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Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl all have release dates now

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 27, 2021 - 4 years ago

At long last, the most average of Pokemon generations gets a do-over in Pokemon Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond.

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Amazon acquires James Bond studio MGM for $8.45 billion

By Kervyn Cloete
May 27, 2021 - 4 years ago

Following recent reports that Amazon was in negotiations to purchase Hollywood studio MGM, the deal has now been closed for a $8.45 billion which gives Amazon Prime Video access to a catalog of more than 4000 films, including the James Bond franchise.

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Oh hey, Virtua Fighter 5 lands on PS4 next week

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 26, 2021 - 4 years ago

Virtua Fighter! …Yeah I got nothing, but Geoff's happy behind the scenes to hear that his favourite fighting game that has bargain bin Ryu on the front cover is making a comeback.

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New Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart trailer gets you up to speed on the game’s story

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 26, 2021 - 4 years ago

June's just around the corner, and in a month which includes a few heavyweight releases such as Scarlet Nexus, Necromunda: Hired Gun, and a chonky Final Fantasy VII upgrade, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart may be the biggest game of the lot. Quite possibly the biggest and most important game for the PS5, Ratchet & Clank's latest adventure looks to be shaping up nicely so far.

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Axiom Verge 2 delayed to Q3 2021

By Brad Lang
May 26, 2021 - 4 years ago

The sequel to one of the best Metroidvanias out there can’t seem to catch a break.

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Horizon Forbidden West dedicated State of Play streaming this week

By Brad Lang
May 26, 2021 - 4 years ago

The event, which is seemingly dedicated to the upcoming PS5 game, will reveal plenty of interesting nuggets.

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Valve is reportedly working on Steam Pal, it’s own Switch-like handheld console

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 26, 2021 - 4 years ago

You didn't hear it from me, but apparently handheld consoles that can also instantly connect to a big screen TV at home are pretty popular. Nintendo knows this pretty well after selling around 85 million Switch consoles, and the owner of the biggest digital PC game marketplace in the land reckons that now might be the good time to flex some of its own muscle and get in on the game.

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New Dying Light 2 reveal stream scheduled for May 27

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 25, 2021 - 4 years ago

The dead are ready to rise once again. Dying Light 2 developer Techland has been teasing something for the last week, and has today announced that more info on the long-in-development game will be revealed in a Twitch stream on May 27 at 9PM CET.

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Knockout City, EA’s new multiplayer dodgeball game, hits two million players during free trial

By Brad Lang
May 25, 2021 - 4 years ago

That’s a lot of players for a game that’s mostly slid under everyone’s radar.

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Apex Legends’ latest patch fixes Wattson, backpack spawns, and more

By Brad Lang
May 25, 2021 - 4 years ago

A penalty for abandoning Arenas games has also been added to hopefully prevent those less than desirable teammates from dropping you right into it.

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Konami is considering outsourcing more IPs after GetsuFumaDen

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 25, 2021 - 4 years ago

Konami has a ton of IPs gathering dust when they're not being used as themes for slot machines. And Konami has realised this, saying that it is considering doing a little bit more of the ol' outsourcing.

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Final Fantasy Souls-like spin-off by Team Ninja reportedly being revealed at E3

By Darryn Bonthuys
May 25, 2021 - 4 years ago

Looks like Square Enix is a soul guy. A souls-like kind of guy that is!

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