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Stellar Blade's Biggest Fan? NieR Creator Yoko Taro
The creator of the very game Stellar Blade was inspired by can't stop hyping it up, and he's already committed to buying the sequel.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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30 Billion Pokémon Go Scans Built the AI Behind War Drones
Players who scanned PokéStops helped build an AI navigation system now being developed for military drones. Niantic Spatial says the data isn't part of its deal with defense firm Vantor, but the damage is already done.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Rhythm Heaven Groove's RPG Mode Stole the Show
Every outlet that went hands-on with Rhythm Heaven Groove came away talking about Beatspell, the new RPG mode that turns rhythm inputs into spell-casting combat.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Snoop Dogg Pitched Tupac for Stranger Than Heaven
The controversial Tupac casting in RGG Studio's Stranger Than Heaven wasn't cooked up in a boardroom. It came from Snoop Dogg himself.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Scammers Won: Valve Pulls Steam Gift Cards From Stores
After years of adding warnings, limiting redemption, and pulling cards from shelves during suspicious activity spikes, Valve says scammers have adapted to every countermeasure. Physical Steam gift cards are done.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Even the RTX 5090 Struggles With Halo's UE5 Remake
The most powerful consumer GPU on the market can barely crack 100 FPS at 1440p in Halo: Campaign Evolved, and the game doesn't launch for another seven weeks.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Can EA Go 5 for 5? World Cup Sim Picks Spain for 2026
EA Sports has correctly simulated the World Cup winner four tournaments running. Now the sim is backing Spain for 2026, with 18-year-old Lamine Yamal as the top scorer.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Too Young? Stellar Blade Boss Says Play It Before You Judge
Shift Up's CEO says players won't have concerns about Evie's young appearance once they play the game. He also promised her outfits will be 'even more appealing' than Eve's, which is a hell of a thing to say right now.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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3% Profit Margin Forces Xbox Into Sweeping Layoffs
Xbox will end its fiscal year with a 3% profit margin despite spending over $20 billion on the platform. CEO Asha Sharma is now planning significant layoffs in July as part of a full business reset.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Sharma Pulled Halo Trailer From PlayStation State of Play
Bloomberg reports that Xbox CEO Asha Sharma pulled a Halo trailer from Sony's State of Play presentation, a move that could damage the fragile Xbox-PlayStation relationship just as Xbox prepares for sweeping layoffs and budget cuts.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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$20B Spent, Revenue Down: Xbox Braces for July Layoffs
Asha Sharma's internal memo lays bare the math: $20 billion spent over five years, annual revenue down nearly half a billion. Now layoffs are coming.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Alien: Isolation 2 Previews Confirm Your Worst Fears
Every hands-on preview of Alien: Isolation 2 is saying the same thing: Creative Assembly hasn't lost a step. The Xenomorph is back, it's smarter, and now it hunts you outdoors too.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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A $900 Xbox? Sharma Pushes Radical New Plans for Helix
With RAM costs spiralling and Project Helix potentially hitting $900 or more, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says the old console playbook is dead and new business models are coming this year.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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Hack Off Your Own Limbs in Saw: Genesis
Bloober Team's new 3v1 horror game doesn't just threaten you with death traps. It asks you to saw off your own arm to keep playing.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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Ex-Capcom Team's Monster-Eating RPG Hits PS5 This Fall
GPTRACK50, a studio led by the producer behind Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, just revealed a fall 2026 release window for Stupid Never Dies, an action RPG where you eat monsters to steal their powers.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Dragon Quest Monsters Returns to PlayStation After 24 Years
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World hits PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC on December 3, bringing the monster-catching spin-off back to PlayStation for the first time since 2002.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Build Underwater Cities in Pokemon Pokopia This August
A free update in August will let Pokemon Pokopia players build entire towns on the ocean floor, while the game's first paid Expansion Pass kicks off with a new underwater area called Bubbly Basin.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Every Asset Is Human-Made, Crazy Taxi Dev Insists
Series creator Kenji Kanno clarified at Summer Game Fest that generative AI was used purely as reference material for artists, and that every asset shipping in Crazy Taxi: World Tour is human-made.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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France Fines Nintendo $40M for Hiding Joy-Con Drift
France's consumer watchdog hit Nintendo of Europe with a €35 million fine, not for selling defective Joy-Cons, but for deliberately keeping customers in the dark about the problem for years.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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A Year of Silence Broken by Duskbloods Network Test
After more than a year without a single update, FromSoftware finally resurfaced The Duskbloods during the Nintendo Direct with a closed network test set for this summer.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Stellar Blade, Lies of P, and 5 More RPGs Storm Switch 2
The June Nintendo Direct dropped a wave of third-party RPG ports for Switch 2, from Stellar Blade to Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen. The message is clear: big studios are treating Nintendo's new console as a serious platform.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Knockout City Devs Revealed as Star Fox Remake Studio
The team that made one of the best arcade sports games of the last decade is now remaking a Nintendo classic. Velan Studios has been confirmed as the developer behind the new Star Fox.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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One Year Later, Deltarune Chapter 5 Hits June 24
Toby Fox's Deltarune Chapter 5 arrives June 24 as a free update, marking the fastest turnaround in the series' history. Development on Chapter 6 is already progressing fast.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Thumb Wrestling? Switch Sports Resort Unveiled for Oct.
Nintendo announced Switch Sports Resort during today's Direct, bringing 12 sports to Switch 2 this October. Skateboarding and prop plane flying are in. So is thumb wrestling, apparently.
Nathan Lees3 min read