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The main character kisses Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3
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Baldur's Gate 3 "Hefty" Patch 6 Coming Next Week Improving Kisses and Much More

Baldur's Gate 3 is getting ready for Valentine's Day with a big patch coming next week, likely with the most appropriate content possible on the menu. As shared on X (formerly Twitter) on the…

February 10, 2024 | 04:10 EST

A promotional image for A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics, showing a giganctic dragon miniature.
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A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics Fully Funded In Under 7 Hours

Recently, CMON Interactive launched a crowdfunding campaign for A Song of Ice & Fire: Tactics, a game based on George R.R. Martin's fantasy series. Less than seven hours after it went live, the…

February 9, 2024 | 06:15 EST

A blond character wielding a hammer in the midst of a town in the Jagex game RuneScape
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RuneScape Developer Jagex Officially Acquired by Two Private Equity Firms

RuneScape and Scum developer Jagex has been acquired by two private equity firms for an undisclosed sum. In a press release, investment companies CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments announce…

February 9, 2024 | 10:03 EST

The main character of Dead Cells wielding twin frying pans
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Dead Cells Developers Confirm End of Major Updates After Next Content Drop

Dead Cells updates will come to an end after the next major content drop, developers Evil Empire and Motion Twin have revealed. In a new post on the game's official Steam page, Motion Twin says that…

February 9, 2024 | 09:39 EST

Sam Porter-Bridges with a mechanical hand on his shoulder in Death Stranding 2
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Hideo Kojima Talks Death Stranding 2, Metal Gear, and More in New In-Depth Video

Death Stranding 2 creator Hideo Kojima has provided new details about the upcoming sequel, as well as more about his other upcoming projects, in a revival of his HideoTube YouTube series. The…

February 9, 2024 | 09:11 EST

Artwork of Ed from Street Fighter 6
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Next Street Fighter 6 DLC Character Ed Gets Release Date and Gameplay Reveal

Capcom has revealed the release date of Street Fighter 6's next DLC character, Ed, alongside a first look at his gameplay.  Ed will launch on February 27 and will be the 21st playable character of…

February 8, 2024 | 07:04 EST

Art of Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption
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Grand Theft Auto V Has Sold Over 195 Million Units, Red Dead Redemption 2 at 61 Million Units

Take-Two Interactive Software announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between October 2023 and December 2023, on top of an update to sales…

February 8, 2024 | 04:24 EST

Lost Hellden Key Art featuring the cast
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Astria Ascending Developers and Veteran Japanese Creators Team Up for Lost Hellden

Today Artisan Studios announced a new upcoming action RPG titled Lost Hellden. The game will release for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch in 2025, and it's created in collaboration…

February 8, 2024 | 03:23 EST

A promotional cover for Dune: Fall of the Imperium campaign book.
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Experience a New Era in Dune: Fall of the Imperium TTRPG Supplement

A new book is coming to Dune: Adventures in The Imperium. Unlike prior supplements like Masters of Dune or Power and Pawns, this book parallels the events of the upcoming Denis Villeneuve feature…

February 8, 2024 | 05:01 EST

Two animal-like characters in official artwork for Against the Storm
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Against the Storm Roadmap Revealed, Next Major Update Coming in March

Eremite Games and Hooded Horse have rolled out an official post-launch Against the Storm roadmap, showing what's coming to the city-builder in the next few months. Over on Steam, Eremite says it…

February 8, 2024 | 10:43 EST

Knuckles in the new live-action series holding a pot of coffee
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Knuckles Live-Action Series Hits Paramount Plus In April, First Trailer Revealed

Paramount has announced the release date for the upcoming Knuckles live-action series, as well as debuting the first trailer for the show. Originally announced in February 2022, Knuckles will air…

February 8, 2024 | 09:50 EST

The main character floating underwater in artwork for Subnautica, representing the 2024 launch of Subnautica 2
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Subnautica 2 Launching This Year, Will Adopt Live-Service Model, Krafton Says (Updated)

Update February 8th 2:07PM: Unknown Worlds has released a blog post addressing some of the claims Krafton made about Subnautica 2 in its recent earnings presentation. In the post, Unknown Worlds…

February 8, 2024 | 02:10 EST

The Kadokawa Corporation and Acquire logos side-by-side
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FromSoftware Parent Company Kadokawa Corporation Buys Octopath Traveler Studio Acquire

Kadokawa, the parent company of Elden Ring and Armored Core 6 developer FromSoftware, has announced that it has "acquired" (ahem) Octopath Traveler co-development studio Acquire. In an earnings…

February 8, 2024 | 08:57 EST

Disney X Epic Games
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Disney to Invest $1.5 Billion in Epic Games to Create Persistent Universe Connected to Fortnite

Today The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games announced an agreement for the creation of a persistent universe connected to the developer's ultra-popular game Fortnite.  The experience, which is…

February 7, 2024 | 05:04 EST

The key art of Marvel's Spider-Man 2
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update With New Game+ Gets Release Date

Today Insomniac Games announced the release date of the next major update for its popular open-world action adventure game Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The update, which was initially supposed to released…

February 7, 2024 | 02:17 EST

A group of characters from the game-slash-game-creation-platform Roblox
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Roblox Financials Show Huge Year-on-Year Growth, Platform Predicts More Prosperity

Roblox has announced its 2023 financial results, and it's been another banner year for the game (if, indeed, it can be called such), with revenue jumping by over 20% year-on-year. Per a new investor…

February 7, 2024 | 09:56 EST

Angry Cloud in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Demo Available Now, Gorgeous Gameplay Revealed

Today, during a PlayStation State of Play broadcast, Square Enix announced the release of a demo of its upcoming JRPG Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.  The demo is available to download now for PS5 on the…

February 6, 2024 | 07:02 EST

A promotional screenshot of Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars, showing a duck man and a humanoid in a leather cap, standing in front of an orange sunset.
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Free League Publishing Reveals 2024 Release Slate

As 2024 continues, more tabletop publishers are preparing schedules for upcoming releases. Free League Publishing, most well-known for The One Ring and Mork Borg, has unveiled its slate for the year…

February 6, 2024 | 05:53 EST

The map table in Crusader Kings 3
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Crusader Kings III Reveals New $44 Expansion Pass Including the Terrifying Black Death

Today Paradox Interactive revealed a new expansion pass coming to its popular grand strategy game Crusader Kings III.  The new expansion pass includes four pieces of content, the cosmetic pack …

February 6, 2024 | 01:07 EST

Judy Alvarez leaning on some equipment in Cyberpunk 2077, for which a followup codenamed Project Orion is currently in the works
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Cyberpunk 2077 Followup Project Orion Gains Ex-BioWare Writer and Several More Staffers

CD Projekt Red has announced that it's taken on several new staffers to work on upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 followup Project Orion, and they're pretty well-respected names. First revealed in October…

February 6, 2024 | 10:51 EST

Star Citizen F8C Lightning on Daymar with Crusader in the Distance
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Star Citizen Will Be Free to Play for a Limited Time Starting Later This Week

People and media say many things about Star Citizen, but as usual, the best way to judge a game is to try it for yourself. Later this week you'll be able to for free for a limited time.  Cloud…

February 6, 2024 | 04:07 EST

A promotional image of the Cyberpunk Red & Classic Megabundle, showing a gigantic robot towering over a car in a busy city street.
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Gear Up With The Cyberpunk Red & Classic Megabundle From Humble Bundle

A new book bundle from Humble Bundle has arrived. Specifically, the Cyberpunk Red & Classic Megabundle provides a plethora of digital books to those curious about Mike Pondsmith's dark dystopian…

February 5, 2024 | 11:09 EST

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Microsoft Will Share Its "Vision for the Future of Xbox" at an Event Next Week

Today Microsoft gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced that the company is going to share its vision for the future of Xbox at an event next week.  Shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account, the…

February 5, 2024 | 03:44 EST

Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.0 Key Artwork
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Honkai: Star Rail Achieves 100 Million Downloads Marking Another Massive Success for HoYoverse

We already knew that Honkai: Star Rail is a very successful game but today we get a better idea of just how popular it is, as HoYoverse announced that it has passed 100 million downloads. According…

February 5, 2024 | 01:41 EST

Miriam from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night dressed up as Shantae in the game's new crossover DLC
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Free Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Shantae DLC Will Let You Dress as the Half-Genie Hero

505 Games and ArtPlay have announced new Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night crossover DLC that will allow you to dress as everyone's favorite half-genie hero. Per an official announcement on the game…

February 5, 2024 | 11:26 EST

Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba in artwork for Yu-Gi-Oh! which is intended to represent the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Revealed for Switch and PC, Western Release Confirmed

Konami has announced Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection, which will collect some of the earliest Yu-Gi-Oh! video games. It's coming West, although we don't yet know when. The collection was originally…

February 5, 2024 | 09:50 EST

The Boss of Babyloni-ya in close-up in Fate/Samurai Remnant
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First Fate/Samurai Remnant DLC Officially Launches Later This Week

Koei Tecmo has revealed that the first piece of Fate/Samurai Remnant DLC, Record's Fragment: Keian Command Championship, is officially launching later this week. The DLC will be released on Friday,…

February 5, 2024 | 08:43 EST

A F8C Lightning in Star Citizen
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Star Citizen Devs Reveal Alpha 3.23 Could Be Massive With Many New Features and Improvements

The developers of Star Citizen revealed a large spread of new features and improvements targeting the upcoming Alpha 3.23 update, and there's a lot on the menu.  The reveal was made during the…

February 3, 2024 | 11:44 EST

The Protagonist of The Witch of Fern Island, Abrill
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Open-World Life Sim The Witch of Fern Island Reveals Full Release Date

Today Polish developer Enjoy Studio announced that its upcoming cozy open-world life sim The Witch of Fern Island has an official release date. The game, published by Freedom Games, will leave early…

February 2, 2024 | 10:48 EST

Artwork from Starfinder, featuring multiple alien creatures including goblins, skittermanders, elves, and dwarves
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Paizo Reveals New Pathfinder Books Coming To GenCon 2024

We are two months into 2024 and major tabletop publishers are already making plans for GenCon. One of those publishers is Paizo, the developer of Pathfinder and Starfinder. For the upcoming GenCon…

February 2, 2024 | 07:38 EST

Character creation in Life by You
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Early Access Release of The Sims-Like Game Life by You Delayed Again by Paradox

Today Paradox Tectonic announced a second delay for the early access release of its upcoming life simulator Life by You. The game was originally supposed to start its early access phase on Steam on …

February 2, 2024 | 02:09 EST

Starfield Art and Screenshot
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Next Starfield Patch Will Bring AMD FSR3 and Should Help With a Persistent Issue

Today Bethesda announced that a new patch for its RPG Starfield will enter its beta phase on Steam next week. According to the announcement made on X (formerly Twitter), the update will include…

February 2, 2024 | 01:11 EST

Artwork for the Poncle game Vampire Survivors next to a Safe In Our World logo
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Gaming Mental Health Charity Safe In Our World Announces "Largest Ever" Bundle (UPDATED)

Update February 5th 10:34AM: Safe In Our World's bundle is now live over at Fanatical. Here's the full list of all 26 games featured in the bundle. OlliOlli World Vampire Survivors Warhammer 40,…

February 5, 2024 | 10:37 EST

Shadow the Hedgehog skating along a rail in the upcoming game Sonic x Shadow Generations,
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Teaser Features an Iconic Song

Paramount has released the first Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie teaser, and it features a neat little Easter egg that should please fans of the series. The teaser was posted to the official Sonic the…

February 2, 2024 | 10:02 EST

A moody-looking anime-style character with long silver hair in the new Phantom Blade Zero trailer
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PS5 Console Exclusive Phantom Blade Zero Gets Stylish New Trailer, Demo Coming "Soon"

Developer S-GAME has released a brand new Phantom Blade Zero trailer, and it comes with an assurance that a demo will be along "soon" as well. The martial arts-inspired Soulslike was originally…

February 2, 2024 | 08:39 EST

A celebration in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Has Sold 1 Million Copies, Fastest-Selling Game in the Series

Today Sega announced via press release that its JRPG Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has reached a flattering sales milestone.  The game's cumulative physical shipments and digital sales have passed…

February 1, 2024 | 08:52 EST

Tokyo Xanadu eX+ and Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch
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Tokyo Xanadu eX+ for Nintendo Switch Finally Coming West as Aksys Announces New Localizations

Today Aksys Games hosted a livestream to announce upcoming games, including the localization of Nihon Falcom's JRPG Tokyo Xanadu eX+ for Nintendo Switch.  If you're unfamiliar with the game, it…

February 1, 2024 | 06:47 EST

Promotional Artwork for Street Masters: Champion Edition, featuring several characters in martial arts poses.
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Street Masters: Champion Edition Announced by Steamforged Games

Back in November, Steamforged Games acquired the rights to the retro brawler-inspired board game Street Masters. Now, the tabletop developer has announced a Kickstarter campaign for Street Masters:…

February 1, 2024 | 05:57 EST

One of the mechs in Lightyear Frontier standing in a calm meadow surrounded by butterflies
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Lightyear Frontier Release Date Revealed for March, Demo Available Now

Calming mecha farming sim Lightyear Frontier finally has an Early Access release date, and it's pretty much just around the corner. After the release date was delayed indefinitely last year, Frame…

February 1, 2024 | 09:28 EST

An angry-looking dwarf wielding a gun and getting ready to slay some hordes in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Early Access Release Date Set for Valentine's Day

Ghost Ship Games has revealed the Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Early Access release date. The Vampire Survivors-esque "auto-shooter", which is being developed by Don't Die in the West developer…

February 1, 2024 | 08:49 EST

Palworld Anubis and Female Character
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Palworld Patch v0.1.4.0 Released on Steam Fixing Major Issues, Xbox Update Also Coming

Today Pocketpair released another update for its super-popular survival crafting game Palworld, fixing some rather big issues that have been plaguing the game.  The update, numbered v0.1.4.0, is…

February 1, 2024 | 01:35 EST

PlayStation State of Play Image
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PlayStation State of Play January 2024 Recap - Check Out All the News, Trailers, and Reveals

Sony just hosted the first State of Play broadcast of 2024, including many reveals from developers around the world.  The livestreamed event included new extensive looks at Stellar Blade by Goddess…

January 31, 2024 | 05:05 EST

the Key Art of The Bustling World
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Massive Open-World Life Sim RPG The Bustling World Looks Super-Impressive

Developer FireWo Games and publisher Thermite Games announced that they have partnered for the launch of the "massive open-world life sim RPG" The Bustling World. The game was revealed at the end of…

January 31, 2024 | 07:52 EST

Anubis and Grizzbolt in Palworld
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Palworld Exceeeds 19 Million Players on Steam and Xbox

Some may have been thinking that Palworld developer Pocketpair stopped announcing daily sales milestones because the popular survival crafting game's success slowed down, but apparently, this…

January 31, 2024 | 01:27 EST

A character swinging an improvised melee weapon at a bug in the snow in Smalland: Survive the Wilds
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Smalland: Survive the Wilds Release Date Revealed for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

Smalland: Survive the Wilds finally has a full release date across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, and it's pretty close by. The tiny-but-mighty survival game was originally released into Early Access…

January 31, 2024 | 10:19 EST

Electronic Arts Logo and a Juventus Player portrayed in EA Sports FC 2024
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Electronic Arts Announces "Strong" Financial Results as EA Sports FC and Madden Revenue Grows

Today Electronic Arts announced its financial results for for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2024, defined as "strong" by the company. Net bookings for the quarter were $2.366 billion up 1%…

January 30, 2024 | 05:15 EST

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Grows 49% Due to Activision Acquisition, Xbox Hardware Up 3% Year-on-Year

Microsoft announced its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024, including details on the ongoing performance of the Xbox business.  Interestingly, as mentioned in the past…

January 30, 2024 | 04:18 EST

A screenshot of miniatures, including several floating tanks, from Warhammer 40,000.
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First Warhammer 40,000 Balance Dataslate of 2024 is Live

The first Warhammer 40,000 balance dataslate for 2024 is here. Games Workshop's grimdark sci-fi miniatures game can be complex, even with its latest edition streamlining some parts, so adjustments…

January 30, 2024 | 07:08 EST