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Giuseppe Nelva

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About Giuseppe Nelva

News Editor at TechRaptor since January 2023 following over 20 years of professional experience in gaming journalism both on print media and on the web.

Giuseppe is a veteran of the industry and a proud weeb and gamer since the era of the Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. RPGs, MMORPGs, visual novels, and Microsoft Flight Simulator are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently strategy, sandbox, simulation, and survival games. 

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Zero gravity traversal in Star Citizen
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New Star Citizen Video Shows Alpha 3.23 Features, New Free to Play Event Coming This Month

Today Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games resumed its video releases following the usual post-holiday pause, and it's all about the upcoming Alpha 3.23.

February 1, 2024 | 08:09 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. 

February 1, 2024 | 06:47 EST

Kickstarter Stormgate
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Starcraft Spiritual Successor Stormgate Wins Almost $2.4 Million with Successful Kickstarter

The Kickstarter campaign for Stormgate, a spiritual successor of Starcraft by Frost Giant Studios, has just concluded successfully with $2,380,556 pledged.

February 1, 2024 | 02:14 EST

Palworld and Baldur's Gate III
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Baldur's Gate 3 and Palworld Are the Most Played Games on Steam Deck in January 2024

Today Valve shared the most played games on its portable PC Steam Deck for the month of January 2023, and the results may or may not surprise you. 

February 1, 2024 | 01:42 EST

Synduality: Echo of Ada Magus Customization
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Synduality: Echo of Ada Reveals Extensive Character and Mecha Customizaton [UPDATED]

Bandai Namco has been fairly quiet about its upcoming mecha game Synduality: Echo of Ada since its delay announced last year, but today you get to see more. 

February 1, 2024 | 12:40 EST

Black Swan in Honkai: Star Rail
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New Honkai: Star Rail Trailer Shows Black Swan and New Planet Penacony Coming in Version 2.0

HoYoverse revealed a new trailer of its super-popular RPG Honkai: Star Rail, focusing on the content and story that will come with version 2.0.

February 1, 2024 | 04:24 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. 

February 1, 2024 | 01:35 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.

January 31, 2024 | 07:52 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 PlayStation State of Play of 2024, including reveals from developers around the world, including a surprise announcement from Hideo Kojima.

January 31, 2024 | 05:05 EST

Microsoft Flight Simulator new Airbus A320neo
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Microsoft Flight Simulator Details Upcoming Sim Update 15 With Many New Features and Improvements

Microsoft just hosted a livestream dedicated to Microsoft Flight Simulator, with plenty of information about features and improvements coming to the simulator.

January 31, 2024 | 04:30 EST

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

Palworld continues its successful cavalcade, as the developer Pocketpair announced passing 19 million players across both PC and Xbox.

January 31, 2024 | 01:27 EST

Phyre key art from Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals First Bloody Gameplay

Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room revealed the first full-fledged gameplay of the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.

January 31, 2024 | 12:55 EST

Marvelous Logo and Fashion Dreamer Art
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Marvelous' Latest Games Turn a Loss Despite Fashion Dreamer on Switch Selling Almost 500,000 Copies

Marvelous Entertainment announced its financial results for the nine months ended on December 31, 2021, and they're pretty poor. 

January 31, 2024 | 05:12 EST

Capcom Logo and Ken from Street Fighter 6
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Capcom Announces Strong Financial Results on Track to Achieve 11 Consecutive Years of Profit Growth

Capcom published its financial results for the 9 months ended on December 31, 2023, and they continue to be extremely strong. 

January 31, 2024 | 02:52 EST

Xianyun on Genshin Impact
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Genshin Impact Introduces New Five-Star Anemo Character Xianyun [UPDATED]

Today HoYoverse started the usual cycle to introduce the main new character coming with the next version update of its popular action RPG Genshin Impact, Xianyun.

January 31, 2024 | 12:48 EST

Sega Logo Black and White
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Sega of America Will Lay Off 61 Employees by March

Sega of America has warned employees that it will lay off 61 of its staffers by March 8, 2024, in its offices in Irvine, California.

January 30, 2024 | 10:08 EST

Battlefield 2042 and The Sims 4
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EA Bosses Discuss Present & Future of Battlefield, Sims, and More, Dodge Nintendo Switch 2 Question

EA CEO Andrew Wilson and CFO Stuart Canfield talked about some interesting topics, including The Sims, Battlefield, and the future of the company's business.

January 30, 2024 | 09:12 EST

Xbox Activision Blizzard Logos and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Screenshot.
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Microsoft CEO Boasts 200 Million Monthly Active Users, "Never Been More Excited" About Games Lineup

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood discussed the performance of the Xbox business, including the forecast for the current quarter.

January 30, 2024 | 06:32 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.

January 30, 2024 | 05:15 EST

Xbox and Activision Blizzard Logos
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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. 

January 30, 2024 | 04:18 EST

World Update 16 Caribbean and Bell 47J Ranger in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator Free Caribbean World Update Released as Airbus A220 Shifts to Payware

Today Microsoft released a new aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator alongside the free World Update 16, while news also comes from third-party developers.

January 30, 2024 | 01:51 EST

Sarah Morgan in Starfield
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Starfield Update 1.9.51.0 Released Improving Lighting, Fixing a Ton of Bugs, and More

Today Bethesda released a new update for Starfield on all platforms bringing a ton of changes and fixes to the sci-fi RPG following the beta on Steam.

January 30, 2024 | 01:12 EST

Mass Effect Collaboration in Destiny 2
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Destiny 2 Reveals Mass Effect Crossover Gear

Today Bungie announced new crossover items coming to Destiny 2, and they're from another super-popular sci-fi IP, BioWare's Mass Effect. 

January 30, 2024 | 12:33 EST

Atarashii Gakko! In the new PS5 ad
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PlayStation Hires Girl Group Atarashii Gakko! for New PS5 Ad

Sony Interactive Entertainment released a new commercial for the PS5, starring popular girl group Atarashii Gakko! and some of the console's newest games.

January 30, 2024 | 11:50 EST