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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
![Octopath Traveler 2 screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6aABearzVqcXvQ7Y5QFsVK-320-80.jpg)
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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You can now play Super Mario 64 in VR on an actual Nintendo 64, but the frame rate is so bad you'll probably get "really bad motion sickness"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Portal 64 dev James Lambert is still cooking some wild projects
![Little Kitty, Big City](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/C9TKaZqRpHTQUZg8NFfSt-320-80.jpg)
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"
![Wii Play billiards](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iGsWRSyrCZVy5zD6g4uXpG-320-80.jpg)
Wii Play billiards stumped fans for 17 years, but speedrunners finally made the perfect shot after decompiling its code to brute force millions of possibilities
By Dustin Bailey published
News All it took was ripping apart the game's code
![Mike Tyson's Punch-Out](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gZ634AZBD28eGoRWMkyLtk-320-80.jpg)
It took 4 years and 40,000 attempts to shave 1 second off this Mike Tyson's Punch-Out speedrun, and "it could be many years" before the record is broken again
By Dustin Bailey published
News Even the Fresh Prince could never dream so big
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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
![Arceus as seen in the Pokemon anime.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WzLMSN9cszUYASk8U62s46-320-80.jpg)
Fan-made Pokemon RPG combines HeartGold, SoulSilver, and the best spin-off game into an overhauled Johto adventure with every modern feature you could ask for
By Catherine Lewis published
News Pokemon Mythic Silver offers an unlikely follow-up to Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
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