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13 Years Later, Hot Toys Finally Gives Arkham Origins’ Batman the Figure He Deserves

2013's Batman: Arkham Origins may not be the most critically beloved entry in the series, but many fans would argue it's the game with the best Batman costume design. Now Hot Toys is finally giving that costume its due with a truly stunning 1/6 scale figure. Check out the slideshow ...
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Nintendo Source Blames Switch 2 Holiday Sales Slowdown on the Economic Landscape and the ‘Absence of a Major Western Game’ — Despite the Release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Nintendo Switch 2 sales over the holidays reportedly fell short of those recorded by the console's predecessor back in 2017, during its first end-of-year season.As revealed by The Game Business, Switch 2 sales in the US and within key markets in Europe fell behind the equivalent pace of Switch 1 ...
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Japanese Charts: Pokémon Legends Z-A Surpasses 1 Million Sales On Switch 2

But Switch still dominates.Famitsu has published the latest boxed charts data from Japan, and it's once again another success story for the Switch 2 and Mario Kart World. Both headline the hardware and software charts respectively, with Mario Kart World shifting another 94,645 units to total 2,668,381 lifetime sales.Meanwhile, Pokémon ...
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For its gaming hardware contingent, CES 2026 was a good week to bury good news

CES 2026 doesn’t technically end until tomorrow, but then if it were a football match, it’d be the kind where the home side gets battered 4-0 and the cameras keep cutting to a stream of season ticket holders slumping towards the doors with 20 minutes left. An all-timer in the ...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows for PS5 Is Back to Its Lowest Price Yet at Amazon

These next few months of winter are a great time to settle in with big games until spring arrives. Recently, Amazon's been offering some great discounts on a variety of options to help you stock up your library this January for a little less than usual. Among some of the ...
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Minecraft’s getting cuter baby animals whose single pixel eyes you can stare into as you nudge them into lava

Minecraft's getting marginally cuter with its next update, as it continues to pretend it isn't designed for the express purpose of teaching innocent children that in order to survive, you've sometimes got to beat some pigs and trees to death with your bare hands. Baby farm animal mobs, long just ...
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Review: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Beyond The Horizon (Switch 2) – A Step Up From Daybreak II

One small step for man.The long-running Trails series needs little introduction, as Falcom has been chipping away at this JRPG narrative for the better part of two decades across a variety of arcs and perspectives spread over more than a dozen interconnected games. While newcomers have traditionally been discouraged by ...
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Developer_Direct Returns January 22: Watch Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation Gameplay, Direct from the Studios

January 8, 2026 Developer_Direct Returns January 22: Watch Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation Gameplay, Direct from the Studios 2026 is going to be an incredible year for Xbox players – you might even call it a… fabled year. To celebrate, ...
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Code Vein II Interview: world building, player choice, weaponry, and more

Code Vein II, launching for PlayStation 5 on January 30, is the newest entry in the dramatic exploration action RPG series, Code Vein. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, it depicts the drama of Revenants and humans who fight to defy their doomed fate. Players confront relentless foes and treacherous locations ...
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Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Announced for Next Week, Featuring Fable and Forza Horizon 6

After Xbox Game Studios boss Matt Booty teased the return of Microsoft's now-annual Xbox Developer Direct showcase last month, the publisher has now confirmed the details. The 2026 Dev Direct will air live on Thursday, January 22 at 10am PT. You can watch it live here on IGN or on ...
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