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While the rest of us were bleary-eyed and/or phoning in sick yesterday, a company in Japan gave its entire team the day off to celebrate the release of From Software’s eagerly-anticipated action RPG, Elden Ring. Pocketpair, which develops monster battler Palworld, announced earlier this week that it would give everyone …

Horizon Forbidden West developer Guerrilla revealed which character from the sequel was the most challenging to create.  In an interview with GamesRadar+, narrative director Ben McCaw and senior writer Annie Kitain discussed several of Horizon Forbidden West’s key story points and revealed that, in one case, “getting that [character] right …

Elden Ring is receiving mixed reviews from PC players on Steam, and it appears to centre around performance issues. At the time of writing on February 25, Elden Ring has a general “Mixed” user reviews label on Steam (opens in new tab). Delving into user reviews for FromSoftware’s new game, …

Xbox’s general manager has shot down a claim that The Coalition is working on multiple unannounced games. Earlier today on February 23, Spanish-based Twitter account Xbox Studio (opens in new tab) claimed to have received comment from Xbox general manager Aaron Greenberg stating that there were multiple unannounced games in …

Does it make sense to call sales figures ‘hench’? Horizon Forbidden West is the PS5’s second-biggest physical launch so far, behind only Spider-Man: Miles Morales in the UK. It’s a particularly impressive feat when you consider that Forbidden West is available on PS4 too – and unlike Miles Morales, isn’t …

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel has a new event that players are exploiting – by deliberately losing games as fast as they can. In pretty much any card game, players normally battle to be the best, but Master Duel’s new event is offering rewards based on match count rather than win count. …

No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has released the game’s first update of 2022 which has made the game more challenging.   Announced and released today, the No Man’s Sky Sentinel update brings an overhaul of the combat systems and enemies currently in the game in order to make the …

Pokemon Bank will be entirely free to use when the Nintendo 3DS eShop is discontinued next year in March. Just yesterday, Nintendo announced that the 3DS and Wii U eShops would be closed as of March 2023, turning off digital purchases for both consoles. However, The Pokemon Company quietly announced …

Bungie has been teasing the death of a Destiny 2 character for months, and Lance Reddick, the voice of the Titan leader Zavala, had to wonder if his iconic character would be the next Vanguard member to get killed off after Cayde-6.  In an interview with Polygon (opens in new …

Nintendo has released a handful of updates introducing some of Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s new protagonists, and there’s a surprisingly sad reason they’re always playing the flute. In case you missed it, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was revealed in a stunning trailer during last week’s Nintendo Direct. The trailer shows off beautiful, …