are a staple of the crafting game‘s creator community. It’s generally not what we’d call a violent game, but you do end up killing a surprising number of enemies in a normal playthrough – whether that’s the zombies that bother you at the beginning, farming items from creatures in the Nether, or just slaying the Ender Dragon – and so a pacifist playthrough is ...read more
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