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Skull & Bones looks sumptuous in its latest developer video, but there’s still no release date

Make no bones about it: Ubisoft's perennially delayed Skull & Bones is still coming. A new developer video proves that, offering a fresh look at some sumptuous seas during a hunt for an Ungwanan renegade. The most interesting part of Skull & Bones is still its tortured history, with a ...
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Sephiroth and Kazuya Amiibo Are Now Available

Good news, Nintendo fans. One of gaming's most iconic and popular characters is now available in one of gaming's most popular and iconic collectibles. The Sephiroth amiibo is available to purchase right now from Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, and Target. And for fans of Kazuya, you can pick him up ...
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The Anacrusis, one year on: “This is the game we wanted to release”

When The Anacrusis launched into early access in January 2022, its retrofuturist take on the co-op FPS instantly delivered on funky sci-fi fun. Yet it was also tempered fun: a brutal AI Director could easily tip manageable chaos into a fatiguing onslaught of fishy alien minibosses, and I still remember ...
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Random: Fans Create ‘Nuzlocke-Style’ Mode For Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Can't keep a good fan down.It has officially been one year, two months, and nine days (and counting) since Nintendo has made any significant content updates to its second-most successful game in history — Animal Crossing: New Horizons. So, on January 4th, YouTuber NintenTalk released a challenge to their viewers ...
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Share of the Week: Unlucky

Last week, we asked you to find moments where characters ran out of luck in the game of your choice, and share using #PSBlog #PSshare. Here are this week’s unlucky highlights: ForgottenJasmin shares Aloy falling from a snapped rope in Horizon Forbidden West. OuterRimsPhoto shares a troll about ...
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Dragon Age: The Missing – See Dark Horse’s Prequel to BioWare’s Dreadwolf Game

BioWare is finally gearing up to release the next entry in the Dragon Age series. But if you want a taste of what's coming in this acclaimed fantasy saga, Dark Horse Comics is releasing a prequel miniseries dubbed Dragon Age: The Missing.IGN can exclusively debut a new preview of Dragon ...
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Someone made a custom Katamari controller with roll-on deodorants and a football, and it rules

When you think of object-gathering game Katamari Damacy the first things that spring to mind are usually balls, and the rolling thereof. Computer scientist and custom controller kitbashing experimenter Dr Tom Tilley had the same thought and, erm, rolled with it. In a case of life imitating art, Tilley repurposed ...
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TF2 asset leak reveals 60gbs of unused maps, modes, mechs and witches

A huge Valve leak from last week already gave us a peek at the Counter-Strike Source map that lead to Left 4 Dead, but there are plenty more old-school Valve assets where those came from. Fans are currently sorting through 60 gbs of unused Team Fortress 2 assets, including 20 ...
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Explore a Brutalist city with climbing axes and a trumpet in this great free indie game

As I scale the sides of apartment blocks with climbing axes and pole-vault through windows, I often feel like I'm breaking Babbdi. I feel I've done something particularly clever or busted outside the boundaries of its little brutalist city. I haven't, but I'm delighted to explore with this feeling. Oh ...
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Super Nintendo World Hollywood Now Open For Technical Rehearsals

Clips and photos ahead.Surprise! Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood is now open! Technically. Like many other theme parks, the new park is going through a "soft opening", so it's not officially open as such; rather, it's available to members of the public but with the discretion that entry ...
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