PlayStation Reaffirms PS5 Game Concord Releases This Year

Sony's 2023 fiscal year ended on March 31st, and the company has shared its Consolidated Financial Results (CFR) for the year. Noting the surpassing expectations of success that the live service game Helldivers 2 has seen since its launch in February and celebrating the 12 million copies up to the beginning of May, Sony mentioned additional live service titles coming in the future, including ...read more

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Sony Teases PlayStation Event Is Happening in May

Sony has teased that it should be having a new PlayStation event at some point in May. In recent months, rumors and reports have all indicated that PlayStation has been eyeing May to hold a new Showcase or State of Play broadcast. However, with the month now roughly halfway over, some fans started to believe that this timeline might have shifted just a bit. Fortunately, Sony itself has released a ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Teaser Shows Off Ferra's Fatality

Mortal Kombat 1 director Ed Boon took to Twitter to ask fans a series of questions about what they'd like to see from the game. While Boon made it clear that these questions aren't necessarily hints about what's coming next for MK 1, he couldn't help but filter in a few teases for upcoming content. One of the more notable Mortal Kombat 1 teases posted by Boon was the first look at Ferra's ...read more

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Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years

Two significant lawsuits over Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift have been dismissed in the US courts. According to Game File, Diaz vs Nintendo and Carbajal vs Nintendo, which were filed in 2019 and 2020, have both been dismissed. The suits alleged that Nintendo knowingly sold defective controllers. Game File reports that both Nintendo and the parents who brought the suits on behalf of their ...read more

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Research Firm Estimates How Much PS5 Outsold Xbox Series X/S in Q1

According to estimations from a research firm, Sony shipped nearly five times as many PlayStation 5 consoles as Microsoft did Xbox Series X/S consoles in the first quarter of 2024. Sony's latest earnings call revealed staggering sales numbers for the PS5, with the console surpassing 59.3 million units sold in its lifetime so far. Since their near-simultaneous launches in November 2020, the PS5 ...read more

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PlayStation’s Focus Has Shifted From Sales to Actual Play Time - Sony

Sony has said that due to changes in consumer behavior during the PS4 era, PlayStation‘s focus has shifted to increasing play time on the PS5 rather than increasing the number of games sold. This isn’t to say that there’s no emphasis on the number of software units sold, but that Sony wants to improve profits via player investment into the PlayStation ecosystem. Are PS5 players buying ...read more

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Former XCOM Developers Form New Studio, Midsummer Studios

Veteran developers from various studios, including developers from the team behind XCOM, have established a new game development studio, dubbed Midsummer Studios. Headed up by former XCOM creative director and game director Jake Solomon and Will Miller respectively, Midsummer Studios is based out of Hunt Valley, Maryland. The duo is joined by Nelsie Birch, who is taking on the role of the ...read more

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Monster Hunter Franchise Reaches Huge Sales Milestone

Capcom announced that its Monster Hunter franchise has sold more than 100 million copies. The gaming company also commented on sales for some individual titles in the Monster Hunter series. These sales figures have been bolstered by recent entries like Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Rise, and sure to keep going strong with the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds. Released in 2004 for the ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Teaser Shows Off Ferra's Fatality

Mortal Kombat 1 director Ed Boon took to Twitter to ask fans a series of questions about what they'd like to see from the game. While Boon made it clear that these questions aren't necessarily hints about what's coming next for MK 1, he couldn't help but filter in a few teases for upcoming content. One of the more notable Mortal Kombat 1 teases posted by Boon was the first look at Ferra's ...read more

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Former XCOM Developers Form New Studio, Midsummer Studios

Veteran developers from various studios, including developers from the team behind XCOM, have established a new game development studio, dubbed Midsummer Studios. Headed up by former XCOM creative director and game director Jake Solomon and Will Miller respectively, Midsummer Studios is based out of Hunt Valley, Maryland. The duo is joined by Nelsie Birch, who is taking on the role of the ...read more

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Resident Evil 1 Remake is in Development – Rumor

New rumours have popped up indicating that Capcom might be working on a remake of the original Resident Evil. According to industry insider and leaker Daniel Ricthman, a remake of Resident Evil that would follow in the footsteps of other remakes in the franchise—namely Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4—is being developed. Unfortunately, no real details about the Resident Evil remake have been ...read more

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Dead by Daylight Is Getting a Castlevania DLC

Dead by Daylight creator Behaviour Interactive is crossing another massive IP off its list of collabs later this year with Castlevania confirmed for an upcoming Chapter. Behaviour only offered a slight tease of what's to come in that DLC through a preview that essentially just confirmed that it was happening at all, but given how the Castlevania series is full of different vampire hunters and ...read more

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Forza Motorsport Adds New Cars and Content With Update 8

Developer Turn 10 Studios has released Forza Motorsport Update 8, bringing substantial additions to the game, including new cars and content. Additionally, this new Forza Motorsport update includes several bug fixes for players on Xbox Series X|S, PC via the Microsoft Store, and Steam. In 2023, Forza Motorsport was released as a reboot of the popular subseries within the Forza sim racing ...read more

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New Games Based On Middle-earth Are Coming Soon, Embracer Freegroup’s

In a recent interview with GamesBeat, Embracer Freegroup CEO Lee Guinchard shed some light on the company’s plans with J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. The interview goes in depth about the history of games like Middle Earth and Guinchard’s long career in the games industry – read the entire interview through here. Embracer Group plans to split into 3 public companies going forward – namely ...read more

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Star Wars Outlaws Developers Detail the Reputation System

In a new interview with GameInformer, Star Wars Outlaws senior narrative systems designer Alice Rendell and lead systems designer Matthieu Delisle talk about the types of encounters that players will find in their time with the game. The two talk about, among other things, the reputation system in Star Wars Outlaws, which will have a big impact on your encounters in the game. Check out the ...read more

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Square Enix confirms US, Europe layoffs as part of restructuring

Square Enix is set to make an unconfirmed number of layoffs as part of ongoing company restructuring, it told staff in an internal meeting on Monday, VGC understands. According to people who were in attendance, Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu said that both the company’s American and European arms would be hit with layoffs, which will happen over the course of the next month. The ...read more

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PlayStation Reaffirms PS5 Game Concord Releases This Year

Sony's 2023 fiscal year ended on March 31st, and the company has shared its Consolidated Financial Results (CFR) for the year. Noting the surpassing expectations of success that the live service game Helldivers 2 has seen since its launch in February and celebrating the 12 million copies up to the beginning of May, Sony mentioned additional live service titles coming in the future, including ...read more

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Sony Teases PlayStation Event Is Happening in May

Sony has teased that it should be having a new PlayStation event at some point in May. In recent months, rumors and reports have all indicated that PlayStation has been eyeing May to hold a new Showcase or State of Play broadcast. However, with the month now roughly halfway over, some fans started to believe that this timeline might have shifted just a bit. Fortunately, Sony itself has released a ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Teaser Shows Off Ferra's Fatality

Mortal Kombat 1 director Ed Boon took to Twitter to ask fans a series of questions about what they'd like to see from the game. While Boon made it clear that these questions aren't necessarily hints about what's coming next for MK 1, he couldn't help but filter in a few teases for upcoming content. One of the more notable Mortal Kombat 1 teases posted by Boon was the first look at Ferra's ...read more

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Research Firm Estimates How Much PS5 Outsold Xbox Series X/S in Q1

According to estimations from a research firm, Sony shipped nearly five times as many PlayStation 5 consoles as Microsoft did Xbox Series X/S consoles in the first quarter of 2024. Sony's latest earnings call revealed staggering sales numbers for the PS5, with the console surpassing 59.3 million units sold in its lifetime so far. Since their near-simultaneous launches in November 2020, the PS5 ...read more

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PlayStation’s Focus Has Shifted From Sales to Actual Play Time - Sony

Sony has said that due to changes in consumer behavior during the PS4 era, PlayStation‘s focus has shifted to increasing play time on the PS5 rather than increasing the number of games sold. This isn’t to say that there’s no emphasis on the number of software units sold, but that Sony wants to improve profits via player investment into the PlayStation ecosystem. Are PS5 players buying ...read more

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Former XCOM Developers Form New Studio, Midsummer Studios

Veteran developers from various studios, including developers from the team behind XCOM, have established a new game development studio, dubbed Midsummer Studios. Headed up by former XCOM creative director and game director Jake Solomon and Will Miller respectively, Midsummer Studios is based out of Hunt Valley, Maryland. The duo is joined by Nelsie Birch, who is taking on the role of the ...read more

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Monster Hunter Franchise Reaches Huge Sales Milestone

Capcom announced that its Monster Hunter franchise has sold more than 100 million copies. The gaming company also commented on sales for some individual titles in the Monster Hunter series. These sales figures have been bolstered by recent entries like Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Rise, and sure to keep going strong with the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds. Released in 2004 for the ...read more

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Sony Committed to Better First-Party Games, 'Richer' Experiences, More

Sony is focusing on expanding its PS5 install base, the "enhancement of first-party software and PC deployment", and giving players "richer gaming experiences" as part of a three-year plan detailed in its latest financial results. The mid-term focus was quickly covered during the earnings call, revealing that Sony is preparing a significant first-party lineup once the current drought is ...read more

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Two Joy-Con drift lawsuits have been dismissed after five years

Two significant lawsuits over Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift have been dismissed in the US courts. According to Game File, Diaz vs Nintendo and Carbajal vs Nintendo, which were filed in 2019 and 2020, have both been dismissed. The suits alleged that Nintendo knowingly sold defective controllers. Game File reports that both Nintendo and the parents who brought the suits on behalf of their ...read more

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Monster Hunter Franchise Reaches Huge Sales Milestone

Capcom announced that its Monster Hunter franchise has sold more than 100 million copies. The gaming company also commented on sales for some individual titles in the Monster Hunter series. These sales figures have been bolstered by recent entries like Monster Hunter World and Monster Hunter Rise, and sure to keep going strong with the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds. Released in 2004 for the ...read more

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Nintendo Plans to Continue Supporting Physical Media

A new Nintendo console is currently in the works, and while there's very little we actually know about it so far, Nintendo has started to offer a handful of details. One thing that we know for sure is that Nintendo will continue to release physical copies of its games, making them available both in stores as well as digitally through its own eShop. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed ...read more

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Persona Franchise Sold Over 5 Million Copies Last Year

In its latest earnings report, Sega parent company Sega Sammy has revealed that the Persona franchise has sold 5.06 million copies throughout the last financial year. The sales figure, which accounts for FY 2023 (April 2023 to March 2024), includes both digital as well as physical copies of Persona titles. The earnings report offers up details on the performance of other Sega franchises as ...read more

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Breath of the Wild Remaster Seemingly Leaked for Nintendo Switch 2

Last year, select members of the gaming media were apparently given a look at the successor to Nintendo Switch at a closed door event during Gamescom 2023. During that event, journalists were reportedly shown an enhanced version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on the system with a higher framerate and resolution compared to the version that launched alongside Switch back in ...read more

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Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Will Get A New Trailer Every Month

The official Dragon Ball website has suggested that a new trailer or information drop for Sparking Zero will be released every month, confirming the pattern that's been going on since the start of the year. Dragon Ball fans have been waiting for nearly two decades for a new Budokai Tenkaichi game, so it doesn't come as much of a surprise how desperate we all are for new information about ...read more

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Recent Switch Successor Codename May Not Be Its Actual Codename

A knowledgeable Nintendo Switch researcher has chimed in regarding the recent leaks about the Switch successor's codename of Muji, stating that it is a placeholder and won't be its codename. After several rumors regarding a successor to the Nintendo Switch console, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the company would be making an announcement about it later this fiscal year. With ...read more

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Rumor: Possible Nintendo Switch 2 Codename Revealed

The temporary codename for the recently confirmed Nintendo Switch successor console may be Muji. With the highly successful Nintendo Switch over seven years old as of this writing, discussion of the next Nintendo system continues to spread across gaming circles. However, the Big N itself has remained tight-lipped on whether its next hardware is actively in development, let alone when eager gamers ...read more

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Mortal Kombat 1 Teaser Shows Off Ferra's Fatality

Mortal Kombat 1 director Ed Boon took to Twitter to ask fans a series of questions about what they'd like to see from the game. While Boon made it clear that these questions aren't necessarily hints about what's coming next for MK 1, he couldn't help but filter in a few teases for upcoming content. One of the more notable Mortal Kombat 1 teases posted by Boon was the first look at Ferra's ...read more

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Former XCOM Developers Form New Studio, Midsummer Studios

Veteran developers from various studios, including developers from the team behind XCOM, have established a new game development studio, dubbed Midsummer Studios. Headed up by former XCOM creative director and game director Jake Solomon and Will Miller respectively, Midsummer Studios is based out of Hunt Valley, Maryland. The duo is joined by Nelsie Birch, who is taking on the role of the ...read more

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Ghost of Tsushima Won’t Have Co-op on Steam Deck

Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut launches on PC at 8:00 a.m. PT/11:00 a.m. ET on May 16. That includes Steam Deck and similar devices. However, handheld and PC users will be fighting alone. Ghost of Tsushima supports multiplayer on PC, but not Steam Deck Sony and Sucker Punch Productions laid out the Steam Deck situation in a blog post on Steam. “You may notice that Steam marks the game ...read more

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Resident Evil 1 Remake is in Development – Rumor

New rumours have popped up indicating that Capcom might be working on a remake of the original Resident Evil. According to industry insider and leaker Daniel Ricthman, a remake of Resident Evil that would follow in the footsteps of other remakes in the franchise—namely Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4—is being developed. Unfortunately, no real details about the Resident Evil remake have been ...read more

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Dead by Daylight Is Getting a Castlevania DLC

Dead by Daylight creator Behaviour Interactive is crossing another massive IP off its list of collabs later this year with Castlevania confirmed for an upcoming Chapter. Behaviour only offered a slight tease of what's to come in that DLC through a preview that essentially just confirmed that it was happening at all, but given how the Castlevania series is full of different vampire hunters and ...read more

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Forza Motorsport Adds New Cars and Content With Update 8

Developer Turn 10 Studios has released Forza Motorsport Update 8, bringing substantial additions to the game, including new cars and content. Additionally, this new Forza Motorsport update includes several bug fixes for players on Xbox Series X|S, PC via the Microsoft Store, and Steam. In 2023, Forza Motorsport was released as a reboot of the popular subseries within the Forza sim racing ...read more

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Helldivers 2 Sells 12 Million Units

As part of its fiscal year 2023 earnings release, Sony has finally confirmed sales for Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2. It’s sold 12 million units as of May 5th on PS5 and PC, after launching on February 8th for both platforms, as revealed in a recently concluded conference call. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hiroki Totoki (via Gematsu) has confirmed that it surpassed God of War ...read more

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New Games Based On Middle-earth Are Coming Soon, Embracer Freegroup’s

In a recent interview with GamesBeat, Embracer Freegroup CEO Lee Guinchard shed some light on the company’s plans with J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. The interview goes in depth about the history of games like Middle Earth and Guinchard’s long career in the games industry – read the entire interview through here. Embracer Group plans to split into 3 public companies going forward – namely ...read more

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PS1 Emulation Comes To iPhone Via Gamma

It's now possible to play PS1 games on your iPhone thanks to a new app called Gamma. Developed by ZodTTD (AKA Benjamin Stark) – an individual who has a long history in the world of emulation – Gamma is pretty feature-rich. It supports Bluetooth controllers, runs on both the iPhone and iPad, supports cloud saves for your game files and save states and automatically finds cover artwork for ...read more

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Apple Reveals New iPad Models

At its Let Loose event on May 7, Apple revealed the upcoming M4 iPad Pro and iPad Air Gen 6 models, each launching on Wednesday, May 15. Apple also showed off some features of the new Apple Pencil Pro, including haptic feedback and improved response, and a new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro, which will come in different sizes and colors. In the weeks leading up to the May 7 Let Loose Event, ...read more

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Multi-Console Emulator Provenance Coming The iPhone App Store

The multi-console emulator Provenance is still coming to the iOS App Store, despite a DMCA takedown request from Nintendo. Developer Joseph Mattiello had been contacted by Nintendo following the announcement that Provenance would include Yuzu, the Switch emulator that was recently shut down by the Japanese giant. However, according to iMore, it would seem that this issue has been resolved, ...read more

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iOS 18 leaks suggest huge AI-powered changes coming

There is a lot of buzz surrounding the AI features that are rumored to be incoming with iOS 18. Previously, it was reported that the first set of AI features, or core features, developed by Apple rather than a third party in iOS 18 will run locally on an iPhone. Now a fresh leak reveals how Apple's AI efforts will transform most of its core or first-party applications with iOS 18. In a ...read more

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage is Coming to iOS on June 6

Before Assassin’s Creed Mirage launched for PC and consoles last October, Ubisoft announced that the game would also be coming to certain iOS devices in early 2024. Given that we’re now in May and that has yet to often, plans obviously changed, but the company has now announced a specific release date for the open world action-adventure title’s iOS port. Assassin’s Ceed Mirage will ...read more

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Unity appoints former EA and Zynga executive as its new CEO

Unity has appointed former Electronic Arts and Zynga executive Matthew Bromberg as its new CEO. Effective May 15, Bromberg will replace interim CEO Jim Whitehurst, the former IBM president who assumed the role when John Riccitiello stepped down last October, and who has now been appointed executive chair of Unity’s board. Bromberg previously served as group general manager of BioWare, ...read more

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YouTube experimenting with ads that play while your video is paused

First reported by Android Authority, a recent Google earnings call included praise for a pilot program to show users ads when they pause videos on YouTube's TV app. The company has so far only experimented with pause ads on the TV app, but its apparent success is a cause for concern with future inclusion on the mobile or desktop versions of YouTube. Google Chief business officer Philipp ...read more

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NES Emulator Shows Up on App Store, Swiftly Gets Removed

Earlier this month, Apple lifted its ban on emulators on the App Store. One developer wasted no time bringing an option that allowed players to access games originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES. The Bimmy – NES Emulator was made available for iPad as a free download by developer Tom Salvo, but was swiftly removed. While some would assume this was the work of ...read more

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The Casting of Frank Stone Receives First Gameplay Trailer

Supermassive Games’ The Casting of Frank Stone, a narrative horror game based on the Dead by Daylight universe, has received its first gameplay trailer. It sees four friends in the 1980s traveling to Cedar Hills’ steel mill to shoot a horror film. Unfortunately, the scares turn out to be more than just fiction. Players delve into the mill (against the wishes of law enforcement, of course) ...read more

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MultiVersus Reveals First Joker Gameplay Trailer

Last week, Warner Bros. and Player First Games revealed the Joker as a new fighter headed to MultiVersus. The character made his debut in a cinematic trailer, which was released following a series of clues that the game's community had to decipher. Unfortunately, that trailer did not include any actual gameplay, but that has since been rectified! Today, a new trailer was released, this time ...read more

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Hellblade 2 Feature Video Outlines Depiction of Psychosis

Ninja Theory’s long-awaited sequel to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, is out next week. It sees Senua venturing to Viking Iceland to mete out justice while still dealing with her psychosis, manifesting as “The Furies.” In a new video, the development team discusses psychosis alongside several experts and how it’s depicted in-game. Some of these experts ...read more

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Street Fighter 6 – Akuma’s Moves Showcased in New Character Guide

Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 will receive its fourth DLC character this month with the legendary Akuma. As part of the Year 1 Character Pass, the Satsui no Hado master is older and meaner, sporting new and familiar moves to devastate enemies. A new character guide is available to outline his moveset – check it out below. Many of Akuma’s moves from previous entries, including Gou Hadouken, ...read more

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Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Gets New Trailer Ahead of Release

Prior to its launch this coming month, Nintendo has revealed a new trailer for Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. Originally released on the Nintendo 3DS as Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, the forthcoming remaster for Nintendo Switch is set to be one of Nintendo's biggest exclusives in the first half of 2024. To further highlight the improvements that have been made with this version of the game, a new trailer ...read more

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Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Gameplay Trailer Confirms Alternate Costumes

The recent Master vs. Apprentice gameplay trailer for Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has finally outright confirmed that the game will feature alternate costumes. The hope for Vegeta's Badman shirt is still alive, folks. As exciting as Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is for anyone who longs for the days of Budokai Tenkaichi, there's still a lot about it that we don't know. What will its story mode look ...read more

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SteamWorld Heist 2 Deep Dive Trailer Outlines Combat, Jobs and More

Thunderful’s deep dive trailer for SteamWorld Heist 2 is live, showcasing how the turn-based tactical RPG has evolved over its predecessor. The side-scrolling perspective, cover-based shooting and precise aiming remain as you ricochet shots creatively to overcome enemies. Check it out below. Each Job has a role to play, whether it’s the Sniper’s precise aiming, the Flanker’s ability ...read more

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Earth Defense Force 6 Gets Western Release Date

D3 Publisher and Sandlot have announced the Earth Defense Force 6 Western release date on PS4 and PS5. Earth Defense Force 6 release date Earth Defense Force 6 will hit PS4, PS5, and PC in the West on July 25, 2024. First released in Japan back in 2022, Earth Defense Force 6 continues the long-running sci-fi shooter series The year is 2024 AD. Mankind has won the long battle against the ...read more

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