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Assemble a manga page to beat up thugs in this flashy roguelike based on a hit Japanese series

The bar for getting me to write up a new roguelike has never been higher. I don't care how many twists you throw into the formula, developers. I don't care how imaginatively you have reinvented the wheel of permadeath and unlocks. I am tired of this genre/wantonly adhesive cultural phenomenon ...
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“Everyone Is A Director” At Nintendo, Says Former Dev, But Don’t Make Excuses

Or you're outta here, pal.Motoi Okamoto, a former developer at Nintendo and now steward for the Silent Hill franchise at Konami, has taken to social media to comment on whether game directors might be considered "incompetent" if they're unable to judge new ideas without first implementing them.As covered by Automaton, ...
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High On Life 2: Why Squanch Added a Whole New Hub-Based Design

High On Life 2: Why Squanch Added a Whole New Hub-Based Design Published September 10, 2025 High On Life 2 is doing the things you’d expect this sequel to do – it’s bigger, more packed with jokes, even more experimental than the ...
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Announcing PlayStation Family App for parental controls and family management

At Sony Interactive Entertainment, we’re committed to providing safe play for gamers of all ages, including enhancing ways for parents to manage their children’s gaming experience. This includes the current parental control features available on the PS5 and PS4 console, such as playtime settings and age restriction settings for games ...
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Ubisoft Knows You’ve Already Played 100 Hours of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but Hopes You Return for Claws of Awaji to Play the Expansion’s Cool Metal Gear Solid-Inspired Stealth Boss Fight

"After 50, 70, 100 hours, you need something a bit unique," says Simon Arsenault, content director for Assassin's Creed Shadows expansion Claws of Awaji at Ubisoft Bordeaux. And it's true to say that — despite much of the upcoming add-on feeling familiar — Awaji still contains just enough distinct moments ...
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The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits’ first gameplay trailer presents an ethically concerning look at imaginary friends

Look, we all know The Sims is a weird little series. You can torture your Sims, meet fairies and werewolves and vampires, have half alien babies. So I feel like I shouldn't be all that surprised by The Sims 4's next expansion pack, Adventure Awaits, seeing the return of imaginary ...
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Beefy Steam update brings custom name sorting to the masses, along with CPU temp monitoring and extra desktop mode accessibility

Hola, big Steam update alert, featuring some stuff you might already have tried in beta and a crap tonne of other stuff you might not have. Either way, it's all in the hands of the masses now, so worth being aware of. Yes, "removed a setting from music settings that ...
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Little Nightmares 3: The Final Preview

While I’m not the one to choose to watch a horror movie or read a spooky book, I actually love a good horror game. The bar-setting remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 4 are fantastic, Alan Wake 2’s unconventional storytelling was incredibly suspenseful and memorable, and my favorite spooky experiences ...
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NBA 2K26 review

I regularly go against my best consumer instincts and check out the yearly iterations of sports games. It’s not something I’d likely be doing without some Steam press account magic letting me dodge the yearly cash sacrifice for a game that usually shares a huge chunk of DNA with its ...
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Exclusive: Bloober Team Bigs Up The Switch 2 With ‘Cronos’ Live-Action Trailer

"The work of The Traveler is eternal".In case you happened to miss it, Cronos: The New Dawn is out now on the Switch 2, and it's really rather good.Despite leaning heavily on tried-and-tested survival horror tropes, Bloober Team's latest delivers a fascinating story involving time travel, big helmets, and gross, ...
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