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Future Box Fight | Either PlayStation or Xbox will "struggle mightily" to do well with their next gen console, while Nintendo'll be "the clear winner”, predicts research firm
“There isn’t room for more than two major console systems" in the upcoming cycle, reckons DFC Intelligence.
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Just The Essentials | MySims Cozy Bundle Essences: How to farm every Essence in MySims and MySims Kingdom
A list of every type of essence in both rereleased MySims games on Nintendo Switch, including their primary locations and main farming method.
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Somewhere In Time | VG247's best games of 2024 that aren't actually from 2024, because we're all time- and money-poor these days, right?
Look, it's expensive to keep up with the release schedule these days, and most of us have a huge backlog to get through – so let's celebrate some older games, yeah?
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Warm Fuzzies | MySims Cozy Bundle characters: A full list of characters and their interests from MySims and MySims Kingdom
The MySims series has finally been brought out of retirement for a relaunch on the Nintendo Switch — here's how to befriend every character.
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Rising Starr | "There's a lot packed into this update emotionally" warframe 1999's Ben Starr speaks on bringing some humanity to Arthur
"I was fully naked the entire time, bathed in goo, a la Get Your Own Back"
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Rider! | Warframe does it again, turning another mobility bug into a permanent feature
Motorbikes weren't meant to be used in non-Warframe 1999 missions. But fun comes first!
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Whirling-In-Rags | If you want to hear Disco Elysium's amazing music live, you need to act quickly: Sea Power is touring in 2025
It's a good time to be a Disco Elysium fan... unless you want a sequel or something, of course.
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Y2K... Almost | Surprise! Warframe 1999 launches tomorrow for all platforms, so get ready to party like it's.... well, you get the idea
So, tonight (or tomorrow, more specifically), I'm gonna party like it's 1999
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A Granbull Day Out | Pokemon's next adventure is a team-up with the iconic Wallace and Gromit stop-motion studio Aardman, though you'll be waiting quite a while for it
Bit of an early announcement, but still exciting!
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Nothing New Here | Xenoblade dev Monolith Soft is now completely owned by Nintendo, but considering it hasn't released a game on a different platform in almost 20 years, it probably doesn't mean that much
Nintendo has bumped its shares up to 100%... from 96%.
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Gotta Watch 'Em All! | Already opened all your Pokemon TCG Pocket packs for the day but in sore need of something pocket monster related to do? Pokemon TV is back from the dead with anime episodes galore
And there's seemingly more to come, too!
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Person First | Fortnite, the everything game, is once again looking to be all you need with its latest 5v5, first-person mode Ballistic
Why play anything else? Well, there's lots of reasons honestly.
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Stay Patient | Stardew Valley's creator wants you to know that just because he keeps adding to the farming sim, it doesn't mean he's "abandoned" Haunted Chocolatier
"It’s been a little sad to see Haunted Chocolatier getting dusty on the shelf… but this is the reality of my situation."
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A Lasting Legacy | Remembering Michael 'Mynki' Brennan, the first art director of Warframe, and an example of how a single dev can have a monumental impact
"Sometimes people thought it was too weird - that's fine! Mynki never did."
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Hitting up her Gram | An award-winning romance novelist and AOL Instant Messenger are at the core of Warframe 1999's best new feature
Rebecca Ford and Kat Kingsley speak on the hotly-anticipated relationship system coming to 1999, and how it came to be.
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Permanent Smoko | HunterxHunter NenxImpact is in trouble down under, it's been refused classification in Australia
Something about Arc System Works' next fighting game has the Australian ratings board rattled.
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Same Old, Same Old | As the games industry continues to crumble around us, Fortnite proves it's still doing just fine as it hits a new player count record
Doing numbers, as the kids say.
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Took Its Time | Almost a decade on from its release, No Man's Sky is finally at very positive on Steam, and the best part is one dev says they "aren’t even close" to being done
"Although 'very positive' might be just a few words, it means an awful lot."
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The best Apple Arcade games to play in 2024
Here are some pocket-sized games for you to play on the go.
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PASS THE GAMES | The best Game Pass games on Xbox and PC in 2024
Our top picks of the greatest games on gaming's best subscription service.
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TOP OF THE DROPS | The best PlayStation Plus games on PS4 and PS5 in 2024
Our top picks for Sony's money-saving subscription service!
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Pixel Monsters | Far from slowing down in the face of legal trouble, Palworld has announced a mystery collaboration with Terraria for 2025
There are no brakes on this train.
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Lookin' Sharp | Still haven't replayed The Witcher 3 since the official upgrade? This 'NextGen Edition' mod improves the visuals even on the latest version of the game
We can make it even more HD. We have the technology.
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Black Friday | Target just dropped the best Switch deal I have ever seen, it's truly a sign of how close we are to Switch 2
It's the best Switch deal ever.
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Genshin Impact Chasca build and teams
How to get the most from the high-flyin' rootin-tootin' Anemo DPS
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It Never Ends | Disco Elysium's potential 'spiritual successors' reportedly come with even more behind-the-scenes drama, including a bizarre spat about photos of someone's ex-wife
According to ex-Disco writer Argo Tuulik, one of the parties involved in the mess, it's "a comically confusing situation".
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Attempts Were Made | "There was always going to be live action" - As the Minecraft movie gets a new trailer, its director and producer try to defend its controversial look
"A lot of the people who will see it were not born when the first contracts and the first discussions were had."
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift Codes
Never miss out on a Pokemon freebie with our full list of codes.
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Good Colours | I'd forgotten how stylish the original GTA: San Andreas was until the latest Definitive Edition update
Ah yes, this game had what the kids call 'aura' these days.
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Credit Controversy | After GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition update ditches some mentions of the studio, Grove Street Games boss says it's "a dick move" to yank devs from credits via updates
The latest update to CJ, Tommy, and Claude's remastered adventures removes some GSG logos, but leaves the studio in the end credits.
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EA FC 25 FUT Champs Rewards
Everything you need to know about the weekend league for EA's Ultimate Team.
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Wasteland Walkout | UPDATE: "We are not afraid to do what's necessary" Hundreds of Fallout and Elder Scrolls devs at Zenimax go on strike against Microsoft
The need to bargain over issues like remote work options and outsourcing is the crux of the one-day action, union claims.
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The Bone Zone | Warframe delivers Xaku Prime Access ahead of major Warframe 1999 release
By no means a barebones addition, as everyone's favourite gun-wielding skeleton is getting the prime treatment.
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Switching Things Up | Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and... An Xbox handheld? Microsoft says it's happening, even if it is 'years away'
You can wait a little while, right?
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New Game + | The father of Devil May Cry himself Hideaki Itsuno has found a new home at LightSpeed Studios, and is working on new AAA action games
Off on a new adventure, and hiring! Maybe you could work with Itsuno...
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Brighten up | And in lighter news, it looks like GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition just got a big PC/console update that finally makes it look how it should’ve all along
Finally, after like three years, the game looks like it should.
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Pure Fire | Surprise! Former PlayStation icon Spyro is making his way to Xbox Game Pass, and you don't have to wait long to play the Reignited Trilogy
It is still a bit weird that Microsoft owns him, though.
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Smart Assault | Metal Slug Tactics wins by adding its own design ideas to a well-trodden path, and avoiding cheap nostalgia
Its reverence for the property is an advantage, not a weakness.
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Gotta Work 'Em All | A website for a mysterious new Pokemon-focused company has cropped up, and it sounds like it'll be doing more than just making games
The new company is based in the same building as Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl developer ILCA.
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Genshin Impact 5.2 banners feature Chasca, a rootin'-tootin' elemental gunslinger, and Ororon the broody emo man
The Who's Who of Genshin 5.2
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The Genshin Impact 5.2 release date is coming up fast, with a new Natlan map and a gun-toting shakeup to the RPG's elemental system
Genshin Impact 5.2 broadens Natlan's horizons and introduces a few welcome changes
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Sweet Cowboy Blues | “We've waited 14 years for this game” The story of the Red Dead Redemption PC remaster mod looking to bring RDR2 to classic New Austin
Reality Redemption’s developer says it’s the product of loving Red Dead’s “final frontier vibes” taking on “a fresh challenge”.
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Massively Effective | No Man's Sky brings back Mass Effect's Nomandy as a special N7 Day treat, alongside some handy cross-save support
To be fair, Commander Shepard's got experience with fish, so NMS' last big update should be up their alley.
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Hit And Run | "We're in the business of making great big hits", Take-Two CEO says after shuttering good studios and selling good indie publisher Private Division to a mystery buyer
We have actually shuttered those things, it's confirmed, half a year after man said those things weren't being shuttered.
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh | Stardew Valley now has a "secret, experimental" mobile multiplayer mode and it's so hush-hush that to get in you have to, er, consult an official guide
Properly top secret stuff here. I'd say put a stealthy hat on your pet, but that looks to be causing issues right now.
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Choices Were Made | Don't worry, Legend of Zelda fans, Nintendo has said that the live-action movie is five years away tops, which is plenty of time to make it an animated movie instead
Hint, hint, Nintendo.