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Nintendo

Cute Zelda: Skyward Sword Bomb Bags Are Being Given Away On My Nintendo Australia

Europe and NA too, pretty please? Celebrating the recent release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, Nintendo Australia has launched a new, and very cute, item on the My Nintendo store. Fans across Australia and New Zealand can…

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How will publishing agreements be affected by Steam Deck?

5 hours ago Gamasutra

If a publishing agreement covers PC but doesnâ€ t specify channels, is the Steam Deck included or excluded? … Continue Reading at Source.…

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Report: Blizzard's misfiring Warcraft III remake was the result of cost-cutting and mismanagement

6 hours ago Gamasutra

“We have developers who have dealt with exhaustion, anxiety, depression and more for a year now. Many have lost trust in the team and this company.” … Continue Reading at Source.…

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20 years on, Max Payne is still an action masterpiece

6 hours ago PC Gamer

Remedy’s slow-motion shooter is still worth playing today. Continue Reading at Source.…

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Dotemu says they are still waiting for Streets of Rage 4 DLC to be approved they should get an update imminently

6 hours ago My Nintendo News

The critically acclaimed Streets of Rage 4 recently received new downloadable content, but it still isn’t available on the Nintendo Switch system, which has left many owners of the game to wonder exactly where it is. The development team over…

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Google's latest doodle is a surprisingly packed Olympics RPG

6 hours ago PC Gamer

It might even be better than the actual Olympics. Continue Reading at Source.…

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Hades wins big at 2021 Game Developers Choice Awards

6 hours ago My Nintendo News

The results are now in for the 2021 Game Developers Choice Awards and it is indie darling Hades which has scooped up a number of awards including the coveted Game of the Year. Hades is available now on the Nintendo…

Gaming News

Hades Scoops Yet Another Game Of The Year Accolade At The GDC 2021 Awards

6 hours ago Nintendo Life

Beating Animal Crossing to the punch. Hades is a pretty popular game, didn’t you know? Supergiant Games’ beloved indie hit has earned itself yet another Game of the Year award, as well as several others, at this year’s Game Developers…

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Anna Torv Joins The Last of Us TV Show Cast as Tess

7 hours ago Push Square

Fringe actress on board. HBO has recruited another actress for its big-budget TV adaptation of The Last of Us, with the latest pick-up being Anna Torv as Tess. She is perhaps best known for her role in Fringe as Olivia…

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Scavengers is a PvPvE shooter with big personality, and it's free to play

7 hours ago PC Gamer

Grab some friends, and launch yourself into this lively post-apocalypse. Continue Reading at Source.…

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Epic Games acquires Sketchfab asset store, reduces platform fees to 12 percent

7 hours ago Gamasutra

Epic Games has acquired the Sketchfab asset store for an undisclosed fee, and has pledged to immediately lower platform fees to 12 percent. … Continue Reading at Source.…

Videos

Max Payne Anniversary

7 hours ago GamesRadar

Max Payne is 20 years old and boy does that make us feel old. The classic that brought us bullet time and a fantastic take on neo-noir gaming came out on the 23rd July 2001. What are your favourite memories…

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A New Story Update For Musical Bullet Hell 'Just Shapes & Beats' Drops Today

7 hours ago Nintendo Life

The Lost Chapter is found. Since launch back in 2018, Berzerk Studio’s musical bullet hell Just Shapes & Beats has received a couple of free updates including a hardcore mode and remixes featuring indie game stalwart Shovel Knight (who we…

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Playdate Pre-Order Date Is Confirmed, Shipping Late This Year

7 hours ago Nintendo Life

System and cover on the way, dock ‘coming soon’. We’ve been keeping an eye on Playdate, the cool little handheld from Panic. It’s a device that certainly slides into a niche category, as it has a tiny black and white…

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Itch.io's Second Creator Day Is Giving 100% Of Revenue To Developers

7 hours ago Gamespot

Itch.io’s second Creator Day is here, kicking off 24 straight hours where all revenue from game sales goes directly to the people who made them. The initiative starts at midnight PT on Friday July 23 and runs for 24 full…

Videos

Wow! The Google Doodle for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Is an Entire Adventure Game…and It’s Awesome!

9 hours ago GameXplain

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Google Doodle Champion Island Games is the biggest and most elaborate one yet! Watch as Tom tries out synchronized swimming, skateboarding, and mountain climbing game events. __ Video by: Tom __ ➤ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/GameXplain ➤ TWITTER:…

Scrap Garden – Release Trailer | PS4

9 hours ago Playstation

Scrap Garden is OUT NOW! Scrap Garden is an adorable family-friendly puzzle platformer. It tells a thrilling story of Canny, a lonely robot, who awakens in a post-robocalyptic world to find all the other robots shut down and seized up.…

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Dice are also people in this unusual city builder I've been obsessively playing

9 hours ago PC Gamer

In Dice Legacy, your dice are peasants, scholars, soldiers, and merchants. And sometimes they even gain superpowers. Continue Reading at Source.…

Blue Fire – Launch Trailer | PS4

9 hours ago Playstation

Blue Fire is available today on PS4! Journey through the desolated kingdom of Penumbra and discover the hidden secrets of this long-forgotten land. Explore mystical temples, where you’ll need to master the art of movement to survive increasingly difficult 3D…

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Random: Ed Boon Responds To Mortal Kombat X Street Fighter Requests

10 hours ago Nintendo Life

“Not every tweet is a klue”. Earlier this month, NetherRealm announced it was finished with Mortal Kombat 11 and was now focused on its next project. As for what the “next project” is, nobody really knows, but there has been…

Gaming News

Chernobylite Gets Console Release Date

11 hours ago Gamespot

With Chernobylite‘s full PC release arriving very soon, studio The Farm 51 has announced that the console versions of the game will also release this year on September 7. The game will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One,…

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Knockout City season 2 launches next week, new maps and balls detailed

12 hours ago PC Gamer

Get ready to have a ball. Continue Reading at Source.…

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Star Wars Galaxies devs discuss why it died

12 hours ago PC Gamer

“The most infamous patch in videogame history.” Continue Reading at Source.…

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Good Smile Is Re-Releasing Its Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Figma Link

12 hours ago Nintendo Life

“The Hero of Winds rises again”. To tie in with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD on the Nintendo Switch, Good Smile Company is re-releasing its figma Link for the fourth time. Link is approximately 140mm…

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Takashi Iizuka Admits The Sonic 2022 Reveal Was Probably A Bit Too Early

14 hours ago Nintendo Life

But Sega had to do something for the 30th anniversary. In May this year, Sega held a special live stream broadcast celebrating 30 years of the blue blur. The final announcement of the show was an incredibly brief teaser of…

Playstation

The Top 10 PlayStation 5 Games

14 hours ago Game Informer

“What games should I get for my PlayStation 5?” This is the question we’ve been asked the most since Sony’s new generation of gaming arrived last November. People want to see what games are the best showpieces of PlayStation 5’s…

Videos

New Dead Space Remake Explained

14 hours ago Inside Gaming

Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring our channel http://expressvpn.com/inside A new Dead Space Remake was announced by EA today during their EA Play Live presentation and it is in fact going to be developed by Motive Studios the co-developers behind Star…

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Shin Megami Tensei V Classification References “Online Interactivity”

14 hours ago Nintendo Life

What could it be for? It seems the Australian Classification Board may have shared one extra detail about the upcoming Switch release, Shin Megami Tensei V. According to the official rating down under, it will contain “online interactivity”. The fansite…

Reviews

Warhammer 40K: Battlesector: The Kotaku Review

15 hours ago Kotaku

I said in April that there were too many Warhammer games, and I stand by that, but this month we at least got a good one to add to the list, something we haven’t been able to do for a…

Nintendo

Another Free Add-On Is Now Available For Classic Doom On Switch

15 hours ago Nintendo Life

Introducing Earthless: Prelude. If you love free content for retro games, today is your lucky day. The id Software classics DOOM and DOOM II have received another add-on. Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading at Source.…

Nintendo

GameCube Emulator Now Has A Built-In Game Boy Advance

16 hours ago Kotaku

One of the best, but sadly least-used features of the Nintendo GameCube was its ability to talk to a Game Boy Advance. A few games used it, some exclusively, but now a lot more people can hopefully enjoy the idea…

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How Naughty Dog prototyped the interactive guitar in The Last of Us Part II

16 hours ago Gamasutra

“[We decided] the simplest affordance is probably going to be a wheel menu on the analog stick. That way the player can deflect in a corresponding direction without having them look down.” … Continue Reading at Source.…

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Bungie promises 'zero-tolerance' for harassment following Activision allegations

16 hours ago PC Gamer

The studio formerly had a publishing agreement with Activision. Continue Reading at Source.…

Videos

New Earthbound 64 Footage Surfaces, Playdate Pre-Orders Soon, Dead Space Remake & More!

16 hours ago GameXplain

There’s a lot covered in this news update including uncovered Earthbound 64 footage, Dead Space being remade, Playdate’s pre-order date, and GDC Award winners! Sources: Earthbound 64 from Zen: https://twitter.com/realZen64/status/1417921661031096321 Dead Space: https://www.ign.com/articles/dead-space-remake-no-microtransactions Our Giles Goddard Interview: __ Video by:…

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World of Warcraft players call for removal of references to Blizzard ex-employee named in harassment lawsuit

16 hours ago PC Gamer

Multiple characters, items, and quests refer to the game’s former senior creative director. Continue Reading at Source.…

Videos

Activision Blizzard Face Huge Lawsuit From California Over Horrifying Harassment Of Employees

16 hours ago YongYea

SURPRISE MECHANICS (MERCH): http://www.yongyea.com PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/yongyea TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/yongyea SOURCE 1: https://aboutblaw.com/YJw SOURCE 2: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/activision-blizzard-sued-by-california-over-frat-boy-culture SOURCE 3: https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-sued-by-california-over-widespread-1847339746 SOURCE 4: https://kotaku.com/report-activision-blizzard-calls-policy-to-make-hiring-1846144994 SOURCE 5: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-03/blizzard-workers-share-salaries-in-revolt-over-wage-disparities SOURCE 6: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1417890161489219594 SOURCE 7: https://twitter.com/charlieINTEL/status/1418015596445409281 SOURCE 8: https://twitter.com/charlieINTEL/status/1418027444137861121 SOURCE 9: https://twitter.com/charlieINTEL/status/1418032732089851906 SOURCE 10: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1418003549133361156 SOURCE 11:…

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Respawn is hiring for a 'brand new singleplayer adventure'

17 hours ago PC Gamer

New job listings reveal a project that is still in the very early stages of development. Continue Reading at Source.…

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Hades wins Game of the Year at Game Developers Choice Awards 2021

17 hours ago Destructoid

Umurangi Generation takes home the IGF Grand Prize Both the Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Games Festival Awards took place… The post Hades wins Game of the Year at Game Developers Choice Awards 2021 appeared first on Destructoid. Continue…

Nintendo

Lost In Random is coming to multiple platforms, including the Switch, on September 10th

17 hours ago My Nintendo News

Developer Zoink and publisher EA have revealed more information on Lost In Random, a “gothic-fairy-tale-inspired action-adventure where every citizen’s fate is determined by the roll of a dice”. Players will play as “Even, a penniless girl who’s down on her…

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Lawsuit Document Against Activision Blizzard Details A Long History Of Harassment And Discrimination

17 hours ago Game Informer

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard after years of investigation. The reason for the suit centers around “violations of the state’s civil rights and equal pay laws,” specifically regarding the treatment…

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Get a job: Legends of Learning is looking for a Senior Systems Designer

17 hours ago Gamasutra

The team at Legends of Learning is looking for a Senior Systems Designer to help build fun educational games. … Continue Reading at Source.…

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Pokemon Go August Community Day Makes It Much Easier To Get Sylveon

17 hours ago Gamespot

Pokemon Go‘s August Community Day will be held across two days rather than one, developer Niantic has announced. The event will take place August 14-15 and will feature Eevee, giving you another chance to get some Shiny Eevee evolutions. As…

Videos

Fi – The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD #Shorts

17 hours ago Nintendo

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Eight tools for creating chilling horror from the maker of FAITH

17 hours ago Gamasutra

FAITH creator Mason Smith dropped by GDC 2021 with insights on how developers can scare the pants off players even when theyâ€ re only working with a handful of pixels. … Continue Reading at Source.…

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A taxonomy of Weenies: the landmarks that define Ghost of Tsushima

17 hours ago Gamasutra

Here’s a breakdown of the different landmark types Sucker Punch used to make Ghost of Tsushima’s virtual world compelling and navigable. … Continue Reading at Source.…

PlayStation Now 2021 – Before You Buy

18 hours ago Gameranx

A quick look and overview of PlayStation’s subscription streaming/downloading service. Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/gameranxTV?sub_confirmation=1…

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Fall Guys has limited-time challenges for the Ratchet and Clank costumes

18 hours ago Destructoid

Knock out some in-game goals starting July 26 to unlock the Ratchet outfit Besides the bouncy new jungle levels, one… The post Fall Guys has limited-time challenges for the Ratchet and Clank costumes appeared first on Destructoid. Continue Reading at…

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Kickstarter Success Farming Sim 'Cloudscape' Gives Us Fantasy Life Vibes

18 hours ago Nintendo Life

Coming to Switch 2023. Cloudscape is an extremely cute farming-fighting-friendship game in the vein of Littlewood, Stardew Valley, Fantasy Life, and Animal Crossing, with added inspiration from A Link to the Past — and it just hit a total of…

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World of Warcraft players are staging in-game protests against Activision Blizzard

18 hours ago PC Gamer

Players are furious over allegations of rampant sexual harassment at Blizzard. Continue Reading at Source.…

Playstation

Best PS5 Controller 2021: PlayStation Controllers, Fight Sticks, And Racing Wheels

18 hours ago Gamespot

The PlayStation 5 ships with an incredible new first-party controller, the DualSense, and in 2021, it’s undoubtedly the best PS5 controller to own and buy multiples of, especially now that it comes in three different colors. But while compatible third-party…

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7 top Borderlands 3 developers have reportedly left Gearbox

18 hours ago PC Gamer

Gearbox confirmed that “a handful” of developers have moved on to something else. Continue Reading at Source.…

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