Publishers reportedly worried about a potential GTA 6 clash

The looming release of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 is reportedly causing unease amongst some competing publishers. The next entry in the open-world crime franchise, which has sold over 435 million lifetime units, is one of the industry’s most anticipated releases of all-time. It’s the sequel to 2013’s Grand Theft Auto 5, which reached $1 billion in retail sales faster than other ...read more

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Former God of War art director joins Naughty Dog

Former Santa Monica Studio art director Raf Grassetti has joined The Last of Us maker Naughty Dog. Grassetti served as principal art director on 2018’s God of War and as art director on God of War Ragnarök during a 10-year spell at Santa Monica Studio. He left Sony last year to lead the art department of a now defunct Netflix studio, where he was working alongside the likes of ...read more

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Infinity Nikki Crosses 10 Million Downloads

With all the hype for Path of Exile 2’s early access and Marvel Rivals, it’s easy to forget that Papergames’ Infinity Nikki launched last week. Available for PS5, iOS, Android, and PC, it’s already crossed ten million downloads worldwide, according to the official Twitter account. Players will receive ten free Resonite Crystals to pull for outfits on the standard banner to celebrate ...read more

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Cancellation of PS4 Exclusive Wild Blamed on Ubisoft Mismanagement

Revealed in 2014 at Gamescom, Wild (stylized WiLD) was a survival game by Wild Sheep Studio exclusively for PS4. However, rumors started swirling in 2021 that the game was canceled. Those rumors seem to be true as the game’s original director Michel Ancel claims Ubisoft‘s mismanagement is the blame for its demise. Wild director Michel Ancel claims Ubisoft’s handling of the PS4 exclusive ...read more

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Tencent's Buyout of Ubisoft Is Being Held Up By Guillemot Family

Two months after news broke of Tencent looking to take over Ubisoft and possibly make the company private, negotiations have hit a snag. Reuters is reporting that Tencent and Guillemot Brothers Ltd, run by the same family that includes Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot, disagree on how the publisher should be run. The Guillemot family wants to retain control of the company if ...read more

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Roadmap suggests MacBook Pro's notch might become a thing of the past

Apple changed the MacBook Pro in 2021 with a new chassis design and a notch to add more screen real estate. The design later trickled down to the company's budget laptops, MacBook Air 13 and MacBook Air 15. Like iPhones and iPads, the Cupertino giant is expected to bring OLED display technology to MacBooks in the coming years. A new piece of information from the analytics firm Omdia suggests ...read more

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Apple and Sony Reportedly Teaming Up For Vision Pro Controllers

Here's something interesting for the weekend: a new report states that iPhone maker Apple and Sony are working together to support third-party hand controllers for the Vision Pro. The latest report comes from Bloomberg, who is generally reliable with these sort of claims, and it mentions that Apple approached Sony about this idea earlier this year. The report claims that both parties agreed ...read more

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Path of Exile 2 Surpasses 578,000 Concurrent Players on Steam

After peaking at a little over 459,000 concurrent players on Steam at launch, Grinding Gear Games’ Path of Exile 2 has reached a new record. Its new peak is 578,569 concurrent players at this time of writing. If that weren’t enough, the action RPG has become the 15th most-played title in Steam history, with its lifetime peak ahead of Valheim, Terraria, Fallout 4 and more. It’s all the ...read more

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Publishers reportedly worried about a potential GTA 6 clash

The looming release of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 is reportedly causing unease amongst some competing publishers. The next entry in the open-world crime franchise, which has sold over 435 million lifetime units, is one of the industry’s most anticipated releases of all-time. It’s the sequel to 2013’s Grand Theft Auto 5, which reached $1 billion in retail sales faster than other ...read more

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Tencent's Buyout of Ubisoft Is Being Held Up By Guillemot Family

Two months after news broke of Tencent looking to take over Ubisoft and possibly make the company private, negotiations have hit a snag. Reuters is reporting that Tencent and Guillemot Brothers Ltd, run by the same family that includes Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot, disagree on how the publisher should be run. The Guillemot family wants to retain control of the company if ...read more

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Xbox Insider Seemingly Teases Big Reveals

It sounds as though Xbox might have some big reveals set to take place in just mere days at The Game Awards 2024. While The Game Awards is meant to be an event that honors the year’s biggest and best titles, it’s also a venue in which plenty of announcements tied to future games end up coming about. To that end, Xbox has chosen to use The Game Awards in the past to reveal not only some big ...read more

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Black Ops 6 Is Adding A Bong Gun To Multiplayer

After years of weird collaborations and DLC, no one should be surprised about operators and weapon skins in Call of Duty games. Just a few months ago, Modern Warfare 3 collaborated with Gundam for skins, while it was only several weeks ago that it was revealed that a gold lightning camo was included as part of purchasing a $350 Wunderwaffle replica. In other words, there is truly nothing off ...read more

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GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition Texture Has Been Found In GTA6

Truly eagle-eyed Grand Theft Auto fans have somehow managed to spot yet another texture from GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition hiding within the reveal trailer for GTA 6. As painful as it is that we haven't heard any news about GTA 6 in the year since it was first announced (aside from it still being on track for Fall 2025), there has been one interesting benefit from all that extra time - fans ...read more

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Revenge of the Savage Planet is Out in May 2025

Revenge of the Savage Planet, a sequel to 2020’s Journey to the Savage Planet, will launch in May 2025. Raccoon Logic announced this during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted while offering a new trailer. Check it out below, though a gameplay reveal is coming on December 17th. The story focuses on Martin Tweed, CEO of Kindred Aerospace, waging war against Alta Interglobal CEO Gunther Harrison. ...read more

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Eternal Strands Will Launch on January 28, 2025

Eternal Strands has made intriguing promises with its pre-launch showings, and developer Yellow Brick Games has now announced when the action-adventure title will release- and the wait isn’t going to be a terribly long one. Eternal Strands will launch next month, on January 28, and will also be available via Game Pass at launch. Check out its release date trailer below, which offers new ...read more

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Yakuza/Like a Dragon Developer Lays Out 20th Anniversary Plans

December 8th marks the 19th anniversary of Like a Dragon, the franchise that first came to North America as Yakuza. In a special video released today, developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio addressed the anniversary, while also laying the groundwork for 2025. Apparently, Sega and RGG Studio have big plans leading up to the 20th anniversary, starting out with the release of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in ...read more

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Publishers reportedly worried about a potential GTA 6 clash

The looming release of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 is reportedly causing unease amongst some competing publishers. The next entry in the open-world crime franchise, which has sold over 435 million lifetime units, is one of the industry’s most anticipated releases of all-time. It’s the sequel to 2013’s Grand Theft Auto 5, which reached $1 billion in retail sales faster than other ...read more

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Former God of War art director joins Naughty Dog

Former Santa Monica Studio art director Raf Grassetti has joined The Last of Us maker Naughty Dog. Grassetti served as principal art director on 2018’s God of War and as art director on God of War Ragnarök during a 10-year spell at Santa Monica Studio. He left Sony last year to lead the art department of a now defunct Netflix studio, where he was working alongside the likes of ...read more

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Infinity Nikki Crosses 10 Million Downloads

With all the hype for Path of Exile 2’s early access and Marvel Rivals, it’s easy to forget that Papergames’ Infinity Nikki launched last week. Available for PS5, iOS, Android, and PC, it’s already crossed ten million downloads worldwide, according to the official Twitter account. Players will receive ten free Resonite Crystals to pull for outfits on the standard banner to celebrate ...read more

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Cancellation of PS4 Exclusive Wild Blamed on Ubisoft Mismanagement

Revealed in 2014 at Gamescom, Wild (stylized WiLD) was a survival game by Wild Sheep Studio exclusively for PS4. However, rumors started swirling in 2021 that the game was canceled. Those rumors seem to be true as the game’s original director Michel Ancel claims Ubisoft‘s mismanagement is the blame for its demise. Wild director Michel Ancel claims Ubisoft’s handling of the PS4 exclusive ...read more

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Tencent's Buyout of Ubisoft Is Being Held Up By Guillemot Family

Two months after news broke of Tencent looking to take over Ubisoft and possibly make the company private, negotiations have hit a snag. Reuters is reporting that Tencent and Guillemot Brothers Ltd, run by the same family that includes Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot, disagree on how the publisher should be run. The Guillemot family wants to retain control of the company if ...read more

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Apple and Sony Reportedly Teaming Up For Vision Pro Controllers

Here's something interesting for the weekend: a new report states that iPhone maker Apple and Sony are working together to support third-party hand controllers for the Vision Pro. The latest report comes from Bloomberg, who is generally reliable with these sort of claims, and it mentions that Apple approached Sony about this idea earlier this year. The report claims that both parties agreed ...read more

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Black Ops 6 Is Adding A Bong Gun To Multiplayer

After years of weird collaborations and DLC, no one should be surprised about operators and weapon skins in Call of Duty games. Just a few months ago, Modern Warfare 3 collaborated with Gundam for skins, while it was only several weeks ago that it was revealed that a gold lightning camo was included as part of purchasing a $350 Wunderwaffle replica. In other words, there is truly nothing off ...read more

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GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition Texture Has Been Found In GTA6

Truly eagle-eyed Grand Theft Auto fans have somehow managed to spot yet another texture from GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition hiding within the reveal trailer for GTA 6. As painful as it is that we haven't heard any news about GTA 6 in the year since it was first announced (aside from it still being on track for Fall 2025), there has been one interesting benefit from all that extra time - fans ...read more

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Tencent's Buyout of Ubisoft Is Being Held Up By Guillemot Family

Two months after news broke of Tencent looking to take over Ubisoft and possibly make the company private, negotiations have hit a snag. Reuters is reporting that Tencent and Guillemot Brothers Ltd, run by the same family that includes Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot, disagree on how the publisher should be run. The Guillemot family wants to retain control of the company if ...read more

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Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age Crosses 7 Million Units Sold

As those who’ve played it will tell you gladly and emphatically, Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age is easily on of the best JRPGs you’re going to play, and the game has continued to enjoy consistent and widespread critical acclaim and solid sales in the years since its release. It has, in fact, crossed another sales milestone. In a press release announcing the initial sales figures ...read more

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Nintendo Switch Online Adds New Batch of Mario Freebies

Nintendo Switch Online subscribers are frequently treated to freebies that can be claimed for a limited time through the use of Platinum Points. Often, these freebies take the form of exclusive icons for the user’s profile based on older games released on Nintendo systems. This month, Nintendo has selected Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, which was originally released on the Game Boy. ...read more

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Switch 2 Event Set for May, Releasing in June – rumor

Nintendo has insisted on multiple occasions that it will be announcing its next console before the end of this fiscal year, which means we’ll have official information on the successor to the Switch before April 1 next year. When exactly can we expect further details, however? In a recently uploaded podcast, prominent insider Nate the Hate has offered details on the timeline that Nintendo ...read more

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The Game Awards 2024 Will Feature “Very Big” Announcements

The Game Awards are less than a week away now, which means the coming days will bring new details on some of the games we can expect to see featured at the event. Ahead of that, however, early whispers are suggesting that this year’s show will have particularly big announcements. VGC journalist Andy Robinson recently took to Twitter to suggest the same, stating that he was “expecting a ...read more

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Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Hits 2 Million In Shipments & Sales

Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has reached two million in worldwide shipments and digital sales, with almost one million physical sales logged in Japan alone. According to Famitsu, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has moved around 742,918 units on the Nintendo Switch and 212,853 copies on the PS5 in Japan. The game was released on November 14, 2024 for PS5, PC, ...read more

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Switch 2 Could Come With a Big Upgrade Over the Original Console

An industry rumor is spreading that the Nintendo Switch successor will be a huge upgrade over the original console. The Nintendo Switch hardware is already over 7 years old and is showing its age in terms of performance, especially when compared to current-gen consoles. The next Nintendo console has already been confirmed to be an iteration of the Switch’s current design. Rumors have been ...read more

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Rumor: Nintendo Porting 3DS Game to the Switch

3DS exclusive Kirby: Planet Robobot is on its way to the Switch, a well-known Nintendo insider has said. Such a release would ostensibly help keep the Switch supplied with new titles even as Nintendo shifts the bulk of its development resources toward its next-generation console. Developed by Japanese studio HAL Laboratory, Kirby: Planet Robobot is an action platformer that launched on the 3DS ...read more

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Publishers reportedly worried about a potential GTA 6 clash

The looming release of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6 is reportedly causing unease amongst some competing publishers. The next entry in the open-world crime franchise, which has sold over 435 million lifetime units, is one of the industry’s most anticipated releases of all-time. It’s the sequel to 2013’s Grand Theft Auto 5, which reached $1 billion in retail sales faster than other ...read more

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Infinity Nikki Crosses 10 Million Downloads

With all the hype for Path of Exile 2’s early access and Marvel Rivals, it’s easy to forget that Papergames’ Infinity Nikki launched last week. Available for PS5, iOS, Android, and PC, it’s already crossed ten million downloads worldwide, according to the official Twitter account. Players will receive ten free Resonite Crystals to pull for outfits on the standard banner to celebrate ...read more

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Tencent's Buyout of Ubisoft Is Being Held Up By Guillemot Family

Two months after news broke of Tencent looking to take over Ubisoft and possibly make the company private, negotiations have hit a snag. Reuters is reporting that Tencent and Guillemot Brothers Ltd, run by the same family that includes Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot, disagree on how the publisher should be run. The Guillemot family wants to retain control of the company if ...read more

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Path of Exile 2 Surpasses 578,000 Concurrent Players on Steam

After peaking at a little over 459,000 concurrent players on Steam at launch, Grinding Gear Games’ Path of Exile 2 has reached a new record. Its new peak is 578,569 concurrent players at this time of writing. If that weren’t enough, the action RPG has become the 15th most-played title in Steam history, with its lifetime peak ahead of Valheim, Terraria, Fallout 4 and more. It’s all the ...read more

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Marvel Rivals Crosses 10 Million Players in 72 Hours

NetEase Games’ Marvel Rivals launched on December 6th, and it’s already off to a strong start. A recent tweet announced over 10 million players in its first 72 hours. Its closest competitor, Overwatch 2, passed 25 million players within 10 days of its launch, so overall, it’s a great start. Marvel Rivals features 33 playable characters from the Marvel universe, including Magneto, ...read more

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Black Ops 6 Is Adding A Bong Gun To Multiplayer

After years of weird collaborations and DLC, no one should be surprised about operators and weapon skins in Call of Duty games. Just a few months ago, Modern Warfare 3 collaborated with Gundam for skins, while it was only several weeks ago that it was revealed that a gold lightning camo was included as part of purchasing a $350 Wunderwaffle replica. In other words, there is truly nothing off ...read more

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GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition Texture Has Been Found In GTA6

Truly eagle-eyed Grand Theft Auto fans have somehow managed to spot yet another texture from GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition hiding within the reveal trailer for GTA 6. As painful as it is that we haven't heard any news about GTA 6 in the year since it was first announced (aside from it still being on track for Fall 2025), there has been one interesting benefit from all that extra time - fans ...read more

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Revenge of the Savage Planet is Out in May 2025

Revenge of the Savage Planet, a sequel to 2020’s Journey to the Savage Planet, will launch in May 2025. Raccoon Logic announced this during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted while offering a new trailer. Check it out below, though a gameplay reveal is coming on December 17th. The story focuses on Martin Tweed, CEO of Kindred Aerospace, waging war against Alta Interglobal CEO Gunther Harrison. ...read more

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Roadmap suggests MacBook Pro's notch might become a thing of the past

Apple changed the MacBook Pro in 2021 with a new chassis design and a notch to add more screen real estate. The design later trickled down to the company's budget laptops, MacBook Air 13 and MacBook Air 15. Like iPhones and iPads, the Cupertino giant is expected to bring OLED display technology to MacBooks in the coming years. A new piece of information from the analytics firm Omdia suggests ...read more

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Apple and Sony Reportedly Teaming Up For Vision Pro Controllers

Here's something interesting for the weekend: a new report states that iPhone maker Apple and Sony are working together to support third-party hand controllers for the Vision Pro. The latest report comes from Bloomberg, who is generally reliable with these sort of claims, and it mentions that Apple approached Sony about this idea earlier this year. The report claims that both parties agreed ...read more

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PlayStation Has Jumped Over To Bluesky

Back in the early days of the internet where social media existed only as chatrooms, when websites like MySpace began to get their footing, there was a race to see who could not just be the first really big social networking website, but who could stick around. Now, after years of social media giants like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter keeping their grip on people, there are new contenders in ...read more

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GameStop Is Reportedly Getting Out Of Germany

GameStop is reportedly getting out of Germany and closing all remaining stores in the country, which would mean 69 locations being shuttered and their staff laid off. The retailer that used to sell video games before it started selling every Funko Pop under the sun and maybe sometimes video games continues its terribly slow death, as this is the latest news of cuts after it was confirmed that ...read more

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Windows 11's market share dropped in November 2024

December 2024 is officially here, which means it is time to look at the latest changes in the Windows market in November 2024. Statcounter released the latest findings, showing that Windows 11 dipped a little after several consecutive months of steady growth. Windows 10, on the other hand, increased its market share accordingly. Statcounter says that Windows 11 currently holds about 34.94%, ...read more

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Balatro has reportedly made over $4 million on mobile since release

Balatro has reportedly generated almost $ 4.4 million in revenue on mobile since its release earlier this year. As reported by PocketGamer, information provided by App Magic claims that the game saw a sharp increase in revenue on November 18, the day the game received five nominations for The Game Awards, including Game of the Year. Balatro has been nominated for Game of the Year, Best ...read more

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STALKER 2 Suffering From Metacritic According to Dishonored Director

STALKER 2 has had a successful launch week, but is it being held back? Raphael Colantonio, founder of developer Arkane and co-creative director of the Dishonored series, thinks so, and he says Metacritic is to blame. "The Metacritic ecosystem encourages devs to make safe boring games," Colantonio said on his X, formerly known as Twitter, feed this morning. "As long as a game is polished at ...read more

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Dreamcast Is Still Offering Up "Wild" Tech Secrets, 25 Years On

The Dreamcast may have been Sega's final stab in the world of gaming hardware, but the company really threw everything at making the console a success – including features like online connectivity, memory cards you could play games on and the ability to hook the system up via VGA for a sharper picture. If you were lucky enough to have experienced a Dreamcast running via VGA back in the day, ...read more

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Revenge of the Savage Planet is Out in May 2025

Revenge of the Savage Planet, a sequel to 2020’s Journey to the Savage Planet, will launch in May 2025. Raccoon Logic announced this during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted while offering a new trailer. Check it out below, though a gameplay reveal is coming on December 17th. The story focuses on Martin Tweed, CEO of Kindred Aerospace, waging war against Alta Interglobal CEO Gunther Harrison. ...read more

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PowerWash Simulator gets free ‘Ice Rink’ DLC map

PowerWash Simulator has been going strong for quite a few years now, with the team at FuturLab releasing both paid and free DLC at a pretty regular cadence. In celebration of the Holiday season, PowerWash Simulator has gotten a free Winter themed ‘Ice Rink’ map. Making the announcement on BlueSky, the team at FuturLab officially unveiled the next free map for PowerWash Simulator, saying ...read more

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Let’s Build a Dungeon gets a demo on Steam

A demo for Let’s Build a Dungeon is available now on Steam. The game is the latest offering from Springloaded, the studio behind Let’s Build a Zoo. Described as a game dev simulator, the game has players creating their own MMORPG while also managing the creation and running of a video game studio.

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ANANTA Gameplay Trailer Reveals Fresh Look At Naked Rain’s RPG

Naked Rain has released a new gameplay trailer for open-world RPG ANANTA, which was previously known under the codename of Project Mugen. ANANTA combines equal measures of humour, adventure, and mystery, and takes place in Nova City, which has been plunged into chaos. Players control an elite Agent of the Anti-Chaos Directorate (A.C.D.) as they set off on a high-octane adventure across a world ...read more

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Call of Duty is getting a Squid Game crossover in January

Activision has started teasing a Squid Game crossover for Call of Duty. Netflix’s most popular show ever will be coming to Black Ops 6 and Warzone in January, according to a teaser trailer which is viewable above. The crossover is timed to follow the release of Squid Game Season 2, which premieres on Netflix on December 26. Before then, Netflix plans to release Squid Game Unleashed for ...read more

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Marvel Rivals confirms 5 more characters ahead of launch

Ahead of its release next week, NetEase has revealed five new characters coming to Marvel Rivals. As part of a launch trailer for the game, it was announced that in addition to the current roster of over 25 characters, Wolverine, Iron Fist, Black Widow, Cloak and Dagger, and Squirrel Girl will be added to the roster. Announced for PC in March and consoles in May, Marvel Rivals is a ...read more

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Project Mugen is Now Ananta, New Trailer Debuts December 4th

Announced last year as Project Mugen, NetEase has revealed the official name for its upcoming open-world action RPG – Ananta. Coming to PS5, iOS, PC, and Android, it will receive a new trailer on December 4th at 6 PM PT. Check out the latest teaser below, which features one of the characters calmly hanging out while various disasters occur. Set in Nova, an electric city, Ananta tasks players ...read more

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A Trailer For A Canceled Lego James Bond Game Has Reportedly Leaked

Lego has had plenty of crossovers with popular franchises in the past, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel, Pirates of the Caribbean (the best one), DC, and lots more. If it's a massively famous, popular IP, then chances are there's a Lego game about it, though one franchise that Lego has never gone near in video game form is James Bond. Lego has a physical set for James Bond in the ...read more

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