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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Duel: Forsaken (N64)

For goodness' saken.Greetings, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!Last time, we checked out the original Harvest Moon for the SNES, and would you believe it, it was actually the more realistic European design that won the day with 46% of the vote. North America was the runner-up ...
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Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Gets Seven-Minute Gameplay Overview Trailer

Not long to go now.Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake launches for the Switch and Switch 2 next month, and to build some excitement, Square Enix has now released an extensive gameplay overview trailer.Over seven minutes, you can get a better look at the game's exploration, combat, party lineup ...
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Gallery: Ubisoft Celebrates Rayman’s 30th With Some Rayman Legends Concept Art

"What fun memories do they bring back?".Earlier this week, Ubisoft began its 30th anniversary celebrations for its famous video game mascot Rayman.Apart from the news he'll be returning at some point in the future (with work on a new project now underway), Ubisoft is planning to reflect on the character's ...
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More Switch Games Have Received Switch 2 Compatibility Fixes

Here's the latest batch.The Switch 2 allows you to play your existing Switch library, but not every Switch game works perfectly out of the box.Fortunately, Nintendo has been rolling out regular firmware updates to help improve this, and following yesterday's major system update (bumping the Switch 2 up to Version ...
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Bethesda Teases ‘Terran Armada’ on Starfield 2-Year Anniversary, Sending Fans Down a Speculation Rabbit Hole

It looks like Bethesda has begun teasing new content for Starfield, after fans spotted a hidden message in a social media video released to celebrate the game’s two-year anniversary.The video, below, starts off innocently enough, but soon the tone of the music shifts and the image becomes garbled. Clearly, there’s ...
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‘There’s Just No Question That the Company Is Not the Same’ – Former Bethesda Exec on How the Studio Behind Fallout has Changed

Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks has been through a lot in the last few decades, and former marketing boss Pete Hines was there to see it through almost all of its changes.Hines touched on how Bethesda became a gaming giant during a recent interview with DBLTAP. In addition to providing his ...
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Review: BOKURA: Planet (Switch 2) – A Little GameChat Gem That Nobody’s Talking About

Twin peeks.BOKURA: planet is a two-player, two-device-only co-op game that launched on Switch and Switch 2 on 7th August.A follow-up to 2023's BOKURA, indie developer tokoronyori says of the first game that he "kept wondering what scenery I might have seen if I'd gone in the complete opposite direction...In the ...
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‘We Want to Do This Right’ — Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Issues PlayStation Store Pre-Order Refunds as Publisher Works to Make ‘Big Changes’ Before Launch

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox is now offering PlayStation Store pre-order refunds as it makes “big changes” after a backlash to its decision to lock clans behind DLC.The furore began with the confirmation that Bloodlines 2 would feature four clans: Brujah; Tremere; Banu Haqim; and Ventrue. While ...
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Why Exit 8, the Live-Action Horror Movie Adaptation of the Hit Indie Game, Has Sparked a Backlash in Japan Over Its Tsunami Scene

Exit 8, a live-action horror movie adaptation of the anomaly-spotting indie game of the same name, opened at movie theaters in Japan on August 29. Despite enjoying a profitable opening weekend, the Japanese film has attracted some controversy in its home country over a scene that depicts a tsunami, as ...
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League of Legends Strategy Game Teamfight Tactics Is Getting a Temporary Single-Player PvE Mode Called Ao Shin’s Ascent Shortly After the Release of Patch 15.5

League of Legends strategy game Teamfight Tactics is getting a temporary single-player PvE mode called Ao Shin’s Ascent later in September, Riot Games has announced.Teamfight Tactics is the 2019 spinoff of Riot’s enormously popular MOBA League of Legends based on Dota Auto Chess. Eight players build teams and fight to ...
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