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The dice are as deadly as the pixelart is lush in dungeon RPG The Fortress

Alas and alack for Lickity Split, knight hero of The Fortress, prisoner of a villainous Sorceror King. ‘Twas I who named him (I wanted a pun on “Lich” and I’m fairly sure we’ve done “Lich My Balls” several times before) and ‘twas I who led him to his death a ...
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Super Nintendo World Is Celebrating Its Fifth Anniversary In Style

Anyone for cake?Believe it or not, Universal Studios Japan is hosting Super Nintendo World's fifth anniversary this year, and it's marking the occasion in a way that only Nintendo can: a buttload of decorations and some exclusive merch.The Mario-themed park will be getting a celebratory birthday makeover from 18th March, ...
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EA Play: Usher in the New Year with Rewards for Battlefield 6 and More

January 15, 2026 EA Play: Usher in the New Year with Rewards for Battlefield 6 and More
  • Juliet Niczewicz, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, EA
Usher in the new year with new member rewards for Battlefield 6, Madden NFL 26, Apex Legends, and more! January Member Rewards A new ...
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Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 – How its Combat Director Will Make Animations More Brutal Than Ever | IGN First

As much as I adore the hand-painted Warhammer 40K guys I have sitting just off to the right side of my desk right now, there's always been one thing they can't do that an RTS like Dawn of War can: moving and fighting and kicking the crap out of each ...
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Detective game makers tells us how they would murder Humpty Dumpty

You can't take a step on Steam this week without stumbling over a body. Step forward and you'll trip over a cold-to-the-touch mobster with a knife in their back. Step to the left and, oh God, it's a wizened academic clutching a poisoned apple in their rigor mortis grip. But ...
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Palestine Skating Game takes Jet Set Radio’s rollerblades and spray paint to soldier-filled streets and towering concrete walls

I only have to skate a few meters before the piercing drum of rifle fire fills my ears. Armed with my trusty can of spray paint, I cover the hostile soldiers in splotches of bright colour while rollerblading circles around them. They stumble about, trying to keep me in their ...
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25 Years on From Super Smash Bros. Melee, Creator Masahiro Sakurai Finally Confirms The Secret Behind How Much Damage is Healed by Food

Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Super Smash Bros., has revealed the reason why the series' food various items each heal your character by a specific amount.Writing this week on Twitter/X, Sakurai simply dropped the detail out of nowhere — 25 years on from when food was first introduced to Nintendo's ...
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Japanese Charts: Nintendo’s Dominance Continues As Switch 2 Flies Past 4 Million Units Sold

What will they think of next? FIVE million?The first two weeks' sales data of 2026 is in from Famitsu, and it'll come as a surprise to nobody to hear that the Switch 2 is still dominating the proceedings.It's yet another Switch 1/2 washout in the software chart to kick off ...
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How to Watch Xbox Developer_Direct 2026 Next Thursday

January 15, 2026 How to Watch Xbox Developer_Direct 2026 Next Thursday Developer_Direct returns next Thursday, January 22 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK, and will kick off Xbox’s 25th anniversary year with a look at some of the incredible games ...
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Claim your place among motorcycle legends in Ride 6 career

Hello, fellow bikers, this is Paolo Bertoni, Game Director of Ride 6. As we rev things up ahead of the game’s release on PS5, planned for February 12, 2026, I’d like to take you behind the scenes to explore the brand-new career mode we’ve been crafting, and share how it ...
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