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No, a video game spin-off of The Batman is not in the works, James Gunn says
31 Aug

No, a video game spin-off of The Batman is not in the works, James Gunn says

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If this week’s rumor about a video game set in the universe of 2022’s The Batman got your hopes up, I have some bad news: no such thing is in development at the moment. Responding to a question on about whether Warner Bros. has a game in the works based on the Robert Pattinson-led film, DC Studios’ co-head James Gunn said, “Sadly there is no truth to this whatsoever.” The rumor stems from a report that was published on Friday.The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves, popped back up in theaters on Wednesday as part of AMC’s celebration of the 85th…
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The best Playdate games for 2024
31 Aug

The best Playdate games for 2024

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Owning a Playdate comes with the perk of already having access to 24 games at no additional cost from the bundled-in Season One — and some pretty good ones to boot. But there are a ton of great games outside the Season One offerings too, for when you’ve finished the whole batch or, for newer players, while you’re waiting for new games between the weekly drops. Here, I’ll highlight some of the best games I’ve played so far from the Playdate Catalog. It’ll mainly be split two ways: games that use the crank and games that don’t. There are also…
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Dragon’s Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start a new project
31 Aug

Dragon’s Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he’s leaving Capcom to start a new project

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Hideaki Itsuno, who directed the Dragon’s Dogma series and other major games for Capcom, announced on Saturday that he’s leaving the company. “From September, I will start developing a new game in a new environment,” he wrote in a post on . Itsuno has been with Capcom since the '90s, and worked on a slew of popular series, including Devil May Cry, starting with the second game. He created Dragon’s Dogma, and the most recent title under his belt, Dragon’s Dogma 2, sold over within 10 days of its release earlier this year. It also for concurrent players on launch…
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The latest Tamagotchi is made with real eggs
31 Aug

The latest Tamagotchi is made with real eggs

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Bandai has launched a new Tamagotchi model, and it's actually made with real recycled egg shells. The Original Tamagotchi Celebration digital pet is even colored like a tan/brown egg, with green and white designs along with pink accents and buttons. Tamagotchi comes from the Japanese words for egg (tamago) and watch (uotchi) — and the toy is unmistakably egg-shaped — so the use of egg shells in particular is pretty on-brand. The model is paired with a packaging the uses recycled paper, as well, and Bandai says the model aligns with its mission to "promote a greener future."Tamagotchi is no…
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Zelda can wield a sword in Echoes of Wisdom after all
31 Aug

Zelda can wield a sword in Echoes of Wisdom after all

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has provided a fresh look at , the upcoming Switch game that makes the titular princess the playable protagonist for the very first time. Like many folks, I've been looking forward to this one, but one key question remained unanswered until this preview: where the heck is Zelda's sword? Earlier gameplay videos focused on her ability to create "echoes" — i.e. copy objects and enemies — to use in combat.Fret not, fans of adorable murder: Zelda will have a sword after all. The latest video revealed her swordfighter form, meaning that, yes, she can battle her foes head on. There…
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Nintendo can’t repair your New 3DS because it ran out of parts
29 Aug

Nintendo can’t repair your New 3DS because it ran out of parts

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Nintendo has stopped offering repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS. While it's unsurprising for a company to end support for hardware that's a decade old, the reason in this case is that Nintendo has simply run out of parts. The news circulated in a translated social media from the company's Japanese support team.Time is also running out for official repairs of the Nintendo 2DS and New Nintendo 3DS LL (known as the XL model in the US). Nintendo it will stop offering repairs on those handhelds when they likewise deplete their stock of replacement parts.Nintendo manufacturing the entire 3DS line…
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Concord aside, PlayStation is having a great year
29 Aug

Concord aside, PlayStation is having a great year

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By all accounts, Concord has landed with a heady thud.The team-based shooter is one of a scant few new first-party PlayStation games that's coming out this year. Sony released it on both PS5 and PC on August 23. The company doesn't typically reveal detailed player numbers for its own platforms. However, Steam does. The numbers there are not pretty.A Steam player count isn't entirely reflective of a game's success, Still, it’s a key data point from which we can extrapolate some assumptions. In its first weekend, Concord failed to break 700 concurrent players on Steam. That's a dismal figure for…
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GameStop pivots to retro gaming at select locations
29 Aug

GameStop pivots to retro gaming at select locations

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GameStop is pivoting to retro games at select locations. As the industry moves to digital media — and the retailer struggles to adapt to the shifting landscape (including a short-lived stab at NFTs) — the company is betting on the old school. The GameStop Retro locations will stock physical consoles, discs and cartridges from classic Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and Sega platforms.The retailer announced the Retro GameStop locations in a post on X (Twitter). The company also has a website where you can search for retro-friendly locations within a 100-mile radius. (I found a grand total of one in my city.)GameStop lists…
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of ‘bad faith bargaining’ by Raven Software union workers
29 Aug

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard accused of ‘bad faith bargaining’ by Raven Software union workers

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Raven Software’s union — the first of its kind in the gaming industry — has hit another snag negotiating its collective bargaining agreement with Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, games journalist Stephen Totilo reported in his Game File newsletter. The union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), alleging chiefly that their employer refuses to bargain, or is not bargaining in good faith. The Raven workers succeeded in their union drive, joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA), over two years ago.The full complaints have not been made available to the public as of Wednesday.…
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Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland crawls out of its playpen on September 10
29 Aug

Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland crawls out of its playpen on September 10

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There are a ton of Rugrats games from early CD-ROM games to the Nintendo 64 but there’s never really been one that truly stood out on its own. The MIX Games, Wallride and Limited Run Games may have given us the definitive Rugrats game with Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland set for release on September 10 on Steam and both current and previous-gen consoles.The new throwback Rugrats game was announced last year almost to the date. Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland looks like it was inspired by those classic NES platformers that fueled your childhood fun and frustration (funstration?). The game comes in two…
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