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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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New Super Mario Galaxy 2 Speedrun World Record Set In Thrilling Live Race

Speedrunner Jhay beats his own record.AGDQ 2023 is underway right now, and if you haven't been watching it already, you've been missing some cracking speedruns from the very best runners in the world. And yesterday, a brand new world record was set for Super Mario Galaxy 2 at the charity ...
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Xbox Game Pass in January 2023: Persona 3 Portable, Monster Hunter Rise, and More

It's a slightly quieter start to January for Xbox Game Pass, with only six more games confirmed to be hitting the service so far this month. We already knew about all six of these, including the three Xbox has chosen to highlight in their first Xbox Wire Game Pass blogpost ...
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New Persona 5 Royal Update For Switch Resolves Pesky Screen Issue

Download it today.Bayonetta 3 isn't the only Switch game to receive an update today, it seems the Atlus title Persona 5 Royal has also been bumped up to a new build.It's not all that much, but Version 1.02 appears to iron out some annoying bugs that may or may not ...
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Random: Pixel Artist Reimagines Zelda II For Game Boy Advance

Can someone please make this?Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link might not necessarily be everyone's favourite, but there are plenty of Nintendo fans out there who still have fond memories of the 1988 NES title.If you have ever wondered what this game could potentially look like if it was revived ...
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New Super Mario Galaxy 2 World Speedrunning Record Set at AGDQ

A new speedrunning world record has been established in Super Mario Galaxy 2, with Twitch streamer Jhay managing to beat their own record by just over four seconds.In case you missed it or want to see it again (who wouldn't??), BIG GGs to @NotImJhay for getting the WR in Super ...
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