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Neon White, Tchia and a bunch of other titles are coming to Game Pass this month
03 Jul

Neon White, Tchia and a bunch of other titles are coming to Game Pass this month

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A number of pretty good titles are coming to Microsoft's Game Pass this month for Xbox consoles and Windows PCs, including Engadget staff favorites Neon White and Tchia. Neon White is a first-person shooter and puzzle platformer, wherein you play the part of an assassin taken from Hell to exterminate demons in Heaven in an annual competition. It was one of Engadget's best games for 2022, and we praised it for being smooth and fast-paced, having complex weapons and having almost 100 replayable levels to go through.Meanwhile, Tchia is one of our top game picks for 2023. In the charming…
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The best gaming handhelds for 2024
02 Jul

The best gaming handhelds for 2024

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Handheld gaming systems are having a moment. While gaming on the go has been a thing since the Game Boy, the success of the Nintendo Switch and a string of ever-improving processors have brought an eruption of devices that let you play all sorts of games anywhere you want. Because new models seem to arrive every week, however, figuring out the best gaming handheld for you can be complicated. You already know that the Switch is great, but depending on what else you want to play, the right handheld could range from a $100 emulation machine to a $700 portable…
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Check out what Microsoft’s Keystone streaming device might have been
26 Jun

Check out what Microsoft’s Keystone streaming device might have been

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Microsoft leadership has been putting a lot of weight on , and several of its business decisions of late appear to center on getting more people into that subscription service. One of those projects was called Keystone, a dedicated streaming device that would let Game Pass customers play Xbox titles without an Xbox console. After first , the project was eventually . That team instead shifted focus to a smart TV streaming app, leaving Keystone to disappear into the void. Today, uncovered a patent that showed what the Keystone might have looked like.This has more detail than we ever got…
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Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Summer Game Fest Play Days 2024
22 Jun

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Summer Game Fest Play Days 2024

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Summer Game Fest 2024 officially wrapped up on June 10, after a long weekend of game previews, developer interviews and unlimited cold brew — but we just published our final stories from the show this week (held under embargo, of course). Those were Mat Smith's impressions of Black Myth: Wukong and Tales of the Shire, and they capped off a month of juicy video game news out of the summer's biggest show.No, Silksong did not make an appearance.There were, however, plenty of bright and shiny games at the show, and many of them were available to play for the first…
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The Beyond Good and Evil remaster will be released next week (for real)
20 Jun

The Beyond Good and Evil remaster will be released next week (for real)

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After a bit of a false start, Ubisoft has released a trailer for its remake of the cult classic game Beyond Good and Evil. The video first appeared in a tweet from the game studio that was later deleted. But the new seems to be sticking around, and that means we really will be getting the Beyond Good and Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition on June 25. It will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Limited Run Games will also be of the remaster starting July 12; those will be…
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Amazon’s Throne and Liberty MMO is coming to the west in September
19 Jun

Amazon’s Throne and Liberty MMO is coming to the west in September

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has when it will bring free-to-play MMO Throne and Liberty to the Americas, Europe and Japan. The company will release the NCSoft-developed title in those regions on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on September 17. There will be full cross-platform support. An open beta will take place in July and you can sign up for that .Throne and Liberty, which was originally supposed to be a direct sequel to the original , debuted in Korea last year after a lengthy development process. It has both player vs. player and player vs. environment combat, and you can join guilds…
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A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox this year
18 Jun

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox this year

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The premise of A Quiet Place always seemed like great fodder for a game: make too much of a racket and a blind, noise-sensitive alien will most probably kill you. Six years after the original movie hit theaters, is almost here. A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is coming to PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S later this year.Developer Stormind Games (Remothered, Batora: Lost Haven) has crafted a first-person horror adventure based on the movies. You'll play as a young woman who attempts to steer clear of those terrifying creatures while dealing with her inner fears and family turmoil.…
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Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like a JRPG free from restraint and sanity
14 Jun

Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like a JRPG free from restraint and sanity

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Metaphor: ReFantazio has been a long time in the making. It was announced in 2017 as Project re Fantasy through a weird long video that said very little. Since then, Atlus has swapped the Project for Metaphor and scoured Google Translate to find a cool way to say ‘fantasy.’ It’s also made a giant fantasy JRPG — and after rolling through a demo at Summer Game Fest last weekend, I’m dying to play it.ReFantazio is the first original title by Studio Zero, a relatively new Atlus division headed up by Katsura Hashino. As the director of the third, fourth and…
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Overwatch 2 resurrects Pink Mercy cosmetic for a charity fundraiser
13 Jun

Overwatch 2 resurrects Pink Mercy cosmetic for a charity fundraiser

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Finally, something the whole Overwatch community can get behind! For a limited time in 2018, Blizzard sold the Pink Mercy skin as a fundraiser in support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. That was back in the day when Overwatch cosmetics only came in loot boxes, so the chance to directly purchase a skin while supporting a worthy cause was a big deal for the player base. Sales of the legendary look during that drive generated $12.7 million for the BCRF. And later this month, you can be pretty in pink once again.The original Pink Mercy skin will be available…
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Gears of War: E-Day is the origin story of the Gears franchise
10 Jun

Gears of War: E-Day is the origin story of the Gears franchise

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As the grand finale of Xbox’s Summer Game Fest showcase, after the new consoles, we were treated to the exclusive premiere of the latest addition to the Gears series, Gears of War: E-Day.The trailer kicks off with a one-on-one brawl between the Gears guy and a grunt, ending in a headshot. Immediately after, however, the floor collapses between them. Fortunately, Gears’ Guy #2 is there to grab your hand. And the sad Mad World melody plays in the background. Because Gears. Called E-Day, and ending on an apocalyptic view of a city, it looks like this game will center on…
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