Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast

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Rockstar confirms new data breach, Fable delay rumors, and an Xbox first look is coming this week for a new Metro game.

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00:05:49 - Rockstar confirms new data breach, after hacker group threatens: ‘Pay, or we leak’
00:12:06 - Fable Social Media Account Reiterates Fall 2026 Release Window Amid Rumors of an Internal Delay to Avoid GTA 6
00:23:04 - A new Metro game has been confirmed and will get an Xbox 'First Look' this week
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00:29:14 - Ex-Bethesda Exec Says The Elder Scrolls 6 Maker Isn’t Part Of Something ‘Genuine’ Or ‘Authentic’ At Microsoft
00:36:33 - Epic Is Reportedly Making A Disney-Themed Extraction Shooter
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- ‘Metal Gear Solid’ Movie in the Works From ‘Final Destination’ Duo as They Ink Sony First-Look (Exclusive) - Borys Kit @ The Hollywood Reporter
- Amazon Luna has stopped offering individual games and subscriptions from third-party stores - Chris Scullion @ VGC
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- Marathon Reportedly Had a Budget of Over $200 Million - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN
- Pokémon Champions Developer 'Sincerely Apologizes' For Launch Issues, Details List of Bugs to be Fixed - Tom Philips @ IGN
- Gunzilla CEO says ‘haters’ are building the narrative that it doesn’t pay its contractors, apologises anyway - Chris Scullion @ VGC
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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A new Borderlands game is out right now, The First Berserker Khazan’s studio has seemingly dissolved, and Xbox Achievements are getting a big update.

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- Start
- Breaking  - New Overwatch Hero!
- A New Borderlands Game Just Launched - Zack Zweizen @ Kotaku
- Despite good reviews, The First Berserker Khazan development team reportedly dissolved over disappointing sales - Austin Wood @ Games Radar
- Xbox Achievements are getting an update - Xbox Wire
- Former Halo Studios art director, other employees, accuse studio of harassment and retaliation - Bryant Francis @ Game Developer
- Split Fiction Studio Has Sold 50 Million Games So Far - Eddie Makuch @ Gamespot
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Bugs, limitations, and false advertising in Pokemon Champions, No Man’s Sky launches their own Pokemon game, and 007 has been delayed… on Switch 2.

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- Pokémon Fans Revolt As Champions Launches With Bugs, Limitations, And False Advertising
- No Man's Sky's gets a Pokémon-inspired update that's basically an entirely new game
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- SuperChats
-  The Switch 2 version of 007 First Light has been delayed until this summer
- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake Announcement is Planned for Next Week
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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- Introducing The Playerbase, bringing PlayStation’s biggest fans into blockbuster PlayStation Studios games - Isabelle Tomatis @ PS Blog
- Mass Effect TV show ordered to rewrite scripts and make them "more appealing to non-gamers" - Vikki Blake @ Eurogamer
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- Mass Effect TV show ordered to rewrite scripts and make them "more appealing to non-gamers" - Vikki Blake @ Eurogamer
- Overwatch Reveals Updated Look For Anran Following Fan Backlash - Simon Cardy @ IGN
- Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says he no longer reveals what he’s working on in case it’s stolen or ‘slurped up by AI’ - Chris Scullion @ VGC
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Take Two lays off their entire AI team, State of Decay 3’s reveal was basically fake, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a MEGAHIT.

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- Super Mario becomes the only animated movie series to open globally at more than $350 million twice
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- SuperChats
- Take-Two lays off AI team
- Lenovo Legion Go 2 suddenly costs $650 more as RAMageddon lays waste to gaming hardware
- State Of Decay 3 Trailer Was Basically Fake As Dev Dashes Fan Hopes For Zombie Deer
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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- Fans Believe Cryptic Naughty Dog Dev Post Is Teasing Uncharted 5
- State of Decay 3 alpha tests to begin in May
- 'Any Update Is a Bonus Not a Right' Says Peak Dev in Response to 'Lazy Dev Cycle' Accusations
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- SuperChats
- Jason Blundell Starts Yet Another Studio Magic Fractal, Says “Third Time’s The Charm”
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- Last Of Us Online Dev Says It Was Around ‘80 Percent’ Complete Before Its ‘Soul-Crushing’ Cancellation
- Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a better opening day than the first film, is expected to finish behind for the weekend
- Sony Interactive Entertainment Acquires Cinemersive Labs
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- SuperChats
- Xbox FanFest Tour 2026 has been announced
- Pokémon has opened a Pokopia-themed ‘immersive space’ in London
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Critics have harsh words about the Super Mario Galaxy movie, Mindseye’s DLC will reveal how the game was sabotaged, and Stellar Blade’s developer acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio.

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- Mario Galaxy Review Round Up
- New MindsEye Mission Will Reveal 'Evidence' the Game Was 'Sabotaged', Claims CEO
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- Long Starmie & SuperChats
- Stellar Blade developer Shift Up acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio
- US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle - Optional Reading: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/us-patent-office-revokes-nintendos-patent-on-summoning-characters-to-make-them-battle/
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Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic at some point, Eidos Montreal is in big trouble, and Pokemon Pokopia is getting an unexpected crossover.

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00:05:06 - Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic Games at some point, it’s claimed
00:29:42 - Ad
00:30:55 - Eidos Montreal studio head departs as it lays off another 124 employees 'across production and support teams'
00:33:29 - Eidos Montreal Cancels 7+ Year In-Development Title That Cost Hundreds of Millions
00:47:27 - Pokemon Pokopia Is Getting an IKEA Island
00:51:56 - InZOI boss made his "untalented" son play the successful life sim to "learn game development" as "he did not have the talent for it"
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01:00:35 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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- Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct Airs June 7 – and Xbox Fanfest Returns
- Microsoft Gaming Chief Asha Sharma Killed 'This Is An Xbox' Campaign as It 'Didn't Feel Like Xbox'
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- ‘We are in it for the long haul’: Bungie says Marathon will be steadily improved for ‘many years’
- Neil Druckmann reveals 2003 art that would eventually become The Last of Us
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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- Sony is raising PS5 prices by $100 in April - Emma Roth @ The Verge
- Sources: Nintendo is planning a new Star Fox and a major Zelda remake this year, but no 3D Mario - Andy Robinson @ VGC
- Glen Powell to Voice Fox McCloud in ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ - Jordan Moreau @ Variety
- Content Creator Alanah Pearce Launches Charred Pictures in Partnership With Game Devs - Jennifer Maas @ Variety
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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- Xbox Partner Preview Live Review
- Gregs thoughts
-Bless’s thoughts
-Mike’s thoughts
- Roger’s thoughts
- Ad
- Hunter the Reckoning: Deathwish
- Wurthing Waves
- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
- Grave Seasons
- Serious Sam: Shatterverse
- Stranger Than Heaven
- Super Meat Boy 3D
- Forever Ago
- Ascend to zero
- Dispatch
- ADS: Alien Death Storm
- Frog Sqwad
- Bluey’s Happy Snaps
- STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Moosa Dirty Fate
- The Eternal Life of Goldman
- Vaunted
- Hades II
- Artificial Detective
- Wee News!

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- New Xbox CEO Could Make Game Pass Less Expensive, Report Says
- BREAKING: Nintendo Switch 2 Game Pricing
- PlayStation Reportedly Shuts Down Another First-Party Partner Studio
- SuperChats
- Ad
- Marathon Has Reportedly Sold Just 1.2 Million So Far, With Steam Making Up 70% of the Player Base
- Tim’s Mario Wonder Switch 2 Review
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Epic Games cuts over 1,000 employees, Nintendo cuts Switch 2 output by over 30%, and Crimson Desert reaches another sales milestone.

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- Epic Games Lays Off Over 1,000 People, Will Shut Down Fortnite Rocket Racing, Ballistic, And Festival Battle Stage - Charles Harte @ Game Informer
- Nintendo Cuts Switch 2 Output by Over 30% on Weak US Sales - Takashi Mochizuki @ Bloomberg
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- Crimson Desert Reaches Another Sales Milestone - Eddie Makuch @ Gamespot
- Scientific Study Concludes Finishing RPGs Evokes The Strongest ‘Post-Game Depression’ - Lewis Parker @ Kotaku
- GenAI In Games? Most Players Just Don't Care, Study Finds - Eddie Makuch @ Gamespot
- Wee News!
- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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Good and bad news for Crimson Desert, Xbox announces a Partner Event featuring Stranger Than Heaven, and Nvidia confirms DLSS 5 is re-drawing games. Thank you for the support!

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- Crimson Desert Dev Launches 'Comprehensive Audit' of All In-Game Assets After AI-Generated Art Was 'Unintentionally' Included in Final Release
- Crimson Desert Steam Reviews Jump to 'Mostly Positive' as Latest Patch Makes Significant Improvements
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- Sega’s Stranger Than Heaven will headline an Xbox Partner event this week
- Nvidia Confirms DLSS 5 Is Re-Drawing Games
- ‘The Last Of Us’ Adds Michelle Mao As Yara & Kyriana Kratter As Lev For Season 3 Of HBO Series
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- SuperChats & You‘re Wrong

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- Crimson Desert Dev Says It Will 'Work to Make Improvements Quickly,' as Sales Hit 2 Million in Just a Day - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN
- Nintendo Switch 2 With Removable Battery in Production, Report Reveals — But Only for Europe - Tom Philips @ IGN
- Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed series has started filming as cast is officially announced - Chris Scullion @ VGC
- Resident Evil Requiem Debuts as the Best-selling Game of the Year in the U.S. So Far - Rebekah Valentine @ IGN
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The world reacts to Crimson Desert’s reviews, PlayStation Network is becoming a thing of the past, and some sad news at Ubisoft and Crystal Dynamics.

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00:06:20 - Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss sees share price plummet by nearly 30% after first reviews arrive - Chris Scullion @ VGC
00:23:45 - Ad
00:27:50 - PlayStation is Phasing Out The “PlayStation Network” Branding - Tom Henderson @ Insider Gaming
00:35:40 - Ubisoft ‘ends game development’ at Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm, resulting in 105 job losses - Andy Robinson @ VGC
00:43:06 - Tomb Raider Studio Faces Fourth Round Of Layoffs In Just 12 Months - Ethan Gach @ Kotaku
00:46:00 - One year till Sonic 4 - Ben Schwartz on Twitter
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- ‘They’re completely wrong’: Nvidia CEO responds to widespread criticism of DLSS 5
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- More Games for Expedition 33’s Charlie Cox
- Hitman TV Series Is Officially Dead
- Who Is Leon Married to?!
- Subnautica 2 Will Get Early-Access Release In May Following The Latest Court Ruling
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- NVIDIA DLSS 5 Pisses Off Everyone
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- Arc Raiders, The Finals Dev Embark Studios Parts Ways With Co-founder Following Misconduct Allegations, Reb @ IGN
- Starfield Getting Three Big Updates, Coming to PS5
- TLOU S3 Casting, Rosey Cordero @ Deadline
- Updates for the Switch and PS Portal!
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- Saudi Arabia Buys Another 5 Percent Of Capcom As Resident Evil Requiem Sells 6 Million Copies
- Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year
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- Judge Orders Subnautica 2 Studio CEO To Be Reinstated And Gives Him Control Over Early Access Release
- Warner Bros Montréal reportedly hit with staff cuts
- In an industry beset by layoffs and crunch, Japanese publisher Atlus is raising salaries and working to reduce fixed overtime
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Sony faces a huge lawsuit over the PlayStation Store, A games media site has faced the consequences of AI, and CD Projekt Red dashes hope of more Cyberpunk 2077 content.

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00:04:52 - Sony hit with $2.67 billion lawsuit over alleged monopoly in digital games sales - Austin Manchester @ Polygon
00:17:50 - Legacy Games Media Site VideoGamer Removed From Google After Pivoting To AI-Generated Articles - Jack Coleman @ The Gamer
00:25:50 - Amid Reports of a Secret DLC for The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Rules Out Further Content for Cyberpunk 2077 - Wesley Yin-Poole @ IGN
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00:35:25 - Silent Hill 2 Remake passes 5m copies sold, so Konami's hosting a big ol' sale on the PlayStation store - Connor Makar @ Eurogamer
00:37:55 - Original founders of Bossfight Entertainment relaunch studio - Diego Argüello @ Game Developer
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Resident Evil Requiem story DLC is in development, EA lays off staff across all Battlefield Studios, and the PlayStation Store has been testing dynamic pricing.

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00:07:25 - Resident Evil Requiem Story DLC Is In Development - Marcus Stewart @ Game Informer
00:20:18 - EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch - Rebekah Valentine @ IGN
00:29:22 - Ad
00:30:39 - Sony's PlayStation Store has been testing dynamic pricing on games - Patricia Hernandez @ Polygon
00:37:45 - Amazon hikes Pokopia price as new Pokémon game seemingly sells out everywhere - Andy Robinson @ VGC
00:43:01 - Fortnite V-bucks are getting a price hike - Aimee Hart @ Polygon
00:47:26 - Until Dawn Remake Developer Ballistic Moon Officially Dissolved - Robert DeFelice @ Insider Gaming
00:50:52 - Nintendo Reveals The Final Trailer For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie And Voice Cast For Yoshi, Wart, and More - Marcus Stewart @ Game Informer
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00:56:05 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong
00:58:34 - Nvidia GeForce on

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New details about Xbox ‘Project Helix’, a new game announced from Overwatch’s former director, and Valve breaks down the Steam machine’s verification program.

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00:05:00 - Microsoft’s next Xbox, Project Helix, won’t reach alpha until 2027 - Jay Peters & Sean Hollister @ The Verge
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00:26:15 - Former Overwatch director reveals The Legend of California, an open-world online Wild West FPS - Chris Scullion @ VGC
00:37:50 - Valve Finally Details Steam Machine's Verified Program - Jacqueline Thomas @ IGN
00:45:19 - Pokémon Pokopia Launch Sales Announced - Tom Philips @ IGN
00:49:56 - The BAFTA Game Awards Nominees have been announced
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Pokemon Pokopia is doing wonders for Nintendo, Pocketpair talks the future of Palworld, and Jake Baldino from Gameranx joins us on the show!

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00:19:08 - Nintendo’s share price climbs 15% in two days following the success of Pokémon Pokopia
00:31:05 - Ad
00:32:10 - SuperChats
00:37:15 - Pocketpair Suggests 'A Decade of Continuous, Massive Updates' Is 'Probably Not On the Cards,' But Teases It 'Wouldn't Rule Out A Palworld 2.0'
00:43:10 - Acclaimed RPG Chained Echoes’ creator is suing its publisher because its physical edition still isn’t here two years later
00:46:19 - A Lego PlayStation is reportedly coming later this year
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00:00:00 - Start
00:04:30 - Xbox Confirms 'Project Helix', Its Next-Gen Console That Will Also Play PC Games - Ryan McCaffrey @ IGN
00:38:06 - Ad
00:41:30 - BREAKING NEWS: Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs, Nicole Carpenter Aftermath
00:43:50 - Pokémon Distances Itself From White House Using Pokopia To Promote MAGA - Kenneth Shepard @ Kotaku
00:46:00 - Nintendo Direct For Mario Galaxy Movie Coming Soon, As Yoshi Popcorn Bucket Revealed - Eddie Makuch @ Gamespot
00:49:00 - Pragmata has been moved up, and all the news from Capcom Spotlight - Michael McWhertor @ Polygon
00:52:30 - Mouse PI For Hire will be $29.99 - Twitter
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- Pokémon Pokopia contains a Pokémon Winds and Waves teaser - Jordan Middler @ VGC
00:18:50 - Pokopia's First Limited-Time Event Features Three Exclusive Pokemon - Evan Campbell @ Gamespot
- Ad
- WWE 2K26 Review Round Up
- Jackbox Games jumps feet-first into third-party publishing biz - Bryant Francis @ Game Developer
- RUINER 2 has been announced for PC - Alessio Palumbo @ WCCFTech
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Schreier’s report is in: PlayStation is abandoning PC, Ubisoft finally confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, and Crimson Desert’s review drama is giving shades of Cyberpunk 2077.

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- Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC
- Ad
- Ubisoft Finally Confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced
- Crimson Desert Marketing Director Responds To Review Drama: ‘We’re Not Hiding Anything’
- Bungie details Marathon’s post-launch seasons, which will be free and ‘evolve gameplay’
- Trump administration debates allowing Tencent to keep its gaming stakes
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- Fallout: New Vegas remaster hopium, Andy Chalk @ PC Gamer
- Pokémon Pokopia is currently the highest-rated Pokémon game ever on Metacritic, Chris Scullion @ VGC
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- BREAKING NEWS:Highguard’s final update arriving soon. Thank you for - Wee News!

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- Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure
- Sony’s Santa Monica Studio ‘is working on a new franchise within the God of War universe’
- Ad
- Nintendo Announces Indie World Showcase for Tomorrow, Expect News on Games Coming to Switch and Switch 2
- Resident Evil Requiem Block
- Just Cause Creator Has A Bleak Take On State Of Gaming
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- First Look at Kratos and Atreus in Amazon's God of War TV Show
- Netflix isn't going to buy Warner Bros after all, meaning Paramount is set to take HBO, Warner Bros Games, and the rest
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- Guitar Hero studio RedOctane returns with spiritual successor Stage Tour
- Highguard Reportedly Has Less Than 20 Devs Working on It Following Mass Layoffs at Wildlight
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- PlayStation May Be ‘Backing Away From Putting Their Traditional Single-Player Games on PC’ - Francesco De Meo @ WCCFTech
- Andy talks Steam Next Fest
- Games media set for more layoffs, as IGN-owned Eurogamer cuts editorial staff - Andy Robinson @ VGC
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- New York sues video game developer Valve, says its 'loot boxes' are gambling - Jonathan Stempel @ Reuters
- Report: Wolfenstein 3 First Story Details Unveiled as Casting Begins - Efrain @ MP1st
- Major Game Releases From Warner Bros. Teased For Next Year And Beyond - Eddie Makuch @ Gamespot
- Sony Tried To Lock Up ‘Crimson Desert’ As A Timed PlayStation Exclusive - Paul Tassi @ Forbes
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Xbox co-creator says it’s being sunsetted, the new Xbox CEO denies AI theories, and we have our first look at the Backrooms movie.

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00:07:49 - 'Xbox Is Being Sunsetted' — Seamus Blackley, One of the Creators of Xbox, Thinks Recent Shakeup Spells the End for Microsoft's Gaming Business
00:14:13 - New Xbox Leadership Confirms No Microsoft Pressure to Increase AI Use
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00:42:17 - Amazon abandons its open world driving game with Maverick Games
00:45:15 - Discord is delaying global age verification until it’s improved the process
00:48:52 - GreedFall 2 Publisher Nacon Files For Insolvency Weeks Before The RPG Sequel's Launch
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PlayStation finally confirms Wolverine release date, a new Overwatch game has been revealed, and Amazon shuts down another game.

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00:05:50 - PlayStation finally confirms Marvel’s Wolverine release date - Andy Robinson @ VGC
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00:34:45 - Amazon is shutting down another game: Former Lionhead devs’ King of Meat - Andy Robinson @ VGC
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PlayStation finally confirms Wolverine release date, a new Overwatch game has been revealed, and Amazon shuts down another game.

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00:05:50 - PlayStation finally confirms Marvel’s Wolverine release date - Andy Robinson @ VGC
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00:29:10 - Blizzard reveals Overwatch Rush - The Overwatch Rush Team @ news.blizzard.com
00:34:45 - Amazon is shutting down another game: Former Lionhead devs’ King of Meat - Andy Robinson @ VGC
00:40:15 - God of War TV Series Casts Star Ed Skrein as Baldur
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Sarah Bond breaks her silence, the inside story of the Xbox shake-up, and Roger went to the WWE headquarters in New York.

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- Outgoing Xbox president Sarah Bond breaks silence after exit news
- Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up
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- Roger went to a WWE Event!
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- Nintendo Announces Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen on Switch
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- Supreme Court Rules Against Trump’s Tariffs that Caused Console Price Hikes, Zack @ Kotaku
- BioShock Movie Is Planned To Coincide With New Game Release, Apparently, Eddie @ GameSpot
- Jake Solomon’s Goodbye, AI Trailer, Eddie @ GameSpot
- RE Requiem Early Copies are Out there, Capcom Begs You to Keep it Secrets - Wee News!
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- God of War Kratos actor says fans will ‘hear about what we’re doing’ this Summer - Andy Robinson @ VGC
- Elder Scrolls 6 Is Powered By New Version Of Creation Engine - Zack Zweizen @ Kotaku
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- Sony Plans To Minimize PlayStation 5 Hardware Price Increases By Focusing On “Monetizing” Existing Installed Base - Francesco De Meo @ WCCFTech
- The Duskbloods Release Date Potentially Revealed Through New Listing - Sam Sepiol @ Insider Gaming
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is progressing nicely, Highguard’s studio had a secret backer, and Replaced has been delayed once again.

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- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 director says the new JRPG is "already in a playable state," with Square Enix "in the final push phase" of development
- Kristen Bell cast as Amy Rose
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- Replaced Release Date Delayed Again, Less Than a Month From Launch
- A Chrono Trigger Remake Is Already In Development, Insider Claims
- Pokémon Card Store That Made Headlines After Customers Held at Gunpoint Now Hit by Nintendo Request to Rebrand
- Required Reading: Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up' https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/open-source-game-engine-godot-is-drowning-in-ai-slop-code-contributions-i-dont-know-how-long-we-can-keep-it-up/

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Highguard’s website is down and players are freaking out, Valve speaks up on the Steam Deck stock issues, and Hasbro shouts down the Snake Eyes game studio.

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- The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst - Zack Zweizen @ Kotaku
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- Valve warns of Steam Deck OLED stock issues due to RAM shortage - Chris Kerr @ Game Developer
- Hasbro has Reportedly Shut Down G.I. Joe Snake Eyes Game Makers, Atomic Arcade - David Carcasole @ WCCFTech
- As Early Copies of Resident Evil Requiem Appear in the Wild, Fans Warn That Now is the Time to Log Off in Order to Avoid Leaks - Tom Philips @ IGN
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Sony is holding back the PS6 until 2028 or 2029, Solid Snake has finally met Sam Fisher, and the Silent Hill 2 Remake studio have revealed their next game.

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- Sony is considering holding back PlayStation 6 until 2028 or 2029, report claims
- Solid Snake voiced by David Hayter is BACK… in Rainbow Six Siege
- Bloober Team's big reveal is Layers of Fear 3
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An insider claims another game is being worked on at Sony Santa Monica, our DICE Awards recap, and a brand new Legacy of Kain game has been announced. Thank you for the support!

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- Sony Santa Monica is Developing More Than Just God of War Trilogy Remake, It’s Claimed - Sam Sepiol @ Insider Gaming
- Clair Obscur wins Game of The Year at The DICE Awards - Rachel Weber @ IGN
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- Legacy of Kain: Ascendance, the First New Legacy of Kain Game in Over Two Decades, Is Out Next Month - Rebekah Valentine @ IGN
- Sega plans to release ‘four major new titles for mainstay IPs’ by the end of March 2027 - Chris Scullion @ VGC
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- Highguard Developer Wildlight Entertainment Confirms Layoffs At The Studio - Wesley Leblanc @ Game Informer
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- Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remaster Art Book Appears at Amazon UK, Now Up for Preorder - Robert Anderson @ IGN
- ‘Diablo 2’ Gets First Major Update in 25 Years With ‘Reign of the Warlock’ Starring Rahul Kohli - Jeniffer Maas @ Variety
- Hideo Kojima says he talked to Vince Zampella about making a Metal Gear shooter at Respawn - Neil Long @ VGC
- A new line of Starcraft figures have been announced - Connor Makar @ Eurogamer
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Wolverine probably won't be at tomorrow's State Of Play, Overwatch has smashed its own player record on Steam, and Jason Momoa is going to star in the Helldivers movie.

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- Marvel's Wolverine Probably Won't Be At Tomorrow's PlayStation State Of Play
- Overwatch Doubled Its Concurrent Player Record Last Night on Steam
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- Sly Cooper :(
- Jason Momoa is set for the Helldivers movie, and we have a release date
- A new Silent Hill Transmission presentation is coming this week, with new info on Silent Hill: Townfall
- Grasshopper has another game coming this year, while physical and Switch 2 versions of Romeo is a Dead Man are in the works
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2XKO seems to be in big trouble, Blessing reviews Romeo is a Dead Man, and a new Overwatch character is getting a redesign.

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- An Update on 2XKO - A post from Riot
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- Romeo is a Dead Man Review Round Up
- Overwatch director vows to redesign Anran following player and voice actor backlash - Chris Scullion @ VGC
- Capcom confirms it will reveal a ‘large-scale’ Monster Hunter Wilds expansion this summer - Andy Robinson @ VGC
- MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls to launch with 20 playable characters - Sal Romano @ Gematsu
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- State of Play returns this Thursday
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- Sources say Don’t Expect Horizon Zero Dawn 3 Anytime Soon
- ‘God of War’ Live-Action Series Casts Callum Vinson as Atreus
- Discord will soon require age verification to access adult content
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- ‘Baldur’s Gate’ TV Series Continuing Game’s Story In Works At HBO From ‘The Last Of Us’ Co-Creator Craig Mazin & Hasbro Entertainment - Nellie Andreeva @ Deadline
- Epic Games Store boss says it plans to be on the next Xbox console ‘on day one’ - Chris Scullion @ VGC
- Xbox Is Reportedly Releasing A Brand-New Controller Revision In 2026 - Ben Kerry @ Pure Xbox
- Kojima cancels his GDC attendance
- Ubisoft Reportedly Cancels Rumored Cooperative Multiplayer Assassin's Creed Game - Rebekah Valentine @ IGN
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- Horizon Hunters Gathering REVEALED!
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- The Memory Shortage Has Come for Valve’s Steam Machine - Kyle Barr @ Gizmodo
- Our Fallout Season 2 Review!
- The PS5 version of Starfield could be announced soon, as insider shares potential release date - Chris Scullion @ VGC
- Sony says Ghost of Yotei sales are outperforming Tsushima - Andy Robinson @ VGC
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GTA 6 marketing will kick off this summer, AMD hints 2027 for a next-gen Xbox, and a Nintendo Direct has been announced for tomorrow. Also, Overwatch Is SO Back!

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- GTA 6 Marketing Will Kick Off This Summer, as Take-Two Confidently Reaffirms November Release Date
- Take-Two denies GTA 6 will launch without a physical version
- Jigglypuff is Warming Up For a Pokémon 30th Anniversary 'Special Video' at The Super Bowl
- AMD hints Microsoft could launch its next-gen Xbox in 2027
- BREAKING - Overwatch Drops the 2
- A Nintendo Direct has been announced for tomorrow!
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