Category: Nintendo

Vampire Survivors Drops Yet Another Free Update Today, Includes “Secret” New Stage

“Welcome to the hellish meat-dimension”.

Vampire Survivors is the bargain-priced video game that Poncle just keeps delivering on. Alongside a few paid updates, the developer has continuously been giving us several free updates too. And today, another one has landed on all platforms.

This “super secret” update, called Darkasso, includes a brand new stage, a new relic, five new arcana (called Darkana), new skins for a couple of characters, and plenty of bug fixes.

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‘Telebbit’ Is A Mind-Bending 2D Platformer Based On Teleportation

And it’s out in October.

Publisher Hyper Real has revealed Telebbit, an intriguing 2D platformer that utilises teleportation as its main gameplay hook.

Launching on the Switch eShop on 24th October 2024 and developed by IKINAGAMES, it’s currently giving off heavy Celeste vibes, albeit with a more cyberpunk-esque aesthetic with a hefty dollop of attitude. Heck, it looks like it’s even got bits of fruit floating around the stages that require collection.

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Fortnite’s Marvel-Themed Chapter Update ‘Absolute Doom’ Is Now Live

“Become a Marvel legend”.

The free-to-play battle royale Fortnite today launches Chapter 5 of Season 4: Absolute Doom. It’s another crossover with the Marvel universe.

In this new chapter, you’ll see all sorts of familar faces (and some even have a unique spin – like a banana with claws) as you face off against Doctor Doom and co. Here’s the official description, along with a look in the trailer above:

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Feature: Here’s How Trading Card Companies Could Stop CT Scanning In The Future

“They really want to fix it”.

Collecting trading cards, especially vintage cards, has gotten considerably dicier — seemingly overnight.

Over the past month, multiple people have come forward to demonstrate how various X-ray technologies can reliably see inside unopened trading card products. The concept of X-raying packs has been rumored for as long as X-rays and trading cards have existed at the same time, yet most believed the idea apocryphal, or at least impractical. Today, you can literally pay someone to do it for you.

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Joyous Storybook Adventure ‘The Plucky Squire’ Finally Gets Release Date

They have a way with words.

Devolver Digital and All Possible Futures have finally shared the release date for the fabulous-looking The Plucky Squire — 17th September 2024 (thanks Wario64!)

The adorable release date trailer showcases the beautiful storybook adventure’s 2D visuals including main character Jot actually putting together the game’s release date. How cute!

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Random: Donkey Kong Country 3 Fan Creates Incredible Epoxy Resin Statue

Yes, we want one.

There have been some truly gorgeous video game statues in our time, from the likes of the First 4 Figures Samus Gravity Suit statue from Metroid to the ludicrous Ghosts ‘n Goblins statue from Dream Figures.

We love one-off designs though; statues that likely won’t be made available to the general public, but nevertheless showcase a level of originality that simply can’t be replicated elsewhere. And yes, we’re a little bit jealous that we can’t get our hands on them, too.

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