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What’s on your bookshelf?: Borderlands, Life Is Strange, and Horizon Zero Dawn actor Ashly Burch

Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome to Booked For The Week - our new Sunday feature where we ask a selection of cool industry folks questions about books! The very first book was famously written in the 1200's by notable scholar and six-time wrestling world champion Booker ...
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PS5 Pro: Everything We Know About PlayStation’s Next Console

Even though the PlayStation 5 Slim launch is still fairly close in the rearview mirror, many are already wondering about a potential PlayStation 5 Pro. It makes sense - platform holders like Sony have a history of releasing souped-up revisions of their flagship consoles to provide new visual and quality-of-life ...
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Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects & Readers’ Choice (April 2024)

Our picks for the best eShop games in April.It's that time — welcome back to our monthly eShop Selects feature! This time, we're covering April — somehow, we're already in May.As mentioned last month, we've made another change to the piece. Now you'll be voting for your favourite hidden gem ...
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Star Wars arrives in Fall Guys this week, alongside major changes to bean physics

I need to take all the opportunities to write about Fall Guys that I can get, given how much time I spend playing it with my son. This is a pretty good opportunity, too: a set of Star Wars skins are coming to the bean battle royale, as announced yesterday ...
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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Duel: Mario Paint (SNES)

Vincent van Goomba.Hey folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!We had a veritable doozy last week when we checked out Pokémon Yellow Version for the humble Game Boy; truly one of the standout titles in the gargantuan franchise.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
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Video: Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD For Switch Gets A New Trailer

Spooky surprise.Next month, Nintendo is reviving the 3DS title Luigi's Mansion 2 on the Nintendo Switch. In the lead up to Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, it's now uploaded a new trailer for the game titled 'Rude Awakening'.In this "visually enhanced" adventure for the Siwtch, Professor E.Gadd calls on Luigi after ...
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Star Wars Day Switch eShop Sale, Up To 75% Off Multiple Games

"A galaxy of savings".As part of this year's Star Wars Day celebrations, there's currently a sale taking place on the Switch eShop in select regions. So if you're looking for a Star Wars game to play this weekend, here's a list of games you can currently grab on sale:"You can ...
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UK government responds to petition asking them to regulate publishers into keeping games “in a working state”

The UK government has responded to a petition asking for "government intervention" to force the industry to keep video games "in a reasonably working state when support ends", rather than allowing them to become unplayable such as when online servers are shut down. The petition was prompted by the closure ...
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Helldivers 2 has received 100,000 negative reviews since announcing players must link Steam to a PSN account

Earlier this week, Helldivers 2 players on PC were told that they'd soon need to link their Steam account to a PlayStation Network (PSN) account. Two days later and the game has received 100,000 new negative reviews on Steam. What's more, developers at Arrowhead have made several statements to say ...
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Daily Deals: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, LEGO Star Wars The Child

May 4th is here, which means it is officially Star Wars Day! To celebrate, all kinds of Star Wars games, toys, and products are available on sale today! The best deals for Saturday, May 4, include Star Wars Outlaws, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Nintendo Switch OLED, LEGO Star Wars: The ...
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