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Far Cry's Showrunner Calls Game Drama 'Irrelevant'
Noah Hawley's vision for the Far Cry TV series doesn't include any of the games' stories, and his reasoning is going to irritate a lot of people.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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Black Flag Resynced Dev Promises Blood Won't Be DLC
When a developer has to publicly promise that blood in a pirate game won't be locked behind a paywall, something has gone deeply wrong with how players perceive your company.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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6 Years In, Genshin Impact Finally Reaches Snezhnaya
The Cryo nation launches August 12, bringing trains, visual overhauls, and the payoff to six years of Archon quest buildup.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Valve Hands Devs FPS Data to Fix Shoddy Deck Games
Valve is giving developers real framerate charts and player disagreement surveys so they can see exactly when a patch tanks their Steam Deck performance.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Nintendo's Game Vault May Be Empty, Ex-Staff Warn
Former Nintendo employees believe the company's famous strategy of stockpiling finished games may not survive the realities of Switch 2 development, leaving Nintendo under release pressure it hasn't faced in years.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Battlefield vs. Call of Duty Now Headed to Theaters
Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan are attached to a Battlefield movie currently being pitched to studios, putting the franchise on a collision course with Paramount's Call of Duty film.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Two Subs to Play One MMO? FFXIV's Switch 2 Catch
Square Enix is bringing FFXIV to Switch 2 in August, but Nintendo is requiring a separate subscription to play. Existing subscribers get 50% off, but that's still a second bill for a game you already pay for.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Slay the Spire 2's Most Hated Boss Is Actually Its Weakest
Mega Crit has pulled data from millions of Slay the Spire 2 runs and found the Doormaker, the boss players despise most, actually kills fewer runs than any other Act 3 boss.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Leaked Game Pass Tier Caps Cloud Gaming at 10 Hours a Month
A new Game Pass tier discovered in Discord's code offers 50+ games and Xbox Rewards, but caps cloud gaming at a strict 10 hours a month.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Larian Framed the Article About BG3 Breaking Steam
Larian's publishing director shared a photo of a framed news article about BG3 shaking Steam's servers, then said he hopes Divinity will "absolutely demolish it next time."
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Two Years Late, Zenless Zone Zero Lands on Steam
HoYoverse's action gacha game is finally heading to Steam almost two years after its original launch, and it's about time.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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8M Copies Sold, Every GOTY Won. Clair Obscur Turns 1
Eight million copies, every major Game of the Year award, and a free anniversary update with new haircuts. Sandfall Interactive's RPG has had one hell of a first year.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Sega Dusts Off OutRun, NiGHTS, and 7 More Legacy IPs
Sega launched its Sega Universe initiative with nine legacy IPs getting the spotlight, from OutRun to NiGHTS. But the company is being very careful not to promise actual games.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Game Pass Is Sneaking Into Discord Nitro as a Free Perk
A new Game Pass tier called Starter Edition has leaked via Discord datamining, bundling 50+ games and cloud streaming into the existing $9.99 Nitro subscription.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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$44M to Finish, No Backers Left. Gang of Dragon Goes Dark
Nagoshi Studio has wiped its YouTube channel and every Gang of Dragon trailer from the internet. With NetEase's funding drying up in May and no new backer in sight, the Yakuza creator's ambitious successor looks all but dead.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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The 7th Guest Remake Is Free If You Own the VR Version
Vertigo Games is bringing its 2023 VR reimagining of The 7th Guest to flat screens on June 4, and existing VR owners don't have to pay a penny.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Thought Golf With Your Friends 2 Was Dead? It's Not
After going silent for over a year, Golf With Your Friends 2 popped back up at the ID@Xbox Showcase with a Fall 2026 release window and full cross-platform play.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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$756M and a 43% Score. Miyamoto Calls Critics Baffling
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is 2026's highest-grossing film with $756 million worldwide, yet critics gave it a 43% on Rotten Tomatoes. Miyamoto finds the disconnect baffling and plans to make the movie's changes to Peach's backstory canon in future games.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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ID@Xbox Showcase Dropped 10 New Game Pass Titles
Yesterday's ID@Xbox showcase packed over 20 indie reveals into 50 minutes, but the real headline is 10 brand-new Game Pass confirmations spanning extraction RPGs, co-op roguelikes, and a Souls-like platformer.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred Packed a Useless Item on Purpose
Blizzard's associate game director admits at least one item in Lord of Hatred is "basically useless" by design, and the Horadric Cube is the reason why.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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WoW Hikes Sub Prices While Housing Is Still Broken
Blizzard announced subscription price increases for World of Warcraft in the UK, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, all while patch 12.0.5 remains a mess and housing sits disabled in multiple regions.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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A 20-Year Fan Theory Is Now Mario Canon Thanks to Miyamoto
A fan theory dating back to Super Mario Galaxy's 2007 launch is now officially part of the Mario universe, and Miyamoto wants it to stay that way.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Take-Two's Delayed Earnings Call Sparks GTA 6 Trailer 3 Hype
Take-Two's Q4 earnings call has been pushed back a week from its usual window, and the GTA 6 community thinks it knows exactly why.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Vaporeon's First-Ever Ex Card Headlines Pulsing Aura
Pokemon TCG Pocket has been running for over a year and a half, and somehow Vaporeon never had an ex card until now. Pulsing Aura fixes that when it drops on April 27.
Nathan Lees3 min read