Amazon Prime Day is here, which means it's a great time to pick up a new Amazon device at a steep discount. If you've been looking for a new e-reader or tablet, practically every Kindle model is discounted to an excellent price. The pricey Kindle Oasis (the best E-reader around) is a whopping $90 off, the Kindle Paperwhite is $50 off, and the sleek and powerful Fire HD 8 Plus is $40 off. There are also stellar deals on Kindle tablets for kids, including 50% off the fantastic Fire HD Kids Pro. We've rounded up the best Prime Day Kindle deals below, but don't forget you can also save on Echo devices, Fire TVs, and Ring Doorbells and cameras during Prime Day.

Amazon Prime Day 2021 is now live and has brought with it a vast set of deals on a variety of goods, and some of the best discounts are undoubtedly on Amazon devices, including Fire TV products. The online retailer has some great deals on Fire TV Stick bundles and 4K Fire TVs, and since these devices are official Prime Day deals, you don't have to worry about the prices going down even more during the main event. It's worth noting that you do have to be a Prime Day member to take advantage of these Fire TV discounts, but don't worry, there are various ways to sign up for Prime for free if you don't already have a subscription. We've rounded up the best Prime Day Fire TV deals below, and we'll update this list as more deals are added to the sale.

The Fire TV Stick 4K, standard Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Stick Lite are now on sale as standalone products.

Phasmophobia was the big indie horror hit of 2020, quickly skyrocketing its way to the top of the Steam charts and sitting there for a good long while. The game was also developed by just one person, Dknighter from the UK, who founded Kinetic Games.

A new update has just been pushed out for Phasmophobia, and alongside that, Dknighter has also announced the expansion of Kinetic Games as he’s brought on an experienced artist and programmer to come and help with development of the game. Dknighter explains that with how popular the game has been, and considering his plans for future content, it was finally time to bring in more help.

And of course, listed below are the patch notes for the latest update, which adds two new ghost types and other quality-of-life improvements:

• Added a new ghost type Yokai.
• Added a new ghost type Hantu.
• Added a new daily challenge “Capture a 3 star ghost photo”.
• Added a new daily challenge “Capture a Dirty Water photo”.
• Added a way to reset corrupt save files. This is a very rare occurrence, if you get this please join our discord and ask for help.
• Added a profanity filter for user and server names. Please report if your name is not offensive and is being caught by this.
• Added a sell button in the item store that will give you back 50% of the price.
• Added text to show the name of the level below the map in the truck.
• Added a confirmation timer if you change your resolution.
• Added a new small house map called Willow Street House. This map has no closets or lockers to hide inside and has been designed around hiding behind furniture.

There are also several other tweaks and fixes included in this update, which you can read about here. Phasmophobia is now available via Steam early access.

Today Aniplex released another new trailer and new details of Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Keppu Tan or Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles, as it’s known in English.

The trailer provides a clearer look at gameplay, which certainly appears to include a lot more than the arena-style battles we have seen so far.

We also learn that the release date in Japan is October 14 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. There will be a standard edition, a deluxe edition, and a limited edition including a figure with smartphone stand.

We also get to see the box art drawn by Ufotable.

We learn that the single-player mode will follow the story of Tanjiro Kamado until the Mugen Train arc, including plenty of fights against the demons from the anime.

The versus mode include 18 characters including 12 from the anime plus the six from Demon Slayer Academy. It’s possible to create tag teams of two characters each.

Last, but not least, new gameplay will be revealed at the Aniplex Online Fest 2021 on July 4, at 2:00 pm Japan time.

You can check out the trailer and assets below.

When it launched, Biomutant clearly had tons of potential, but was dragged down by a series of little issues that compounded to create a less-than-pleasant gameplay experience. The narrator was too talkative, the combat felt broken at times, and even getting loot wasn’t as exciting as players were hoping.

That said, developing studio Experiment 101 has been hard at work at pushing out various patches and updates to improve the game even further. The latest patch for Biomutant is its biggest yet, and it brings about tons of major changes.

For starters, the level cap has been increased from 50 to 100. The loot system has also been tweaked so that players are less likely to receive duplicate items, and this should increase loot variety in the game. Biomutant also now has a scrap option, which allows players to clear their inventory of filler loot much quicker.

Finally, players can also now make use of an optional lock-on function in combat, which should come in pretty handy. You can check out the full patch notes here.

Biomutant is now available on PC and consoles.

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Debbie Tsoi is an artist who has worked on series like Battlefield, Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed.

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Death’s Gambit was released for Steam and PS4 back in 2018, and it was billed as an action platformer game that took inspiration from games like Undertale and the Dark Souls series, as far as the narrative and gameplay mechanics were concerned. It had its fair share of flaws, but was still one of the most creative indie games we’d played that year. Serenity Forge and White Rabbit have just announced Death’s Gambit: Afterlife for Switch, which is an enhanced version of the game with tons of new additions and other tweaks.

You can check out the debut trailer for yourself down below:

Some of the changes and additions in Afterlife include:

• A complete mechanical revamp, including fine-tuned encounters, improved movement and expanded crafting
• Alternate endings to achieve as the story progresses
• Over 30 weapons total, with new talents for each weapon
• 6 new bosses to fight, on top of the original 14
• A massively expanded new world to explore, adding 10 new levels to the original 11
• A new map to navigate Siradon

There’s no set release date for Death’s Gambit: Afterlife just yet, but we’ll keep you updated as more info comes our way.

While some retro video game looks are making huge comebacks—muddy PS1 textures, I’m looking at you—I’m particularly excited here to see here a developer bringing back one very particular aesthetic that I was super into as a kid: that of early 90s hardcore military flight sims.

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Show off your tricks this summer with these spooky Silent Hill skateboards.

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Software engineer and SNES ROM hacker Vitor Vilela leads a team which has created and released Super Mario World Widescreen, a download that lets you play Nintendo’s Super Mario World—first released in 1990—on modern widescreen displays.

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While Amazon Prime Day 2021 will offer a ton of discounts, it's not the only sale in town this week. Walmart has launched its own super-sale, Deals for Days, and it's brought steep discounts on some highly-desired items. Walmart Deals for Days 2021 runs until June 23, extending one day longer than Amazon's annual sale. Walmart is no stranger to trying to compete with Prime Day--like Best Buy and Target, Walmart has made a habit of planning a massive sale around Amazon Prime Day for several years in a row.

Comedian Yoshio Kojima, with the help of his little sidekick, explains how rush duels will work in this upcoming Nintendo Switch game.

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Amazon Prime Day 2021 is live now through June 22, and Prime Day game deals are out in full force at Amazon and other retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, and Target. Right now, you can find some great discounts on games for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox (don't worry, PC players, the Steam Summer Sale reportedly kicks off later this week). We've rounded up the best Prime Day game deals below.

Best Nintendo Switch game deals

Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals are fantastic this year, especially when it comes to exclusives. Target has Pikmin 3 Deluxe and Paper Mario: The Origami King on sale for only $30. Meanwhile, Amazon has a bunch of awesome Switch titles for $40, including Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Bravely Default II, Super Mario Odyssey, and Luigi's Mansion 3. You can also snag Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit for $75, its lowest price yet.

Dialing down the sexy look for a more uncanny depiction.

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We often cover figures here, but have you always wondered about the process of making them?

YouTube user Paolo fromTOKYO published a video from his “Day in the life” series that is certainly quite interesting for those who love Good Smile Company’s popular Nendoroid action figures.

The video features a day in the life of 24-years-old Sho, who works at Good Smile Company as a figure sculptor.

We get to take a look at some of the stages of the creation of the prototype of an original Nendoroid from the sculpting to the checks with the CEO, on top of a few elements of trivia about Good Smile Company itself.

This include the famous Hatsune Miku-themed Super GT racing cars tucked away into the basement of the company’s headquarters in Akihabara.

Incidentally, if you like the video, you can also watch another from the same series, featuring a game developer working at Bandai Namco.

Golf is a classy sport. The kind of sport that has been played by dignified men and women. A perfect sport for Waluigi and Wario. Mario Golf: Super Rush releases later this week on Nintendo Switch.

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Today new screenshots were released for two relevant airports coming from third-party developers to Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The first is Van Nuys (KVNY) in California, USA, that will be released soon by Orbx (sources 1, 2).

Update: the airport has been released and it’s now available on Orbx Direct for $17.04.

You can check out plenty of new images below.

The unpainted prototype shows off the protagonist's Trails of Cold Steel III look.

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But who wore it best?

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The original Mass Effect tells a story of a small group of aliens and humans working together against the odds to stop a deadly, super-powerful mega-robot from beginning the process that will lead to all life being destroyed. Epic stuff. Yet the final song you hear, played during the credits, is an odd electric-rock…

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Hokko Life fails to stand on its own two legs, reliant on other life simulator titles that have come before it.

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If you have aspirations of making your own video game but haven’t taken that first step, Game Builder Garage is for you. Just keep your expectations in check.

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Bobbing onto our screens in 2018, Sea Of Thieves was perfectly timed to provide the jovial, ultimately unthreatening ambience of Pirates Of The Caribbean, just as that film series became a lot less fun due to the allegations against leading man Johnny Depp. How unfortunate, then, that 2021 should bring a massive Pirates Of The Caribbean crossover to the game, with Captain Jack Sparrow plastered all over it.

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Captain Jack Sparrow is joining your Sea of Thieves crew. That's either very good or very bad, depending on your point of view--from what we've seen of the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean tie-in expansion, A Pirate's Life, he seems like he's pretty fun to have around. On the other hand, he likes to get into the rum and he's a bit of a loose cannon.

Either way, Jack Sparrow represents a major shift in Sea of Thieves in its third year, and with A Pirate's Life, Rare's multiplayer live service game looks to be taking a big leap forward. As Rare showed in a presentation demonstrating what we can expect from the expansion, A Pirate's Life adds a huge amount of content that goes beyond just Pirates of the Caribbean-themed items and stories. It's adding a bunch of new characters, new enemies, and new places to explore.

One of the more leftfield surprises to come out of this year's E3 (although in hindsight, it's such a natural fit, it shouldn't have been much of a surprise at all), was the announcement that Captain Jack Sparrow would be soon making his way to the Sea of Thieves as part of a mammoth new Pirates of the Caribbean crossover story arc for the swashbuckling multiplayer adventure. And ahead of its arrival this Tuesday, 22nd June, we had chance to chat with Rare to find out more about its impressively ambitious free update.

A Pirate's Life, as Rare's new five-episode Tall Tales story arc is officially titled, plunges players into a fight for the future of the Sea of Thieves after Captain Jack (here played by Jared Butler, an actor with a long history of voicing the character in video games) successfully navigates the perilous fog known as the Devil's Shroud surrounding the Sea of Thieves with Davy Jones in tow.

The ensuing adventure dips liberally into the worlds of both crossover franchises, most notably for Sea of Thieves fans, giving players their first opportunity to some visit some key locations in the game's expansive lore - including the underwater Sunken Kingdom, home of the malevolent sirens, and the Sea of the Damned, a realm between life and death where the dreams and nightmares of pirates take on a physical reality.

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Rare surprised Sea of Thieves fans by announcing it had partnered up with Disney to bring the swashbuckling world of Pirates of the Caribbean into the game. While Rare had previously shied away from such crossovers, the move makes sense – and not just because both properties revolve around pirates. Sea of Thieves was always designed with the philosophy of giving players the freedom to forge their own paths and make a name for themselves on the high seas. That defines the pirate’s life, and that freedom is what Captain Jack Sparrow values even more than the shiniest trinket, making him the perfect fit for the adventure.  

A Pirate’s Life launches June 22 as a free expansion that kicks off Season Three of Sea of Thieves. It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned player or a curious newcomer enticed by the idea of sailing alongside cinema’s most famous pirate. Rare says anyone can immediately jump into A Pirate’s Life, even describing it as a great starting point for newcomers. If you’re considering taking the plunge, Rare provided a deep dive into the expansion’s narrative premise, its large new areas filled with fearsome foes, and the movie-themed booty players can earn.

Today Microsoft broadcasted an extensive video about the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean crossover content coming to Sea of Thieves.

The content, titled “A Pirate’s Life” debuts for free on June 22, so we’ll get to enjoy it soon.

In the video, we hear from the team at Rare, taking us on a rather comprehensive journey into the development and design of the expansion, which you could certainly call a marriage made in heaven between the two franchises.

Incidentally, “A Pirate’s Life” will include five tales, and we get to see the first two.

It certainly looks awesome, and you can check it out below.

Sea of Thieves is currently available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC. Just recently, we learned that it has been played by 20 million eager pirates over its three years of history.

Bandai Namco’s cross-generation JRPG Scarlet Nexus is just a few days from its release, and new assets have been shared.

First of all, we get plenty of new screenshots directly from director Kenji Anabuki, who has been sharing new images and commentary (including a handy English translation) for several months. Talk about dedication!

This time around, we get to see a variety of situations, but each screenshot is associated with the days left to release.

Marvel released another brand new trailer of the upcoming “AAA” open-world mobile game Marvel Future Revolution developed by Netmarble.

The trailer is, as usual, very brief, but it provides a look at one of the game’s most publicized features, which is character customization. Here we take a look at the costumes Star-Lord can wear and some of the color variations.

You can check it out below.

At the moment, there is no relese date for Marvel Future Revolution, but we know that it’s coming for iOS and android.

If you’re unfamiliar with the game (which wouldn’t be surprising considering the year of silence) it’s a mobile multiplayer open-world RPG for iOS and Android.

The story is about the “Convergence,” a multiverse catastrophe in which universes collide, which means that we’ll be able to play plenty of versions of beloved superheroes. 

The players become members of Omega Flight based in New Stark City, which is the universe’s last line of defense. Basically, it’s a group of heroes that came together from multiple realities to defend the universe.

Last week, the new update for Call of Duty Warzone launched. It was the start of Season 4, bringing new content to the popular battle royale shooter. It also seems to have added a killer door that will instantly end the life of anyone who gets too close.

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Getting in touch with my country roots Everyone has their favorite game from growing up. For some, it was Super Mario...

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Atlus has released another trailer of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V, focusing on one of its demons

We get to see the Angel, following the previous videos we saw over the past few days featuring Jack Frost, Fionn mac Cumhaill, and Amanozako.

You can enjoy the video below.

Shin Megami Tensei V releases for Nintendo Switch on Nov, 12, 2021. If you’re unfamiliar with it, you can enjoy and a brief official description below, hinting at the story.

“The ambitions of god and human clash amidst the horror of a dying world. Neither human nor demon, the newly-forged Nahobino and his friends must decide what is worth saving… and prepare to sacrifice everything in its name. In a world without its Creator, which path will you choose?”

Developer SimulaM and publisher PlayWay released a new trailer of the upcoming Jesus simulator I am Jesus Christ.

A few weeks ago, we saw how the developer decided to switch from Unity to Unreal Engine 5, providing the first look at tests made with the new engine.

Today we get to see more of them, including a look at water, and minus the T-pose for John the Baptist. All is topped by a more fitting narration.

You can watch it below.

Four new Operators break out of jail and into Rhodes Island.

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Today is Father’s Day. And there sure are a lot of dads in gaming. So let’s celebrate the holiday by having fun with all the various video game fathers on their special day.

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Square Enix says it is "pleasantly surprised" by the success of its new IP, Outriders, stating "the digital sales ratio for the title have been very high" and insisting that its "decision to make Outriders available with Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass as soon as the title launched also worked in [its] favour".

Xbox teased the shooter was coming to Xbox Game Pass just a couple of weeks before release, and swiftly became one of the service's most high-profile Game Pass offerings. Now, a few months on, Square Enix says that despite the "slight issues" with bugs and server instability, it has "gotten off to a good start as a new IP".

"In regards to the response to Outriders, while there were slight issues with bugs and the like on launch, we believe it has gotten off to a good start as a new IP," Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda told investors at a financial briefing back in May, the English translation of which was published today (thanks, VGC).

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A defining trilogy, finally in one launcher There haven’t really been many series that try to do what Mass Effect...

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Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.

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Following the release of a new video teaser showcasing what's new in the upcoming TAEGO update for PUBG, fans think they've discovered new features coming the original battle royale game, including new weapons, vehicles, a new zone feature, and even self pick-up.

According to an analysis by dataminer PlayerIGN (thanks, PCGN), as well as self-pickup, TAEGO's new 8x8 map will also feature a new Pony Coupe vehicle, 5.56 K2 Assault Rifle, 5.56 K12 DMR, a "new airdrop type", a possible new Zone feature, and the return of Paramo's Chinook helicopter.

A second teaser and screenshots released in Korea also suggest we'll see a palace and a school on the new map, with rumours the new content will be available to play on the PC Test Server from 30th June.

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