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News Your Astro's Playroom Progress Will Transfer to Astro Bot on PS5

Have you found all four Special Bots in Astro’s Playroom yet? They’re all available now, and if you’re stuck, we reveal all Special Bots locations in our guide. There’s not just Trophies and some fun gameplay up for grabs here either: y Continue reading...

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News Failing Manufacturers Are Pushing the Narrative That Consoles Are Dying, Says Ex-Xbox Exec

There’s a strong sentiment among gaming enthusiasts and the industry at large that consoles are a failing product and nearing their death knells. This opinion has been pushed broadly on social media and across specialist websites, despite it never really aligning with reality. It’s true that profit margins have... Continue reading...

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News Capcom's Hideaki Itsuno Leaves After 30 Years, Starts New Role In September

The Japanese video game director Hideaki Itsuno has announced he'll be leaving Capcom after "30 years and 5 months" and it's effective immediately. In a brief message on social media, he thanked fans for their long-term support of the games and characters he's been responsible for over the... Continue reading...

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News Concord PS5, PC Sales Estimates Are Somehow Even Worse Than We Thought

It doesn't take a genius to realise that Concord has bombed. Sony's PS5 and PC hero shooter has, by all accounts, seriously struggled to attract players. At this point, it's common knowledge that the title almost immediately crashed and burned on Steam, where its frankly dismal user numbers are publicly available. It... Continue reading...

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News Castaway (Switch) - A Fine-Looking But Very Thin Piece Of Zelda Flotsam

We almost set ourselves the challenge of writing this review without mentioning Link's Awakening. But as sure as a retro-styled 2D RPG includes hackable bushes, Castaway had so many similarities to the Nintendo classic that it would have been impossible. Despite our preference for a fresher take on the formula like the... Continue reading...

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News Legendary Devil May Cry, Dragon's Dogma Director Hideaki Itsuno Leaves Capcom After 30 Years

Hideaki Itsuno has announced his departure from Capcom, over thirty years after he first joined the company. Itsuno is perhaps best known as the guy who got Devil May Cry back on track. He directed the awesome Devil May Cry 3, and much more recently, the superb Devil May Cry 5. He also brought us Dragon's... Continue reading...

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News Xbox Game Pass: All Games Coming Soon In September 2024

Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in September 2024? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every week, so we've put together this handy guide to provide an overview of what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in September, as... Continue reading...

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News These 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 2-6)

Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 2-6! We've got some interesting games on the way over the next few days including the new Harry Potter Quidditch title, The Casting of Frank Stone, and NBA 2K25! Don't for Continue reading...

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News Final Fantasy XIV Online Director Reiterates Interest In A Nintendo Release

Final Fantasy XIV Online director and producer Naoki Yoshida (also known as Yoshi-P) has recently reiterated interest in bringing Square Enix's massive multiplayer RPG to a Nintendo system in the future. Speaking to Gamereactor at Gamescom 2024 recently, he acknowledged fan requests and mentioned how the team was working... Continue reading...

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News What Are You Playing This Weekend? (31st August)

And just like that, we're at the end of August! A big month of releases is on the horizon, so let's see how everyone is preparing with another edition of What Are You Playing? It has been a cracking week in the world of Nintendo as we got a double bill of Direct news in the shape of an Indie World and Partner Showcase. While not quite... Continue reading...

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News What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 544

The release schedule has been hotting up for a little while now, but it truly enters overdrive over the coming couple of months. We don't know how we're going to have time to play all of the titles vying for our attention. Khayl Adam: I’ve been on the review train, and still am, so that gets priority. Add to that, Sunday is Father's Day... Continue reading...

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News Upcoming PS5 Games for September and October 2024

We're truly headed towards the business end of the year now, and if this current list of upcoming PS5 games is anything to go by, we're in for a real treat. As always, we've been busy putting together a list of some particularly noteworthy physical releases headed to PS5 over the next few weeks, as well as a... Continue reading...

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News What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 31 - September 1)

The weekend is officially here! We have a busy one on Xbox too, with plenty of bits and bobs to get stuck into this weekend - including the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Beta, a couple of Free Play Days titles and lots more besides. Here's what we're playing this weekend: Ben Kerry, Staff Writer: As mentioned up... Continue reading...

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News Guilty Gear Strive's Switch Edition Won't Support Crossplay

After a sign was spotted earlier this week at PAX West, Arc System Works has now confirmed the fighting game Guilty Gear Strive is on its way to the Nintendo Switch. While it's set to offer up the entire package (including the 28 currently available fighters), one thing it seems it will be missing is... Continue reading...

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News Zelda Timeline Featuring Breath Of The Wild And Tears Of The Kingdom Spotted

Over the life of the Zelda series, the timeline has been a massive talking point with all sorts of information and discoveries shared. With this in mind, it seems an official update might have been featured at 'Nintendo Live 2024' this weekend. Nintendo fansite Vooks is on the ground at this event in... Continue reading...

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News EA Sports FC 24 Stays On Top With Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Close Behind

We're on the cusp of the weekend, yet the UK Charts for last week are only just rolling in! The latest data, for the week ending 24th August, shows that EA Sports FC 24 once again stays on top, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remaining in second place. We might as well just keep them both here for the rest of the year — or at least... Continue reading...

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News Best Castlevania Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Consoles

To celebrate the release of the excellent Castlevania Dominus Collection, we're republishing this ranked list of every Castlevania game to appear on Nintendo systems. Remember, this is a reader-ranked list governed by each game's User Rating on our games database. As such, it is subject to real-time change as the ratings... Continue reading...

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News Valfaris: Mecha Therion (Switch) - Steel Mantis Switches To Shmup For A Tight, Taut Sequel

Valfaris: Mecha Therion wastes no time in getting going. During the briefest of cutscenes we’re re-introduced to series main man Therion on a gothic-styled spaceship hurtling through the stars. Hekate, his AI companion, says she’s picked up the signal of his father, Vroll, the man responsible for the destruction of Therion’s... Continue reading...

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News TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (PS2) - Some Steps Forward, Some Steps Back for Final Entry in Famed Franchise

Despite launching just three years later and on the same hardware as TimeSplitters 2, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect looks like a title from a completely different console generation. This is both a good and a bad thing. Visually, things are substantially better, with far cleaner textures, more complex environments, and so on... Continue reading...

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News Are You Playing Star Wars Outlaws?

Star Wars Outlaws has landed on PS5. Ubisoft's open world adventure — developed by Massive Entertainment — has long promised freeform sandbox gameplay married to typical Star Wars vibes. It's one of the year's biggest releases in terms of potential widespread appeal, but have you decided to pick it up? Admittedly, though, we came... Continue reading...

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