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"Please Stop," SaGa Dev Tells FF Creator Over AI Video
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi called an AI-generated FF6 remake video "amazing." SaGa series creator Akitoshi Kawazu wasn't having it.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Tom Kane, Voice of Yoda and CoD's Takeo, Dead at 64
Tom Kane, the prolific voice actor behind Yoda in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Takeo Masaki in Call of Duty Zombies, has died at 64 after complications from a stroke he suffered in 2020.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Cyclops and The Thing Blast Into Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Two fan-favourite Marvel heroes join the beat 'em up roster today in a surprise $3.99 DLC drop, and a second content wave is already confirmed for later this year.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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Sony Hikes PS Plus as Xbox Cuts Game Pass Prices
Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices for new subscribers starting May 20, citing 'ongoing market conditions.' The timing is remarkable given Xbox just lowered Game Pass prices last month.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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99% Switch 2, 1% Everything Else: Indy's UK Chart Debut
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launched on Switch 2 and absolutely dominated the platform split, with PS5 and Xbox each hovering below 1%. The demand for big third-party ports on Nintendo's new hardware is staggering.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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No Wonder Lego Batman Feels Like Arkham
Roughly 24 Rocksteady developers helped build Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and WB Games Montreal pitched in too. That Arkham DNA isn't just inspiration, it's literal.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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$140M in Two Days, and Forza Horizon 6 Isn't Out Yet
Forza Horizon 6 pulled in $140 million from early access alone, with over 181,000 concurrent players paying $120 each. The game isn't even officially out yet.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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$50M Hit Iron Lung Skips Netflix for YouTube
After grossing over $50 million in theaters, Markiplier's horror film Iron Lung is heading to YouTube as a paid exclusive on May 31, bypassing Netflix, Amazon, and every other traditional streaming platform.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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$50 Max Payout? Subnautica 2's EULA Alarms Fans
Fans digging into Subnautica 2's end-user license agreement found clauses capping damage payouts at $50, banning VPN use, and giving Krafton the right to revoke access at any time.
Nathan Lees5 min read
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Pac-Man Meets Suika Game in Namco Legendary Mountains
BeXide and Bandai Namco are turning classic arcade characters into voxels you toss, stack, and merge in a 3D twist on the Suika Game formula. It's launching this summer on Switch 2, Switch, and PC.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Not Even Out Yet, Yoshi Already Rules the eShop
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book knocked Pokemon Pokopia off the top of the Switch 2 eShop, and the game isn't even out yet.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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GTA 5 and RDR2 on Switch? Virtuos Says It's Ready
Virtuos, the studio behind Metal Gear Solid Delta and the Oblivion Remastered port, says its team is eager to bring two of Rockstar's biggest games to Nintendo's hardware.
Nathan Lees2 min read
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A Decade Later, Siege Finally Shows Your Real Rank
Ubisoft is gutting Siege's competitive system and replacing hidden MMR with transparent rank progression. It only took a decade.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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'Honestly Not That Hard': N64 Emulator Cracks Rollback
A Nintendo 64 emulator fork just added rollback netcode across the entire library, and the programmer behind it says GekkoNet "did most of the lifting." Spain-to-Australia Smash 64 at four frames of delay is now a real thing.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Borderlands' Iconic Look Cost Take-Two $50 Million
Two months before Borderlands was supposed to ship, Take-Two approved a $50 million art style overhaul. CEO Strauss Zelnick says no other publisher would have done it.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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3.3M Sold, Yet Yotei Legends Already Abandoned
Ghost of Yotei sold 3.3 million copies in its first month, but Sucker Punch has already wrapped major support for its Legends multiplayer mode after a single content update.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Five 'Final' Updates Later, Terraria Stops Pretending
After years of promising 'final' updates that never were, Re-Logic has dropped the act. Terraria will keep getting updates beyond 1.4.6, crossplay is coming soon, and the game just hit 70 million copies sold.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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Not Even Out Yet, Forza Horizon 6 Already Tops 1M Players
Forza Horizon 6 doesn't officially release until May 19, but over a million players have already paid a premium to get in early, doubling Forza Horizon 5's Steam record in the process.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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2M Copies in 12 Hours, and You Still Can't Kill Fish
Unknown Worlds sold 2 million copies of Subnautica 2 in half a day, and the studio's lead designer says the game's no-violence philosophy is a hill they're willing to die on.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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24 Years In, FF11 Finally Unlocks an Endless Trial
Square Enix is scrapping the 14-day cap on Final Fantasy 11's free trial and raising the level limit to 75. For a 24-year-old MMO still getting updates, it's a move that should have happened years ago.
Nathan Lees4 min read
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Faker Stars in a K-Drama and It's Absurdly Good
Google Play Korea cast the greatest League of Legends player ever opposite one of K-pop's biggest stars in a romantic mini-drama ad series. It's stuffed with esports callbacks and it absolutely works.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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$615M for a URL? Love Live! Fans Rage at Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco let the official Aqours fan club domain expire, and it's now sitting on a Japanese auction site with a lead bid of $615 million. Fans aren't laughing.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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A Warhammer First: Leagues of Votann Hit Mechanicus 2
Mechanicus 2 arrives May 21 on Xbox Series X|S with a franchise first: the Leagues of Votann make their video game debut alongside dual Adeptus Mechanicus and Necron campaigns.
Nathan Lees3 min read
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A 2004 Pokemon Game Just Topped the Switch eShop
Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are sitting at number one and two on the Switch eShop's download-only chart. A pair of 22-year-old Game Boy Advance remakes are outselling Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and nearly everything else on the store.
Nathan Lees4 min read