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Sega Gaming Profits Drop Sharply Due to "Weak" Sales of Some New Games

Today Sega published its financial results for the 9 months that ended on December 31, 2023, and at least part of them wasn't really great.  Sales for the overall company were 349,924 million yen (…

February 8, 2024 | 11:45 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

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GTA6 Publisher Senses "Much Higher" Anticipation Compared to GTA5, Discusses Ominous Cost Reduction

During Take-Two Interactive Software's financial conference call, CEO Strauss Zelnick and CFO Lainie Goldstein talked about Grand Theft Auto 6, but also about a much more ominous topic. Speaking of…

February 8, 2024 | 06:02 EST

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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

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Ubisoft CEO Expects GTA6 Release to Benefit His Own Games as Well, Comments on Microsoft Rumors

Today, during the quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot commented on Grand Theft Auto 6, the future of Xbox, and Skull and Bones. Guillemot was…

February 8, 2024 | 01:52 EST

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Ubisoft Confirms Assassin’s Creed Codename Red Release By March 2025, Announces Financial Results

Ubisoft just announced its financial results for the first nine months and Q3 of the fiscal year 2023-2024, related to the period between April and December. Net bookings for the quarter were €626.2…

February 8, 2024 | 12:55 EST

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Persona 3 Reload Has Sold Over 1 Million Copies, Fastest in Atlus' History

Today Atlus announced that its recently released JRPG Persona 3 Reload achieved a big sales milestone. The game has passed 1 million copies shipped to retail and sold digitally in the first week…

February 7, 2024 | 08:31 EST

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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

The photographer Jasmine against a verdant garden backdrop in the life sim Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
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Cozy Gardening Sim Garden Life Reveals Relaxing Story Mode in New Trailer

Nacon and developer stillalive have revealed a brand new trailer for upcoming gardening sim Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator, and it's spotlighting the game's story mode. Like many other life sims, …

February 7, 2024 | 10:31 EST

P in Lies of P wearing the new Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty crossover gear
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Lies of P Gets New Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Crossover Gear Next Week

Neowiz has confirmed that the Lies of P Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty crossover will continue with some new Wo Long-inspired gear for Lies of P next week. Starting from February 14th, as part of a free…

February 7, 2024 | 09:29 EST

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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

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Cities: Skylines 2 Sold Over 1 Million Copies Despite Issues as Paradox Has 9 Games in Development

Today Paradox Interactive shared its Q4 2023 financial results on top of the overall results for the full year 2023, including a sales milestone for Cities: Skylines 2. Sales for Q4 (between October…

February 6, 2024 | 05:40 EST

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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

A mercenary in a cowboy hat standing in front of a burning vehicle in Jagged Alliance 3
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Jagged Alliance 3 Patch 1.5 Brings "Extensive" and "Powerful" Modding Tools

THQ Nordic and Haemimont Games have released Jagged Alliance Patch 1.5, and if you've been waiting for your chance to mod the strategy RPG, this is the update for you. The game, which launched for…

February 6, 2024 | 10:31 EST

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New PS5 System Software Beta Boosts DualSense Audio Capabilities and More

Sony has released a new PS5 system software beta that features some pretty impressive-sounding improvements to the DualSense controller's audio capabilities. First up, the DualSense's speakers can…

February 6, 2024 | 08:29 EST

Official artwork of the cast of Vanillaware's strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord
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Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord Reveals Socialization Systems in Brand New Trailer

Vanillaware and Atlus have released a new trailer showing off some of strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord's socialization systems, and if you're a Fire Emblem fan, you'll find much to like here. Previous …

February 5, 2024 | 10:31 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

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Final Fantasy XIV Passes 30 Million Players as Xbox Open Beta Gets Release Date [UPDATED]

Today, during the celebrations for the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Tokyo, which TechRaptor attended, Square Enix had a few interesting announcements to share related to the popular MMORPG.…

February 5, 2024 | 04:26 EST

The Living Doll and Fragile in Death Stranding 2: on The Beach
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Hideo Kojima Discusses Death Stranding 2's Living Doll and Cliff's Absence

Following the new reveal of Death Stranding 2: on The Beach, Hideo Kojima himself has been offering more insight into several aspects of the game. Today we hear more about the peculiar living doll…

February 4, 2024 | 06:02 EST

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Granblue Fantasy: Relink Gets New Update and Passes 100,000 Concurrent Users on Steam

Today Cygames released a new update for its JRPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink, while the game appears to be very popular among the Steam crowd.  The update, numbered Ver 1.0.4 includes quite a lot of…

February 3, 2024 | 02:08 EST

 Death Stranding 2: on the Beach - Léa Seydoux as Fragile
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Hideo Kojima Explains Additional Hands on Fragile's Shoulders in Death Stranding 2: on the Beach

The trailer of Death Stranding 2: on the Beach showcased at the latest PlayStation State of Play featured prominently an additional set of hands on Fragile's shoulders.  The character, who plays a…

February 2, 2024 | 09:05 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

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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

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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

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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 we get to see more.  This time around the developer provided…

February 1, 2024 | 12:40 EST

Red and Antea in key art for the Don't Nod game Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
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Don't Nod's Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Shows Off Combat, Exploration, and More

Don't Nod has released a gameplay breakdown trailer for Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, showing off how you'll explore the titular New Eden and fight the enemies that populate it. After last week's…

February 1, 2024 | 09:59 EST

Hideo Kojima, with the captioned text 'I cannot tell you so much now" below him, standing in front of a Kojima productions logo
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Hideo Kojima Announces "Next-Generation Espionage Action Game" Physint

Closing out the PlayStation State of Play today, Hideo Kojima took the Stage after talking about Death Stranding 2 to reveal that he intends to work on a "next-generation espionage action" game. For…

January 31, 2024 | 06:23 EST

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Alan Wake 2 Update Finally Lets You Choose Your Chapter

Remedy has released a brand new Alan Wake 2 update, and it's bringing a much-requested feature to the survival horror game. The biggest new feature included in this update is Chapter Select, which…

January 31, 2024 | 09:54 EST

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Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.11 Patch Notes Include Melee Finisher Fix and More

CD Projekt Red has released the Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.11 patch notes, and they're chock-full of fixes that should make your journey in Night City a (slightly) more pleasant one. CDPR says it's…

January 31, 2024 | 09:33 EST

A wide view of a city with lots of skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines 2
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New Cities: Skylines 2 Patch Brings Tons of Hotfixes for Crashes and More

Colossal Order has released a brand new Cities: Skylines 2 patch, and while there's nothing earth-shattering in this one, there are plenty of hotfixes that could correct the specific issue you've…

January 31, 2024 | 09:01 EST

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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.  According to the documents provided, sales for the whole company…

January 31, 2024 | 05:12 EST

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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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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.  According to the announcement made on X (formerly Twitter),…

January 30, 2024 | 12:33 EST

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PlayStation Hires Girl Group Atarashii Gakko! for New PS5 Ad

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

January 30, 2024 | 11:50 EST

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PlayStation State of Play Coming This Week Featuring Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, and More

Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a new State of Play broadcast coming later this week, promising a look at plenty of upcoming PS5 games.  According to the announcement made on the…

January 29, 2024 | 12:31 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Detail Final Bug-Fixing Patch Before Mod Support Beta

Cities: Skylines 2 is getting one more "stand-alone" bug-fixing patch before updates begin focusing on bigger changes, Colossal Order has confirmed. In the latest Word of the Week column on the game…

January 29, 2024 | 09:25 EST

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Pulled From Early Access Over Game-Breaking Bug (UPDATED)

Update January 30th 8:47AM: Rocksteady has confirmed the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League servers are back online. A fix for the below problem has also been implemented. Original story follows…

January 29, 2024 | 08:51 EST

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Dragon Ball FighterZ Rollback Netcode and PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Versions Coming "Very Soon"

Today, at the end of the grand finals of the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour 2023/2024, Bandai Namco talked about the upcoming implementation of rollback netcode. During the livestream of the…

January 28, 2024 | 07:15 EST

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Highlight Goku and Vegeta's Rivalry and Transformations in New Trailer

Today, during the celebrations of the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hours 2024 in Los Angeles, Bandai Namco revealed a new trailer of the upcoming Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. The game, which was…

January 28, 2024 | 06:23 EST

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Granblue Fantasy: Relink Launch Trailer Marks the End of a Wait Lasted Nearly 8 Years

The early access of the action JRPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink is about to start, and Cygames released the launch trailer of this long-awaited title.  The trailer provides a look at the story and…

January 28, 2024 | 08:48 EST

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New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Gameplay Shows Chocobo Racing and Customization, Combat, and More

Today Square Enix and Bandai Namco presented a stage event dedicated to Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at Taipei Game Show in Taiwan.  The event was livestreamed and you get to take a look comfortably on…

January 27, 2024 | 10:29 EST

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PlayStation-Exclusive Hogwarts Legacy Content Coming to Other Platforms, Updates and Features Teased

Warner Bros Games.' extremely popular game Hogwarts Legacy launched with some content exclusive to PlayStation Platforms, but it won't remain exclusive forever. The content, in the form of a mission…

January 26, 2024 | 08:45 EST

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Granblue Fantasy: Relink Early Access Times Revealed as Demo on PS5 and PS4 Passed 600,000 Downloads

With the long-awaited release of Granblue Fantasy: Relink just around the corner, Cygames is releasing more information and trailers, including the early access times.  If you pre-order the game you…

January 26, 2024 | 02:07 EST

Will Arnett playing Deadshot in the new Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League live-action trailer
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Gets Zany New Live-Action Trailer Featuring Will Arnett

Rocksteady and Warner Bros. have released a brand new live-action trailer for upcoming superhero action game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and it stars none other than Will Arnett himself…

January 26, 2024 | 11:38 EST

Harley Quinn with a  Wonder Woman Costume in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Reveals Early Access Times and Showcases Deluxe Edition

Today Rocksteady and Warner Bros. Games showcased the Deluxe Edition of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and revealed the global times for the early access you get by pre-ordering it. …

January 25, 2024 | 02:50 EST

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Skull and Bones Reveals Endgame Content and Year 1 Live Service Roadmap

Today Ubisoft revealed what players can expect from the endgame of the upcoming pirate game Skull and Bones, on top of the roadmap for live service seasons during the first year.  The endgame…

January 25, 2024 | 01:03 EST

Aloy smiling over her shoulder in Horizon Forbidden West
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Horizon Forbidden West PC Release Date Revealed for March

Sony and Guerrilla Games have announced the Horizon Forbidden West PC release date. Aloy's latest open-world adventure will arrive on PC on March 21st, and it'll come complete with the Burning…

January 25, 2024 | 11:47 EST

A close-up of Antea from the new Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden story trailer
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Don't Nod Shows Off Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden's Tragic, Dramatic Story in New Trailer

Don't Nod has released a brand new story trailer for its upcoming action RPG Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, setting up the game's tragic world and history. The game was originally set to launch in…

January 25, 2024 | 11:21 EST