CategoriesNews GamingAnnapurna Interactive has spent the last eight years publishing some of the most creatively bold and critically-acclaimed games from smaller studios and developers, parlaying an impressive hit rate into a seal of quality whenever its label appears in the opening credits. Now just about everyone who worked there appears to have simultaneously quit and no […]
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CategoriesNews GamingScreenshot: Kotaku / Team Asobi / Sony I cried at the end of Astro Bot. I recognize this isn’t indicative of much beyond my sentimentality, but I thought it was a crucial tidbit to underscore something else, something important about PlayStation’s excellent new platformer. It really is, more than anything else, a celebration of the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingImage: Private Division Steam sales, your wallet’s final frontier, a chance to boldly add more games to your cart than any man has before. Sure the huge summer sale has already passed but the PC gaming storefront is always running some new event offering amazing deals on equally amazing games. This time around the savings […]
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CategoriesNews GamingCapcom’s ambition to bring some of its big-hitting AAA games to mobile devices is certainly to be applauded. It’s a bold ambition, to see Resident Evil 7 on a tablet. So it’s a shame the project has been pretty disastrous, the games barely shifting any copies. And Capcom’s reaction? Make it far, far more inconvenient […]
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CategoriesNews GamingScreenshot: Square Enix / Kotaku There’s no outfit in gaming with a stronger history of telling tales about picking fights with God than Square Enix. Literally or metaphorically, from Final Fantasy Legend/SaGa and Star Ocean to Xenogears and even some Final Fantasies, a foundational narrative in which our heroes push back against a cruel, manipulative […]
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CategoriesNews GamingAmazon Games said it “regrets confusion” over remarks by CEO Christoph Hartmann on voice acting and AI that drew sharp criticism online, seeking to clarify that it thinks generative AI needs to be used “responsibly” and calling actors “essential creative contributors.” Amazon’s statement was in response to a lengthy comment from Hartmann, in which he […]
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CategoriesNews GamingNintendo UK Play it on: SwitchCurrent goal: Discover the truth about a chilling crime I haven’t played either of the earlier Famicom Detective Club games, but the marketing around Emio — The Smiling Man was enough to seduce me into finally giving the series a shot with this, its first truly new entry in decades. […]
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CategoriesNews SportsCommonwealth Games Scotland Wants 2026 Decision As Glasgow Waits In Wings Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has called on the Scottish Government to decide whether Glasgow can host the 2026 multi-sport event. The State of Victoria, Australia, was due to stage the Games but withdrew in July 2023 citing rising costs and agreed to pay the […]
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CategoriesNews GamingTetris has always been able to make players feel something. Whether that’s despair at a loss, or overwhelming joy at a triumph, it has always been able to elicit a feeling. I stress this because Tetris Effect is often burdened with this perception that its combination of lush visuals, emotive music, and satisfying gameplay finally […]
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CategoriesNews GamingIn my experience, Labor Day sales tend to skip over video games. But, for some reason, most of the games I’ve been waiting for a good deal on are at their lowest prices ahead of Labor Day weekend. In fact, I’m seeing better Switch deals now than anything I could find during Prime Day earlier […]
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