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“A Knife Can Be Used For Cooking Or As A Weapon” – Level-5 Boss Defends GenAI In Game Development

"I hope creators and audiences alike can recognize AI as a tool".Back in June, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino acknowledged that, like a great many companies working in the games industry, his firm was exploring the use of Generative AI as "a tool for communication and efficiency improvement."Fast forward to the ...
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The Best Deals Today: Ninja Gaiden 4, Mega Man Animated Series, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and More

The holidays are almost here, and we've rounded up the best deals for Saturday, December 27, below. Don't miss your chance to save on these late discounts or gifts!Ninja Gaiden 4 for $49.99Ninja Gaiden 4 was developed by both Team Ninja and PlatinumGames, offering a wild and immensely satisfying action ...
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Doom: The Dark Ages for PS5 and Xbox Is 50% Off Right Now

The latest core series entry in the Doom franchise, The Dark Ages, which came out earlier this year, is seeing a major discount on physical copies of the Standard Edition for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Right now, you can grab Doom: The Dark Ages for 50% off ...
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The seventh RPS Christmas Cracker 2025

We eight scribes from RPS are, Bearing jokes, we wrote in the past, Christmas crackers, god we’re knackered, After twelve months of graft. O, reader of wonder, loved the most, Why not subscribe to Supporters posts? January leading, still proceeding, See you once we’ve munched our roasts. But first, time ...
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“This Just Didn’t Fit Into My Gaming Lifestyle” – Hideki Kamiya Isn’t Happy About Switch 2’s Lack Of A D-Pad

"In this age of diversity, the manufacturer itself has stubbornly refused".Nintendo may have originated the concept of the cross D-Pad, but the company has practically abandoned this control method on both the Switch and Switch 2 (although thankfully not on the Switch Lite and Pro Controller), leaving some old-school players ...
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The RPS Selection Box: James’ bonus games of the year 2025

RPS Advent Calendar voting remains an esoteric and mercurial process, even to those of us who practice in it. If two games get the same amount of votes, which goes higher in the list? Did Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor technically release in 2025 or 2024? These are questions most of ...
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Square Enix Wants Feedback About The Final Fantasy Series In Its New Survey

Go on, tell 'em.Fans of the long-running RPG Final Fantasy have a chance to tell Square Enix their thoughts about the series in a new online survey. It’s available until 9th January 2026 and features over 30 questions.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
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My Nintendo Metroid Prime ‘Legacy Sweepstakes’ Offers A Bounty Of Prizes (North America)

Enter today.If you’re a Metroid fan and happen to be located in the United States or Canada, Nintendo is currently running a Metroid Prime ‘Legacy Sweepstakes’ featuring a “bounty” of prizes.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
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Save Big on Ninja Gaiden 4 at Walmart

It's no secret that Ninja Gaiden has had a huge 2025. Things kicked off early in the year with Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, a new version of the beloved classic brought to modern platforms with enhanced visuals. Later on, we got Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, a 2D sidescroller from The Game ...
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Nintendo Suggests Metroid Prime 4’s Tortured Development Meant It Was “Divorced From The Changing Of Times”

"We resolved to move forward with our original vision".As you'll know if you've read our review, we adored Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and consider it to be one of the highlights of the Switch 2's library.However, with a Metacritic rating of 79 at the time of writing, it's clear that ...
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