September 2020

Netflix has delivered several animated series based on video games in recent years, adapting projects like Castlevania, Dragon’s Dogma, Resident Evil, and (probably) Splinter Cell. That’s a good start, but some major contenders are conspicuously absent. That’s why we’ve put together this list of 10 games that we think deserve their own animated series.

No one wants a show that just tries to follow the events of a game exactly; something is bound to get lost along the way, leaving fans upset and newcomers confused. So what makes a game a good candidate for this sort of adaptation? The world should be full of characters and stories worth telling, and have a distinct visual vibe that would look great in an animated format. It doesn’t need to replicate the exact magic of playing the game – the show can be its own thing. Different media do different things well, and that’s okay. So here’s what we’re thinking would work well for our games of choice.

Whether in-person or online, you can celebrate Super Mario's 35th anniversary in Tokyo. We've translated all the details so far.

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Nintendo reminds Switch owners to charge their consoles at least once every six months in order to prevent battery failure.

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Sackboy: A Big Adventure Digital Deluxe Edition:

• A digital artbook showcasing the world of Sackboy
• Digital soundtrack
• Four Sackboy costumes from different PlayStation Games: Jin from Ghost of Tsushima, Sam Porter Bridges from Death Stranding, Connor from Detroit Become Hume, and Deacon St. James from Days Gone
• Four Sackboy emotes based on previously mentioned characters.
• 20 Sackboy Avatars

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Standard or Ultimate Edition:

• T.R.A.C.K. Suit DLC skin. Designed by Javier Garron, artist on the Miles: Morales Spider-Man comic series.

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, developer Oddworld Inhabitants' acclaimed remake of its 1997 puzzle-platformer Abe's Oddysee, will be making its way to Switch on 27th October.

New 'n' Tasty isn't exactly new, of course, having burst onto various platforms (including Wii U) back in 2014, but it's still a delight, giving the original game's gorgeously wrought tale of meat-processing and revolution - as seen through the eyes of put-upon floor-waxer Abe - a fresh lease of life with wonderfully expressive 3D character models, backgrounds, and cinematics.

"Despite such major graphical surgery, the soul of the game has survived along with the aesthetic", wrote Eurogamer's Christian Donlan in his 9/10 review back at launch. "What really stands out about Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! is the sheer coherency of the original design. It was startling back in 1997 on the PlayStation when games did not often turn up with proper themes to think about, and it's still just as startling in 2014".

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Pirates looking to give themselves an aesthetic boost upon the ocean, while also doing something for a good cause at the same time, can now purchase Sea of Thieves' striking new Sails of Union, with proceeds going to Stand Up To Cancer.

By day, the Sails of Union are pleasant enough affairs, providing an appealing splash of yellow for tastefully minded crews to admire and enjoy; by night, though, they're something a little bit special, resembling a beautiful star field shimmering against a darkened sky.

You can watch the Sails of Union work their magic in the trailer below, and if your head is suitably turned as a result, or if you simply fancy supporting a good cause, they're available now on Steam and the Microsoft Store for £4.99/$5.99 USD.

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In today's contest, you can win trippy swinging game Cyber Hook for Steam!

If you don't know me by now, you will never never never know me. I'll be simply red with anger if you don't understand how much I love '80s neon and synthwave. Angry! Upset!

But you do know me. And you know stuff like Cyber Hook is my exact jam. Come win a Steam copy from us, or I swear I'll start crying again.

Jasmin Habezai-Fekri is a 3D artist based in Germany who has done work for companies like Square Enix.

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Nintendo is keeping Animal Crossing: New Horizons fresh in our minds with its seasonal updates that are slowly introducing new and returning features to the hit title. After two fantastic summer updates, it's time to get ready for autumn with ver. 1.5. Available for download right now, the update will introduce pumpkins you can grow to craft new, seasonal items. There are also new skin tones available and candy for purchase at Nook's Cranny that you can give out when Jack arrives on Halloween night.

Jump Rope Challenge's removal from the Nintendo eShop is being postponed. The game will remain available.

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Paunch

is tagged “Psychological Horror” and “Sexual Content” on Steam, and while this is wrong, it also couldn’t be more accurate. Two players take control of huge sumo wrestlers called Bob and fight to the death by flinging large rocks at each other. One can also opt to charge down the opposing player and lay them out with a solid hook to the chin. It is immediately arousing, yet disquieting.
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As if Fire Emblem Heroes didn't already get its fans hot under the collar with its expansive array of male and female stunners, the newest update to Nintendo's mobile battler teases more saucy antics with the arrival of its newest mythic hero: "Lewd Dream" Plumeria.

An original Fire Emblem Heroes character, Plumeria is a Dökkálfar who resides in Dökkálfheimr, where she reigns as the overseer of "lewd dreams." Despite her charming and gracious appearance, Plumeria seems to have developed a deep dislike of humans, going as far as to consider them vulgar and disgusting. Given her vocation, these views seem completely fair and understandable.

For all their talk about not making staff work ‘crunch’ overtime on Cyberpunk 2077, it seems CD Projekt Red staff are facing a stretch of crunch ahead of the RPG’s November launch. A supposed internal CDPR e-mail passed to Bloomberg told the dev team they are now expected to work an extra day each week, which will be paid, while acknowledging that this is “in direct opposition to what we’ve said about crunch.”

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Knowing the very best guns in Warzone like the back of your hand is a key skill in Modern Warfare’s uber-popular Battle Royale mode – and we’re here to help you hone that skill. Below you’ll find our tried and tested Warzone weapon tier list, along with detailed explanations and tips on the very best guns in Season 6 of Warzone.

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Your choice of Perks in Warzone is nearly as important as your choice of weaponry, and can absolutely be the difference between death and victory. In this Best Warzone Perks guide, we’ll talk in detail about each of the 18 Perks in Warzone, how they work, and which ones will give you the very best chance of victory.

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Season 6 of Warzone

has burst onto the scene, placing two new weapons in the hands of its players and, as usual, telling you nothing about them. But if you’ve searched far and wide for up-to-date, concise, reliable Warzone weapon stats, then breathe a big sigh of relief: they’re waiting for you just below. This Warzone weapon stats guide is fully up-to-date for Season 6 and features tables of data for each gun class, covering everything from damage profiles to handling stats, recoil patterns, damage dropoff values, and much more.

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In what’s not only good advice for the Switch but electronics in general, Nintendo Support has reminded customers in Japan to recharge their game consoles.

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ShopTo has warned some of its PlayStation 5 pre-order customers that they will not receive their console at launch.

In an email sent out to affected customers, seen by Eurogamer, ShopTo said:

"We have received the allocation details from Sony and, unfortunately, we regret to inform you that we will not be able to fulfil your pre-order on day one/release date."

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla will include the logo of the AC Sisterhood fan movement, which players will be able to wear as a tattoo.

Ubisoft team members working on Valhalla reached out to the AC Sisterhood group to request the use of the logo.

The AC Sisterhood is a fan initiative created over the summer in the wake of the wave of sexual assault and misconduct allegations involving Assassin's Creed developer Ubisoft, and after reports of how the series had suffered from repeated high-level interference to minimise the role of multiple female main characters.

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I used to live on an island. What I loved most about that temporary home was the very particular geography. The Outer Hebrides are flat and relatively barren, save for a few dark hills squatting on the horizon. There's a real mood to the place, and an uninterrupted horizon - somehow the sky appears bigger than anywhere else in the world. Probably because of the lack of trees. Everytime my grandad arrived at the airport from the mainland, he'd make the same comment on this absence - "It's quite bleak, isn't it?" It was hard to argue the point. Also unique to these Scottish isles (and the west coast of Ireland) is the "machair", which is Gaelic for a type of low lying grassy plains. Because of how exposed the land is there, sand continually blows ashore - swept up by great Atlantic gales - and so you get this habitat of flower blooms and abundantly rich insect and bird life, stretching up and behind the island's long coastlines.

And it's those great coasts and beaches that the isles are best known for. You could spend hours scouring the sands for lost treasures. One moment you would discover the venerable carcass of a dolphin or whale, hauled up onto the land by wild waves. Just along from that the ocean has spat out a different kind of carcass... some rusted ship engine, hoisted up onto a group of jagged rocks. It's a striking contrast. Decomposing machinery crashing against raw wilderness. The sublime sitting besides the mundane.

This replica katana comes with three modes and is made to scale. Pre-orders will open soon.

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Sonic Powered will release Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto for PlayStation 4 on December 10, 2020. It will also have English subtitles.

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The best LMGs in Warzone offer a very special collection of traits that few other weapons can match. High DPS and large magazines allow you to drop entire teams quickly, while the excellent damage dropoff values and low recoil of certain LMGs give you an extremely potent answer to long-range encounters. And now, there’s a new player in the field – the eminently customisable FiNN LMG.

Our Best LMG in Warzone guide will not only walk you through the stats of each LMG, but also discuss the place of each LMG in the current Warzone meta, and answer the question: is the FiNN the new best LMG in Warzone?

This guide was written by Ollie Toms and James Law.

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SMGs in Warzone have been extremely powerful from day one. Built for speed both in their handling and how quickly they can drop an enemy to the ground, SMGs have always been very nearly as popular as Assault Rifles when it comes to premade Warzone loadouts.

Our Best SMG in Warzone guide will walk you through the stats of all the SMGs on offer in Season 6, before divulging our personal take on the very best and very worst SMGs that Warzone has to offer.

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While Marksman Rifles were always extremely potent weapons in Modern Warfare, in Warzone they’ve historically been outclassed by the bulkier and harder-hitting sniper rifles. But despite their relatively lowly standing in the current meta, there’s still a lot of fun to be had with these rifles- particularly now that Season 6 has gifted us the all-new SP-R 208!

Our Best Marksman Rifle in Warzone guide is here to catch you up on the standing of each DMR in the current meta. We’ll walk you through stats, attachments, and more in our attempt to rank each Marksman Rifle from best to worst in Season 6 of Warzone.

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Assault Rifles

are by far the most versatile and numerous weapons class in Call Of Duty: Warzone. They are reliable, effective at any range, and the backbone of the vast majority of Warzone loadouts out there.

Our Best AR in Warzone guide will walk you through the stats, attachments, and relative power of all 13 Assault Rifles in Season 6 of Warzone. Below we’ll go through each Assault Rifle from best to worst in the current meta, and explain everything you need to know about how to use (or whether to avoid) each one.

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Famed anime studio Bones did a special Pokémon music video for the Japanese rock group Bump of Chicken. And the result is wonderful.

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Since Kirby sucks up anything imaginable, it was only a matter of time before the character began selling hamburgers. That time has come.

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Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has told employees it will require them to work six-day weeks until the game's November launch, breaking a previous promise not to force compulsory overtime to finish the project.

"Starting today, the entire studio is in overdrive," CD Projekt Red boss Adam Badowski told employees via email on Monday, as revealed by Bloomberg [paywall].

"I take it upon myself to receive the full backlash for the decision," Badowski continued. "I know this is in direct opposition to what we've said about crunch. It's also in direct opposition to what I personally grew to believe a while back - that crunch should never be the answer. But we've extended all other possible means of navigating the situation."

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When it came time to choose our top 4K TV for HDR gaming, there was only one real option: the LG CX OLED. It boasts impressive contrast, low input lag and pixel response times and support for the latest technologies - including the HDMI 2.1 standard that allows 4K 120Hz HDR gameplay. Today, the 55-inch CX has dropped by £300 to its lowest-ever price of £1399 - just in time for Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Here's why we think this TV is so good, where to find it and how much cheaper it's likely to get.

First of all, let's cover where this deal is available. We've spotted the same £1399 price at three retailers so far: Amazon, Currys and John Lewis. While the first two may be the most obvious choices for most people, it's worth mentioning that John Lewis do offer a five year guarantee on their TVs, including the CX. You'll also get a free LG FN4 true wireless headphones with the CX from Currys or John Lewis, worth £99.

Anyway, here are links to the CX at each retailer:

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Pokémon Go will today adjust the various gameplay changes introduced back in March in the face of the global pandemic. Some are being removed, some are being maintained, and some will seemingly be made permanent.

Most noticeably, hatch distance will return to normal for eggs - meaning you'll need to walk the full 2km, 5km, 7km or 10km. This distance was halved back in the spring.

Eggs - or rather, their incubators - are a key source of income for Pokémon Go. On the upside, their current contents are currently of little interest to long-term players. On the downside, you only need another incubator-focused in-game event to roll around for this to suddenly change.

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Today, during the first part of PlayStation China’s showcase, Sony and its China Hero Project revealed updates about several of the games under the project’s umbrella.

Those games were showcased during earlier presentations from the project, and the developers provided an updated look at each today.

First of all, we get to see a trailer of Hardcore Mecha by Rocketpunch Games showcasing the upcoming crossover with Gurren Lagann.

This DLC should be available on the PlayStation store today, at least in some markets. The developers said it’s also coming to the Switch version, but at a later date.

Next is an update for In Nightmare, showing new gameplay from YiXing Network Technology.

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Hades, the sublime god-filled roguelite from Supergiant Games, has finally left Early Access. And that means a whole host of new players are quickly learning just how difficult it is to escape Hell when your dear father, Lord Hades, doesn’t want you to leave.

But I’ve been escaping Hell since December 2018, and with the following top-tier Hades tips and strategies, you too will learn how to defeat the God of the Underworld with ease and reach the mortal realm. So if you’ve been having trouble reaching the later realms of Hades, you’ve come to the right place!

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Boons in Hades are one of the most common and powerful types of upgrades you’ll come across. Offered by the Olympian Gods themselves, these Boons are the genetic makeup of your build for each run, which means picking the right Boon in the right moment is extremely important if you want to beat the game and escape the Underworld.

Our Hades Boons guide will offer an overview on how Boons actually work, before delving into the strongest Boons in the game and finishing off with a full list of every Boon offered by every God. So, let’s jump in!

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