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Amnesia: The Bunker review: a grim yet refreshing horror bottle episode

More fool me for thinking the Amnesia story (a now-complex horror sci-fi epic about Cenobite-esque weirdos who gain immortality by drinking pain-milk extracted from people via torture at the hands of specially engineered torture-monsters) was done with Amnesia: Rebirth. Although, I suppose it actually is, because Rebirth is set in ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Homestead Arcana’s Removed Achievement Was Never Meant to Be in the Game, Says Dev

An Xbox Achievement removed from Homestead Arcana was never meant to be in the game according to developer Serenity Forge, leading to the perhaps unprecedented decision to delete it.Speaking to IGN, Serenity Forge founder and executive producer Zhenghua Yang apologised for the Achievement's removal causing frustration and confusion."The achievement was ...
/ IGN

More Diablo 4 Log-In Issues Emerge as Launch Players Flood Servers

Diablo 4 is experiencing further log-in issues as new players flood the servers.Diablo 4: Ultimate Edition owners enjoyed four days of relatively smooth-sailing early access. Now Diablo 4 is available to all and launch players are flooding Blizzard's servers, further log-in issues are beginning to emerge.“Game servers are down again,” ...
/ IGN

Random: It Turns Out That Bowser Is A Fair Bit Older Than Mario, After All

According to an official Nintendo 'How-To' video.The question of Mario's age bubbled back up to the surface with the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie earlier this year, but one topic that has never caused quite as much of a stir is for how long Bowser has been around.On ...
/ Nintendo

Diablo 4 is barely out, but Blizzard already have two expansions in the works

This year's prettiest RSI machine Diablo 4 arrives on PC in full today, having spent the few couple of days in early access. But even though it's barely out the gates of Hell, Blizzard are already thinking about the future of their mega RPG, confirming not one, but two expansions ...
/ Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Suda51’s Grasshopper Manufacture Teases 25th Anniversary Announcement

"Something's gonna happen" next week.Suda51's Grasshopper Manufacture is apparently teasing something on its official website. It's all part of the company's 25th anniversary celebrations currently taking place.The webpage in the link below shows a countdown timer, and attached to it is the message "Something's gonna happen". Suda himself has also ...
/ Nintendo

The Pokémon Trading Card Game Online Servers Have Now Permanently Shut Down

Thanks for the memories.After a number of notices, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online has been permanently taken offline. This includes the removal of the original game from the App Store and Google Play."Thank you for playing the Pokémon TCG Online, and we look forward to seeing you in Pokémon ...
/ Nintendo

Xbox FTC Settlement and Reimagining the Future of Safety on Xbox

At Xbox, we have the fundamental commitment to provide all players with a safe and secure experience on our platform – and this is especially true for our youngest players. We frequently iterate on our safety measures, in collaboration and with feedback from the community, regulators and partners. We recently ...
/ Xbox

Capcom Showcase 2023 Confirmed, Streams Next Week

Capcom has announced it will be hosting a livestream next week for fans to tune in and see what the studio is preparing to serve up. Capcom Showcase 2023 kicks off on Monday, June 12 at 3PM PDT (6PM EDT, 11PM BST, and 8AM AEST Tuesday, June 13). The show ...
/ IGN

Tears of the Kingdom Speedrunners Are Taking Breaking the Game to a New Level

When many players were just beginning to explore Great Sky Island, the tutorial area in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, headlines began making the rounds that a speedrunner had already completed the game hours after its release – the record was one hour and 34 minutes.That speedrunner, ...
/ IGN