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Need A Pick-Me-Up? | I need you to stop what you're doing and watch this Games Done Quick Crazy Taxi speedrun that has a live backing band
Pure cinema.
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Finally! | It might have taken EA a while, but console players can finally sign-up to play the new Skate, if they're lucky enough to get picked, anyway
Better late than never, as they say.
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Switch Who? | One former Nintendo staffer thinks the company is probably a bit "uncomfortable" with all these leaks, but "the most important thing" right now is actually the lack of game leaks
"A lot of this is going to be in the rear-view mirror."
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Been Around The Bend | If you're worried about The Witcher 4 feeling too different from its predecessor, don't worry, because a lot more staff from the third game are still at CD Projekt Red than you might have feared
That includes a dev who's been there since the first game.
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Parkour! | Minecraft's latest update does the very normal thing of fixing some bugs, but a petition is asking Mojang to undo the changes in the name of parkour and speedbridging
It's a reasonable request, truth be told.
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Life Moves Quickly | If you can believe it, The Sims turns 25 next month, and a "very special" Behind The Sims celebratory video that's coming next week should help clue us all in on what's next
Probably safer to not get your hopes up too much, though.
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Switching Things Up | Have you had your copy of Metroid Prime 4 pre-ordered since it was announced? You might want to double check, as Amazon has apparently started cancelling orders
Say goodbye to that discount you might have held on to for the past eight years.
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Not So Super | As Marvel Rivals reaches a ridiculous new player count record on Steam, its devs put a damper on things by preventing mods, so no more Goku skin for you
Swings and roundabouts!
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Warmods | Helldivers 2 players are modding their own Warbonds into the game, and the latest one's perfect for Halo fans
Hey, a diver can never have too much gear to pick between before diving pod-first into the Voteless hordes.
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Radahnmance Not Dead | Elden Ring Nightreign network test sign-ups open, as FromSoft makes safe bet its maidenless hardcores will battle through site outages to spaff away some of Valentine's Day
Hey, it's a perfectly romantic way to spend three hours, no doubt falling in love with some big bad bosses.
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Safety First | Square Enix enacts new anti-harassment policy to protect its staff from real world and online abuse
It offers protection against acts like trespassing, acts of violence, defamation and more.
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Switcheroo | The Nintendo Switch 2 circus continues to get weirder, as Genki reportedly says its mockups weren't actually based on having seen a real Switch 2
Despite previously having suggested that they were.
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Welcome to N0xus | League of Legends season 15 is here, and a bunch of bugs have popped up alongside it
Plenty of cool features and controversies too!
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A Real Shenme | Sleeping Dogs movie no longer in the works, because there's no Wei we can be allowed nice things
Our favourite not quite GTA with kickass martial arts is no longer coming to the big screen.
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Not Fair | It's a shame that our first look at Transformers: Reactivate gameplay arrives just after the game is cancelled
We may never play Transformers: Reactivate, but from what we can tell, it looks like a fun shooter that we would have loved to spend time with.
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Switchmon Says | Nintendo finally says a thing about those Nintendo Switch 2 leaks, mockups, and nine million other things, and it's exactly the kind of thing you'd expect
The company behind Mario has done some words about its uber-secret unrevealed console.
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Silverhand Screen | Cyberpunk 2077 fan film offers an extra Johnny Silverhand ending that naturally includes an Arasaka heist, and a key dev on Cyberpunk 2 thinks it's pretty cool
An "incredibly ambitious and complex project" aimed at giving your brain buddy yet another chance to kick his favourite corp's hornet's nest.
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S7 Party | Diablo 4's first livestream of the year is coming next week, and will be all about Season 7 and its new questline
We're in the final days of Diablo 4's Season 6, which only means that Blizzard is just about ready to answer any final Season 7 questions you might have.
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Yep, Again | Assassin's Creed Shadows has been delayed yet again, as Ubisoft explores sale options, so you're gonna have to wait even longer to see some lovely clouds
The company says it's pursuing "various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders".
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Quick Maths | The numbers have been crunched, and PC Game Pass got almost $5,000 in new games during 2024
That's not bad value for money for all except those brave enough to sail the digital seas.
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Do They? | "Do gamers know what they like?" ponders Fallout co-creator Tim Cain, before arguing in favour of people not providing totally crap feedback to devs
I'm not sure I'd agree with his stance on cosmetic microtransactions, but he's right about trying to articulate what actually could be fixed.
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Money Talks | Pokemon TCG Pocket has blown past $400 million in revenue since October, with Japan spending the most Pokemoolah
On top of that, average spending has increased slightly, showing steady growth for the game.
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Clobberin' Time | The Thing's most iconic catchphrase was used during The Fantastic Four: First Steps' production, but Ben Grimm actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach isn't sure it'll make the cut
Marvel Studios has to keep it in, right?
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Trapped In Amber | Jurassic World: Rebirth writer David Koepp teases the 'nine commandments' for the script and says that nothing from the previous films will be retconned
Fresh start, same Jurassic World.
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Tanking It | Marvel Rivals season one is about to drop, and naturally the hero modders have turned into Thomas The Tank Engine has steamed to the highest pick rate among casuals so far
Because some things are just destined to be.
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GamePass the Popcorn | Oblivion remaster? South of Midnight? More? What can we expect from 2025's first Xbox Showcase in late January?
Microsoft plans to start 2025 with a bang, and hopefully we'll hear more about some of Xbox's big ticket games this time.
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Lost Quality | After Monster Hunter reminded us all of when video game flicks were garbage, Paul W.S. Anderson's next movie brings an overlooked George R.R. Martin short story to life
The movie's main villain appears to be the chroma keying.
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Oilwell Basin Bros. | Will your PC actually be able to run Monster Hunter Wilds? Watch some crisp 4K footage of Ajarakan and Rompopolo fights as you ponder that 5080 upgrade
As we approach the release of Monster Hunter Wilds, we're finally starting to see more of the game's zones and the monsters they hide.
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Interior Infiltrator | I'm not saying Helldivers 2 players want indoor dungeon missions, but someone's just whipped up a 14 page long illustrated concept of what one might look like
You know it's serious when Redditors start firing up MS Paint.
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Bat-Verse | Batman: The Brave and the Bold director Andy Muschietti shuts down rumors of Battinson joining the DCU, but plans might collide in another way
Too many Batmen, too little time.
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Hitting Pause | Los Angeles fires force Hollywood to temporarily shut down productions, including Fallout season 2, and clear the events calendar
2025 could be a huge year for Hollywood, but this is a bad start.
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Sea What You Get | Keen to see some of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii's "new features"? Majimake sure you watch today's RGG Like a Dragon Direct here
It's another showing of what you can expect when February 21 rolls around.
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No Rollin' Out | After years of silence, Transformers: Reactivate dev has confirmed what most of us feared - the game has been cancelled
Transformers: Reactivate may not be a name that immediately comes to mind as one of the major games in-development, but it's one Transformers fans have long awaited.
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Hi, Sue! | Interested to know how one of the best horror films from 2024 was made? A 30 minute making-of featurette has the substance you crave
Just don't take the actual substance, ok?
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Back On The Gerind | Witcher 4 dev says Witcher 3 quest about Geralt battling plague to steal Henry Cavill's look was "the perfect start to getting back into the vibe" for Ciri's adventure
There's no better way to get into the Witcher mojo than by working on Geralt's last trip to sunny, disease-free Velen.
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One Small Giant Step | That Shadow of the Colossus movie you absolutely forgot about is apparently not "an abandoned project by any means"
Just don't bet on it coming out any time soon.
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Knocked TF Out | League of Legends's Noxus cinematic soars past 25 million views in less than a day, and it's got a nice surprise for fans of Arcane
Millions upon millions of people have watched Trundle getting rocked.
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Miner Key | Good news culture lovers, a Minecraft YouTuber is hopping on Classic FM to blast banging choons from Skyrim, Street Fighter, and more
And here's the symphony that plays when an army of creepers blows up your entire town, delivered by the brass section of the New York philharmonic.
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Not In The Cards | Sorry, Austin Butler lovers, but American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis says the Dune actor's casting in the new movie is "fake news"
"From various sources that I have, this is just fake news that was put out there to see how an audience is going to react."
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Shot-stoppers Saved | EA Sports FC 25's first post-TOTY reveal update is good news if you think your goalie's giving up too often, but bad news if you've been passing "in an unnatural way"
EA has also shared some of the stuff it'll be looking into for its next update after this latest one.
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XD | Microsoft's gaming handheld really does sound like the Xbox Deck that solves all our problems
If Microsoft actually pulls this one off, the world of handheld gaming consoles could be forever changed, and its goals are certainly ambitious.
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Digging Time | Remember Holes? The 2000s classic is getting a TV reboot on Disney Plus, with the writer of, uh, Cloverfield and The Cabin in the Woods at the helm
Remember when Shia LaBeouf was regular?
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Top Switchret | Nintendo Switch 2 continues to be uber-secret, with April launch claims and dummy models offering more evidence it looks like a Nintendo Switch 2
Accessories manufacturer Genki has been busy at CES.
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Bat's The Word | Could we see Robert Pattinson's Batman in the DCU? Matt Reeves is keeping things vague: "We'll have to see where that goes"
"My head is down right now on getting The Batman Part 2 shooting, which is the most important thing."
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All Of The Lights | Helldivers 2 dataminer claims to have accidentally discovered some kind of deadly Illuminate Aurora Borealis, after casually dropping an alien obelisk from the sky
'Good Lord, what is happening in there?' - Superintendent Brasch
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Keeping It Light | You can rest easy, Star Wars loreheads, because Logan director James Mangold set his entry into the series so far in the past to avoid being "handcuffed" by "immovable" lore
"You can't please anybody."
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OBT 2 | The Monster Hunter Wilds beta is coming back with two sessions next month, and there'll be new content - but no performance upgrades
Capcom recently teased that those of us who missed out on the first Monster Hunter Wilds beta may get another shot in the new year, and that's exactly what's going to happen.
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As You Do | UPDATE: “We are not a military company or supplier,” Chinese gaming giant Tencent responds to landing on list of companies that give the US Government the heebie-jeebies
The American government believes the parent company of League of Legends developer Riot Games could have links to the Chinese military.
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Hard Pass | Game Pass's wave one January line-up disappointingly offers just one new game for Game Pass Ultimate console users
While PC or Game Pass Standard players are getting something fresh, those paying the most aren't getting much.
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Crushed Dreams | The Until Dawn movie will have one familiar face, but if you were hoping to see your faves whacked off in live-action, you can probably forget about it
"It completely honours the spirit of the game."