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Nintendo VP Assures Switch 2 Owners There Are No Plans To Ditch Physical Games

PlayStationโ€™s decision to stop putting games on discs from 2028 has those who buy physical on other platforms worried that they might follow in the gaming giantโ€™s footsteps. If you buy physical games on Nintendo, you have nothing to worry about, for now, as one of the studioโ€™s VPs has confirmed its stance on physical r...

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Stardew Valley creator's new game, Haunted Chocolatier, is "more of an action RPG" than farming sim

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, has given a new interview - and finally revealed a little more information about his upcoming title, Haunted Chocolatier. In a wide-ranging interview with GQ, which tackles topics ranging from creative burnout to the importance of 'cosy gaming', Barone also slips in some new informa...

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New Steam Game Is Basically GTA Team PvP

Newly released Steam game Hood Warfare 2 plays like the gang-war side of modern Grand Theft Auto titles stripped down to a fairly focused multiplayer first-person shooter. The $5.99 release arrived on Steam on October 8, touting fast-paced gang battles across a series of Chicago-themed maps as its main selling point.

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Shogun 2 deserved better

I blink and I've somehow spent another 30 hours in Shogun 2. Undoubtedly my favorite of the older Total War gamesโ€”and I don't say that lightly as someone who also has big hour counts in Rome and Medieval 2โ€”there's just something so straightforward about the second Shogun; an elegant simplicity complimented by a period...

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Fingersoft to close Lego Hill Climb Adventures, but no staff will be let go

  Fingersoft has ended development of Lego Hill Climb Adventures, its Lego-licensed racing game. The Finnish studio behind Hill Climb Racing announced the decision in a LinkedIn post, saying it had “found a hill too steep to conquer”. It said the game hadn’t performed well enough to sustain a lon...

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DMZ for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 being released early, but Infinity Ward shoots down PvE hopes

In yet another surprising move for Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 4 studio Infinity Ward has announced that the game's extraction shooter mode, DMZ, will be released prior to the game's official launch. DMZ will be available starting 20th October for players who pre-order a copy digitally. Read more

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How a League of Legends champion becomes a Riftbound card

Ever wondered how your favorite League of Legends character is converted from an avatar powered by your twitch reflexes and perfect awareness into a playing piece for the budding TCG Riftbound? On the face of it, lane-based MOBAs and strategy card games share little DNA, so it seems like transporting the mechanics from...

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Gears Of War: E-Day DDoS Attacks Cause Widespread Server Issues

If you've been having trouble playing Gears of War: E-Day for the past few hours, you're not alone. The Xbox console exclusive has been suffering mass server outages and disruptions, with the nefarious reason behind the problem now confirmed to be the fault of a DDoS attack on the game.

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One Piece: 7 Pirates Who Could Surpass Kaido by the End of the Series

As a former Yonko, Kaido is highly regarded as one of the most powerful pirate captains in One Piece. Kaido's body is virtually indestructible, and he can use each type of Haki and its advanced applications. He can transform into a massive dragon that can destroy entire mountains, and his hybrid form can flatten almost...

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Steam Week in Review: The curious case of Wonder Boy in Monster Land's dubious PC debut

Wonder Boy in Monster Land released in Japanese arcades in 1987 and for the Sega Master System the following year. Its success led to numerous ports, including to ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Atari ST. Oddly, it never received an official PC port, though that long absence appeared to have come to an end on September 2...

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How to Check Your Motherboard Model

If you're planning to upgrade your CPU, install more RAM, update your BIOS, or troubleshoot performance issues in your favorite games, the first thing you'll need to know is your motherboard model. Since the motherboard controls which components your system can support, identifying the model is often the first step bef...

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Star Wars Galactic Racer's devs tested its roguelite progression system by turning it into a board game

Years ago, I read that Jake Solomon prototyped the Firaxis reboot of XCOM by making a simple board game version. Something rudimentary that could be played in the office on scrap paper to get ideas across and figure out where the fun would be, without having to commit. But it's surprising to hear the same idea being us...

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