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Square Enix casually releases two of its best JRPGs on PlayStation and Xbox
By Anna Koselke published
News It's like Christmas in June
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In just 5 words, an out-of-nowhere patch for one of 2023's best JRPGs brings me back for more as Octopath Traveler 2 adds new super-bosses
By Hirun Cryer published
News Three new brutal showdowns await
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A Valve veteran spent his career "focused a lot on violence," before Portal 2 inspired him to make Little Kitty, Big City
By Kaan Serin published
News "The most fun I had working on a project was one that had the least conflict in it"
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Solo dev behind indie roguelike hit Balatro threatens us with a good time, might "bloat this game with even more banana lore"
By Hirun Cryer published
News They can do what they want, at this point
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Nintendo leak reportedly came from an employee accessing private YouTube videos, but Google says it was "non-intentional" because they only showed it to a friend
By Dustin Bailey published
News A 2017 E3 leak just got some new light shed on it
![Hyrule Warriors trailer screenshot showing Link, a blond male character wearing green cloth amor with metal plated shoulders while wielding the Master Sword](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9NGGVZyPpDB7haWuzjtw6k-320-80.jpg)
Nintendo wasn't so sure about The Legend of Zelda's hack-and-slash spin-off being "good" at first, worrying that it could "drop" the revered RPG series' "pristine image"
By Anna Koselke published
News Hyrule Warriors "sold great and got sequels" in the end
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Roguelike hit Balatro's scrapped names include Hyperborean Hold 'em, Balatron, and other titles I can't stop thinking about
By Kaan Serin published
News Balatron, my favorite Transformer
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26 years after it debuted on PS1, veteran Resident Evil developer's cult classic "open world" platformer is returning on modern platforms
By Dustin Bailey published
News "Many of the ideas I envisioned for Tomba back in the day were ideas we see in open-world game design today"
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