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Ubisoft Cancels Three Unannounced Games, Delays Skull and Bones for the Sixth Time

Ubisoft has announced that it has, for the sixth time, delayed Skull & Bones, as well as canceled three more unannounced games amid "major challenges" in the industry, the underperformance of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Just Dance 2023, and an upcoming "restructuring."In a press release today, Ubisoft ...
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Have you played… Katana Zero?

There are few games I think about as often as Katana Zero. You know when something wriggles its way into your brain and sort of just stays there? Considering it’s been three years since Katana Zero launched, I guess it’s gotten to the point where its toothbrush is next to ...
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RetroSpace is a disco-punk immersive sim from the Chicken Police devs

Space is fine, but it could do with more disco. The Wild Gentleman agree, so they're making RetroSpace, a colourful yet horror-filled immersive sim set on a city-sized, time-hopping spaceship from the 60's. It's got creepy bug men, creepier flower ladies, and drugs that can turn you into "a tentacle-armed, ...
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EA to Remove Madden NFL 23 CPR Touchdown Celebration Following Damar Hamlin Incident

EA Sports is planning to remove the CPR touchdown celebration from Madden NFL 23 after Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the pitch on January 3.As reported by CBS, EA is working on an update that will remove the CPR celebration in the coming days.Though the animation has been ...
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Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Is The Best-Selling Game In Japan In 2022

Switch is also the top-selling hardware.Famitsu has released its annual sales charts for 2022, and Pokémon Scarlet & Violet — unsurprisingly — has topped the year's sales, selling an incredible 4,338,931 units since its release in November (thanks, Nintendo Everything!).If you've been following the headlines and the weekly Japanese charts, ...
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Xbox and Bethesda to Present Developer_Direct Livestream on January 25

Xbox and Bethesda will present a Developer_Direct on Wednesday, January 25, providing fans with an inside look at some of the games coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass over the next few months.   Presented by the game creators themselves from studios including Arkane Austin, Mojang Studios, Turn 10 Studios, ...
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PlayStation VR 2: Oculus Founder ‘Blown Away’ by Sony’s New Headset

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has revealed he was "blown away" by Sony's upcoming PlayStation VR 2 virtual reality headset.Replying to a tweet from head of PlayStation Indies Shuhei Yoshida (below), Luckey said he'd had the chance to try the new headset recently and has high expectations for its future."I was ...
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Classic X-COM-like Xenonauts 2 is heading to early access later this year

It's inevitable that as soon as you make a list of your most anticipated games for the year, more excellent games start getting announced the moment you hit publish. Case in point: Goldhawk Interactive's long-awaited Xenonauts 2 has just been confirmed to be heading to Steam early access later this ...
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Final Fantasy 16 Producer Denies Existence of PC Version: ‘Buy a PS5’

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has denied that the upcoming Square Enix game will appear on PC, telling interested fans to buy a PlayStation 5.A video clip published to Japanese website Nico Video was shared on Twitter by industry insider Genki (below), who translated Yoshida's comments (which have been ...
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Final Fantasy 14’s perfect steamed bun animation puts its blocky grapes to shame

Final Fantasy XIV's latest Patch 6.3 "Gods Revel, Lands Tremble" features new main scenario quests, a 24-player alliance raid dungeon, amongst many other tweaks and additions to the MMO. Really, though, it should be called "Baos Split, Tummies Rumble" as players have discovered the real highlight: a bao bun animation ...
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