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Indiescovery Episode 3: Our Steam Next Fest demo recommendations

Wow, is it episode three of RPS’ indie podcast Indiescovery already? How time flies! In this episode, the Indiescovery squad reccomend a handful of awesome demos from this spring’s Steam Next Fest for our lovely listeners to check out - six demos to be exact! We recorded this episode on ...
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Sony’s Old Mascot Lives With Xbox Now

After Microsoft’s shopping spree of studio acquisitions over the last few years, there’s a long list of video game licenses that are now technically first-party Xbox properties – but possibly the weirdest is that PlayStation’s biggest competitor is now the home of its original mascot, Crash Bandicoot.If you grew up ...
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Become god of a toy town in this cute upcoming sandbox game

Childhood delusions of godhood will come to life with Wood & Weather, an upcoming sandbox god game about manipulating weather as you oversee a small wooden toy town occupied by Notplaymobil figures. Someone wants coffee? Fetch them a coffee. Oh it's too hot for coffee? Turn on the rain. Oh, ...
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Nintendo’s Share Price Takes A Hit Following Latest Financial Report

Dropped by 7%.Nintendo's share price has dropped on the Tokyo Stock Exchange following yesterday's Q3 FY2023 Financial Report (via VGC). The company's price dropped by around 7% since yesterday's report, and at the time of writing, it currently sits at ¥5,226, which is down from ¥5,624.This drop doesn't come as ...
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This witch sim has the chicken-legged Baba Yaga house, so I want it

It doesn’t have a demo or even a release date yet, but I am loving the look of Reka. It’s a 19th-century witch sim being made by Emberstorm Entertainment, where you play as a traveling witch whose chosen mode of transportation is the legendary chicken-legged Baba Yaga house, which is ...
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider Scores A Physical Switch Release, Pre-Orders Live

Three versions to choose from!One eShop gem that's already been released this year is Vengeful Guardian: Moon Rider - a homage to classic 16-bit action platformers like Shinobi III and Hagane: The Final Conflict. If you've been holding out for a physical copy of this one, the good news is ...
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Nintendo Is Raising Its Employee Pay By 10% In Japan

Furukawa: "It's important for our long-term growth".Despite a downturn in sales and profits for Nintendo in its third quarter, it's reportedly raising the base salaries of its employees by 10% in its homeland.A report by Reuters reveals the Japanese video game giant is taking action to secure the "long-term growth" ...
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Amazon Is Running a Buy 2, Get 1 50% Off Sale

Amazon is running another of its excellent buy one, get one 50% off deals. Now I will admit, I was thrown a bit by the "Buy 2, Get 1 50% Off" phrasing, but according to the sale page, that just means if you buy two items, one of them will ...
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Nintendo Direct February 2023: How to Watch and What to Expect

Nintendo fans, rejoice! A brand-new Nintendo Direct is on its way and it will be here tomorrow, February 8, with roughly 40 minutes of updates focused mostly on Switch games planned for release in the first half of 2023.IGN is carrying the stream and, as usual, this watch guide will ...
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Transport Tycoon fan remake OpenTTD gets largest update in years

OpenTTD 13.0 been released, which is "one of the largest releases we've done in several years" according to the developers. If you don't know OpenTTD, it's an open source and free fan remake of Transport Tycoon which greatly expands, polishes and modernises the beloved business sim. This latest update improves ...
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