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  1. Sealed 1987 copy of The Legend of Zelda for NES sells for world record $870,000 at auction

    A sealed copy of The Legend of Zelda for the NES dated late 1987 has sold for a world record $870,000 (around £625,000) at auction.

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  2. PS5 timed console exclusive Deathloop won't hit Xbox until at least September 2022

    Arkane's Deathloop is a PlayStation 5 console exclusive until at least 14th September 2022.

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  3. Witcher 3 is getting DLC inspired by the Netflix show

    Witcher 3 is getting new DLC, CD Projekt has announced.

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  4. Emotional texture: in praise of naturalism in games

    Feature | Emotional texture: in praise of naturalism in games

    Squall's well that ends well.

    One of my favourite things about playing games is a sensation of comfort through 'immersion'. You hear that term a lot in discussions about games, but every player finds immersion in their own way - some delight in travelling the open worlds of places like Skyrim, others find immersion in the trickiness of Tetris, or maybe you prefer simulation style games about farming, like the wonderfully serene Stardew Valley.

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  5. Season 2 of Netflix's The Witcher series arrives this December

    Season 2 of Netflix's The Witcher series arrives this December

    UPDATE: And here's your first proper trailer.

    Following its entirely underwhelming first footage reveal of The Witcher TV show's second season earlier this year (all 12 seconds of it), Netflix has finally shared a first proper trailer for Season 2 as its newly confirmed 17th December release draws nearer. And here it is now!

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  6. Here's the first teaser trailer for Netflix's animated Witcher movie, Nightmare of the Wolf

    Netflix's animated Witcher movie, Nightmare of the Wolf, will officially arrive on 23rd August, and there's a first look at its action in a new teaser trailer to celebrate the news.

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  7. Call of Duty: Warzone at 120Hz - has PS5 back-compat evolved?

    Digital Foundry | Call of Duty: Warzone at 120Hz - has PS5 back-compat evolved?

    And how does it stack up against Series X?

    The recently released 120Hz update for Call of Duty: Warzone for PlayStation 5 users is a welcome boost - it doubles performance over the prior version of the game, doing so with no noticeable impact to image quality. More importantly, its release may well signify that Sony is beefing up its backwards compatible support for its latest console, bringing it closer into line with the kind of features available on Xbox Series consoles, when running code designed for last-gen machines.

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  8. Video game collector believes he's found evidence of unreleased SNK Millennium console

    A video game collector has come across what is believed to be evidence of the "SNK Millennium" console - 20 years after it was rumoured to be in the works.

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  9. Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City comes to Apple Arcade on 16th July

    Snowman and Land & Sea has announced that Alto's Odyssey, the endless sand-surfing game from 2018, is getting a special edition. Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City comes to Apple Arcade on 16th July.

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  10. Adventures in Pokémon Go

    Feature | Adventures in Pokémon Go

    Stories from five years of catching 'em all.

    They say dog walkers always find the bodies. Well, it has sometimes felt a bit like that playing Pokémon Go. Over the past five years I've ended up in some unexpected places, sometimes at odd times of day and, as a result, in some strange situations.

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  11. Call of Duty: Warzone pro streams with five cameras in bid to refute cheating allegations

    A Call of Duty: Warzone pro has streamed himself playing with five cameras in a bid to refute cheating allegations.

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  12. Oddworld: Soulstorm developer details list of "major fixes" following rocky launch

    After launching in April with several serious bugs, Oddworld: Soulstorm is now in a place creator Lorne Lanning has said he is proud of.

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  13. New machine learning cheat threatens competitive console play

    New machine learning cheat threatens competitive console play

    UPDATE: Activision appears to be taking action.

    UPDATE 9TH JULY 2021: Activision appears to be taking action against the machine learning cheat that hit the headlines this week.

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  14. What we've been playing

    Feature | What we've been playing

    A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.

    Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: fast travel, cars, and lovely chirps.

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  15. Baldur's Gate 3's next big patch out 13th July

    Baldur's Gate 3's next big patch comes out Tuesday 13th July, developer Larian has announced.

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  16. PlayStation pulls advert with upside-down PS5

    Sony has removed a PlayStation 5 advert which showed the console placed upside down.

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  17. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 4 Reloaded kicks off next week

    Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 4 Reloaded launches 5am UK time on 15th July.

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  18. Death Stranding Director's Cut adds a racing mode

    Death Stranding Director's Cut adds a racing mode

    Launches September, upgrade from PS4 for $10.

    Sony has now shown a chunk of gameplay footage from Death Stranding: Director's Cut, which launches on 24th September.

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  19. Everything shown in PlayStation's State of Play broadcast

    Everything shown in PlayStation's State of Play broadcast

    Moss 2! Deathloop! Jett! Death Stranding!

    PlayStation's July State of Play broadcast included new details on Death Stranding's PS5 Director's Cut, a reveal for Moss: Book 2, a delay for Sifu and a lot of Deathloop.

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  20. Here's nine minutes of gameplay from Arkane's recursive stealth shooter Deathloop

    Arkane Studios, the developer behind the likes of Dishonored and Prey, has been teasing Deathloop for quite some time now, and the wonderfully stylish recursive stealth shooter has looked captivating at every turn. And the tantalising glimpses continued tonight with nine new minutes of gameplay footage, as shown during Sony's latest PlayStation State of Play.

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  21. Moss: Book 2 announced for PlayStation VR

    Acclaimed VR adventure Moss is getting a sequel, Moss: Book 2.

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  22. Arcadegeddon is a PS5 and PC multiplayer shooter from the developer of Predator: Hunting Grounds

    Sony has announced Arcadegeddon, a new colourful third-person multiplayer shooter for PlayStation 5 and PC via the Epic Games Store from Illfonic, the developer of Predator: Hunting Grounds.

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  23. Lonely Mountains: Downhill's new Daily Ride modifiers add Mirrored Mode and more

    Developer Megagon Industries' wonderfully serene (and deliciously infuriating) mountain bike adventure Lonely Mountains: Downhill is a brilliant thing, but given that it's also a year and a half old now, fans may be hoping for a bit of a shake-up. And what do you know? Megagon's newest update is here to do just that, wafting away the threat of encroaching staleness with a range of new Daily Ride challenge modifiers.

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  24. Sam & Max's VR adventure This Time It's Virtual arrives on Oculus Quest today

    Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual, the wise-cracking anthropomorphic crime-fighting duo's (presumably very silly) plunge into the world of VR, is - after a short delay from its originally announced June launch window - out today on Oculus Quest.

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  25. Rockstar has started removing GTA Online jobs

    Rockstar has started removing GTA Online jobs.

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  26. Frostpunk's three expansions finally coming to PlayStation and Xbox at the end of July

    It's been a long old wait, but console fans of 11 Bit Studios' celebrated post-apocalyptic city builder Frostpunk will finally be able to get their hands on Xbox and Playstation versions of the game's three expansions from Wednesday, 26th June.

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  27. Watch tonight's PlayStation State of Play here

    Watch tonight's PlayStation State of Play here

    With a deep dive on Deathloop, and more.

    Sony will hold its next PlayStation State of Play tonight, at 10pm UK time.

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  28. Surgeon Simulator 2 launches for Steam, Xbox in September

    Comedy operation sequel Surgeon Simulator 2 launches for Steam, Windows Store and Xbox on 2nd September.

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