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The 3D Banjo-Kazooie games were two of the best video game platformers to grace the Nintendo 64 and really any other console since, rivalling Nintendo’s very own Super Mario 64 at the time. VGC has gathered together a number of key developers behind the two hit N64 games and asked them whether or not they

Doom and Destiny Worlds on Xbox When the world is threatened by farting stone giants, cursed genies and cosplaying goblins, it is up to a merry band of four spotty nerds to save the day, in Doom & Destiny Worlds on Xbox. The Next in the Series Doom & Destiny Worlds on Xbox is the

Sifu was originally supposed to get one batch of arena combat trials until developer Sloclap revealed that more were on the way. The studio has now given a release date window for these final trials, noting that they would come to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC sometime in September.

Gran Turismo players! The 1.35 update for Gran Turismo 7 arrives today June 28 at 11pm PDT* / June 29 at 7am BST / 3pm JST. Play Video Introduction of 3 New Cars Aston Martin Valkyrie ’21 A uniquely shaped hypercar with F1 derived aerodynamics. Aston Martin is one of Britain’s most beloved luxury sports car

During tonight’s Annapurna Interactive Showcase, we got another lovely look at Flock, the latest game from Wilmot’s Warehouse and I Am Dead devs Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg. In it, we get to see exactly how its adorable creature herding works in co-op, which you’d probably hope to see, given its own Steam page also

Pokémon Go developer Niantic has announced a massive restructuring, where it will be closing its Los Angeles office, terminating over 200 employees, and scaling back development on a few titles as it narrows its focus towards supporting current titles while increasing its commitment to mixed and augmented reality development. In an email sent to staff by

The Purveyor of Curiosities is a rarely-visited vendor in Diablo 4, mainly because a lot of what they sell won’t matter to most players for several hours into the game. The Purveyor only accepts a single currency: Obols, which is awarded from the chests that pop up after event completions. Most of your early visits

Image: The Pokémon Company The Pokémon Company and Nintendo have released a new update for the Switch titles Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, bumping both games up to Version 1.3.2. This patch appears to be the smallest one yet, referencing some adjustments to upcoming tournaments. Dataminers may be able to shed some more light on this

Activision-Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has spilled the beans about the graphical fidelity of the next Nintendo console during the Activision-Blizzard deal FTC hearing. Speaking to the court about Call of Duty and other topics he revealed that the successor to the incredibly popular Nintendo Switch system is close to Generation 8 in terms of power.

V-Bucks and goodies galore Even five years since it first blew up, Fortnite: Battle Royale is still going strong. For those of you wanting to pick up some more V-Bucks to spend on cosmetic items, as well as gain access to Fortnite’s secondary mode – Save the World – then the Fortnite: Full Clip Pack

Sector 1: Dreadshore, Meet Your Maker’s first major content update, is arriving tomorrow giving players all-new tools to put their brutal creativity to the test.  If you’re new to the wasteland, Meet Your Maker is a first-person building game where players can create deadly fortresses using traps, guards, and more, or raid those built by

Xbox executive Matt Booty did indeed discuss Microsoft pushing PlayStation out of the gaming business, according to an internal email shared as part of the ongoing legal proceedings between Microsoft/Activision and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The allegation was first made by a group of gamers who sued Microsoft to prevent the Activision merger. Despite

The world of Meet Your Maker is expanding with the arrival of Sector 1: Dreadshore. We’re packing a lot into this release, and since Dreadshore marks our first major content update, we’re celebrating by letting you claim the Sector 1 Arsenal Pack for free beginning tomorrow until July 10. With Meet Your Maker launched and

It used to be that getting 32GB of fast DDR4 RAM cost triple figures – but nowadays, thanks to the prevalance of DDR5 kits, getting even this amount of RAM in a competitive spec is quite affordable. This 32GB kit of Corsair Vengeance RS RGB RAM, for example, offers 3600MT/s speeds, decent CL18 timings and

Publisher Humble Games and developer Crema have revealed Temtem Showdown, a new standalone battle-focused game, and it’s out right now.  This surprise reveal comes less than a year after the full 1.0 release of Temtem, the game that Showdown is based on. Similar to Pokemon Showdown, Temtem Showdown is all about battling. It’s also free

It turns out that that Stephen King quote in the first Alan Wake was a gift from the author himself, and it only cost Remedy $1. You don’t need to be a detective to see the Stephen King influences on the original Alan Wake, even ignoring the fact that the titular Alan quotes him right

Image: WB Games Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, basic Batfan Gavin considers if Switch can handle this much Arkham… Fair warning, DC fans. I’m the quintessential ’80s kid for whom Keaton, the Burton Batmobile, and Elfman represent

There were a number of highly-anticipated games revealed during this month’s Nintendo Direct presentation including the magical Super Mario Bros. Wonder and a remake of the beloved Super Nintendo game, Super Mario RPG, revealed amongst others. The majority of the games are now available to pre-order on the Nintendo eShop and subsequently their file-sizes have

We were anything but brave in Brave Soldier – Invasion of Cyborgs. That’s not because its difficulty kicked our asses; if anything, it’s on the easy side. It’s because the ‘best’ way to play it also seemed to be the slowest. The enemies couldn’t shoot as far as we could, so we spent the majority

Alan Wake kicks off with a memorable quote from noted horror author Stephen King. In a game with Energizer batteries and Verizon ads (which were stripped from the 2021 remaster), this real-world crossover made more sense, given its subject matter. And it turns out that quote license only cost Remedy a single dollar. Sam Lake

Since the end of The Callisto Protocol’s main game, things have gone from bad to worse inside the penitentiary. The virus that’s been wreaking havoc inside is threatening to escape the prison and it’s up to you to retrieve Mahler’s data and transmit it off-world. It’s not going to be a walk in the park.

Best Way have announced the release date for their WW2 RTS Men Of War 2, and it’s coming in one of the busiest months of the year so far for big PC releases. Arriving on September 20th on Steam and the Epic Games Store, Men Of War 2 joins the likes of Lies Of P,

Xbox corporate vice president Sarah Bond has claimed that Activision Blizzard demanded Microsoft provide a larger revenue share to put new Call of Duty games on the platform, according to a new report from IGN.  This news comes from yesterday’s court trial between Xbox (and Activision Blizzard) and the Federal Trade Commission over Microsoft’s attempted acquisition of

A huge amount of new industry info has been revealed overnight, as the FTC has taken Microsoft to court for the company’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. Emails, prior mergers, and more were dredged up as the July deadline for the deal draws near. Numerous people were brought up to the stand, including Bethesda’s

Image: Nintendo Man, we really miss the days when print magazines were all the rage. Yes, call us old, we don’t care! There was something special about picking up the latest issue of Nintendo Official Magazine (later succeeded by Official Nintendo Magazine, or ONM) and NGamer, especially when they included bonus goodies that you couldn’t

E3, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo for short, was cancelled this year. This, unsurprisingly, has raised the question of whether E3 will return next year, if at all. Unfortunately, if you’re wanting E3 to return, this latest development about the matter may not be what you’re wanting to hear. You see, a meeting packet from

Ah, Super Meat Boy. The mascot of XBLA nostalgia. The epitome of speedrunning. The reason for many a smashed controller. Welcome back to this meaty world, but in a way you’ve never seen before with Dr Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC. A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure! Dr Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine

Summary Embark on a heartwarming journey of self-discovery through music. A new arcade spin on a Guitar Hero formula, accessible to everyone. 100% Original music produced by Hyperstrange. Stepping into the World of Arcade Rhythm Games Rhythm games, those captivating, engaging experiences that combine our love for music with the thrill of gameplay, have absorbed players

Square Enix said that Final Fantasy 16 was going to have a Performance Mode, but that doesn’t automatically guarantee it’ll perform well. Certain outlets have now released technical breakdowns of the game and demonstrated how the RPG runs in practice. Final Fantasy 16’s two modes are quite different According to Digital Foundry, both the Quality

Hello everyone, I’m Yasuyoshi Yamamura, Art Director at Q-Games. Today I have some development insights to share with you to celebrate the upcoming release of our frantic party-brawler, PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe. Yasuyoshi Yamamura, Art Director at Q-Games Since the launch of the very first PixelJunk game on PS3 in 2007, PlayStation has been the spiritual