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Ace Combat's director has been saying 'hey, we want to ride in one of these jets' for 30 years, but he's still never gotten the chance

The face of Ace Combat, Kazutoki Kono, has been working on the game series for a very long time. One of his earliest game credits is 1997's Ace Combat 2 for the PlayStationβ€”he's worked his way up to the role of series brand director from his initial contributions to that game as part of the art team, making textures an...

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Switch Online Update Adds Nintendo 64 Classic

Nintendo has updated the Nintendo Switch Online's Nintendo Classics library, adding yet another classic N64 game to the lineup. Nintendo 64 games are a part of the Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack tier. For $49.99 per year, Nintendo Switch gamers can play a variety of classic games from the Genesis, GBA, GameCub...

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After Performance Troubles And A Delay, Elden Ring Is Finally Coming To Switch 2

The Tarnished Edition includes both the base game and the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC

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24 years on, classic medieval 'rags-to-riches' sim The Guild is going back to its roots

How far could you rise through the ranks of the medieval era using just your skills, connections, and a burning ambition to climb the social ladder? In The Guild Europa 1410, you start out with just a small shop in town, gradually winning favor among the residents and expanding your business. As your portfolio grows, s...

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"We didn't have the content needed to do it justice at the time": Helldivers 2 is finally getting a roguelite system Arrowhead experimented with pre-launch

Late last year, Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt briefly teased on social media that Arrowhead had put together a prototype for a roguelite mode which would fundamentally change the shooter. Months on, the studio have properly pulled the cover off said system. It's dubbed Planet Warfronts and is coming a...

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Where to find the Pitcher Perfect photo challenge location in Forza Horizon 6

If you thought finding the Tokyo Tower was hard in last week's Series 1 challenges in Forza Horizon 6, then get ready for the Pitcher Perfect photo challenge. This week gives you nothing more than a hint of a baseball field, which is less to go on than Tokyo City's iconic tower.The answer, thankfully, isn't actually th...

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Edogawa Baseball Stadium Location in FH6

For the Winter Season in Forza Horizon 6's Festival Playlist, you can earn two Season Points and the Slide Whistle Car Horn Reward for completing the #PitcherPerfect Photo Challenge. You'll need to snap a photo inside the Edogawa Baseball Stadium in Tokyo City. Keep reading to find out exactly where it's located.

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007 First Light Studio May Be Getting Pushed Out By Amazon On Future Bond Games

Following the success of 007 First Light, Amazon’s GM of gaming confirms that the company is going to be taking over publishing duties on future games, potentially icing out current developer/publisher IO Interactive. It's been a welcome return to form for the Bond franchise with 007 First Light, as IO Interactive has...

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Lego Just Revealed Its Biggest Set Yet And It Costs $800

Sagrada Familia contains over 12,000 pieces and launches later this year

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All Gods in God of War Laufey

God of War Laufey is the first spinoff of the legendary Norse God of War games, set within God of War (2018) and God of War Ragnarok. The story, which follows Kratos' deceased wife and mother to Atreus, Faye, takes place in the Everywhen, an afterlife for all pantheons, not just Norse.

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The excess of Computex feels a little more tone deaf than usual this year, as the pricing elephant in the room becomes harder to ignore

Computex is, to a degree, always about excess. It's a tech show, after all. All the big names are fighting for coverage of their latest products, and as a result, we always see outrageous graphics cards covered in exotic materials, some eye-wateringly expensive gaming rigs, and enough RGB lighting to sink a battleship....

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The follow-up to one of my favorite RPGs of the 2020s finally has a demo, and it does not disappoint: Bat people, a mushroom hellscape, and funky JRPG combat from bizarro world 2005

Entropy, the JRPG-style game from Dread Delusion developer Lovely Hellplace, has gotten a playable demo on Steam and an early access release date of August 18. I checked out that demo for myself, and things are looking great for the studio's extremely divergent sophomore effort.It's wild how different Entropy is from D...

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