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The studio behind one of 2017's most underrated shooters announced a new sci-fi FPS at State of Play, and it looks like Doom meets Armored Core
News Metal Eden is extreme
Hello Kitty Island Adventure players are being mercilessly stalked by Cinnamoroll, a bipedal puppy who doesn't blink: "It's actually kinda freaking me out"
News Cinnamoroll hasn't heard of personal space
With one hand for each character, Elden Ring master beats Shadow of the Erdtree and its infamous final boss while playing on PC and PS5 at the same time
News At this point, Elden Ring sickos will be playing Nightreign by themselves
Fantasy Life developer says it struggled with "compatible platforms and new hardware," but now the long-awaited 3DS game sequel is "shaping up to be an outstanding RPG"
News The Switch game should be out in April
Marvel Rivals confirms The Thing and Human Torch release date, but many players are too frustrated with ranks resetting twice every season to care
News Two too many resets
Monster Hunter Wilds will give you one free character edit, which is great for Fashion Hunters, but frustrating for everyone who's sick of paywalled customization
News Use your free pass very wisely
Fatal Fury's top anime girlfriend Mai "bounces" into Street Fighter 6, and her bouncy arrival is driving Capcom to horny madness: "She's giving fierce. She's slaying"
News Mai Shiranui is rocking Capcom's world
I swore I'd never even look at a Call of Duty game, but then I started falling asleep to the sound of Black Ops 6
Opinion Opinion | Who knew the sound of fake gunfire could be so relaxing?
Avowed won't have enemy scaling, director confirms, but it will have jank: "You gotta accept a little jank to do something fun and creative"
News Welcome to the jank house
Helldivers 2 CEO praises players for their "brilliant" DSS strategy, but follows up with a grave threat: "J.O.E.L. is out to get you now"
News The DSS is under control
After 1,428 deaths, Elden Ring player literally beats the whole game using a real boxing dummy as a controller, and not even Malenia was safe
News Punching to victory
"I have a guardian angel Steam dev": One brave PC gamer is trading Steam cards for pennies to earn enough cash for a Steam Deck, and $200 in with 20,000 cards left, it's going shockingly well
News Ringler is on a noble journey
Nintendo finally confirms exactly when we'll get more Switch 2 details with the April Direct, which promises a "closer look" at the console ahead of hands-on previews
News Are you ready for more Switch 2?
As live service flops pile up, ex-World of Warcraft dev says his new mini MMO doesn’t need to be the next Helldivers 2 or Marvel Rivals: “It will be more of a meager, smaller start"
News Chris Kaleiki is ready to start small
Nintendo boss says it's not Switch 2's fault that Switch sales are "below expectations," and the company will keep selling the old console "as long as there is demand"
News I hope you're not too sick of the Switch
Legendary skating games OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome just got yanked from storefronts after less than 3 years, and no one knows why
News Where did two of the best skating games go?
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 dev on launching an RPG in a brutal month for games: "I think if this happened with the first game, morale would be crushed"
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is out February 4
Fallout: New Vegas lead writer and Horizon Zero Dawn narrative director returns to Obsidian after 14 years, but swears "it's not" for New Vegas 2
News John Gonzalez returns to Obsidian as creative director
Dev behind the legendarily horny Dead or Alive series politely cites "impact on safety" while requesting fans stop sending romantic gifts to fictional characters
News Koei Tecmo will not be your Valentine this year, unfortunately
Elden Ring Nightreign beta invites are apparently so in demand, scalpers are already trying to resell them for hundreds of dollars
News Care for a $250 multiplayer invite?
Devil May Cry anime adaptation might have the best opening sequence in Netflix history
News Castlevania producer Adi Shankar's Devil May Cry is out this spring
Sanrio Animal Crossing successor Hello Kitty: Island Adventure gets off to a strong start on Steam, and a lot of fans are making the same 19-year-old South Park reference
News Hello Kitty: Island Adventure is now on Nintendo Switch and PC
Turn-based RPG Clair Obscur dev says all-star voice actor lineup includes people like Andy Serkis and Baldur’s Gate 3 alumni by accident: "He was like, 'Isn't that Clive from Final Fantasy?'"
News Just accidentally casting some of the biggest names in games, no big deal
