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Ahead of a more formal announcement that was likely due sometime over the next few days, a couple of trailers for new Persona games have leaked online. Well, they weren’t even leaked; they were posted accidentally on Atlus’ English-language Instagram page, making them official leaks.
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Summer Game Fest is now the big gaming event of the summery season. With E3 seeming ever-more unlikely to ever return, it’s Geoff Keighley’s schmooze-a-thon alone for all your big game announcement news. And we have this year’s show covered, with every single game announced, shown or even mumbled under someone’s…
KotakuFrom action roguelites to painterly adventure games, your post-Sumer Game Fest indie livestream showcase is here with the perfect array of palate cleansers to restore your faith in the power of games by showing you cool stuff you’ve never seen before.
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the highly anticipated sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake, rounded out Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest broadcast. At the end of the sizzlingly cinematic trailer was confirmation of the game’s early 2024 release window. Right under those words was a nostalgia trip no one expected in the…
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Today’s been a good day for Final Fantasy fans. The new trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was revealed during today’s Summer Game Fest, finally showing us more of what Square Enix has in store for the second chapter of its re-imagining of a legendary game, and there are some bonkers curve balls.
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Epic Games’ mega-popular shooter Fortnite is just about to enter its third season of its fourth chapter and after mysterious fractures began appearing across the latest island, we finally know what’s been lurking below. And it looks like there’ll be dinosaurs.
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Sony’s big first-party PlayStation exclusive for 2023 finally has a release date. Insomnaic Games announced Spider-Man 2 will arrive on October 20, and revealed some new art and clues about Venom’s origin in the video game’s timeline, which will differ from what we know from the comics.
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During today’s Summer Game Fest kickoff showcase, Bandai Namco revealed a trailer for a game based on Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama’s classic manga, Sand Land.
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Today during Geoff Keighley’s big not-E3 video game extravaganza, Summer Game Fest, we got our first real, in-depth look at Alan Wake 2, Remedy’s long-awaited sequel to its moody, Pacific Northwest-set action game. And folks, it looks very, very scary!
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Sega announced Sonic Superstars at Summer Game Fest, and with it, the company is delving back into 2D Sonic. That’s good news for anyone who has been feeling nostalgic for the classics lately.
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During Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley debuted a new Lies of P trailer that came with some gorgeous classical music. There was a treat in it, too: The Bloodborne-inspired Soulslike is not only coming to PC, Playstation 4 and5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X on September 19. But you can play the action RPG right now…
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Today at the 2023 Summer Game Fest, Capcom and Geoff Keighley pulled a fast one on me by teasing what initially seemed like new content for the recently-launched and excellent Street Fighter 6, but then Ryu, my himbo boomer boyfriend, showed up on the stream as a terrifying and sexy android and then started fighting a…
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Nicolas Cage is coming to Behaviour Interactive’s asymmetrical survival horror Dead by Daylight, the developer confirms at Summer Game Fest. The reveal comes three weeks after the publisher was pushed to reveal a teaser trailer following an inopportune leak.
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Fans got their first sneak peek of season three of Netflix’s The Witcher during the Summer Game Fest livestream. The latest chapter in the streaming adaptation of the fantasy books turned hit open-world role-playing game is shaping up to be a wild, messy ride.
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Back in May, NetherRealm Studios revealed what’s in the works for the Mortal Kombat franchise. To the surprise of many, the next game is a reboot, bearing the name Mortal Kombat 1. The reveal promised some new features for the series, but until today’s gameplay reveal, little else was known.
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Grand Theft Auto Onlinemight be nearly a decade old at this point, but it’s still one of the biggest games in the world. As a result, it continues to get large updates from developer Rockstar Games. In fact, its next big, free expansion—San Andreas Mercenaries—launches next week. And in the lead-up to its release,…
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Here’s an odd bit of port begging. Whoopi Goldberg is upset that Diablo IV has skipped Apple’s Mac and has posted a video asking Blizzard to port the game over. But good news: Mac fans have already figured out a solution that might help her (and other Mac users) play Diablo IV.
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For today’s edition of “Things You Might Want To Worry About,” we bring you the story of a streamer who discovered his many hours of wearing a gaming audio headset has left an indent on his scalp. Subsequent discussion revealed that many other gamers have experienced the same. Go ahead and have a look at your head in…
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It’s Hell on Earth right now with orange skies looming around the East Coast, giving players a great excuse to stay indoors and try out Diablo IV. Blizzard’s latest ARPG in the long-running Diablo franchise is finally here, and if you’re like me, you’re seeking out a class that best suits players who have never played…
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Just days after the March 2023 Game Developer Conference came to a close, disturbing allegations started making the rounds on social media: The ultra-popular conference for game developers, held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center and attended by an estimated 28,000 people, was rife with sordid tales of abuse.
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The release of Lorcana, Disney’s upcoming collectible card game, is now in jeopardy because The Upper Deck Company has issued a class action lawsuit against Lorcana publisher Ravensburger accusing one of the game’s designers of intellectual property theft.
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Asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game Friday the 13th: The Game has been at a standstill since getting engulfed by a battle for franchise rights in 2018. It’s been a slow death, but on June 8, developer Gun announced that it was finally over—the game’s license expires on December 31, and on that date, F13 will…
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As you journey around Diablo IV’s world, quelling Lilith’s Armies of Hell, you’ll encounter a bevy of bosses salivating to put you into a fiery grave. However, while many bosses will stand in your way whether you like it or not, you may actually miss out on confrontations with certain monstrosities you really want to…
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A Magic: The Gathering card shop has set a $1 million “bounty” on a card that’s part of publisher Wizards of the Coast’s The Lord of the Rings collaboration. The One Ring card, of which there is only one serialized copy, won’t be released until June 23, but collectors have already determined that it is, indeed, very …
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Even if you don’t play competitive Pokémon, you may be familiar with the move Metronone, which sees a monster wave their fingers back and forth until they hit their enemy with a random attack from the wider compendium of moves. It’s a fun move in theory, but not a particularly effective one, because you can’t predict…
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Sara Hermellin is an artist based in Paris.
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For the first time in a decade, EA Sports will be releasing a college football game this season. The main reasons for that 10-year hiatus was a conflict over player payments (which weren’t allowed under NCAA rules) and likenesses. Those had presumably been resolved in the lead-up to EA Sports College Football’s…
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Earlier this week, Twitch set the streaming world ablaze with what appeared to be new guidelines that heavily impacted how streamers could monetize their channels. The rules appeared to dictate things like how much space logos could take up on the screen, and whether or not these sponsorships could be permanently…
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In Grace Van Dien’s first online appearance since her signing with gaming influencer crew FaZe Clan ignited a whirlwind of drama and misogyny, theStranger Things actor turned Twitch streamer sat down with Call of Duty content maker Ashtronova to discuss toxicity in gaming. The conversation appears to be the first…
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GameStop has terminated CEO Matt Furlong and announced that meme stock investor and SuperStonk cult-hero, Ryan Cohen, will take over as Executive Chairman. The famous brick-and-mortar gaming retailer’s stock price proceeded to drop over 15 percent in after-hours trading.