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Next James Bond Movie Is A “Reinvention” Of The Character And At Least 2 Years Away From Filming

46 mins ago Gamespot

The next James Bond movie, which will be the first to feature someone else as James Bond after Daniel Craig leaves the series, is “at least” two years away from filming, producer Barbara Broccoli has said. It’s taking more time…

Here's when Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak unlocks in your timezone on PC

51 mins ago PC Gamer

Looking for the Sunbreak release time for your region? The latest instalment in Monster Hunter Rise takes us to a whole new area, filled with dangerous creatures to battle and turn into fancy weapons and armor. It's a great ol'…

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Movie Review: GoldenEra – A Celebratory Examination Of GoldenEye 007's Creation And Impact

55 mins ago Nintendo Life

Worth its weight in gold. “A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.” Ah, yes. The classic quote that may or may not have been uttered by Shigeru Miyamoto. With the gaming industry (understandably) experiencing…

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The Abysmal XIII Remake Gets a Huge Overhaul in September

55 mins ago Push Square

60fps on PS5, online multiplayer. The complete and utter disaster that was the XIII remake released back in November 2020 is being overhauled by a new developer. Instead of Darguad, publisher Microids has entrusted French team Tower Five with changing…

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Chivalry 2’s limited time 'Midsommar Event' brings a new map and new ways to smash your opponents

55 mins ago PC Gamer

Chivalry 2 has been widely praised and enjoyed strong success in the year since its release. The popular successor to the original took the best parts of the original, which essentially pioneered the first person slasher genre, and built on…

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New Destiny 2 Patch Fixes Duality Dungeon Exploit

56 mins ago Gamespot

The latest patch for Destiny 2 is headlined by a fix for the Duality dungeon, specifically issues that players had taken advantage of to deliver some heavy damage to bosses within that high-level PvE activity. Hotfix 4.1.0.4 has addressed an…

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Blizzard acquires Spellbreak developer as it closes doors on the battle royale

1 hour ago PC Gamer

Blizzard has scooped up developer Proletariat for an unknown amount. The news comes mere hours after the Boston-based developer announced it would be calling time on battlemage royale Spellbreak, which is set to shut down sometime in early 2023. Proletariat…

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Blizzard Acquires Spellbreak Developer Proletariat To Work On World Of Warcraft

1 hour ago Game Informer

Yesterday, Spellbreak developer Proletariat released a blog post detailing the future of its spell-based battle royale that launched years ago. In it, the studio revealed that the servers for Spellbreak will shut down in early 2023, effectively ending the run of…

Nintendo

Nintendo Showcases Some Slick New Hairstyles And Eyebrows For Splatoon 3

1 hour ago Nintendo Life

Update: That’s right, customisable eyebrows. Update : We might as well call Wednesday Splatoon Fashion Day it seems! After we suspected it in the article below Nintendo UK has confirmed that you’ll be able to change your Inklings and Octolings…

Playstation

Star Ocean: The Divine Force Locks October Release Date on PS5, PS4

1 hour ago Push Square

Gets two new gameplay trailers. Upcoming action RPG Star Ocean: The Divine Force will release for PS5 and PS4 later this year, on the 27th October. The launch date is confirmed in a new trailer (embedded above), which shows off…

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Overwatch fans are mourning Symmetra as Blizzard nerfs her into the ground

2 hours ago PC Gamer

The second Overwatch 2 beta launched last night, feeling a lot more fleshed out than the one we got back in May. New character models to peep, a new hero to tinker around with and numerous changes to existing heroes.…

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Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Review

2 hours ago IGN

Alright, let’s do this one more time: you are a hunter, and monsters are threatening your adorable little town. You’re given a quest list full of creatures to track down and turn into funny hats, and you’ll do just that…

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Exclusive First Look At Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

2 hours ago Game Informer

With Atari’s 50th anniversary happening this week, the company has revealed Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. This classic compilation of games stretches beyond the standard game-collection bundles we’ve seen in the past, with aspirations of serving as a virtual, interactive…

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Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak review

2 hours ago PC Gamer

Need to Know What is it? You hunted the monsters in Rise, now they're back to hunt you. Expect to pay £33/$40 Developer Capcom Publisher Capcom Reviewed on GeForce GTX 1070, 16GB RAM, i7-7700HQ Multiplayer 4-player co-op Link Official site…

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Return to Monkey Island Will Be the 'Conclusion' for the Series as a Whole

2 hours ago IGN

Return to Monkey Island will be the "conclusion" to the entire series, according to the game's charming new website. The website is presented as its own point 'n' click experience, full of interactivity drawn from the Monkey Island series. Click…

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AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative review

2 hours ago PC Gamer

Need to know What is it? A dream-diving visual novel where you solve a murder mystery in near-future Tokyo. Release date: Out now Expect to pay: £50/$60 Developer: Spike Chunsoft Publisher: Spike Chunsoft Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB RAM,…

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Return To Monkey Island Might Be The Last Game In The Series

2 hours ago Nintendo Life

According to the website. Yesterday, Nintendo gave us some treasure that was more than worthy of a hunt — but they just handed it to us on a gold platter. We found out that Return to Monkey Island, the newest…

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AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer is now the world's first 'true exascale machine'

2 hours ago PC Gamer

Our friends over at AMD have been making big strides in the field of supercomputing for some time. Just now the Frontier supercomputer—one of several machines powered by the red team's custom-built components—has gained the top spot in not only…

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AMD hack due to some of its passwords being just “password”

3 hours ago PC Gamer

An extortion group known as RansomHouse claims to have more than 450Gb of hacked data from AMD. What's surprising about this latest hack is that the group appears to have acquired this data thanks to AMD using rediculously simple passwords…

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Rhythm Arcade Game 'Loud' Takes You From The Basement To The Big Stage This July

3 hours ago Nintendo Life

Debuts on Switch first. Become a guitar hero who moves from playing her guitar at home to the stage in Loud, a 14-chapter arcade game where you learn riffs and rock out to 14 custom-written songs specifically for the game.…

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Skull & Bones Appears to Be Arriving in November

3 hours ago IGN

Ubisoft's open world pirate game Skull & Bones will reportedly be released on November 8, after years of troubled development. As reported by Eurogamer, industry insider @ALumia_Italia shared on Twitter (below) that a release date had been found amid an…

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Creators Behind Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes Announce New Combat RPG, Legions & Legends

3 hours ago Game Informer

You’ve probably heard of or played Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, the character-collecting adventure set in a galaxy far, far away. The mobile game launched in 2015 and, in the years that followed, amassed a substantial fanbase that continues to…

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Skull & Bones Reportedly Setting Sail in November, News Next Week

3 hours ago Push Square

Pre-order bonuses leak too. Ubisoft’s long-in-development pirate game Skull & Bones is releasing on 8th November 2022, according to Xbox Store listings and reporter Tom Henderson. Twitter account Aggiornamenti Lumia, which regularly searches the backend of the online marketplace, found…

The best HDMI cable for PC gaming

3 hours ago PC Gamer

The best HDMI cable is likely the least tangled one you have close to hand when you're setting up your new TV or console. However, there is such a thing as a 'good' HDMI cable. A good quality cable won't…

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Today's Wordle answer #375: Wednesday, June 29

3 hours ago PC Gamer

It's the middle of the week, and that means it's time for the June 29 (375) Wordle answer. I beat today's Wordle through sheer luck. Careful strategy is a lot more reliable, but just sometimes the “trick” is to blindly…

Nintendo

Portal Modders Have Already Got Half-Life 2 Running On Switch

3 hours ago Nintendo Life

A DIY Orange Box, perhaps. During the Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, Valve announced that Portal: Companion Collection would release the very same day, giving Switch owners access to both Portal and Portal 2. Not even a full 24 hours…

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Here's A Brand New Look At The 'Legend Of Mana' Anime Releasing This Year

3 hours ago Nintendo Life

The Teardrop Crystal is coming soon. The upcoming Legend of Mana anime — Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal — has received a brand new trailer earlier today (Thanks Comicbook and GoNintendo!). Produced by Graphinica (Chain Chronicle ~Light of Haecceitas~,…

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Wizard royale Spellbreak is shutting down next year

4 hours ago PC Gamer

Spellbreak, the fantasy battle royale from Proletariat, has announced it'll be shutting down in early 2023. The game attempted to offer a twist on the traditional battle royale, swapping guns for gauntlets that put the power of the various elements…

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Intel's 12th-gen laptop CPUs usher in a new gaming era

4 hours ago PC Gamer

The 12th Gen Intel® Core™ H-Series laptops have arrived, to do what Intel has been doing for decades now: shake up the world of computing and push the limits of what you can do with a gaming laptop. These are…

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First 4 Figures Unveils Stunning New Sonic The Hedgehog Statue, Pre-Orders Now Open

4 hours ago Nintendo Life

Update: Pre-orders closing soon! Update 2 (Wed 29th June, 2022): If you’re wanting to get your hands on any of these Sonic statues, you might want to act fast, as orders are set to close on 30th June 2022. First…

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Rumour: Gaming leaker claims Bayonetta 3 is coming 28th October

4 hours ago My Nintendo News

Syluxhunter2, who leaks various gaming related announcement on Twitter, is claiming that Platinum Game’s long-awaited Bayonetta 3 will be released on the Nintendo Switch family of systems on Monday, 28th October 2022. The leaker previously stated that we are getting…

Nintendo Direct Mini June 2022 – Blood and Damiani’s Reactions

4 hours ago Easy Allies

Nintendo’s holding back on any of its own reveals for now, but this Partner Showcase has a range of creative titles and fun surprises. (Streamed June 28, 2022) 0:00 – Intro 1:44 – Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak 5:31 – Nier…

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Square Enix says Nier: Automata for Switch runs at 30fps, 1080p docked and 720p handheld

4 hours ago My Nintendo News

We found out yesterday during the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase that Square Enix is bringing Nier Automata to the Nintendo Switch family of systems in October. Today, the company has outlined the game’s resolution and framerate. They are targeting 30ps…

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Video: Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Sonic Origins

4 hours ago Nintendo Life

Sonic boom or Sonic bust? After what felt like years of having to make do with just a single image to promote the launch of Sonic Origins, the game is finally in the hands of Switch owners. Pooling together the…

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Persona’s Makoto and Dragon Ball Z’s Goku already modded into DNF Duel

5 hours ago Destructoid

Before it was even officially out a full day Nexon’s absurdist, highly enjoyable fighting title DNF Duel launched yesterday, and it wasn’t even 24 hours before modders were already adding popular anime and gaming heroes into the PC edition of…

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Footage Of Cancelled 'Epic Mickey' Spin-Off Starring Donald Duck Discovered

5 hours ago Nintendo Life

Epc Donald would’ve been epic. Disney’s Mickey Mouse has been no stranger to video games over the years, from classic The Magical Quest and Illusion series to kart racers, and even Kingdom Hearts. His best friend, Donald Duck, has also…

Playstation

Latest PS Store Sale Has Almost 200 PS5, PS4 Game Deals

5 hours ago Push Square

SMT! Digimon! Control! Another week, another PlayStation Store sale. Running alongside two other promotions that both started up last week, this latest set of PS5, PS4 deals will be available until midnight on 13th July 2022. Below you will find…

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Marvel Contest Of Champions Introduces Gorr And Valkyrie For Thor: Love And Thunder

6 hours ago Gamespot

Marvel’s mobile fighter game Contest of Champions is getting ready to celebrate the release of Thor: Love and Thunder on July 8, with two new champions Gorr and Valkyrie. All players who log in during the event will also be…

Guide: Best Local Multiplayer Games on PS5

7 hours ago Push Square

Offline multiplayer games on PS5 ranked and rated. What are the best local multiplayer games on PS5? Video games have always had multiplayer, and playing them together with pals is some of the most fun you can have. There are…

Videos

Let’s Watch the Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope Showcase! – LIVESTREAM

7 hours ago GameXplain

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Survive on an Alien World in I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, Coming to PS5, PS4 on August 25th

8 hours ago Push Square

Wake up. Ever thought about what life would be like as a colonist on an alien world? That’s the premise of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, a narrative RPG featuring card-based battles, and it’s coming to PS5 and PS4 on…

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Lost Ark Twitch drops: what they are and how to get them

8 hours ago PC Gamer

Lost Ark Twitch drops are in-game rewards for the free-to-play MMO you can earn by watching participating streamers, usually those who are members of the Lost Ark creators program, via Twitch. (Or by having their streams open in another tab…

Nintendo

Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher Announced For Switch, Arrives In Japan This Year

8 hours ago Nintendo Life

Raise and battle your Kaiju. Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Mini in Japan included some extra Switch announcements, and in case you missed it, one of them was Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher. It’s published by Bandai Namco and developed by Koei Tecmo…

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AOKZOE AI is the next Steam Deck competitor powered by AMD 6800U

9 hours ago PC Gamer

The Steam Deck has been one of the most popular new products to talk about in PC gaming for 2022, but not the easiest one to get your hands on. Stock shortages have left many out of the zeitgeist for…

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Major Changes are Coming to Dead by Daylight's Progression Systems

9 hours ago Push Square

Time to shake things up. Major changes are coming to Dead by Daylight, the nightmarish asymmetrical horror game that brings all of fiction’s most terrifying characters to life. Developer Behaviour Interactive’s stated goal is to shake up the meta of…

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Arm's new flagship GPU will include hardware ray tracing support. Yeah, ray-traced phones

9 hours ago PC Gamer

Hardware-based ray tracing is coming to mobile devices. The Immortalis G715 is Arm's new flagship GPU. It promises a 15% performance uplift over the previous premium Mali GPU and up to a 300% improvement in ray tracing performance thanks to…

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Total War: Warhammer 3 is shaking things up with the Immortal Empires map and starting positions

9 hours ago PC Gamer

As the release of Immortal Empires for Total War: Warhammer 3 draws nearer, Creative Assembly has been slowly revealing more info about the free-DLC campaign presenting an epic free-for-all war for domination. There was the beta version of its map,…

Nintendo

Gallery: Sega Shares Stunning New Screenshots Of Sonic Frontiers, Out On Switch Holiday 2022

10 hours ago Nintendo Life

Take a look. If the new trailer and info drop weren’t already enough, Sega has also shared some other screenshots of Sonic Frontiers, coming out on the Nintendo Switch this holiday. This latest round-up gives Sonic fans a closer look…

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Gallery: New Screenshots Of Sonic Frontiers, Out On Switch Holiday 2022

10 hours ago Nintendo Life

Take a look. If the new trailer and those other screenshots weren’t already enough, Sega has also shared some other images of Sonic Frontiers, coming out on the Nintendo Switch this holiday. This latest round-up gives Sonic fans a closer…

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Live Out Your Childhood Dreams in Disney Dreamlight Valley, Early Access Begins September 6th

10 hours ago Push Square

Gawsh. A concept that is almost guaranteed to infinitely print money, Disney Dreamlight Valley is a sim-style game set in a world that is populated with Pixar and Disney characters. We got a look at the title in action during…

Nintendo Direct Mini recap and “E3” Direct 2022 speculation

10 hours ago Inside Gaming

We finally heard some news from Nintendo but it came in the form of mini partners direct. That may mean Nintendo is clearing the way for a bigger more E3-style direct later this summer but there is another slightly scary…

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