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Activision Blizzard Says NetEase Declined an Offer to Extend Publishing Deal in China

Overwatch 2 and World of Warcraft publisher Activision Blizzard has claimed NetEase declined an offer to extend its publishing deal in China.As reported by Reuters, Blizzard China published a statement to Weibo claiming it contacted NetEase earlier in January with an offer to extend their deal by six months, allowing ...
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Atomic Heart: The Final Preview

After nearly five years since its stunning announcement trailer, we’re now just one month away from the launch of Atomic Heart, the strictly single-player first-person shooter that thrusts you into an alternate history Soviet setting and tasks you with taking on an army of angry androids. The good news is ...
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Atomic Heart may be a beautiful FPS, but I wish it had a silent protagonist

I've played around four hours of soviet-punk FPS Atomic Heart, which took me from the story's opening moments to plenty of the game's earliest bits. The final hour or so was split into two parts, thanks to a lovely dev who time-skipped me forwards and into the game's open world, ...
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Reminder: Unlock A Bayonetta Origins Demo In Bayonetta 3

Try out the brief playable teaser.Another Switch exclusive coming out in the earlier half of this year is Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon. In case you missed this one, it's a new spin-off in the Bayonetta series that was revealed last year at The Game Awards.This new title ...
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Thunderful Games Teasing New SteamWorld Announcement

What could it be for?Swedish developer and indie publisher Thunderful Games - best known for the SteamWorld series - has shared a new "incoming message" on social media and YouTube teasing something.Apart from being a teaser for related to SteamWorld, it's unclear what exactly it's for. All we know is ...
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Missed Out On NYXI’s GameCube-Inspired Switch Controller? Pre-Orders Are Now Available

Secure yours today!Last week, peripheral maker NYXI unveiled a new GameCube-themed Nintendo Switch controller called the NYXI Wizard.As you can see, it takes a lot of inspiration from the GameCube pad, right down to the original indigo colour. It also promises "no drifting" and comes with a turbo function, an ...
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This Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is the first to cross the £50 barrier

Mum, get the camera! It's finally happened - a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is selling for less than £50. The winner of this impromptu contest is Kingston's NV2, an expectedly budget drive that still manages to deliver some fairly impressive performance according to independent reviews. To squeak in under the ...
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AMD’s Rzyen 7 5800X3D drops to £306, a new low price

OK, this isn't fair. A week ago, I was genuinely excited that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was down to £348 at Amazon. Now though, thanks to a rogue 10% off deal at Ebay, you can pick up the same processor from Ebuyer's Ebay store for £306. £306! That's a tiny ...
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Fresh Lies Of P footage shows off a fight with a lightning gorilla robocop

Bloodborne was great, but it didn't have any lightning gorilla robocops. This is a problem the upcoming Lies of P hopes to fix, as revealed in a new gameplay trailer designed to show off how nice it looks on a Radeon RX 7900 XTX. I will likely never own a ...
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UK Charts: Switch Maintains Strong Representation In A Pretty Quiet Week

FIFA 23 is once again on top.The latest UK charts are in and it's pretty unremarkable, all told.FIFA 23 regains its dominance at number one after slipping down to number two last week. The Switch version made up 25% of the split, coming in behind the PlayStation 5 version at ...
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