XDefiant Dev Addresses Bunny Hopping Movement Mechanic Complaints

An XDefiant developer has explained Ubisoft's plans for adding a mechanic that counters jump spamming, A.K.A. bunny hopping. The unreleased mechanic still allows for jump spamming to be possible in XDefiant, but aims to make it more punishing. Shortly before this announcement, XDefiant developers also re-confirmed a handful of other features coming to the game, including a one-life bomb mode ...read more

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Resident Evil 9 Won’t be Announced This Summer

With Resident Evil Village now three years old and leaks of its successor emerging with increasing frequency, excitement surrounding a potential release of Resident Evil 9 grows by the day, but amidst conflicting reports of when it might be unveiled, it now seems like the game’s reveal might be further away than expected. Prominent Resident Evil insider Dusk Golem has been primarily ...read more

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2K Will Reportedly Launch New FIFA Game This Year

2K is reportedly launching a new FIFA game later this year in time for the 2K26 World Cup. While an old rumour, @mohplay_inc_ claims that 2K only just secured the license to FIFA, which EA chose not to renew two years ago. It instead rebranded its hit football series as EA Sports FC. While we don't know much about this rumoured collaboration yet, @mohplay_inc_ shed some light on what the ...read more

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George Miller Hopes to See Hideo Kojima Make a Mad Max Game

Hideo Kojima’s love for film has manifested in many different ways over the years, including his many friendships with prominent figures in Hollywood, many of whom have ended up making appearances in his games. One such figure is celebrated director George Miller, who is not only providing his likeness for a character in next year’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, but has also seen the ...read more

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Tekken 8 Reveals Lidia Gameplay Trailer

A few weeks ago, the developers at Bandai Namco revealed that Lidia Sobieska would be the second DLC character in Tekken 8. She follows Eddy Gordo in the character season pass and will bring her brand of traditional karate to the mix. This weekend, the developers were celebrating Combo Breaker 2024, a huge tournament in the fighting game scene, and decided to drop Lidia's big gameplay trailer. It ...read more

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Rainbow Six Siege players blast new membership announcement

Rainbow Six Siege has been one of Ubisoft’s most significant titles for nearly a decade now. The first-person shooter has been the platform for tons of innovation in the online shooter drama for casual players and the competitive scene and has thrived for years now. Despite this, the developers at Ubisoft couldn’t pull a fast one over their fanbase’s heads with the new battlepass membership ...read more

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Halo Infinite’s Zombies Mode Is Motivating Players To Reinstall

Zombies have been injected into Halo Infinite matchmaking within a new Call of Duty horde mode. Titled ‘Survive the Undead’, it’s become the first community-made PvE mode within the official matchmaking lineup, which paves the way for other franchise events to be hosted. In the meantime, the Halo Infinite player pool is keen to start deploying headshots. Inspired by Call of Duty: ...read more

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Alone in the Dark sold ‘below expectations’, Embracer Group says

The reboot of Alone in the Dark sold worse than expected, Embracer Group says. As part of its earnings report for its financial year ending March 2024, Embracer noted that while some of its releases sold in line with expectations, Pieces Interactive‘s survival horror reboot didn’t. It also noted that Outcast: A New Beginning, a sequel to 1999 action game Outcast, performed similarly ...read more

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Resident Evil 9 Won’t be Announced This Summer

With Resident Evil Village now three years old and leaks of its successor emerging with increasing frequency, excitement surrounding a potential release of Resident Evil 9 grows by the day, but amidst conflicting reports of when it might be unveiled, it now seems like the game’s reveal might be further away than expected. Prominent Resident Evil insider Dusk Golem has been primarily ...read more

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2K Will Reportedly Launch New FIFA Game This Year

2K is reportedly launching a new FIFA game later this year in time for the 2K26 World Cup. While an old rumour, @mohplay_inc_ claims that 2K only just secured the license to FIFA, which EA chose not to renew two years ago. It instead rebranded its hit football series as EA Sports FC. While we don't know much about this rumoured collaboration yet, @mohplay_inc_ shed some light on what the ...read more

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Rainbow Six Siege players blast new membership announcement

Rainbow Six Siege has been one of Ubisoft’s most significant titles for nearly a decade now. The first-person shooter has been the platform for tons of innovation in the online shooter drama for casual players and the competitive scene and has thrived for years now. Despite this, the developers at Ubisoft couldn’t pull a fast one over their fanbase’s heads with the new battlepass membership ...read more

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Halo Infinite’s Zombies Mode Is Motivating Players To Reinstall

Zombies have been injected into Halo Infinite matchmaking within a new Call of Duty horde mode. Titled ‘Survive the Undead’, it’s become the first community-made PvE mode within the official matchmaking lineup, which paves the way for other franchise events to be hosted. In the meantime, the Halo Infinite player pool is keen to start deploying headshots. Inspired by Call of Duty: ...read more

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Xbox Confirms its June “Redacted” Direct is for Black Ops 6

Last month, Microsoft announced that the Xbox Games Showcase would be returning on June 9, and that it would be followed immediately afterward by a “Redacted” Direct deep dive on an unannounced game. Many quickly guessed that the game in question would be this year’s Call of Duty instalment, and that’s now been officially confirmed. Activision recently officially announced Call of ...read more

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Leaker Shares New Detail About Next-Gen Xbox Console

The next-gen Xbox console has been envisioned as a reference device for other manufacturers to use, a well-known leaker has said. The claim suggests that the upcoming Xbox generation will mark a radical shift in Microsoft's gaming hardware strategy. The first four generations of Xbox consoles solely consisted of consumer electronics meant to have a mass appeal. While Microsoft hasn't managed ...read more

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Elden Ring Players Teased with a New Character Reveal

FromSoftware is expanding Elden Ring with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, its June release finally well within reach after a wait building anticipation. The developers shared the official story trailer earlier this week to offer a deeper insight into what Shadow of the Erdtree has in store for its players. At the end of the story trailer, viewers are treated to the image of a radiant knight ...read more

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Ace Combat 8 is Probably Bandai Namco’s Next Large Scale Project

Responding on Twitter to a user who asked about a potential Tales of Destiny Remake that never happened, she said, “The next large-scale project for Bandai Namco is the Chronicle project in development with support from ILCA and ORCA.” Midori then responded to another user who posited that the Chronicle project is the next Tales game with, “I think it is Ace Combat 8.” While not hard ...read more

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Resident Evil 9 Won’t be Announced This Summer

With Resident Evil Village now three years old and leaks of its successor emerging with increasing frequency, excitement surrounding a potential release of Resident Evil 9 grows by the day, but amidst conflicting reports of when it might be unveiled, it now seems like the game’s reveal might be further away than expected. Prominent Resident Evil insider Dusk Golem has been primarily ...read more

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2K Will Reportedly Launch New FIFA Game This Year

2K is reportedly launching a new FIFA game later this year in time for the 2K26 World Cup. While an old rumour, @mohplay_inc_ claims that 2K only just secured the license to FIFA, which EA chose not to renew two years ago. It instead rebranded its hit football series as EA Sports FC. While we don't know much about this rumoured collaboration yet, @mohplay_inc_ shed some light on what the ...read more

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George Miller Hopes to See Hideo Kojima Make a Mad Max Game

Hideo Kojima’s love for film has manifested in many different ways over the years, including his many friendships with prominent figures in Hollywood, many of whom have ended up making appearances in his games. One such figure is celebrated director George Miller, who is not only providing his likeness for a character in next year’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, but has also seen the ...read more

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Rainbow Six Siege players blast new membership announcement

Rainbow Six Siege has been one of Ubisoft’s most significant titles for nearly a decade now. The first-person shooter has been the platform for tons of innovation in the online shooter drama for casual players and the competitive scene and has thrived for years now. Despite this, the developers at Ubisoft couldn’t pull a fast one over their fanbase’s heads with the new battlepass membership ...read more

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Odd Meter Confirms Physical Release For INDIKA On PS5 This Year

Odd Meter Games has partnered with Merge Games to release a physical version of INDIKA for PS5 later this year. Merge Games has posted up a preorder page for INDIKA here if you’re interested in getting your name down. No release date has been announced. Set in a world where religious visions clash with harsh reality, INDIKA is a story-focussed third-person affair where players follow a ...read more

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Neil Druckmann says AI will ‘push the boundaries of storytelling’

The Last of Us creative director Neil Druckmann says he thinks AI technology will “revolutionise” the way content is created, its issues aside. Druckmann was interviewed on the Sony website as part of its ‘Creative Entertainment Vision’ presentation, which it describes as its long-term vision for where it “wants to be in 10 years, with an eye towards future technological ...read more

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PlayStation Has a New Partner Studio

Istanbul-based Shadowfall Studio has announced that it is an official PlayStation Partner. The indie developer is currently working on its debut project, codenamed Project Daeron, and it seems to have caught the eye of market-leading platform holder PlayStation. In recent years, PlayStation has been actively ramping up its efforts to find game development partners in nascent markets. The ...read more

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PlayStation IPs to Prioritize Immersive Experiences Over Graphics

PlayStation’s priorities may shift from chasing better graphics to crafting “immersive narratives” over the coming years. This statement comes from PlayStation’s head of production and Head of Product, Asad Qizilbash, as part of Sony’s “Creative Entertainment Vision” project. PlayStation to prioritize immersive experiences, including mixed reality Qizilbash explained ...read more

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Leaker Teases New 3D Super Mario Game

A notable gaming industry leaker, Midori, has revealed the codename for a new project in the works at Nintendo, with it potentially being a brand-new 3D Super Mario game. Fans of the Super Mario franchise have had a lot to play throughout 2023 and 2024, between the release of spin-offs like Princess Peach: Showtime, remakes of beloved games like Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year ...read more

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Nintendo Leak Reveals 2 Unannounced Mario Games

New, unannounced Mario games from Nintendo have leaked after an insider shared details about their codenames this week to suggest what these games might pertain to. This Nintendo news comes during a time when many Nintendo fans are waiting on a Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, so it could very well be that one of these leaked Mario games is something meant for that new Nintendo console. It's ...read more

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Dave the Diver Gets Free Godzilla DLC

Dave the Diver quickly became one of the hit indies of 2023 when it launched last year. While the developers at Mintrocket have been sharing details about their next projects, they aren't ready to leave Dave behind completely. In fact, the team has recently released a brand-new Godzilla DLC that players can download for free. However, it'll only be available for a limited time because ...read more

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Resident Evil Village Hits 9.8 Million Units Sold

To no one’s surprise, Resident Evil remains a money-making machine for Capcom. The Japanese publisher has once again updated its Platinum Titles page, as it does every quarter, provided updated sales figures on every single one of its games that has sold over a million units to date. As has become customary, multiple Resident Evil titles have seen their numbers increasing, courtesy of strong, ...read more

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Devil May Cry 5 Crosses 8 Million Units Sold

Capcom has provided updated sales figures for a number of its games on its Platinum Titles page, and though the likes of Resident Evil and Monster Hunter are obviously still maintain impressive momentum with sales, other Capcom games are also exhibiting impressively long legs on that front. For instance, Devil May Cry 5 has now sold over 8 million units worldwide. To be more precise, as of ...read more

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Nintendo Acquires Studio Behind Hogwarts Legacy Switch Port

Over the last year, Embracer Group has sold off or closed a number of studios. After spending several years buying up development teams, the company has been trying to cut costs and reduce its debt. Embracer has now parted ways with Shiver Entertainment, which has been purchased by Nintendo. While the development team might not sound familiar to a lot of people, Shiver has previously handled the ...read more

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Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered is Getting a Physical Release

Crystal Dynamics and Aspyr Media have teamed up with Limited Run Games for a physical release of Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered. Set for release on September 24, pre-orders for the base, deluxe, and Limited Run Games Collector’s Editions are now available. The base edition of the physical release features a physical copy of the game, and will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, ...read more

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Leaker Shares Kingdom Hearts 4 Details

Rumors have surfaced from a credible leaker with new details about Kingdom Hearts 4. The next game is hotly anticipated after the climactic ending to the Dark Seeker saga in Kingdom Hearts 3 pointed to more for the overall series. While there has been some information shared about the upcoming release, the flow of news has been slow. Fans have grown curious about the status of Kingdom Hearts ...read more

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XDefiant Dev Addresses Bunny Hopping Movement Mechanic Complaints

An XDefiant developer has explained Ubisoft's plans for adding a mechanic that counters jump spamming, A.K.A. bunny hopping. The unreleased mechanic still allows for jump spamming to be possible in XDefiant, but aims to make it more punishing. Shortly before this announcement, XDefiant developers also re-confirmed a handful of other features coming to the game, including a one-life bomb mode ...read more

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Resident Evil 9 Won’t be Announced This Summer

With Resident Evil Village now three years old and leaks of its successor emerging with increasing frequency, excitement surrounding a potential release of Resident Evil 9 grows by the day, but amidst conflicting reports of when it might be unveiled, it now seems like the game’s reveal might be further away than expected. Prominent Resident Evil insider Dusk Golem has been primarily ...read more

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2K Will Reportedly Launch New FIFA Game This Year

2K is reportedly launching a new FIFA game later this year in time for the 2K26 World Cup. While an old rumour, @mohplay_inc_ claims that 2K only just secured the license to FIFA, which EA chose not to renew two years ago. It instead rebranded its hit football series as EA Sports FC. While we don't know much about this rumoured collaboration yet, @mohplay_inc_ shed some light on what the ...read more

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Rainbow Six Siege players blast new membership announcement

Rainbow Six Siege has been one of Ubisoft’s most significant titles for nearly a decade now. The first-person shooter has been the platform for tons of innovation in the online shooter drama for casual players and the competitive scene and has thrived for years now. Despite this, the developers at Ubisoft couldn’t pull a fast one over their fanbase’s heads with the new battlepass membership ...read more

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Halo Infinite’s Zombies Mode Is Motivating Players To Reinstall

Zombies have been injected into Halo Infinite matchmaking within a new Call of Duty horde mode. Titled ‘Survive the Undead’, it’s become the first community-made PvE mode within the official matchmaking lineup, which paves the way for other franchise events to be hosted. In the meantime, the Halo Infinite player pool is keen to start deploying headshots. Inspired by Call of Duty: ...read more

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Alone in the Dark sold ‘below expectations’, Embracer Group says

The reboot of Alone in the Dark sold worse than expected, Embracer Group says. As part of its earnings report for its financial year ending March 2024, Embracer noted that while some of its releases sold in line with expectations, Pieces Interactive‘s survival horror reboot didn’t. It also noted that Outcast: A New Beginning, a sequel to 1999 action game Outcast, performed similarly ...read more

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Space Marine 2 Multiplayer Trailer Showcases Co-op & PvP Modes

Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment have released a Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 multiplayer trailer showcasing its modes, including 3-player co-op. Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 multiplayer trailer sees a horde of options The game brings back Space Marine’s iconic battle against the Chaos Space Marines in three six-versus-six player-versus-player modes (Annihilation, Seize ...read more

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In-Development Stardew Valley x Baldur's Gate 3 Mod Shares Update

Last month a group of modders on X (formerly Twitter) announced that they are building a Stardew Valley mod that will bring the recent but already intensely beloved Dungeons & Dragons video game Baldur's Gate 3 to the popular farming sim. Since it's been about a month since the initial announcement, the head of the developer team Xun (XunHe1145 on X) has shared a new update on the mod to reveal a ...read more

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Konami Once Held A Patent For Transparent Walls In Video Games

Patents are an essential means of protecting those individuals or companies which innovate and come up with new ideas, but they can sadly also have negative consequences – and if you speak to Japanese developers of a particular age, one name crops up more regularly than any other when it comes to patents: Konami. During the creation of his epic Untold History of Japanese Game Developers ...read more

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Devolver Direct Set for June 7

Devolver Digital is one of several companies that likes to host annual summer showcase events to talk about its upcoming games, and to no one’s surprise, the indie publisher has confirmed it’ll be doing that this year as well. Taking to Twitter, Devolver has announced another Devolver Direct presentation, which is scheduled for June 7 at 5 PM Pacific. June 7, incidentally, is the same day ...read more

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X Ditching Another Old Twitter Feature by Removing Public Likes

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has seen nearly every single thing about the social media platform changed or undone, from the platform's name, to the way verification works, and even the removal of options like video game console integration. Now the platform known as X will be making another change, this time to the way "likes" work. The platform will be abolishing public likes, making it so ...read more

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Twitter Officially Rebrands as X.com, Drops Twitter URL

One of the last holdouts of the old Twitter has now been removed with Twitter.com officially rebranded as X.com overnight. This marks the latest -- and presumably one of the last -- efforts to fully move the social media platform over to Elon Musk's preferred "X" branding following the erasure of other remnants of Twitter such as tweets themselves. Musk confirmed the change himself this week ...read more

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PS1 Emulation Comes To iPhone Via Gamma

It's now possible to play PS1 games on your iPhone thanks to a new app called Gamma. Developed by ZodTTD (AKA Benjamin Stark) – an individual who has a long history in the world of emulation – Gamma is pretty feature-rich. It supports Bluetooth controllers, runs on both the iPhone and iPad, supports cloud saves for your game files and save states and automatically finds cover artwork for ...read more

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Apple Reveals New iPad Models

At its Let Loose event on May 7, Apple revealed the upcoming M4 iPad Pro and iPad Air Gen 6 models, each launching on Wednesday, May 15. Apple also showed off some features of the new Apple Pencil Pro, including haptic feedback and improved response, and a new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro, which will come in different sizes and colors. In the weeks leading up to the May 7 Let Loose Event, ...read more

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Multi-Console Emulator Provenance Coming The iPhone App Store

The multi-console emulator Provenance is still coming to the iOS App Store, despite a DMCA takedown request from Nintendo. Developer Joseph Mattiello had been contacted by Nintendo following the announcement that Provenance would include Yuzu, the Switch emulator that was recently shut down by the Japanese giant. However, according to iMore, it would seem that this issue has been resolved, ...read more

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iOS 18 leaks suggest huge AI-powered changes coming

There is a lot of buzz surrounding the AI features that are rumored to be incoming with iOS 18. Previously, it was reported that the first set of AI features, or core features, developed by Apple rather than a third party in iOS 18 will run locally on an iPhone. Now a fresh leak reveals how Apple's AI efforts will transform most of its core or first-party applications with iOS 18. In a ...read more

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Tekken 8 Reveals Lidia Gameplay Trailer

A few weeks ago, the developers at Bandai Namco revealed that Lidia Sobieska would be the second DLC character in Tekken 8. She follows Eddy Gordo in the character season pass and will bring her brand of traditional karate to the mix. This weekend, the developers were celebrating Combo Breaker 2024, a huge tournament in the fighting game scene, and decided to drop Lidia's big gameplay trailer. It ...read more

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Honkai: Star Rail Trailer Showcases Boothill’s Gunslinging Theatrics

A new trailer is live for Honkai: Star Rail, promoting the next five-star character. As many who played Version 2.2 (and probably failed to pull Robin) are aware, it’s Boothill, a member of the Galaxy Rangers. The trailer offers some insight into his work schedule, specifically pursuing bounties. In this case, it’s the Interastral Peace Corporation. Check it out below. Dealing Physical ...read more

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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Forges of Corruption DLC Announced

Developer Auroch Digital and publisher Focus Entertainment have announced a DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Titled Forges of Corruption, the DLC will be coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on June 18. Check out the reveal trailer below. As the DLC’s name would imply, Forges of Corruption will introduce a host of new Chaos-powered baddies to fight, including the ...read more

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Monster Hunter Stories 1 Remaster Gameplay Showcases Upgraded Visuals

The Monster Hunter Stories games have carved out a solid niche for themselves in the Capcom series’ fanbase, and soon, the spinoff line is going to have the chance to gain more new fans when the remaster of the original Monster Hunter Stories launches next month. Ahead of its release, Capcom recently hosted a livestream where, among other things, it showcased a healthy chunk of new gameplay ...read more

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MultiVersus director says dataminers do ‘a disservice to the players’

The director of MultiVersus says dataminers do “a disservice to the players” by revealing characters and stages before they’re officially announced. During the game’s original run, most of its upcoming characters were revealed by dataminers, who trawled the game’s code for placeholder data and newly added assets. For example, voice lines for the Joker, recorded by Mark Hamill, ...read more

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The First Descendant Trailer Offers a Deep Dive Into its Story

Nexon has released a new trailer for its upcoming co-op loot-based shooter The First Descendant. The trailer offers up a deep dive into the game’s story, and you can check it out below. The almost-8-minute long trailer features creative director Joo Min-Seok, lead narrative designer Baek Young-bin, and narrative designer Min Ja-young going through the various aspects of the narrative in The ...read more

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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Future Saga DLC Gets a New Trailer

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 players got a new trailer for Future Saga Chapter 1 this week alongside a release date confirming when the DLC will be out and available. In true Bandai Namco fashion, the publisher and the game's developer, Dimps, are wasting little time between the announcement and the release with Future Saga Chapter 1 scheduled to release in just two days on May 24th. New character, ...read more

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Kingdom Hearts Series Gets New Steam Release Trailer

Earlier this week, Square Enix revealed that the Kingdom Hearts series is finally coming to Steam. Steam users still have to wait until June 13th to experience the series, but Square Enix has released a special new trailer to celebrate. The video includes sequences spanning the entirety of the series in chronological order, so newcomers might want to steer clear in case of spoilers. However, ...read more

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