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Nintendo Won’t Let Charity Speedrunning Event Use Its Games Without Permission, Because Of Course

Mari no cart.Japan's largest speedrunning event, RTA, is set to kick off later this week on 9th August, and will see some of the speediest gamers in the biz ploughing through the likes of Cuphead, Nier: Automata and Skyrim, all in aid of Doctors Without Borders. We learnt a few ...
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Genshin Impact Discontinues PS4 Support ‘Due To Limitations Related To Hardware Performance and Platform Application Size’

HoYoverse is discontinuing support for Genshin Impact on PS4.In a statement, the publisher thanked PS4 players for their "continued support and love," but claimed that, "due to limitations related to hardware performance and platform application size," it would be discontinuing support and updates for the RPG on Sony's last-gen system.The ...
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Battlefield 6’s open beta makes enabling secure boot on your PC mandatory, because cheaters

If you're planning to hop into Battlefield 6's open beta later this week, you might have to do some digging around in your PC's settings in order to get in. EA have elected to make enabling secure boot on your hardware mandatory, as part of an effort to limit cheating ...
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Apex Legends Switch 2 Performance And Resolution Upgrade Detailed

Drop in today.One of the many announcements during last week's Nintendo's Partner showcase was the Switch 2 upgrade for Apex Legends.With the game now available for the Switch 2 this week, Respawn Entertainment has outlined the game's performance details on this new platform. Here's the full rundown along with some ...
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New Arcade Racer ‘Formula Legends’ Speeds Onto Switch This September

Emulate the last seventy years of the premier motorsport.It's been another solid year for arcade racing fans on Nintendo platforms so far, and there's even more to come...The independent studio 3DCloud has announced Formula Legends will be racing onto the original Switch later this year on 18th September 2025 for ...
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Nintendo Rolls Out Version 1.1.1 Update For Game Builder Garage On Switch 2

Here are the full patch notes.When Nintendo launched the Switch 2 earlier this year in June, it also released multiple free game updates for select Switch titles.One of these updates was for Game Builder Garage - adding visual optimisations, Joy-Con 2 mouse support and more. Now in a follow up ...
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How Virtua Fighter Looks to Bring Innovation and Realism to the 3D Fighting Genre | Evo 2025

While it wasn't ready for a gameplay demo at Evo, the new Virtua Fighter project was still one of the most exciting games of the show, thanks to a brand new trailer released during Finals day that gave us our best look yet at what Sega and RGG have cooking ...
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Donkey Kong Bananza for the Nintendo Switch 2 Is IGN’s Only Masterpiece So Far in 2025

The Nintendo Switch 2 console only has two high-profile original games that you can get right now: Mario Kart World Tour and Donkey Kong Bananza. Although both are great games, Donkey Kong Bananza has staunchly entrenched itself as one of the best games of the year and an absolute must-buy ...
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Yooka-Replaylee Is Now “Content Complete”

A release date is coming "Soon".Playtonic Games' Yooka-Replaylee, a remaster of the 2017 3D collectathon platformer Yooka-Laylee, is "content complete" and a release date announcement is "coming...SoonTM".This comes from PM Studios, the physical game publisher who is handling Yooka-Replaylee's release. The company shared a video on Bluesky giving us a ...
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Stormgate Review

There's a moment right before the start of a 1v1 RTS match that’s like nothing else I've felt in games, and Stormgate delivers it. I see that countdown timer start to tick, I can feel my own heartbeat, and I take a deep breath. Then I'm looking at a colorful ...
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