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Mario Strikers now has a free demo
Warm-up before the big game.
Nintendo has made a free demo available for Mario Strikers: Battle League Football.
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What exactly is Sony doing with its PlayStation Premium tier?
For the payers.
Earlier this year, Sony gave its PlayStation Plus subscription service a makeover, adding three new tiers for users to pick between.
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The developers of Sonic Frontiers took "countermeasures" to ensure players wouldn't experience motion sickness.
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Twitter changes see Nintendo, Rockstar, Valve impersonated using verified accounts
"Mario would never do that :("
Twitter users are using the platform's new Elon Musk era changes to impersonate official video game companies.
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Recommended | Tactics Ogre: Reborn review - a genre-forming TRPG gets another terrific revival
Vyce squad.
My favourite remakes tend to be a little disrespectful towards the games they're remaking, engaging in mildly subversive dialogue with the old creative choices, rather than just trying to 'improve' them in accordance with the expectations of the day. As such, my pick of Tactics Ogre: Reborn's new features is a rebellious flourish - the buff card system, a cousin of the returning Tarot cards from the original 1995 launch on SNES.
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Feature | Mini Motorways' new Expert mode is a wonderful puzzle
What's in a name?
Names are important when it comes to Mini Motorways. That's in part because names are important when it comes to cities. This is a game that tasks you with drawing the highway infrastructure for a series of famous cities around the world, but the whole thing is cleanly abstracted. I can recognise the abstracted Los Angeles from Mini Motorways because I've played it for so long - actually I can see it in my sleep - but it's still nice to play this map and think of the name. I'm not anywhere. I'm not nowhere. I'm back in LA.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0's Season 1 includes new battle pass system and more
Loads of new info shared ahead of launch.
Activision has shared a whole load of information on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0's first season ahead of its arrival next Wednesday, 16th November, including details of a major battle pass overhaul.
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American Truck Simulator's long-awaited Texas expansion out next week
And its big free 1.46 update is now live.
20 months after developer SCS announced American Truck Simulator was setting its sights on Texas as one of its next destinations, the long-in-the-works expansion finally has a release date and is coming to Steam next Tuesday, 15th November.
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Here's everything that got an airing in Nintendo's latest Indie World Showcase
Sports Story! Rogue Legacy 2! More!
Nintendo's latest Indie World Showcase is now over, and while it might have been regrettably devoid of any new Silksong details, it did at least reveal more of Sidebar Games' long-awaited Golf Story follow-up, Sports Story - alongside the surprise reveal that it's out in December.
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Fired Disco Elysium director claims new owners took control of ZA/UM through fraud
While studio alleges director let go for mismanagement.
Disco Elysium game director Robert Kurvitz and art director Aleksander Rostov have published an explosive open letter to fans detailing their ousting from ZA/UM, the game's development studio.
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Digital Foundry | God of War: Ragnarök scales gracefully across the console generations
PS5 stacked up against PS4 and Pro.
In prior God of War: Ragnarök coverage, we described the PlayStation 5 version of the game as akin to a maxed PC port of the PS4 code, operating with an essentially flawless level of performance. As the game launches, we wanted to expand on that with many more insights now the embargo restrictions on how much content we can show are over.
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Tales of Symphonia Remastered out February
Ready to Colette next year.
Tales of Symphonia Remastered has a release date: 17th February 2023.
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Kingdom Hearts series joins PlayStation Plus Premium catalogue in November
Skyrim, Oddworld, Chorus and Rainbow Six Siege also coming this month.
The Kingdom Hearts series is set to be playable on PlayStation Plus in its entirety.
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Dark Souls Remastered finally gets its online features back on PC
Ten months after servers were pulled.
Ten months after Bandai Namco pulled online support for its Dark Souls trilogy on PC, online services for Dark Souls Remastered - the only series entry the publisher was yet to address following its move - have finally been restored.
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Saints Row developer promises "beast" of an update to squash hundreds of bugs
Living on a prayer.
Remember Saints Row? The wacky open world reboot launched at the end of August to a lukewarm response. This month, developer Volition has a big patch ready to address hundreds of issues.
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Yoshida's response to Final Fantasy 16's lack of diversity is "souring", say Black players
"The Medieval period and experience is not synonymous with white."
Ahead of its release next summer, Final Fantasy 16 has received plenty of praise for its colossal Eikon battles between mythical beasts, stunning fantasy realm, and fast-paced action full of spectacular magical effects.
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A new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet creature has leaked, and there's now a mountain of fan art already
Spoilers.
Nothing can stop the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet leaks - not least the dozens and dozens of Pokémon fans already turning the game's latest still-officially-unannounced creature into somewhat dubious fan art.
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PlayStation Plus PC streaming still unavailable in many European countries, fans say
Eastern Europe mainly affected.
PC streaming via PlayStation Plus is still unavailable in many European countries, fans have told Eurogamer.
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A 2D pixel art Metroidvania reimagining From Software's Dark Souls 3 was rejected by Bandai Namco.
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Destiny 2's most broken gun has now been given a bug on purpose
Fans think change hints at deeper secret.
If you've ever played Destiny, you'll know of Telesto. This exotic weapon is a fan-favourite for its exploding purple projectiles - and also notorious for often being bugged.
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Facebook owner Meta announces 11,000 job losses
But metaverse will remain "high priority growth area".
Meta, the owner of Facebook and maker of Meta Quest VR headsets, will cut 11,000 jobs in a deep effort to restructure its business, boss Mark Zuckerberg announced today.
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Street Fighter 6's Dynamic Control Scheme makes button mashing effective
Game is accessible for all skill levels.
Street Fighter 6 will have a new Dynamic Control Scheme that makes button mashing effective.
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Fan-made Final Fantasy 14 VR mod in the works
A view reborn.
A fan-made VR mod for Final Fantasy 14 will have an alpha release "soon".
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FIFA licenses array of Qatar World Cup Web3, blockchain and mobile apps
Following break-up with EA.
Football governing body FIFA has announced licenses for a list of games themed around this year's controversial World Cup in Qatar, which kicks off this month.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons now the best-selling game ever in Japan
Ringing in the bells.
New figures show Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now the best-selling game ever in Japan.
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 free to keep on Steam
UPDATE: Adds an impressive 10m new players.
UPDATE 9/7/22: Warhammer: Vermintide 2's free promotion added an impressive total of 10 million new players, developer Fatshark has revealed.
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Almost ten months after it acquired Josh Wardle's free browser-based puzzler and cultural phenomenon Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum, the New York Times has announced the game is finally getting a dedicated editor.
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Halo Infinite's 'largest feature update yet' is finally here
Adds campaign co-op, the Forge, and more.
Halo Infinite's long-awaited Winter Update - which developer 343 Industries calls the game's 'largest feature update yet' - is now live on Xbox and PC, introducing campaign network co-op, the official launch of The Forge beta, and more.
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Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal now facing "in-depth" investigation by EU
To assess likely impact on competition.
The European Commission has announced that, following its initial investigation into Microsoft's proposed $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it will now be opening a more "in-depth" Phase 2 probe to determine the deal's likely impact on competition.
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2023's full charity speedrun schedule now live
Taking place in January next year.
With Awesome Games Done Quick's next charity speedrun event rapidly gaining on us, organisers have revealed timings for all 140+ speedruns scheduled for the January 2023 show.
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