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Resident Evil 4 Remake Mercenaries Mode Arrives Early Next Month

Resident Evil 4 Remake’s horde-style mode The Mercenaries will arrive on April 7, meaning folks will only have to tolerate a short, two-week wait for the fan favourite mode to arrive in-game. Capcom revealed the date at the conclusion of the fresh Resident Evil 4 Remake launch trailer it published ...
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The games of 2022, according to this year’s GDC and IGF Award winners

This year's Game Developers Choice and IGF Award ceremonies were really heartening stuff. Getting to see so many great developers have their games celebrated by their peers will always warm the old cockles, especially when we celebrated so many of them in our own RPS Advent Calendar at the end ...
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A New Pokémon Distribution Event Has Been Announced For Japan

Unlock a special Pikachu.Pokémon Scarlet & Violet has been running Tera Raid Battle events and even some item distributions like no tomorrow, but unfortunately, there's not been quite as many gifts and Pokémon giveaways.If you happen to be located in Japan though, there'll soon be a "special Pikachu" at Pokémon ...
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Lawsuit Over Fatal Call of Duty Swatting Incident Settled for $5 Million

The Wichita City Council in Kansas has reached a $5 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the family of Andrew Finch, who was killed by police in the first fatal swatting incident in the U.S. over an online Call of Duty match.According to The Wichita Eagle, city officials approved ...
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Squid Sisters To Debut New Song In Splatoon 3 Splatfest, Here’s A Sneak Peek

Take a trip back to Inkopolis.Nintendo hasn't completely forgotten about the Squid Sisters. The recent Splatoon 3 DLC saw them make a return and now in a surprise update, they'll be debuting a new song.It's officially titled 'Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today' and there's been a video clip of it uploaded on ...
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RPS@PAX 2023: We chat with Necrosoft Games about their spooky-not-scary tactical horror RPG Demonschool

It's day one of PAX East and what better way to kick off our show coverage than highlighting a great indie game! We first came across Demonschool back at PAX West last year and have loved it ever since. It's a slick, tactical Persona-like where you play as a band ...
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Countdown: 3DS eShop Spotlight – Attack Of The Friday Monsters!

#28 - Hold up, it's Thursday.For the month before the 3DS and Wii U eShops close for new purchases on 27th March, each day we're going to highlight a specific eShop game for one of those consoles and give a short pitch as to why we think it deserves your ...
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“Impossify” Your Park Beyond with Xbox Series X|S on June 16

Hello, Visioners! I’m happy to share some facts about what’s sure to become your favorite park management game of all time! Park Beyond is coming to Xbox Series X|S on June 16, 2023. From the beginning, we’ve been developing the game on console to give you the best experience. The ...
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After Us: Crafting an organic platformer, out May 23

Here at Piccolo Studio, we like to say that we “craft” games rather than “make” them. Our logo features a needle and a thread, symbolizing this very approach. With After Us, our next project releasing on May 23, we tell the story of Gaia, a small nymph brought to explore ...
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Men Of War 2’s multiplayer mode is the tank’s time to shine

Men Of War 2 doesn't do anything by half measures, as I discovered during a recent tussle with its online multiplayer modes. Whereas Relic's recently released Company Of Heroes 3 will let you pick from its four broad faction types in its WWII RTS battles, Men Of War 2 takes ...
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