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Screenshot Saturday Tuesday: Jumbo size New Year edition

Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter's #screenshotsaturday tag. And every week, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, let's return kick off the new year with a jumbo-sized edition with even more games from across our Christmas holiday. Expect unexpectedly laid-back ...
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Square Enix To Be “Aggressive In Applying” AI Going Forwards

Must... Consume... Content.Ah, what a lovely way to kick off 2024, eh?Square Enix's President Takashi Kiryu has revealed that the company will be "aggressive in applying" AI in its content development and publishing divisions in the future after he praised the technology in a New Year's Letter (thanks, VGC).Read the ...
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The Maw – 2nd-6th January 2024

Happy new year all. What's the weather like where you are? We've got Amber and Yellow warnings in London - I do not understand what these terms mean, but I'm going to add a Sapphire warning for escalating Maw activity. The creature was pretty lively over the Xmas weekend, but ...
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Koei Tecmo Locks In Fate/Samurai Remnant “DLC Vol. 1” Release

Season Pass roadmap also revealed.The Koei Tecmo-published action role-playing game Fate/Samurai Remnant will be getting "DLC Vol. 1" next month in February 2024.It's officially titled 'Records Fragment: Keian Command Championship' and will be followed by two more DLC episodes later on in 2024. You can check out a teaser trailer ...
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Firewall Ultra Developer First Contact Entertainment to Shut Down After Nearly Eight Years

First Contact Entertainment, the developer behind such PlayStation VR titles as Firewall Ultra and Firewall Zero Hour, has announced it will be shutting down at the beginning of 2024. First Contact took to Facebook to share the news, saying "the lack of support for VR within the industry" is one ...
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Meowscarada Wins Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Popularity Poll In Japan

Here are the top 20 picks.Everyone has a favourite Pokémon and recently in Japan, the strategy guide website 'GameWith' ran a poll asking trainers to vote for their top Pokémon from the Scarlet and Violet generation."Close to 152,700 people" apparently put their vote in and in the end, the new-generation ...
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Shigeru Miyamoto Isn’t Really Thinking About Retiring

His focus is on Nintendo's future.Japanese video game creator Shigeru Miyamoto isn't getting any younger, so what exactly are his plans regarding retirement?The Guardian recently asked the Nintendo legend if he was "ever tempted" to call time on his outstanding career and although he's been at the company since its ...
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Talking Point: Along With Joy-Con Drift, What Does Nintendo Have To ‘Fix’ With ‘Switch 2’?

Reset Switch.Over the holiday season, we're republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. We finish up with a look ahead into the (hopefully near) future. Enjoy!Switch, eh? You think it's had its final bookend game and then another all-timer comes ...
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Geometry Dash’s Latest Update Allows Players to Recreate Mario Kart, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and More

Nearly seven years since its last major content update, Geometry Dash received a massive update just before the holidays. Now, players are using features newly added to the game's level editor to recreate games like Mario Kart, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Yume Nikki, essentially turning the rhythm platformer from ...
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Fallout: London, the impressive Fallout 4 mod that’s basically a whole new game, has a release date

Fallout: London has been in the works for five years now, culminating in a seriously impressive mod for Fallout 4 that’s essentially a brand new game set in a radiated England rather than North America. After missing its planned release window in 2023, it now has a full release date ...
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