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Celeste developer's next game won't be out this year

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Earthblade, the next project from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games, won't be out in 2024, but progress is being made.

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Spyro 4 reportedly in early development at Toys for Bob

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Another entry in the Spyro series is reportedly in development with Toys for Bob.

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Visions of Mana returns to series roots, but is yet to flower into a truly original experience

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I have quite distinct memories of SNES classic Secret of Mana, despite not playing it too much. It's the visuals that stick in my mind: the bright greens of its forest environments, the electric yellows and pinks of its cute plant and bug…

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Twitch once again updates community guidelines prohibiting sexualised content

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Twitch has once again updated its community guidelines to prohibit sexualised content, this time preventing streamers using their bodies as a green screen.

Judge rules in Sony's favour in $500m controller lawsuit

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Sony has successfully won a patent infringement lawsuit in which it was being sued for $500m, after a US District Court judge ruled in the PlayStation company's favour.

Capcom polls fans on further Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC

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Dragon's Dogma 2 developer Capcom has begun quizzing fans on what they'd like to see in future DLC for the game.

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The beauty and drama of video games and their clouds

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Occasionally in a game I'll look up and I'll notice the clouds. I'll be shooting someone, or collecting something, or just walking over the crest of a hill as I follow a waypoint marker, and my gaze will drift upwards, entirely unmotivated…

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Sega layoffs hit 240 staff, including at Total War studio Creative Assembly

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Sega will shed 240 staff across its European studios, and sell off Company of Heroes developer Relic Entertainment as part of a cost-cutting drive.

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Take-Two acquires Borderlands studio Gearbox from Embracer for $460m

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Embracer has entered an agreement to sell Gearbox Interactive to Take-Two for $460m.

How Super Mario Bros. Wonder's devs narrowed down 2000 ideas for its effects

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It's not often we get to hear a senior developer of a Super Mario Bros. game philosophise about game design. At gamescom last year, Takashi Tezuka, executive officer at Nintendo and producer on Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Shiro Mouri,…

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Digital-only Xbox Series X images reportedly leak online

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Images allegedly showing the white, digital-only Xbox Series X reported to be in the works earlier this year have leaked online.

Wednesday, Mar 27

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Gorgeous Ghibli-esque exploration adventure Europa delayed to "summer"

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Europa, the absolutely lovely looking Ghibli-inspired exploration adventure from developer Helder Pinto, has been delayed - and will now likely launch for PC this "summer".

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Nintendo confirms contractor layoffs amid claims of testing "lull" ahead of Switch 2

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Nintendo has reportedly cut 120 contractor testing roles at its North American operation - with an unspecified number said to have been converted to full-time positions - as part of a major restructuring effort that comes amid claims of a…

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Castlevania's coming to vampire survival game V Rising in May

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Vampire survival game V Rising is getting an official Castlevania collaboration, introducing vampire hunter Simon Belmont and a range of series-inspired cosmetics, later this year.

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PlayStation Plus April games announced

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Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus games for April.

Open Roads review - a pleasant road trip that doesn't go anywhere particularly memorable

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A gentle adventure into a family's secrets that's nicely crafted but over before it really begins.

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Former Dragon Age boss' "ambitious new action RPG" gets first teaser trailer

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Yellow Brick Games, the studio founded by former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw, has released a teaser trailer for its "ambitious new action RPG", ahead of a full reveal in April.

It Takes Two celebrates third anniversary with new sales milestone

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It Takes Two - the co-op platformer from Hazelight and Josef Fares (yes, of that Oscars rant) - celebrated its third anniversary earlier this week.

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Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play PVP shooter where heroes and villains fight together and against each other

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Marvel Rivals is an upcoming free-to-play, team-based PVP shooter for PC with the backing of Chinese publishing giant NetEase.

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Xbox Cloud Gaming adding mouse and keyboard support

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Microsoft is adding the ability to use a mouse and keyboard to its suite of games available through Xbox Cloud Gaming via browser, or the Xbox App on Windows PCs.

No Man's Sky Orbital update overhauls space stations today

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Orbital, the 27th major update to No Man's Sky, will arrive today and revamp the game's space stations.

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Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is second game in now-confirmed trilogy

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Tomas Sala's Falconeer series will be a trilogy, the developer has announced.

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$400k worth of Playdate game consoles have gone missing in Vegas

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$400k worth of Playdate game consoles have disappeared in Las Vegas.

Mass Effect 5 developer BioWare highlights crack team of trilogy veterans

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Reviving the beloved Mass Effect series - again! - may be a tough mission, but the veteran crew behind the upcoming Mass Effect 5 know a little something about assembling a squad to take on impossible odds.

Cassette Beasts gets multiplayer update and mobile release

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Creature collecting RPG Cassette Beasts will receive a multiplayer update in May, plus it's heading to mobile devices this year.

Another F-Zero game speeds on to Switch this week at maximum velocity

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Another F-Zero game is on the way to Switch.

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Phil Spencer wants more digital storefronts on Xbox

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Xbox head Phil Spencer wants to see more digital storefronts such as Epic and Itch.io on Microsoft's consoles.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer "concerned" over layoffs due to lack of industry growth

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Phil Spencer has discussed the devastating wave of layoffs that has impacted the video games industry, and said he was "most concerned" about the overall "lack of growth".

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail pre-orders beset with issues

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The next expansion for MMORPG Final Fantasy 14, Dawntrail, is up for pre-order, but the process has been beset with issues.

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Exploring the new world of Chinese FMV games

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In January 2019, The Invisible Guardian (or 隐形守护者 in Chinese), a story-rich historical full-motion video game, or FMV, was published on the Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese Steam pages, as well as WeGame. It became a great hit, despite…