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Score Resident Evil 4 (PS5) for $15 at Amazon Right Now To Play Before Resident Evil: Requiem

While we eagerly await Resident Evil: Requiem to give us a good scare next year, Amazon's dropped an excellent deal on a slightly older Resi title that's worth picking up to keep you on your toes in the meantime. The excellent Resident Evil 4 remake for PS5 has dropped to ...
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Dryft racing, hip-hop and pirates: the cheeky, eclectic games of Aussie studio Nonsense Machine

For most of his game-making career, Australian developer dweedes has projected an image of cheeky, punkish rebellion. His website WET GAMIN has accumulated a trove of experimental games over the last decade: short works by various freeware developers that exemplify a scribbly, DIY spirit. Now, making and selling games on ...
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Photograph bosses to death in this head-pulsing whirligig of a bullet hell

I fear and covet no videogame genre on this Earth like the bullet hell shoot 'em up. I find these scions of the arcades irresistibly beautiful. They look like how I imagine human nervous systems appear to thunder spirits. By the same token, I’m not sure they're actually designed to ...
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Devolver boss calls GTA 6 an “AAAAA game” in latest attack on human dignity

Not long before joining Rock Paper Shotgun, I wrote a feature for Edge magazine about the origins of the very silly term "AAA game". The overall conclusion I came to is that "AAA game" is possibly a boardroom-level borrowing from the credit rating industry and Hollywood, and that it has ...
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Stardew Valley’s Creator Has A Small Voice Role In Hollow Knight: Silksong

A star is born.Hollow Knight: Silksong, much like its predecessor, is known for featuring quirky voice roles to represent the numerous NPCs you'll encounter along your journey.One these roles features a developer with which you might be quite familiar: Eric Barone, A.K.A. ConcernedApe, A.K.A the creator of a little game ...
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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for September 8 to 12

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for September 8 to 12 Published September 5, 2025 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox ...
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PlayStation Store: August 2025’s top downloads

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. August continued sports supremacy as Madden NFL 26 led the charge on the charts in the US, while Mafia: The Old Country had success on both the US and EU charts for PS5, ...
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Work to Improve the Disastrous MindsEye Continues, With Build a Rocket Boy Releasing Hefty Update 4

MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy has released Update 4 across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S, insisting it remains “committed to refining” the game following its disastrous launch.In July, IGN reported that Edinburgh-based BARB had issued at-risk of redundancy emails to its around 300-strong UK workforce ...
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RoadCraft’s first expansion adds a bridge layer, two new maps, and the option to make your life much tougher

The first bit of DLC for mud-splattered infrastructure setup sim RoadCraft has rumbled out of the garage, bringing with it a couple of new maps, several extra vehicles, and some extra-tough options for those craving a hard time. One of those fresh rides is a bridge layer, and you best ...
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‘I Guess Silksong Is Just That Respected’: After Hollow Knight: Silksong Was Cracked at Launch, Pirates Are Urging Each Other to Buy Instead — and Some Can’t Believe What They’re Seeing

The splash damage caused by Hollow Knight: Silksong’s massive launch impact has spread beyond huge Steam concurrents and struggling storefronts to the parts of the internet where video game pirates hang out — and there something interesting is happening: the pirates are urging each other to buy the game instead ...
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