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Capcom Has Revised Its Earnings Forecast Due To Strong Sales Of Series Like Monster Hunter

Up and up. Capcom appears to be on a roll, with news the Japanese publisher and developer has had to revise its earnings forecast simply because its games have been selling so well. Favourable performances from Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin and Resident Evil: Village have been cited as some of the main […]

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Random: Euphoria Star Hunter Schafer Thinks It “Would Be Cool” To Play Princess Zelda In A Live-Action Movie

Are you listening, Nintendo? As you’ve probably already noticed, video games are all the rage in Hollywood right now. Sonic the Hedgehog is flying high, Halo just got its own television series, and later this year Super Mario will be getting an animated movie. Of course, talks have popped up about what other Nintendo franchises […]

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Nintendo Responds To Workers’ Rights Complaint

“We take matters of employment very seriously”. Earlier this week, Nintendo of America was named alongside hiring firm Aston Carter in a National Labor Relations Board filing, where an “unnamed worker” claimed their legally protected right to unionise was violated. Nintendo has now officially responded to this with the following statement (via GoNintendo), mentioning how […]

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Pokémon GO Devs Team Up With Ecosia For Environmental Incentive

“Catch a Mew, plant a tree”. When Pokémon GO was at its peak, it encouraged millions across the world to get outside and go for a walk. While it made a few headlines for the wrong reasons, it actually got people exploring the places that they live, and even places they’ve never been to before, […]

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Quake Update Adds New Horde Mode Levels And Accessibility Options

High Contrast, Read Chat Out Loud and more. Quake led to a significant amount of buzz when it dropped on Switch and other systems, and was certainly a retro highlight of 2021. It wasn’t just the classic game thrown onto modern hardware, but rather it has various improvements and entirely new content to dive into; […]

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Save Your Family’s VHS Store In Super-’90s Adventure ‘The Big Con’, Coming To Switch

Radical, dude. Furbies. AOL. Wearing caps backwards. VHS tapes. Cups with those teal and pink squiggles on them. These are the ’90s staples upon which The Big Con is based, as a loving parody of the decade that introduced us to questionable fashion decisions and incredible music. You play as Ali, a high schooler who […]

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Guide: Best Game Boy Games

Black and white brilliance. It’s the Game Boy’s 33rd birthday, so what better time to reacquaint yourself with its very best games? Enjoy! Friday 21st April 1989 — the day that the Game Boy launched in Japan. 33 years ago the video gaming landscape would be forever changed as Nintendo opened up the new frontier […]

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Forge Your Legacy in Asterigos, a New Fantasy Action RPG Coming to Xbox in 2022 

Take a closer look at the enemies and the world of Asterigos before you venture on your unforgettable and dangerous journey later this year. Hello! My name is Cheng Hsien Lin, I’m the Game Director at Acme Gamestudio and today I’d like to tell you more about our game Asterigos: Curse of the Stars. This […]

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Review: Ganryu 2 – Hakuma Kojiro – Unworthy Of Its Shinobi-Inspired Ideas

Frame hate. This is the sad Haiku of Ganryu 2,A tragedy coded in Unity,By the Storybird crew. Visco, a long defunct Neo Geo developer, is having its IPs plundered of late, like a bounty sadly washed ashore. Following on from Picorinne Soft’s Andro Dunos sequel, Ganryu – a distinctly average 1999 arcade game – has […]