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Taito’s Action Platformer The NewZealand Story Is This Week’s Arcade Archives Game

Seal the deal.Arguably one of the most adorable arcade titles out there, The NewZealand Story is waddling its way onto Hamster's Arcade Archives collection this week (thanks, Nintendo Everything) and will be turning us all against seals once again.Originally released in 1988, this classic platformer sees you play as Tiki, ...
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GoldenEye 007 Gets Release Date on Xbox Game Pass

Summary
  • James Bond will return to consoles on January 27.
  • Groundbreaking gameplay brought to a new audience, with a few modern touches.
  • Available to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S players via Xbox Game Pass.
Back in September last year, it was announced that the Rare-developed ’90s smash GoldenEye 007 would be returning ...
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How Dead Space taps into PS5 haptics and adaptive triggers for immersive horror

With the PlayStation 5’s DualSense wireless controller, we at Motive are able to immerse players deeper into Isaac’s thrilling journey aboard the USG Ishimura. Across various events such as weapon shooting, asteroids impacting the ship, and Necromorphs attacking, haptic feedback lets players feel the impact as Isaac would. Our goal ...
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Hogwarts Legacy: The Final Preview

We do not live in a world rich with great Harry Potter games. Nobody harbors warm feelings for the horde of chintzy, cynical movie tie-ins that plagued the PS2 and Xbox during the mid-2000s. So, when Portkey Games unveiled the big-budget Hogwarts Legacy in 2020, it was clear that the ...
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League Of Legends’ source code is being held to ransom, but Riot aren’t paying

Source code for fantasy MOBA League Of Legends and its autobattler spin-off Teamfight Tactics has been stolen and ransomed, Riot Games have confirmed. In a series of tweets, the developer revealed that the code was taken in an attack on their systems last week. Demands have been made by the ...
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Dragon Ball Z Kakarot Needs a Prequel, Not a Sequel

Dragon Ball Z Kakarot has had a steady trickle of DLC since it launched three years ago, the most recent of which tells the story of Goku’s dad, Bardock, which goes to show you there are plenty more stories to tell in that universe.Kakarot isn’t perfect, but it’s one of ...
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This Final Fantasy 7 Trombone Champ mod is pitch perfect

I was absolutely elated when Square Enix announced a new Final Fantasy Theatrhythm game during the Tokyo Game Show last year, as there's been a Final Fantasy music game shaped hole in my life for the best part of a decade. I played the pair of Theatrhythm 3DS games to ...
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Steam wishlist hit The Day Before’s been delayed, and its store page removed

Enigmatic survival MMO The Day Before was set for release on March 1st, but devs Fntastic have announced that it’s slipping to November 10th due to trademark concerns. In the latest unusual twist in The Day Before's development, Fntastic shared a statement explaining the delay that credits it to a ...
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Caverns Of Mars Is The Latest Atari Game To Get The ‘Recharged’ Treatment

Launches this coming March.Publisher Atari has announced Caverns of Mars Recharged, the latest in its line of revamped classic titles for the Nintendo Switch.Launching on March 9th, 2023, the game will feature single-player and local co-op for two players as you navigate through 30 unique missions set in three core ...
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Minecraft briefly went down this morning, other Microsoft services still suffering

Microsoft have reported worldwide technical issues with multiple Microsoft services this morning, including Minecraft, Xbox Live, Teams, Outlook and other 365 products. In a Twitter thread from Microsoft's 365 Status account, they said the problems have been caused by “networking configuration issues”, and that a recent network change had been ...
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