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Avast! New Cat Quest III friends and foes revealed, out August 8

Get ready to set sail, me hearties! I’m Desmond, Designer and Artist at The Gentlebros and today we’re revealing some of the new crewmates and nefarious villains that await you in the newest entry into the Cat Quest series – Cat Quest III coming to PS5 and PS4 on August ...
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Ubisoft’s Call of Duty Rival XDefiant Ditches SBMM, Says It’s No Fun at All

Ubisoft has said its Call of Duty rival XDefiant does not feature skill-based matchmaking in its casual playlist.For years, skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) has been the hottest of topics within the Call of Duty community, with some proclaiming it ruins the experience, others saying quite the opposite. High-skilled Call of Duty ...
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Comedy RPG Athenian Rhapsody is a child of Undertale with GBA visuals in which playthroughs become postcards

I have a couple of takes on Nico Papalia's new RPG Athenian Rhapsody, which launched on Steam yesterday and still has a demo. The first is that it's a brighter, glitzier version of Toby Fox's Undertale that looks like it belongs on Gameboy Advance - a retro parody created in ...
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The Sims 4 kicks off the weirdly horny new roadmap with a refresh to base game swimwear

The Sims 4 is nothing if not a teetering jenga tower of updates and add-ons and DLC packs, and the latter half of 2024 will be no exception for EA's life sim king. Yesterday saw the release of an update to the base game's swimwear, kicking off the updates teased ...
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Nier Series Director, Producer, and Composer Start New Project: ‘It Might be Nier, It Might Not Be Nier’

The director, producer, and composer of Square Enix's beloved Nier series have teamed up for a new project, but are refusing to say whether it's a Nier game or not.Speaking to Famitsu and translated by Gematsu, Square Enix executive officer and Nier series producer Yosuke Saito teased the upcoming project ...
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My Nintendo Reward Glow-In-The-Dark Zelda: TOTK Keychain Gets A Restock

A Platinum Points prize if you missed out last time.Around this time last year, Nintendo revealed a swanky Tears of the Kingdom glow-in-the-dark keychain as a My Nintendo reward. It disappeared pretty swiftly, with many clamouring to splash their prized Platinum Points on the product, but now, it's back.Yes, the ...
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Helldivers 2 Dev to Revert Patrol and Spawn Rate Changes, Admits PSN Controversy Diverted Studio’s Attention

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has announced plans to roll back changes made to patrols and spawn rates following a recent patch after admitting the PlayStation Network controversy was the focus of its attention in recent weeks.Arrowhead butted heads with Sony over the Helldivers 2 IP owner and publisher’s decision to ...
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Nintendo Switch Online Gets 3 Game Boy Launch Titles, Including Super Mario Land

Nintendo has added three new Game Boy games to the Nintendo Switch Online library of titles, each a launch title for the handheld.The headline addition is Super Mario Land, the classic mini-Mario platformer that launched on Nintendo’s handheld console back in 1989.Next is Alleyway, another classic 1989 Game Boy game ...
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Shows Off Art And Sound Galleries On Switch

"A classic turns the page".Nintendo's Switch revival of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is going to refresh the game with some additional content and features, and with this in mind, its social media account has now highlighted the new galleries in the game.This includes an art gallery and a sound ...
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Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s Game Boy Library With Three More Classics

Super Mario Land and more!Nintendo has added three more Game Boy classics to the Switch Online service today. Here's the rundown: Alleyway, Baseball and Super Mario Land (finally).Apart from these three titles, Japan this week has also received Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (The Frog For Whom the ...
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