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The best games from PlayStation’s March 9 “State of Play” presentation

Enlarge / Exoprimal is a promising-looking new co-op battler from Capcom, and it’s not just coming to PlayStation consoles. (credit: Capcom) If you didn’t catch Sony’s latest State of Play video presentation, which concluded earlier today on YouTube, consider this a quick guide to the presentation’s best reveals of previously unknown games—along with mostly good […]

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Capcom announces next-gen Street Fighter sequel, return to rollback netcode

Enlarge / Ryu is back (and bearded, hubba hubba). Welcome to the world of Street Fighter 6 . (credit: Capcom) After years of speculation, rumors, and teases, Capcom confirmed the inevitable: a new generation of Street Fighter is coming. The Japanese game studio concluded a week-long countdown with a Monday-morning unveil of Street Fighter 6. […]

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Forget the Netflix Mega Man movie: What the world needs is Mega Man Legends 3

(credit: Capcom) Netflix seems to be on a mission of late. The streaming brand has been on a near-rampage, sourcing Japanese content with nostalgic appeal and turning it into live-action content with the “Netflix original” stamp. There’s always trepidation when hearing about an adaptation of an old favorite, but the latest Netflix adaptation I heard […]

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Why hundreds of thousands of bots decended on one Steam arcade collection

Enlarge / 400,000 bots can’t be wrong. (credit: Capcom) Monday night at 11 pm EST, there were 18 players logged on and playing the Steam version of Capcom Arcade Stadium (according to SteamDB data sourced from the Steam store itself). Ten hours later, on Tuesday morning, the game peaked at over 488,000 concurrent players, putting […]

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Better performance for pirates: Crack removes stutters from Capcom PC game

Resident Evil 8: Village‘s retail PC version, as accessed from Steam, suffers from sporadic midcombat stutters, as the top-left “performance graph” indicates. This week’s cracked version has, at least in one independently verified testing scenario, solved this issue. [credit: Capcom ] Over the weekend, the PC version of May 2021’s Resident Evil 8: Village was apparently […]

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Resident Evil Village review: Apparently, good horror takes more than a village

In the world of Resident Evil Village, you’ll meet all sorts of colorful characters interested in having you for dinner. (All images in this article were captured directly on a PlayStation 5 console.) [credit: Capcom ] 2017’s Resident Evil 7 was one of the greatest gaming comeback stories of all time. After the series lost […]

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Sunday’s Best Deals: Ninja Hot + Cold Brew Coffee Maker, Solar-Powered Flickering Torches, Ergo Standing Desk Converter, Heidi & Oak Drawer Organizers, and More

A Ninja Hot and Cold Brew coffee system and a six-pack of Heidi & Oak drawer organizers lead Sunday’s best deals. Read more…

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Saturday’s Best Deals: Westinghouse 42″ Roku TV, AutoFull Rabbit Ears Gaming Chair, Nutale Bluetooth Trackers, Mophie Power Banks, Dyson Humidifier + Fan, and More

A Dyson humidifier and fan and a 42-inch Westinghouse Roku TV lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more…