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Atlus is being bold with a big new IP, but it’s paying off – Metaphor ReFantazio has what it takes to be the RPG of the year.
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ZZZ is far more than just an inner-city Genshin Impact reskin, but do enough millennials care about gacha games to make it pay off?
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ARE SOULS? Ian Higton's bum guffs: The Best Games Ever podcast episode 103
What are the best games that didn't live up to their hype? Find out within.
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Like Father Like Son A new, eyeless spider just dropped, and its namesake fittingly comes from Monster Hunter
Nerds just love naming organisms after video game things.
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Not So Quick Fix Yes, Square Enix is aware of Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail's major issues on Xbox, and it's working on a fix
Plus various other problems are being worked on too.
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Dying Together Good news, seamless co-op Elden Ring lovers: your favourite mod now works with Shadow of the Erdtree
Just don't expect it to run perfectly right off the bat.
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Times Are Changing Say goodbye to linear storytelling in Destiny 2, as for Year 11 Bungie plans to focus on "expanding our worlds and world-building"
"All of the content coming in Year 10 is the catalyst for what happens next in Destiny 2."
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Podcast Best Games Ever Podcast - Extended Edition Info Page - June 30th, 2024
All the info you need to get your hands on the for-members-only extended edition of VG247's podcast.
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Return To Port? Get ready for some Assassin's Creed remakes, says Ubisoft CEO, as everyone and their mum starts chanting about Black Flag
No offense, cities, we all just love a good boat.
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Looking For WooHoo By popular demand, EA is bringing not-quite-Tinder to The Sims 4
The Sims 4 Lovestruck expansion pack has been announced for next month, introducing a dating app to the long-running life sim.
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Back In The Green After mixed early Steam reviews, Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree has scythed back up to "mostly positive"
Difficulty discourse does dissipate, it turns out.
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We Like Both Don't Nod is delaying its spiritual successor to Life is Strange and being refreshingly honest about the reason
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage has been delayed to early 2025, to avoid splitting fan attention with the new Life is Strange sequel.
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Even our resident ER experts think this is a pretty nuts thing to have pulled off.
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Alphabet Could Riot have left clues for what the next 2XKO character is?
Hidden in the recent alpha reveal are breadcrumbs for the game's most dedicated fans.
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Ordem e Progresso Brazil has just become one of best places to make games, here’s why that matters to you – as a consumer
Brazil’s gaming industry is booming as the rest of the world is suffering layoffs. As a gamer, you should probably know why that is.
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Mind Your Mines As more bugs are uncovered, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead reminds players that not every datamine is worth getting excited about
"Sure, we get that some are curious."
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Very Old Friends The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is probably getting a better title and some returning characters
Gollum himself has shared the scoop.
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The best deals on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox games, Game Pass, accessories and more.
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New Lego The Lord of the Rings Barad-Dûr set will come with a free Fell Beast and Nazgûl minifigure
This freebie will only be available for a limited time.
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Let's turn up the heat
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Yes Nintendo reveals its Kong Dong in court documents
Good lord, put it away Nintendo! We'll never be able to see poor DK in the same light again!
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Modern Hunter CBS is developing a Van Helsing series, but it actually sounds more like The X-Files
Could it be the perfect show to leave on in the background?
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Scan And Grab! Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is getting a surprise remaster by Aspyr on all modern platforms, Boba Fett included
Just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe.
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You'll Shoot Nuthin! Hitman's latest target is MMA lad Conor McGregor, even though Agent 47 can probably avoid his fists of fury by just shooting him in the face
Hey, nice try Mr Notorious, but you brought some killer kicks to a sniper rifle fight.
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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess and Resi 7 Biohazard for IOS are also set to make appearances.
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New Crusade Batman: Caped Crusader's first full trailer promises more than just a nostalgic return to Gotham
Old meets new.
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Round Start! Evo 2024 is the biggest video game tournament ever, as it passes 10,000 unique competitors
They'll be playing Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and a host of other games at a scale many thought impossible.
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We're Back, Maybe Marvel Studios is returning to San Diego Comic-Con in a new attempt to convince us the MCU isn't cooked
It needs more wins after Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Living The Message Elden Ring's Miyazaki might back making difficult games, but his pre-Shadow of the Erdtree playthrough was a struggle
"The freedom and open-world nature of Elden Ring perhaps lowered the barrier to entry, and I might be the one who’s benefiting the most from that."
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Don't Laugh! Oh my god, this tiny Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR change finally fixes one of my biggest pet peeves
The best new stealth change in Diablo 4's currently-ongoing Season 5 PTR is hiding in the settings menu.
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WIDOWS AND BAIRNS Still Wakes the Deep review: This is perfect Game Pass fodder - great but flawed, perfectly paced, and exactly the right length.
This six-hour disaster movie keeps the tension up, but it has entirely the wrong focus.
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Graceful Expansion Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree review: A terrifying trove of everything FromSoftware has to offer - lag, lore and lions
Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC brings a huge, dense new area to get lost in - and you will get lost...
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Proper Fiendish Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance review: I say this in the nicest possible way – this game reminds me of a PS2 RPG
Look, if you’ve got even a passing interest in Persona or Atlus games, give this a go; it’s an old-school, demon-fuelled romp through hell in all the best ways.
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He's back! Let Me Solo Her sets their sights on Messmer - as an even greater challenge awaits
But beware, brave Tarnished. Even greater foes wait ahead.
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Button Mashing The new Street Fighter movie gets a release date, but no directors or writers are officially attached
That we know of, at least.
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The streamer even managed to hug a rabbit during the shift between fight phases.
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Finally! 2XKO gets its first round of alpha playtests this August
Online and local play available, including a free invite code for a friend if you get in.
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Race Against Time Forza Horizon 4 is getting delisted this year, but you've got time to complete its longest race in a crap car over 21,000 times before it goes
Fire up your goofy little Peel Trident, it's time to put the pedal to the metal!
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Still Covering Wars The original Dead Rising is getting a remaster
Capcom just dropped a major announcement out of nowhere that brings the Dead Rising series back to life.
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Suits You, Sir One of the most interesting Xbox Game Pass titles of the last year will soon be free to play for anyone with a Netflix account
Thirsty Suitors is coming to your Netflix account soon – great news if you want a taste of one of the most unique games we’ve seen in a while.
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The Bugs Are Back Helldivers 2 players are headed back to the bug front, as Arrowhead teases giving Game Master Joel more tools to mess with Super Earth
"I can’t tell much, otherwise [Game Master] Joel would hunt me down!"
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Thats... Great! Yep, you guessed it: The Fantastic Four is set in the '60s, and it sounds like some multiverse shenanigans are going on
Gold star for those of you that correctly theorised.
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So many showcases, so little free time.
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Big Time Hail Mary Can Behemoth save PS VR2?
PSVR2 needs to go big or go home, and Behemoth might literally be its best chance.
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Naming woes Street Fighter 6's developers almost unified M. Bison's complicated international naming, but gave up
"Players are going to want to call him M. Bison."
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We chat to Shuhei Matsumoto and Takayuki Nakayama about the arrival of M. Bison, Terry Bogard, Mai Shiranui, and Elena in Street Fighter 6, Season 2.
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At £25, Nintendo's latest retro throwback feels like an ample replacement for Mario Party in some ways (and that's a good thing).
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Resi Returns The 90s version of the original Resident Evil is now easily grabbable on modern PCs, with 2 and 3 coming soon
Ring your dad! Watch the endearingly cringey live-action intro again!
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Naughty Or Nice? It's too hot for this right now, but the first trailer for The Rock's Christmas action film about rescuing Santa is here
If you're excited for this one, don't bottle it up.
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The manga creator's other popular series Urusei Yatsura and Inuyasha have also recently received new anime adaptations.
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Just ER Stan Things Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree's been out less than a week, so naturally there's already a streamer one shotting its major bosses
Just in case you needed any more reasons to feel a bit bad about still being mired in your initial go at it.
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But No I-Frames Last Epoch’s next update gives everyone a dodge, lets you challenge slain warriors
Last Epoch’s Harbingers of Ruin update is near, and we now know the major changes and additions we can expect from it.
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Let's Get Lit DC's Green Lantern series is a go at HBO, as Warner Bros. leaves the Max Originals label behind
Warner Bros. has finally realised that it can use its well established branding, actually.
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The earlier bosses of the DLC should be a lot easier, just buckle in for that last boss. They're still a monster.
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BE A PAL Palworld Guide: How to become a Pal Master
Get the most out of the wild islands of Palpagos with our Palworld Guide!
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The Last of Us 2 safe codes and combinations - all safe locations
All the safe codes and their locations in The Last of Us 2.
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Naraka Bladepoint Tier List: Best characters for Solos and Trios
These are the best characters in Naraka: Bladepoint as decided by the top pro players!
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Fresh Challenges If Fallout's co-creator was to work on the series again, there's one key question he'd want answered first
"If you don't have an immediate answer, if you have to go 'Well, I don't know, we may put in a new perk', I'm probably not interested."
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You could always still buy a ticket too.
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Numbers Ahoy! Netflix's live-action One Piece recruits its first lot of baddies for season 2
Still waiting on news about Tony Tony Chopper, though.
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Meli-No Way! Finished Hades 2? There's now a Baldur's Gate 3 mod that turns it into a fully-fleshed out roguelike
Are you and your party up to taking on the Trials of Tav?
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A Long Time Ago... Andor season 2 will feature a familiar but not particularly friendly face from Star Wars: Rogue One
Though they likely won't be in it all that much.
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No, they probably won't add a post-apocalyptic version of the Vegas sphere to the canon just so he can rock up on it.
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Saying that, maybe certain lore content creators will find something and make us all look silly.
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I Know What You Are The first trailer for The Lighthouse director's Nosferatu wants to remind you vampires didn't always sparkle in the sun
He is coming.
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Radio Silence Remember The Pokemon Company saying it was going to investigate Palworld? It seems nothing's come of that yet
PocketPair's CEO says everything's been quiet behind the scenes.
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Didn't Bat An Eye The Batman's Andy Serkis doesn't know anything about the upcoming sequel, but he does know when it starts filming - and it's still a while away
"I really look forward to playing Alfred once more."