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23  mars     13h00
Shadow Of The Colossus-Inspired Roguelike Deckbuilder Acolyte Of The Altar Gets New Launch Trailer
Wesley LeBlanc    Acolyte of the Altar, the roguelike deckbuilder with a wasteland twist from developer Black Kite Games, hits PC via Steam on March . Ahead of the game’s launch next week, Game Informer can exclusively reveal the Acolyte of the Altar launch trailer, which features plenty of deckbuilder...
22  mars     20h00
Princess Peach Showtime Review, Contra: Operation Galuga Impressions All Things Nintendo
Brian Shea    This week on All Things Nintendo, we give our impressions of several recent releases. The headliner of this episode is Kyle Hilliard’s review of Princess Peach: Showtime, but Brian also has impressions of Contra: Operation Galuga and qomp . And, of course, we’ll catch up on all the latest news out...
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The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Part 8 Super Replay
Marcus Stewart    After The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reinvented the series in D and became its new gold standard, Nintendo followed up with a surreal sequel in Majora’s Mask. Set two months after the events of Ocarina, Link finds himself transported to an alternate version of Hyrule called Termina and must...
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Knockout City Developer Velan Studios May Potentially Suffer Significant Layoffs
Marcus Stewart    Velan Studios, the team behind Knockout City, has announced it is entering a reorganization that will likely result in layoffs. In a post to X formerly known as Twitter , the studio’s co founders Guha and Karthik Bala revealed the team was working on a big project that an outside partner...
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Capcom Addresses Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC Performance And Microtransaction Backlash
Marcus Stewart    Dragon’s Dogma is one of the year’s most anticipated games, and by most accounts, the experience lives up to the hype. The game earned rave reviews from most critics, including a out of from us. But now that it’s out in the wild, Steam players have bombarded the RPG with negative reviews due...
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Final Fantasy XVI - The Rising Tide DLC Trailer Promises A Reason To Return
Matt Miller    Square Enix today revealed a new look at Final XVI: The Rising Tide, the upcoming piece of DLC scheduled to launch as part of the game’s expansion pass. The new story content opens the door to an entirely new area to explore in Valisthea, but the big draw is the appearance of the Eikon Leviathan...
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Shadows Of The Damned: Hella Remastered Invites Players To Hell Again This Year
Marcus Stewart    Grasshopper Manufacture announced during its summer showcase last year that its supernatural action game Shadows of the Damned is getting an encore in the form of a remaster. We now know the title of that update, along with a release window. The newly christened Shadows of the Damned: Hella...
21  mars     21h15
Survive The Offshore Horrors Of Still Wakes The Deep This June
Marcus Stewart    Still Wakes the Deep, the atmospheric horror game from the makers of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, has a new trailer and a June release date. First revealed last June at the Xbox Games Showcase, it centers on an oil rig worker fighting to survive a supernatural...
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Larian CEO Says The Studio Is Done With Baldur’s Gate 3 To Focus On Something New
Marcus Stewart    Baldur’s Gate was one of ’s most successful and critically acclaimed games, with many hailing it as one of the best role playing games ever made. However, if you were hoping for the game to get an expansion or a sequel, that won’t be the case at least not from its developer, Larian Studios...
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 And Rise Of The Ronin Reviews GI Show
Marcus Stewart    On this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, we’re joined by special guest Imran Khan to unpack his review of Rise of the Ronin. Friend of the show Jesse Vitelli also drops by to break down his Dragon’s Dogma review. Kyle Hilliard shares his final thoughts on Princess Peach Showtime and...
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Balatro Was Almost Called Joker Poker And Other Details From Its Creator Afterwords
Marcus Stewart    It’s been one month since Balatro, the poker inspired deckbuilding roguelite, was released, and it has taken the gaming world by storm. In that short timeframe it has earned rave reviews including a . out of from us , positioned itself as a Game of the Year contender, and sold million...
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Ark: The Animated Series Surprise Launches On Paramount Today
Marcus Stewart    Ark: The Animated Series has surprised launched today on Paramount . Based on the hit Ark: Survival Evolved, the series was first announced at The Game Awards in and went from not having a release date or platform to suddenly having its first six episodes available now in the U.S. and Canada....
    16h18
Vote For The Greatest Game Of All Time In Our Bracket Tournament Semifinals
Brian Shea    No matter the industry sports, television, movies, or games the debate of the greatest of all time inevitably comes up. These debates are often full of superfluous apples to oranges comparisons and, as a result, are unlikely to come up with a definitive answer everyone will be happy with. But...
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Princess Peach: Showtime Review - Unassuming Encore
Kyle Hilliard    Reviewed on: Switch Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Koei Tecmo Developer: Team Ninja Release: March , We’ve played as Peach in plenty of Mario starring games through the years, but not since...
20  mars     21h00
Hyper Light Breaker Preview - Hands-On With The Not Quite-A-Sequel To Hyper Light Drifter
Kyle Hilliard    Platform: PC Publisher: Gearbox Publishing Developer: Heart Machine In my review for ’s Hyper Light Drifter I wrote about how it was a game I created excuses for myself to keep playing after seeing credits writing, I didn’t do it out of necessity; I...
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Hyper Light Breaker New Gameplay Today
Kyle Hilliard    Hyper Light Breaker is not a sequel to Hyper Light Drifter in the traditional sense, but it does take place in the same world, which is all we needed to hear to be excited. While this isn’t gameplay footage of me playing the game, I did get a chance to play the game recently, so Marcus Stewart and...
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Game Informer’s Spring Buying Guide 2024
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Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra Is Skydance’s Captain America Black Panther Game Arriving Next Year
Marcus Stewart    Skydance New Media’s mysterious World War Marvel game has a title: Marvel : Rise of Hydra. It also has its first trailer and a release window. First announced in , the game stars Captain America and Black Panther Azzuri, who is the grandfather of T’Challa. The trailer shows them pursuing...
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Dragon's Dogma 2 Review - On The Shoulders Of Giants
Jesse Vitelli    Reviewed on: PlayStation Platform: PlayStation, Xbox Series X S, PC Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Release: March , Rating: Mature Creating a sequel to a year old game is...
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Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Gameplay Video Reveals New Mechanics And More Characters
Marcus Stewart    Dragon Ball Sparking Zero had a big coming out party in the form of a minute gameplay presentation that gave fans a nice look at its moment to moment combat. Bandai Namco showed off what’s new, what’s staying the same, and even revealed more characters joining the roster. Naturally, Goku...
19  mars     17h00
March’s Xbox Game Pass Line-Up Has Diablo IV and Cars Galore
Charles Harte    Microsoft’s highly publicized acquisition of Blizzard has had wide reaching effects, and while some of them have been quite awful, this month showcases one of the upsides. Diablo IV, one of Blizzard’s big releases, comes to Xbox Game Pass late next week, on March . We enjoyed the game quite...
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LEGO Reveals Massive Dungeons & Dragons Set
Matt Miller    Today, after months of rumors and speculation, LEGO in partnership with Wizards of the Coast revealed the first full look at the new Dungeons amp; Dragons themed building set entitled Red Dragon’s Tale. The large, piece set is set to release on April in LEGO stores and to those in the...
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The Riven Remake Arrives This Year
Marcus Stewart    The remake of the classic Riven is officially launching later this year. This modern facelift of the acclaimed sequel to Myst is also coming to VR. Developed by Cyan Worlds, a team led by the masterminds of the original game, Riven is being remade from the ground up in Unreal Engine . First...
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Stardew Valley 1.6 Patch Drops Today - Here’s What To Expect
Charles Harte    Update, : The . Patch is now live, and it’s a doozy. If you want to read the patch notes in their entirety, which includes new content, balance updates, visual improvements, and more, you can do that right here. The original story continues below... Eight years after its official launch...
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Balatro Sells 1 Million Copies In First Month, Mobile Version On The Way
Marcus Stewart    Balatro, the hit poker inspired roguelike deckbuilder, has hit million sales within its first month of release. Publisher Playstack also revealed a mobile version is in development. Created by solo developer LocalThunk, Balatro is a roguelike tasking players to play poker hands to fulfill score...
18  mars     20h59
Valve Introduces New Steam Family Game Sharing Program
Marcus Stewart    Valve has announced Steam Families, a revamped program that allows players to create a group to share and play games with close family members. The program launches today in the Steam Beta Client and it replaces the Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View features. Steam Families can have up...
    19h00
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Hands-On Preview - Revving Up An Old Engine
Marcus Stewart    Publisher: SNK Developer: SNK An entire generation of fighting game fans have been born, hit puberty, graduated college, found a career, and possibly started a family in the time between the last Fatal Fury game and the upcoming City of the Wolves. The most recent...
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Indie Metroidvania Animal Well, The First Game From Dunkey’s Bigmode Publisher, Gets May Release Date
Wesley LeBlanc    Animal Well, the gorgeous indie metroidvania that will also be the first game published by Videogamedunkey’s Bigmode, will hit PlayStation, Switch, and PC this May. More specifically, developer Shared Memory, which is just solo dev Billy Basso, revealed in a new gameplay trailer the game will...
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Sci-Fi Puzzle Platformer Planet Of Lana Hits PlayStation And Switch Next Month
Wesley LeBlanc    Developer Wishfully and publisher Thunderful have revealed Planet of Lana is coming to PlayStation and Switch. More specifically, the cinematic sci fi puzzle platformer that hit Xbox and PC last May is set to hit PlayStation, PlayStation, and Switch next month on April . The companies...
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Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves Gets Early 2025 Release Window In New Gameplay Trailer
Wesley LeBlanc    SNK has released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming fighter, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, revealing it’s due out in early as well. This trailer arrives roughly half a year after SNK formally revealed Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves in a trailer similar to today’s, featuring Terry...
16  mars     14h00
Dragon’s Dogma Replay
Kyle Hilliard    Dragon’s Dogma, the long demanded sequel to the cult fantasy RPG, is finally coming next week. In honor of the event, Wesley LeBlanc and I decided to look back on the first game and try and figure out what makes it special. For a whole lot more on Dragon’s Dogma, you can head here to see the...
15  mars     20h28
Among Us Animated Show Casts Ashley Johnson, Elijah Wood, Randall Park, And Yvette Nicole Brown
Wesley LeBlanc    The Among Us animated series being developed at CBS Studios has found its Purple, Green, Red, and Orange crewmembers in Ashley Johnson The Last of Us , Elijah Wood The Lord of the Rings trilogy , Randall Park Ant Man, Always Be My Maybe , and Yvette Nicole Brown Community, Drake...
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Our Pitches For The Next Mario Movie All Things Nintendo
Brian Shea    This week on All Things Nintendo, we dive into all the news from the last week, including the Mario Day announcements. Then, in the main segment, Brian and Wes deliver their pitches for the plot of the newly announced second animated movie set in the world of Super Mario Bros. If you’d like to...
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Capcom Releases Nearly 8 Minutes Of New Dragon’s Dogma 2 Gameplay Narrated By Actor Ian McShane
Wesley LeBlanc    Dragon’s Dogma is right around the corner, launching on PlayStation, Xbox Series X S, and PC next week on March . Ahead of the game’s launch, Capcom has released a new gameplay overview trailer with more than seven minutes of new footage; and perhaps strangely, it’s narrated by actor Ian...
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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Will Have Photo Mode, New Screenshots Revealed
Wesley LeBlanc    Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is right around the corner, hitting Xbox Series X S exclusively on May , and ahead of the game’s release, Ninja Theory has revealed it will have a dedicated photo mode. Plus, the studio released four new images of Hellblade II taken using the game’s photo mode. ...
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Revisiting Pokémon X & Y And Getting Into Truck Games GI Show
Alex Van Aken    In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew revisits Pokémon X amp; Y ahead of Pokémon Legends: Z A and tries to get into truck games via Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game. We also discuss Fortnite’s Myths amp; Mortals season, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Balatro,...
    12h45
Update: Embracer Group Has Sold Star Wars: KOTOR Remake Dev Saber Interactive In Deal Worth Up To 500 Million
Wesley LeBlanc    Update, : Last month, we learned that Embracer Group, the company behind the closure of Saints Row studio Volition Games and layoffs at companies like Black Forest Games and Eidos Montréal, was reportedly set to sell Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake developer Saber...
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Update: Aspyr Working To Address Issues And Increase Network Stability In Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection
Wesley LeBlanc    Update, : Following the rough launch of Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, which is an HD port combo of the original Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: Battlefront II on modern consoles and PC, developer Aspyr Media says it’s working to address issues and increase network...
14  mars     18h43
Disney Dreamlight Valley Dev Gameloft Making Dungeons & Dragons Survival Sim Game
Wesley LeBlanc    Gameloft, the studio behind Disney Dreamlight Valley, has revealed it is partnering with Wizards of the Coast to create a new Dungeons amp; Dragons game. It’s being developed for both consoles and PC and Gameloft describes it as an innovative hybrid of survival, life simulation, and action RPG. ...
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Sonic And Angry Birds Are Crossing Over In Multiple Games
Brian Shea    In , Sega Sammy Holdings acquired Rovio, subsequently making the famed Angry Birds developer a subsidiary of Sega Europe. While Sega’s Japanese social media account shared a photo of a Red statue standing alongside Sega’s other mascots see below , we haven’t seen the acquisition impact the...
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Now Might Be A Great Time To Pick Up TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection
Wesley LeBlanc    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is getting delisted on Steam in Japan later this month. That’s according to a new Notice of End of Sales post on the game’s Steam page. From Friday, March , , onward, the game will no longer be available for purchase in Japan on the...
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RuneScape Creators Reveal Brighter Shores, A New Point-And-Click Fantasy Adventure MMORPG
Wesley LeBlanc    The creators of RuneScape, Andrew and Paul Gower, have revealed Brighter Shores, a new point and click fantasy adventure MMORPG. And if you’re a fan of RuneScape, Brightet Shores looks like a game you’ll want to keep an eye on. After starting Jagex in , the Gower brothers focused their...
13  mars     18h45
No Rest For The Wicked: Moon Studios On Killing Its Ori Perfectionism And Being Okay With Early Access Issues
Wesley LeBlanc    No Rest for the Wicked hits Early Access on PC on April , but ahead of that release, the upcoming action RPG from Ori and the Blind Forest Will of the Wisps developer Moon Studios is gracing the latest cover of Game Informer. After checking the game out for a few hours alongside some of the leads...
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Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Gets New Story DLC, Modes, Trials, And More This Year
Wesley LeBlanc    Developer Ubisoft Montpellier’s excellent metroidvania, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, hit consoles and PC in January, and it’s still one of Game Informer’s top scoring reviews of the year. You can read Game Informer’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown review here to find out why we love it so...
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, NBA 2K24, Resident Evil 3, And More Join The PS Plus Catalog This Month
Wesley LeBlanc    Last week, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away, and now, PlayStation is giving players the chance to play through Goku’s journey as Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is one of the games headlining this month’s PlayStation Plus game catalog additions. Other games hitting the catalog this month...
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Flying Terminid Bugs Have Snuck Into Helldivers 2
Wesley LeBlanc    Helldivers developer Arrowhead Game Studios quietly snuck flying Terminid bugs into the game in the latest update, it seems. Windows Central noticed flying Shrieker bugs are enemies that appear on planets plagued with Terminids and while official accounts for the game play coy, more and...
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This Year’s Summer Game Fest Streams Live On June 7
Wesley LeBlanc    This year’s Summer Game Fest livestream returns to Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater for announcements, first looks, trailers, and more this June. More specifically, the livesream will begin at p.m. PT p.m. ET on June . There will be a live audience like last year’s, but you can also watch the...
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Vampire Survival Game V Rising Launches Into 1.0 This May Before It Hits PS5 Later This Year
Wesley LeBlanc    V Rising hit Early Access on PC in , selling more than . million copies in just two weeks. Since then, the game has continued to garner attention from players for its great mix of survival mechanics and action RPG combat. Now, just shy of two years in Early Access, V Rising will launch into ...
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Sabotage Teases Sea Of Stars Three-Player Co-Op Mode As Game Surpasses 5 Million Players
Wesley LeBlanc    Sabotage Studio has teased a new three player co op mode for its RPG Sea of Stars alongside news the game has surpassed million players in less than a year. This new mode, dubbed Single Player , lets three players journey together through the story of Sea of Stars, and it will feature new...
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New PlayStation 5 Update Enhances DualSense Audio, Share Screen, And More
Wesley LeBlanc    PlayStation is rolling out a new update for the PlayStation that enhances audio on the DualSense controller, adds new Share Screen features, and more. This update was in beta last month but rolls out for everyone starting today. The biggest features are coming to the PS ’s DualSense...