Grasshopper Manufacture Goes Indie Again After Split With NetEase As The Chinese Internet Giant Retreats From Japanese Game Development
The studio self-published Romeo Is a Dead Man earlier this year
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Nintendo Reminds Everyone About The Other N64 Classic It Just Remade With A Free Update
The Star Fox remake is getting some new content
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19-Year Veteran Of Xbox Weighs In On The Future Of Halo: ‘Hire Bungie, Halo Studios And Other Laid Off Folk Who Are Bursting With Talent’
No one knows what Activision has planned for the franchise yet
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The Best New Games Of 2026 (So Far)
We're five months of the way through the year, so let's take a look at the best games we've played
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Crimson Desert’s First Big Paid DLC Is Being Delayed For Polish
Charting the Unknown now won't be out until the end of October
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Xbox's Disc-to-Digital Feature Is Officially Out to the Public
In the past month, Xbox has received feedback from Insiders who got early access to the disc-to-digital program. That feedback has helped the company improve the feature before its public release. A system update rolled out in the early hours of Sept. 30, finally implementing…
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The Sekiro: No Defeat Anime Gets Crunchyroll Streaming Date, But It Won’t Be A Movie
Following an early Japan-only theatrical release, a re-edit for TV with new scenes is on the way
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6 PS5 Games Releasing in October You Officially Cannot Miss
September was packed with new releases like Marvel's Wolverine and Control Resonant, and the wave of must-play new video games isn't slowing down anytime soon. Next month promises even more exciting new games ahead of the Zelda/GTA one-two punch in November.
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Ready Player One's New Adaptation is Truer to the Book than Spielberg's Movie
Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel Ready Player One was an enormous hit, engrossing readers with a dystopian adventure filled with nerdy ‘80s references. A prominent early example of the LitRPG boom, it’s set in a near future where humans spend most of their time in a virtual world…
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Pokémon Pokopia Celebrates Its First Halloween with Themed Event
With spooky season just around the corner, many video games have already announced their annual Halloween events, giving players a sneak peek at what's to come. Pokémon Pokopia is following this trend for its first Halloween. Players will be able to celebrate the spookiest…
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2024's Funniest Movie Is Now Streaming on Dropout
Dropout has become a go-to streaming service for fans of weird, inventive comedy, with everything from Game Changer to Make Some Noise giving comedians room to get increasingly ridiculous. Now, the service has added a movie that fits right in with that sensibility — and you can…
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14 Years Later, Doctor Who’s Most Heartbreaking Episode a Perfect Love Story
Perhaps because I watched the entire series so quickly, the Weeping Angels began to feel a bit overused, prompting me to roll my eyes every time they popped up on screen. That’s mainly because of the series 5 two-parter, “The Time of Angels” and “Flesh and Stone,” which involves…
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PS5 Pro Shortage Hits Japan As Sony Limits Console Purchases To Active Playstation Users Ahead Of GTA 6
A lottery system has been introduced in an effort to counter shortages while alleviating scalper concerns ahead of GTA 6
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The 5 most brilliant sci-fi movie quotes of the decade
There are still a few years left in the 2020s, but it’s already been a fantastic decade for science fiction movies. The Dune films are likely the biggest highlight, as director Denis Villeneuve has finally brought the proper scale to Frank Herbert’s novels from the 1960s. The…
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10 Essential SNES Games Still Missing From Switch Online
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System followed up the NES with a spectacular lineup of 16-bit games from all over the map, including simulation, RPG, sports, adventure, and of course platformer titles. With the exception of the many licensed greats that are unlikely to ever be…
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You Can Get A Free Digital Copy Of The Witcher 3 Remastered On Switch 2 If You Just Borrow An Old Physical Switch Copy Of The RPG
And you don't even need to keep the old version of the cart to play the remastered RPG
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Dave Filoni's Disappointing Plan for 'Star Wars 10' Is Exactly What Terrible Fans Deserve
At a Disney D23 panel in August, Dave Filoni revealed what his mission statement was for Star Wars after taking over Lucasfilm from Kathleen Kennedy.
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It Sure Doesn’t Sound Like GTA 6 Will Include A Disney World Parody
But other parts of central Florida seem to be represented
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