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Data digest: Circle’s $25m raise, August’s biggest earners, Japan’s top titles, webgame stats, more

  Every Wednesday we break down the latest data, research and financial results into digestible chunks. Read on for the numbers you need to know about without the fluff. This column is sponsored by Xsolla, offering the #1 web shop solution for mobile games that generates more value, purchases, and revenue. Get sta...

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GTA 6 will simulate hurricanes, rainbows and persistent, dynamic clouds, among other efforts to make you stop doing crime and become a weather nerd

Grand Theft Auto 6 features a re-engineered, "more localized and persistent" weather system that ranges in intensity from physically credible rainbows to full-bore hurricanes, according to Rockstar vice president of art for lighting and rendering Owen Shepherd. As ever with GTA, the question is to what extent this will...

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gaming

Final Fantasy 14 Mobile Officially Shuts Down Today

Final Fantasy 14 Mobile officially shuts down today, ending the China-exclusive MMORPG's run just a year after its launch.

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gaming

Pokemon Champion Calls for Change at Competitions After Becoming Ill

A Pokemon VGC regional champion is calling for change after poor competitor hygiene led to them getting seriously ill. The issue highlights an unfortunate problem that goes beyond Pokemon, as similar incidents have happened in other areas of the gaming community and beyond.

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gaming

Ghost Of Yotei Gets Official Helldivers 2 And Astro Bot Armor

Ghost of Yotei’s complete edition launches this week, and with it comes an all-new mode, Most Wanted. Yotei’s new roguelike mode will include an armor set inspired by Clickers from The Last of Us, and now Sucker Punch has revealed there will be more crossover looks for players to unlock starting October 1.

2 weeks ago 👁 9
gaming

Halo CE Just Received A Playable Browser Version

Over the last few years, we've seen some of gaming's most iconic titles receive fan-made browser versions. Last year, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City received a browser port, and before that, both Diablo and Half-Life received similar treatment.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is getting a Counter-Strike-inspired game mode that I can't believe it never had before

On top of featuring all the game modes you expect from a Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 4 is courting the competitive scene with something entirely new for the series: a game mode called Collateral. Read more

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gaming

Bend Studios Job Advert Suggests New Game Announcement Soon

It's been seven years since Bend Studio released its last title. Days Gone launched to mixed critical reception on the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, then built a strong, vocal community in the years that followed. Unfortunately, those years have been devoid of any new games from the studio, which has been marred by prob...

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gaming

Lilliput in the Looking Glass Solution in NTE (Alice's Looking Glass)

After arriving in Pukaland, you'll locate a five-star Anomaly Commission inside the amusement park in NTE. It is called Lilliput In the Looking Glass or Alice's Looking Glass, during which you'll need to find escape routes from Alice's giant house.

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gaming

Xbox Disc-To-Digital Is Now Available For Everyone

Xbox started rolling out its disc-to-digital initiative earlier this year. Until now, the feature has only been available to Insiders. Now it’s available for everyone, which means you can start backing up your collection of physical Xbox games by claiming their digital licenses.

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gaming

Pokemon FireRed And LeafGreen Home Release Date Confirmed

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen's release on the Nintendo Switch was a welcome one, but one feature prevalent in most other recent Pokemon games was notably missing—Pokemon Home.

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Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Lock In Pokemon Home Launch

Gamers will soon be able to transfer Pokemon from Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen to Pokemon Home, allowing them to migrate to other games. The integration has been on the wishlist of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen players for quite some time now, and they won't have to wait much longer.

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