March 2023

Developers have spoken about the "morally and physically exhausting" crunch culture at Ubisoft Paris.

In a report by NME focused primarily on the development of Just Dance 2023, members of the Solidaires Informatique union group for Ubisoft Paris said pre-production for the game was a "mess".

Reportedly, the Just Dance 2023 team was "tasked with changing the Just Dance 2023 engine just 11 months before launch", while bosses continued to push ideas "that had to be considered at all costs". This was despite developers saying they were "already underwater" at this point.

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GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is coming to Steam in Early Access for free in Q2 2023.

It's currently available to wishlist in advance of a download through Steam. At launch a longer article will detail the features of the Steam release.

For now, there's a blog post on the Dolphin site (thanks Nintendo Life): "We're pleased to finally tell the world of our experiment. This has been the product of many months of work, and we look forward to getting it into users' hands soon!"

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US Members of Congress have raised concerns to the Biden administration about Sony's "monopoly" on the gaming market in Japan.

Senator Maria Cantwell last week remarked during a Senate Finance Committee hearing that Sony was engaging in "blatant anti-competitive conduct", reports Politico.

Further, she called upon US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to "investigate these exclusionary conducts".

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Bushiroad revealed some more information on the genre and main characters of Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast. This will be the game adaptation of the light novel and anime series Goblin Slayer. The original writer and character designer for the series will work on the game. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

In terms of the genre, Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast will be a TRPG (tactical RPG) in a similar vein to Fire Emblem. You will have to take care of where your units and enemy units are when coming up with your strategies. As well, the game will have its own original story.

Aside from game-original characters, five characters (Goblin Slayer, Priestess, High Elf Archer, Lizard Priest, and Dwarf Shaman) will make their appearances in Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Priest. Their voice actors from the show will reprise their roles. Here are the original characters and cast that will be in the game:

Perfect World Games showed off some of the party members who will be in Persona 5: The Phantom X. Previously, it revealed three of the main characters, as well as your Velvet Room assistant, Merope. The new party members are people who have some sort of notable public-facing identity and use the power of Persona II to fight against Shadows. [Thanks, Persona Central!]

The new characters are:

• Mont Kotone (Terpsichore)
• Seiji Shirajima (Leucothea)
• Yuki Fujikawa (Styx)

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Like Persona 3, these characters’ Personae draw inspiration from Greek mythology. This is in contrast to the three that Perfect World had previously appeared. For reference, the other ones are Jánošík (a Slovakian Robin Hood figure), Rob Roy (Scottish outlaw and folk hero), and Awilda (female pirate). It is unclear what “Persona II” is and how it’s different from normal Personae.

Development on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is now complete.

The Legend of Zelda series producer, Eiji Aonuma, revealed this during today's Tears of the Kingdom gameplay showcase. He then jumped directly into the game, showing off more than 10 minutes of new gameplay. Aonuma begins this demonstration by showing how Link can get up to the Sky Islands floating above Hyrule. He uses the "Recall" power, which rewinds an object's movement, to reverse a fallen rock's descent. He's able to reach one of the floating sky islands using this new power. 

After fighting an enemy up here, we learn that weapon durability, a hotly debated feature of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, is back. But now, you can use Link's new "Fuse" ability to create brand-new weapons. Aonuma showed us how to fuse a branch with a boulder to create a giant hammer, promising that you can do all sorts of things with this new ability. You can even fuse two weapons together, and fuse ingredients to arrows to create variations such as homing arrows and more.

Tax Heaven 3000 changed its release date a couple of times, moving from a March 31st date that was suspiciously close to April Fools' Day, to April 4th after its removal from Steam, to yesterday, March 27th. For the uninitiated, Tax Heaven 3000 is the anime dating sim that claims to do your taxes and asks you for identifying info such as your email and Social Security Number. It’s likely a joke app, partly because of its waifu Iris (like, the IRS) and partly because it’s from MSCHF, the art collective behind Lil Nas X’s Satan Shoes and other viral drops.

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Good timing if you recently picked up a Steam Deck on discount, as now you could also save a few quid on one of the best microSD cards for the Valve-made handheld. Two, in fact, as the Amazon Spring Sale is currently cutting prices on the super speedy SanDisk Extreme Pro and the more budget-oriented, but still quick, SanDisk Ultra.

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Steam will no longer support Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 operating systems starting from January 1st, 2024, Valve have announced. To continue playing games or using apps through Steam, you’ll need to update to a more recent version of Windows. After that date, the Steam Client will no longer run on older versions of the Windows OS. The reason? It’s Google Chrome.

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As is so often the case in systemic turn-based tactics games, things started to go wrong in my preview session for The Lamplighters League when a nearby torch met a cunningly placed oil slick and erupted into flames. A load of enemies were instantly enveloped in its hot sea of death, as intended, but one of our heroes - the tank-like bruiser Fedir - also ended up getting burned by mistake. As an ex-mob enforcer, he's certainly built to take a few punches, and his abilities are all focused on making him the centre of attention, his attacks growing more powerful as his rage levels continue to grow. "You want him to get attacked," game director Chris Rogers tells me, calling on the phrase 'you wouldn't like him when he's angry' as the basis for Fedir's ability set. But with that extra fire damage he receives, it's just a little too much all at once. He gets knocked down, and the tide of battle quickly goes south.

In truth, I played no part in this downfall. Rogers was in the control cockpit for this one, showing me exactly how Harebrained Schemes' latest game actually works. It's quite a different proposition from their last game, Battletech, and in this quite literal trial by fire, studio head and co-founder Mitch Gitelman actually pulled a dollar out of his pocket at one point and put a bet on whether Rogers would make it out alive. He certainly had his work cut out for him. Rogers won that dollar, and here's how the game's emphasis on deep, customisable character builds set him up for success.

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Far Cry 5 was a beautiful game when it launched back in 2018. The game portrayed a sprawling open-world set in the American countryside, with impressive foliage rendering, vast draw distances, and detailed texture work. It was a big step up from prior games, packing excellent support for the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Five years on, Ubisoft has released an update that unlocks the full potential of the old code on current-gen consoles by unlocking the frame-rate and allowing the game to reach 60 frames per second - so is this a smooth experience? Or are gamers in for a bumpy ride?

As with all backwards-compatible patching efforts, it's important to set expectations right off the bat. Far Cry 5 on current-gen machines isn't a full port of the game to current-gen consoles - it's just a patch, with limited impact on the game experience beyond the performance enhancement. This isn't a bad thing necessarily, but this is more in line with prior Ubisoft game updates - like the Assassin's Creed Origins 60fps patch - than it would be with a rebuilt current-gen version.

But that's not really a bad thing, because Far Cry 5 is still a visually impressive title. Dense foliage blankets the game's forested areas,with detailed greenery and excellent shading. Materials and texture work are both top-notch, and hold up perfectly well even at close range. Lighting in general remains attractive, especially outdoors, and interiors even hold up passably well, packing evocative, if slightly crude, GI coverage. Despite its five year old vintage - a detail Ubisoft is eager to emphasize - Far Cry 5 continues to stand strong from a graphical perspective. It's not all perfect of course, and there are some inconsistencies that do betray its last-generation heritage, but it's hardly an unattractive game.

HoYoVerse offered an update on the Genshin Impact wireless controller support for people playing on PCs and iOS devices. It essentially went over the controllers that do and don’t work with the game on those platforms. It also went over how to handle Genshin Impact key binding again. More importantly, the update ended with the company noting it is working on DualSense Edge support for PCs. (As people might imagine, the PS5 version already works with that controller.)

There’s no release window for when people might get to use a DualSense Edge when playing the game on a PC. The announcement noted compatibility “is not complete.” It did note that it eventually will be ready for general use.

HoYoVerse also offered an updated list of wireless controllers that will work with the PC and iOS versions of Genshin Impact. If someone is using an iPhone or iPad, they could use a PS4 DualShock 4, Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2, or Xbox Wireless Controller. All three of those controllers will work on a PC as well. In addition, the PC version of the game is compatible with a standard PS5 DualSense. Once you’re using one, you can change the key bindings to alter controls by going to the Keys section in Settings.

Genshin Impact is available for the PS4, PS5, PC, and mobile devices, and DualSense Edge support is in the works for the PC version.

The Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay presentation ended with the reveal of a new OLED Switch model. As expected, it features iconography and color schemes based on the game. It will launch on April 28, 2023, a few week's before the game's May 12, 2023 debut. A purchase will also only include the new themed Switch and not a copy of the game. There will also be a Pro Controller and themed case available on May 12, 2023.

Nintendo noted that the system will cost $359.99, but didn't note when the pre-orders for the system will begin. However, it did show off the system, its Joy-Cons, and the dock. The dock features the Triforce in gold against a white background. The two Joy-Cons are each gold, though with different designs seen throughout Tears of the Kingdom on them.
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Here's how the The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Pro Controller and Switch case will look. The controller will be $74.99, and the case $24.99.
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Nintendo kicked off the week of March 27, 2023 by promising The Legend of Zelda Series Producer Eiji Aonuma would usher in new Tears of the Kingdom gameplay footage. Now that presentation is available online. While short, at about 10 minutes total, it does offer a better idea of what Link and Zelda will be dealing with in Hyrule after Breath of the Wild. It also confirmed that development is complete on the game.

Here's the video showing off the new The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay. The game is at a playable state at this point, and Aonuma played it in the presentation. It showed the Sky Islands, as well as how the "Recall" ability can rewind actions. When rocks fall from above, Link can use this skill and his Paraglider to reach one of these floating islands in the game. It also shows Link's Ultrahand ability, for crafting things like rafts, and Ascend to reach higher areas. However, only Link appeared in this latest peek at the game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6qna-ZCbxA&ab_channel=NintendoofAmerica

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will come to the Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023. As a reminder, it will be a $69.99, while normal first-party Switch games tend to be $59.99.

Good Smile Company opened up pre-orders for a figma figure of Mori Calliope from Hololive. As a figma figure, there are joints in her arms and legs so that you can pose her if you wish. Pre-orders will close on May 11, 2023. She’ll cost 11,000 JPY and come out in November 2023 for Japanese customers. Those in North America will have to pay $77.99 and she’ll come out in Q1 2024.

The Mori Calliope figma is not only posable but you’ll be able to customize her quite a bit. She’s going to come with three face plates—a smiling face, a winking face, and a funny face. As well, there are optional parts that you can give her or place around her. The optional parts are her scythe, a microphone, a miniature figure of Death-sensei, and a pair of sunglasses.

Here are some more pictures of the Mori Calliope figma:

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Autumn Games announced that the final official release date for the Black Dahlia DLC character in Skullgirls 2nd Encore will be very soon. She’ll come out on March 29, 2023 for the PC and PS4 versions of the game. As for those on the Nintendo Switch, they’ll be able to download her on March 31, 2023.

Development on Black Dahlia started in 2022, with early builds of her character appearing at events and as DLC. Her alpha trailer showed that she can use bullets as part of her combos, though they do not seem to have much range or zoning capabilities. Black Dahlia can also run out of these bullets, which require her to reload.

You can watch the alpha trailer for Black Dahlia here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkp82DqgbSo&t

Black Dahlia draws inspiration from the real-life unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, or “Black Dahlia” as she was posthumously called. Autumn Games has also seemed to use Hol Horse (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) and BB Hood (Darkstalkers) as some of their inspirations for her gameplay. In terms of the lore, Black Dahlia is a member of the Medici Mafia. She previously showed up in Peacock and Squigly’s stories.

Nintendo finally unveiled its long-rumored The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Collector’s Edition OLED Switch. It’s still not the Switch Pro upgrade many players have been waiting for, but it still looks pretty neat and is far and away one of better-looking special edition consoles its released in recent years.

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Zelda fans have been starving for anything they can get, any crumb they can catch, and it seems like Nintendo is finally taking pity, rewarding them with a 10-minute gameplay trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

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What makes Fortnite so engaging? Ask players what they love, and there’s a number of things they might mention about the hugely popular battle royale. The gameplay loop is fun, with solid third-person shooter controls and the unique complexity of its building mechanic nicely complicating the simple quest to be the…

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A new character trailer for Tekken 8 showcases the action of the returning Jun Kazama. Jin’s long-lost mother is making her first playable appearance in a mainline entry since Tekken 2, and based on a new gameplay trailer, she hasn’t lost a step.

A gameplay trailer shows off Jun’s expert use of Kazama-style martial arts to cleanse opponents of their evils. That translates to beating the snot out of them if that wasn’t obvious. We also see a brief reunion between Jun and her former lover, Kazuya, and it goes about as well as you would expect from a mother meeting the father and repeat attempted killer of their son. 

For those keeping count, here’s the list of confirmed fighters thus far:

• Jack-8
• Jin Kazama
• Kazuya Mishima
• King
• Lars Alexandersson
• Marshall Law
• Nina Williams
• Paul Phoenix

Tekken 8 still doesn’t have a release date, but it’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Nintendo showed off 10 minutes of gameplay for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom this morning and concluded that presentation by revealing a branded Switch OLED console and other accessories.

If you’re in the market for a new OLED model, this Zelda variant launches on April 28, a couple of weeks before the game arrives. It retails at $359.99 and features a Switch dock and Joy-Cons adorned with Hyrulian designs. 

Additionally, a Tears of the Kingdom-themed Pro Controller ($74.99) and Switch carrying case ($24.99) will release alongside the game on May 12. 

According to a press release, the console and accessories are available for pre-order today (check with your preferred retailer). Meanwhile, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launches for Switch on May 12.

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson claimed that "the mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect." Had he not died in 1894, he might’ve said the same thing about the Logitech G502 Hero showing up in Amazon sales events, although maybe it wouldn’t have sounded as profound.

That’s right, the G502 Hero – beloved by RPS readers, a longtime resident in our best gaming mouse list, and precursor to an inferior new model – is once again going cheap. A predictable development, albeit an entirely welcome one. This time it’s in the Amazon Spring Sale, with a better-than-half-price discount bringing it down to £35.

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I was trying to explain the vibe of Crime Boss: Rockay City - a new Payday-like whose main USP is it's full of aging 90s-era-ish stars whose unifying trait is that they should not have been hired to do voice work for this game - to Graham as I was playing over the weekend. "You know how police procedurals all have at least one episode that's about gamers, so they have to make up a game for it? This feels like that. It's like a fake game made up by a Hollywood television producer."

A few hours later, after numerous short cutscenes in which Michael Rooker has to shout nonsensical American Football metaphors every so often, to justify the fact that his character is called Touchdown, and Michael Madsen growls about "candy" in a hard-living 65-year-old's voice coming out of an uncanny-vallyy 35-year-old's face, I text him an update: "It's also like that tweet that goes 'Bames Nond's having a stronk, call a bondulance'."

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Company of Heroes 3's first "major" update is out today, 28th March.

Known as Operation Sapphire Jackal, this update comes with a hefty number of bug fixes, along with an array of quality of life enhancements and the like.

It also introduces challenges, which will give players the chance to complete both daily and weekly in-game objectives. These will earn players merit that can be used to unlock a variety of cosmetics.

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Important questions first: what's the deal with Lords of the Fallen's name? The first one, you'll remember, came out the best part of a decade ago in 2014, but that was also called Lords of the Fallen - and this new one isn't a remake. Or maybe it is.

Talking to Cezar Virtosu, HexWorks' Creative Director, out at GDC, I realised there's a bit more to this one. You'll probably know Lords of the Fallen (2023) was, up until just last week's big tech reveal at the Unreal showcase, originally called The Lords of the Fallen, a confusingly close name to the original but at least one that's marginally different. Now, developer HexWorks has dropped the "The" - but before that there was another name too. The first plan was, Virtosu tells me, to call it Lords of the Fallen: the Dark Crusade, "because this is about the Dark Crusade, you'll see it in promotional materials - but that felt like we were possibly making DLC."

So, he explained, then the studio dropped the subtitle and added the "The", then realised the confusion and, also, that the studio really was "utterly rebooting it - this is Unreal [Engine] 5, none of the previous tech, none of the previous paradigms, it could only be Lords of the Fallen. It sounds meandering, but it's been a trip to arrive here!"

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Nintendo has released 10 minutes of new footage for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, showing off new abilities, enemies and the sky islands.

In a special gameplay video, we get to see Link use a new Recall ability, that allows him to rewind time. Link uses this to ride a rock that had fallen from the sky back up to where it came from. Here, he then glides on to one of Tears of the Kingdom's sky islands, where he comes across new enemies known as "constructs".

This trailer also gives us a look at the new weapon fusing mechanic. Link can add keese eyeballs to arrows to make homing arrows, and mushrooms to shields (yes, mushrooms to shields). When the shroom shield is struck by an advancing enemy, the mushroom creates a cloud of spores that engulfs the fight in a fog. This fusing technique can also be used to make vehicles like rafts from stray logs and fans, or even flying ships, thanks to the Ultrahand ability.

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Good Smile Company announced it will be selling the Sega S-Fire Re:Zero Emilia and Ram figures. Both are a part of a line that involves characters from the series carrying versions of themselves as children. Both are apparently heading to Japan in October 2023. They’ll then show up in North America in Q4 2023. Each one will be ¥22,000/$154.99.

Both Emilia and Ram are 1/7th scale figures. Emilia is slightly taller, as she’s about 240mm, which is about 9 and a half inches. Ram stands at 230mm, and that makes her about nine inches tall. Each one features outfits inspired by their adult selves in the series for the older versions of the character, while the child versions of Emilia and Ram wear outfits they’d worn as kids in Re:Zero.

Here's a closer look at the Emilias.
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And this is how the two versions of Ram look.
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Ship to Shore PhonoCo announced that they will be releasing the soundtrack for the game Suikoden on a blue marble vinyl record. It is available to pre-order from the official site now. This marks the first time the Konami JRPG's soundtrack appeared on vinyl. The album itself will be titled Into a World of Illusion.

A short video featuring the album's cover art and a sample of the music from the soundtrack can be found in the announcement tweet below.
https://twitter.com/STSPhonoCo/status/1640428480923054080

Suikoden is a Japanese RPG franchise developed by Konami that launched in 1995. Running for five main series games between 1995 and 2006, it features a story centered around the concept of the 108 Stars of Destiny, an idea that originally appeared in the Chinese novel The Water Margin. Each star in-game is represented by a character you can recruit.

In 2023, the first two games in the Suikoden series will make their way to modern consoles in a collection titled Suikoden I&II HD collection: Gate Ruin and Duncan Unification War. The compilation will be released for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.

The soundtrack to Suikoden can be pre-ordered on Ship to Shore PhonoCo.'s website immediately.

A new trailer appeared for the upcoming Slayer class for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. It which will appear in-game on April 12, 2023. The Slayer wields the new gunblade weapon type and boasts a speedy fighting style with continuous attacks. Those looking for a headstart on the new class can take part in the ongoing preparation campaign, which ends on April 5, 2023.

The Slayer class makes use of a blend of melee slashes and close-ranged shots, with some skills gaining either a bonus to crit rate or a bonus on landing a critical hit. Their photon arts can also be modified with directional inputs. You can get a look at the class in the trailer below, or in the official news stream (timestamped 7:20).

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The "Get ready for Slayer" preparation campaign consists of limited time tasks available until April 5, 2023. Tickets earned during this period can be redeemed for weapons and weapon camos (skins) in the exchange shop that will be available between April 5, 2023 and June 7, 2023.

As with the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2023 in Las Vegas, there will be a general ticket sales period for the one in London. It will begin on March 29, 2023. Sales will start at 8am GMT/9am BST/10am CET.

Initially, tickets for the event were handled in the same way as the one in the US. Players had a chance to enter a lottery for a chance to buy some. However, Square Enix didn't promise that there would be a Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2023 London general sales period. This confirms everyone will get a chance at them.

Square Enix also reminded people about what the tickets entail. They will be £159.99 on Eventbrite. People can buy up to two. The ticket will allow someone to attend both days of the event and get a goody bag. The company didn't note what items will appear in either the US or UK event's goody bag. There are no refunds if you buy a ticket, but then can not attend the event.

Square Enix announced that there will be a second episode of the FFXIV housing "show" Mister Foxclon’s Neighborhood. It’s the latest event during which Global Community Producer Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi will tour players’ houses. It’s an opportunity for players to show off to the world how creative they are with their interior design.

The episode will air on YouTube and Twitch on April 28, 2023 at roughly 4am PT/7am ET/1pm CET. However, this time is subject to change. The broadcast will be entirely in Japanese.

Square Enix is now taking entries to appear as of March 28, 2023. Players have until April 5, 2023 to submit their homes for consideration. Entries must be submitted via Twitter with the hashtag #FoxclonHousing and include the estate name, estate owner, location and screenshots of the housing that you would like to see Foxclon visit. Much like the previous episode, there is no specific theme for this FFXIV housing showcase. 

Jun Kazama was one of the first characters confirmed for Tekken 8. Now, we get to see what she can do. Bandai Namco's latest trailer for the game focuses on her.

Jun Kazama was a playable character in Tekken 2. However, in entries after that she only tended to appear as part of the story, be referred to, or show up in flashbacks. However, she was playable in Tekken Tag Tournament games and Tekken Revolution.

Here's the full Jun Kazama Tekken 8 trailer. It begins with her in a forest. She wonders if the fighting will end. The announcement also refers to her as the “Light of Hope” and brings up how she uses the Kazama Style. We get to see her fight her son, Jin Kazama, first. After that, Kazuya Mishima appears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itIQlYOqzq8&ab_channel=BANDAINAMCOEurope

In case you missed one, here are all of the Tekken 8 character trailers that appeared before this one.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds went from a mod for zombie survival game DayZ (itself a mod for milsim ARMA2), to an instantly successful Steam Early Access standalone in 2017. The game was inspired by Japanese action film Battle Royale, in which a collapsing society sends students to kill one another until only one…

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What is a “bad” game, really? Yes, video games are these multifaceted technical miracles that can break and crash on you. But if you really enjoy your time with an absolute mess, is it “bad?” Maybe! But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we’ve gathered a list of games people think are garbage, while remembering…

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Resident Evil games have always been, in part, storage management simulators. You must carefully craft how each item fits into your bag, case, or whatever else you’re using to lug your gear around. Like many others, I took great pride in this. I would take care in how I stored all my weapons and ammo in one section,…

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While the words “is it finally good?” seem to be a reflexive phrase for discussing games these days, not every game is able to pull a 360 after failed first impressions. One could write a ballad, or perhaps an anthem, as a tribute to those fallen titles. But today we’ll shine a light on those that did manage to…

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Aydan Conrad is one of the biggest competitive Call of Duty streamers with over 3 million followers on Twitch and over a million on YouTube. On March 27, Conrad announced that he intended to take a break from creating content for Warzone 2.0.

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The most sought after Magic: The Gathering card looks relaxedly dignified to people who don’t play the game, displaying a stretching flower the same color as an overripe blueberry and its name in muted gray text: “Black Lotus.” A novice could appreciate the card, the art provided by deceased, renowned Magic…

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