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24  janvier     17h05
Helldivers 2’s latest mission is about collecting samples, but it could have a much more interesting payoff: using the Gloom to zip about faster than light
   Helldivers just got a fresh Major Order and no matter whether you’re still reeling from failing the last one, or have just discovered that you can access the game via Steam for the first time in ages, you might want to pay attention not just to your latest task, but what it could lead to. Read...
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s latest patch sounds like it could be the game’s last big update, as BioWare says Dareth shiral
   Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s latest patch sounds like it could be the game’s last major update, based on the wording BioWare’s used in the notes for it. Read more
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No Rest for the Wicked’s The Breach update will be its first big one of 2025; and here’s our first look at it
   Just before the end of last year, No Rest for the Wicked developer Moon Studios apologied for the extended period of radio silence that followed the game’s early access launch, and promised to communicate more regularly with players throughout . Read more
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The Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles remaster dares to answer important questions like What if Darth Maul and a loader droid went rogue on the Trade Federation?
   After a sudden announcement back in October and a handful of goofy trailers, Aspyr’s remaster of Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles has finally arrived, and I’m pleased to report it might be the ultimate couch co op Star Wars game. Read more
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Blue Protocol gets the funeral every dying live service thing deserves, a massive hours-long rave with anime avatars busting a perfectly synced-up move
   More live service games are being killed than ever before at the moment, or at least it feels that way. Lots of publishers are continuing to try and take as many swings as possible at landing a big home run online cash cow, but it’s a tough market, so the ones that don’t catch on in a huge way...
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Diablo 4 players are thrilled about a couple of undocumented changes in Season of Witchcraft that only demon-killing veterans will appreciate
   As is often the case with new Diablo seasons and major patches, a few of the smaller changes often don’t get included in the patch notes. Discovering what those are has actually sort of become one of players’ favourite activities at the launch of every new season. Read more
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Good news, Marvel Rivals players: you should no longer be at risk of getting stuck in a Clash of Dancing Lions match that straight-up never ends
   If you hopped into Marvel Rivals to give its freshly dropped Spring Festival a go yesterday, you may well have been at risk of ending up in a Clash of Dancing Lions match forever, forced to live with the shame of having given up a goal for all time. Read more
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Fallout season 2 reportedly might be adding another new face, this time with Marvel and Star Wars pedigree, to its cast
   While it’s recently been forced to press pause on filming due to the LA wildfires, season two of the Fallout TV show has been gathering steam for a while now, with a number of new additions to its cast having been reported. The latest actor reportedly set to be joining Lucy, The Ghoul and co is...
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Guilty Gear Strive does something special on the Nintendo Switch, but is it actually any good?
   Guilty Gear Strive is out on the Nintendo Switch, which offers an opportunity for those who’ve yet to hop onto one of the most popular fighting games out there a chance to do so on new hardware. However, this version of the game offers a neat little feature that’ll sound good to Switch players. But...
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Helldivers 2 appears to no longer be blocked on Steam in some territories it was pulled from sale in during PlayStation account linking controversy
   Helldivers appears to no longer be unavailable inaccessible on Steam in some territories it was pulled from sale in around the time of last year’s PlayStation Network account linking controversy. Read more
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Warner Bros Games CEO is leaving the company in the wake of MultiVersus and Suicide Squad fumbles
   The CEO of Warner Bros Games David Haddad has announced his departure from the company following a rough few years in terms of the company’s video game releases. It looks as though games like MultiVersus and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League haven’t hit expectations set by the media giant....
23  janvier     18h51
Doom: The Dark Ages won’t have any multiplayer modes because id Software wanted to focus on levelling up the single-player experience
   The cat is out of the bag. Doom: The Dark Ages will launch on May , , and it’ll be the third ’nu Doom’ game from esteemed developer id Software. But this game, which is confusingly a prequel to the instant classic Doom , will eschew a trend established both by the first game in the...
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Doom: The Dark Ages takes unexpected influence from Frank Miller’s Batman - and was even dubbed Doom: Year One during development
   There’s a very significant through line between the three newest Doom games which we collectively sometimes refer to as ’nu Doom’ . His name is Hugo Martin; a games industry veteran who was also a key player in the art department during the creation of Pacific Rim . Read more
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings a bit of French Final Fantasy-ish flavour to Xbox Developer Direct, and gets a proper release date
   Clair Obscur: Expedition has just rocked up at today’s Xbox Developer Direct, offering us another look at its very Final Fantasy vibes filled adventure about stopping an artist in Belle Époque France from doing some painting. It’s also now locked in a concrete release date of April , ....
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Ninja Gaiden 2 is getting the modern remake treatment, and you can play it right now on Xbox and PC
   This is not a drill. ANinja Gaiden remake has just been announced at the Xbox direct, and it’s available to play on PC and Xbox consoles right now Read more
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South of Midnight still looks cool as hell, and now it has a release date to prove it’s a real game you’ll be playing soon
   Microsoft promised to bring us a deeper look at South of Midnight during its January Xbox Developer Direct, and the publisher has delivered. The stylish action game’s segment was a highlight, and it even came with a release date on PC and Xbox. Read more
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Xbox’s big Developer Direct surprise is a modern Ninja Gaiden from the makers of PlayStation’s Nioh series and Platinum Games
   The identity of the mystery game being revealed on today’s Xbox Developer Direct has been the subject of much speculation. While most agreed it would come from a Japanese studio, very few actually managed to guess what it could be. Read more
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Shadows’ character-switching is a remedy for anyone getting bored of the Assassin’s Creed gameplay loop that’s been baked into the series since Origins
   Have you ever heard about chemical memory It’s the phenomenon whereby RNA, or ribonucleic acid, can apparently transfer rudimentary memories between living things. A controversial experiment undertaken at UCLA found that taking RNA from one slug and injecting it into another resulted in the latter...
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If you liked Shogun, you’re going to love Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ intriguing new Immersive Mode’
   There are plenty of ways of making games more immersive, if that’s what you’re into. You can head into the options menu and turn off the HUD. You can elect to play on ’realistic’ modes that have you die from one bullet wound. You can toggle cinematic cameras when wandering around towns, or riding...
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Would-be Disco Elysium successor studio Longdue’s game revealed as Hopetown, an incredibly Disco Elysium-looking psychological RPG in which words are your deadliest weapon
   Last year, a bunch of studios that revealed themselves to be developing not quite Disco Elysium successors, and soon we learned that they’d all brushed shoulders with each other in a bunch of ways some of which were controversial or bizarre prior to making those announcements. Read more
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Oscar nominations 2025: Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Brutalist lead the pack, and The Substance surprises
   The Oscar nominations have finally been unveiled, with Emilia Pérez, Wicked, and The Brutalist set as frontrunners, and crowd pleasers like The Substance and Dune: Part Two also landing some solid hits. Read more
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Pokemon TCG Pocket’s next expansion is Space-Time Smackdown, and apparently Dialga and Palkia are straight-up breaking the universe to get to your deck
   Desperate for more cards to drop in Pokemon TCG Pocket, because your army of cute soldiers can never be large enough Well, good news, another new expansion is dropping for it next week, featuring new packs that’ll give you a chance to pull Dialga and Palkia, who’ve apparently been messing with the...
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Nvidia RTX 5090 review: face-meltingly good top-flight performance and gorgeous industrial design - but beware the electrical bill
   It’s that most exciting time in the world of PC gaming once again: graphics card generational shift o’clock As always, Nvidia leads with its flagship, most expensive card, intended only for the most dedicated nutters with the deepest pockets: the Nvidia GeForce RTX . The headline It’s bloody...
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Fancy some chill off-roading with cosy vibes? Art of Rally and Absolute Drift dev Funselektor’s next game, Over The Hill, looks like it’ll crank your winch
   Funselektor, the studio behind indie racing games Art of Rally, Absolute Drift, and last year’s Golden Lap all of which are very cool if you’re into artsy takes on things that go vroom vroom, has just announced it and collaborator Strelka Games’ next title. Read more
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Marvel Rivals’ Spring Festival kicks off today, and it’s got a new game mode that basically looks like Lunar New Year superhero Rocket League, but without the cars
   A big update has dropped in Marvel Rivals today, January . It’s called the Spring Festival, and if you like a high flying kickabout in between your regular superhero showdowns, it’s got a new mode you’ll definitely want to check out. Read more
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The long-gestating West African-inspired fantasy epic Children of Blood and Bone has set an all-star cast at Paramount
   Folks who have been keeping tabs on everything Lucasfilm might remember there once was a Children of Blood and Bone adaptation in the works at the studio. The fantasy epic would’ve marked the company’s first non Star Wars project though we’ve had Willow and Indy since since it was acquired by...
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Benedict Cumberbatch says Doctor Strange will be elsewhere when the Avengers face Doctor Doom, but expect a big role in Secret Wars and a third solo movie
   We don’t really know whether Marvel Studios is out of the woods just yet or still spiraling downward. Regardless, the next two Avengers movies are prepping to shoot later this year, which means we’ll be getting huge casting updates sooner rather than later. Of course, Doctor Strange is a major...
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn’t do as well as EA hoped, but EA Sports FC 25’s struggles to score big financial numbers were an even bigger factor in it revising expectations
   EA has revealed that both Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC have both underperformed its expectations, though it’s the latter of the two that it cites as accounting for the majority of the change it’s had to make in its financial projections. Read more
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Surprising absolutely no one, Diablo 4 is reportedly on its way to Switch 2
   According to some new industry chatter, you can count Diablo among the games on their way to Nintendo’s upcoming console, the Switch . The news comes by way of eXtas s, the eXputer writer who has a pretty good track record when it comes to leaking unannounced projects. Read more
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Mickey 17’s second trailer is somehow even goofier than the first and doubles down on a hopefully definitive March release
   If you feel like you’ve been hearing about Bong Joon ho’s next movie, Mickey , for years now, you’re not wrong. It’s been hit with countless delays for a variety of reasons, but its second trailer is doubling down on a March release date that feels too near to change again. Read more
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Robert Eggers is going from Nosferatu to werewolf thriller Werwulf and maybe this is the Dark Universe we deserved
   Nosferatu resonated with critics and audiences alike last Christmas and has gone on to earn over million worldwide in theaters, a career high for writer director Robert Eggers. That may not sound like a lot, but when the production budget sits around million, it’s a win. Now, it seems that...
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Watch the Xbox Developer Direct showcase for January 2025 here
   Do you like video games that have something to do with Xbox Well, if so, you’ll probably want to tune into the Xbox Developer Direct show that’s taking place later today, January . The good news is that you can watch it right here. Read more
22  janvier     17h00
Hyper Light Breaker really shows how much the games industry has changed in a decade
   I think that Hyper Light Drifter probably released at just the right time. Indie games were really carving out their own corner of the industry back then, in , and it was truly a year with some comparatively massive titles Firewatch, The Witness, Inside, Cuphead, Enter the Gungeon, Darkest...
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The bodies are hitting the floor in Yellowjackets season 3’s latest trailer, but I’m not sure if the five second rule counts with cannibalism
   Yellowjackets season has a new trailer ahead of its release next month, and it looks like things are going to get messy in the past and present. Read more
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The Witcher 4’s all about Ciri and even Geralt’s fully aboard her hype train, but he won’t fully explain why he’s so excited, because he’s pro-reading
   Well, if you’re one of the five idiots on Earth still unhappy about Ciri being tapped to be The Witcher ’s protagonist, your job just got a bit harder. Doug Cockle, Geralt’s iconic voice actor has now given his two cents on the change, and he thinks it’s a really, really interesting move . Read...
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Assetto Corsa EVO feels like a worthy heir to one of Steam’s racing titans so far, but it’s still got a lot of laps to go to get there
   Since it came on the scene about a decade ago, Assetto Corsa’s been firmly near or at the front of the pack when it comes to racing sims. Read more
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Dexter sequel series Resurrection looks like it’s out to Kill Bill, as it adds Uma Therman to the cast
   Dexter: Resurrection is looking like it’s shaping up quite nicely, as none other than Uma Thurman has apparently joined the cast. Read more
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Let’s rock: the Guilty Gear Strive anime finally has a release date, and yes, you will be able to watch it on Crunchyroll
   Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, the anime adaptation of the popular fighting game, finally has a release date. Read more
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Netflix just hit a new record of 300 million subscribers, so isn’t it just lovely that it’s raising its prices for the umpteenth time?
   Netflix has some good news for you: it just hit million subscribers And, uh, yeah, it’s also going to be charging you even more again. Read more
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Bloodborne PC emulation is now good enough that even everyone’s favourite tech nerds think it demonstrates the direction we’d want an official remaster to move in
   Something, something, Bloodborne remaster PC port. Everyone and their FromSoft loving grandmother wants one, but we’ve nopt gotten one yet, for reasons numerous people including Miyazaki have alluded to or suggested. The good news is that DIY efforts to bring the game to personal computers in...
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Ryan Gosling might be too famous of a face to be in Star Wars, but one report claims he’s in talks to star in the director of Deadpool & Wolverine’s entry in the series
   In what might be a surprising bit of casting news, Ken himself Ryan Gosling is apparently in talks to star in Shawn Levy’s Star Wars flick. Read more
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Diablo 4’s first free trial of 2025 is here just in time for the new season; and you can even try the definitely-not-nerfed new class
   Diablo ’s seventh season, Season of Witchcraft, went live Tuesday alongside another major gameplay update. New seasons in Diablo, much like they can in other live service games, represent new beginnings for players, and since everyone has to create a new character to take part in the new content...
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Helldivers 2’s latest mission has had a big Illuminate invasion sting in the tail, leaving some players freaking out, while others reckon it’s J.O.E.L helping out again
   Helldivers ’s latest Major Order has packed a final twist into its tail. As things were looking pretty bleak in terms of Super Earth’s chances of pulling out a victory by fending off enough Illuminate attacks, the squids have launched a bunch more of them, meaning players may have an admittedly...
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Make sure you’re free March, 2027 Sonic fans, because the fourth film just got a release date
   With Sonic the Hedgehog now available digitally, its box office run is likely finished, but luckily a release date for Sonic has already been set in stone. Read more
21  janvier     17h13
Babe, wake up, a new GTA 6 trailer two release date theory has dropped, and it’s definitely not people reading too much into some desperate shipping container maths
   Look, I know you might be a bit sick of GTA fans desperate for a second trailer clutching at straws so hard they’re on the verge of getting kicked out of Macccy Ds for theiries that might point to when such a thing could arrive, but some of them are at it again. The spark that lit the speculation...
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I know Nintendo won’t do it, but I really hope the Switch 2 brings back the DS’ best feature
   As popular as the Nintendo Switch has been, and as successful as the Switch will likely be, I don’t think there’ll be a Nintendo console I’ll look back on more fondly than the DS. The blinds of notalgia are highly likely to be an influence on that fact, with many an hour spent on car rides on the...
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Hope you’ve got lots of spare time, because the next wave of Xbox Game Pass titles for January has 14 games coming to the service
   Crikey, if you’re someone that likes to play as many Xbox Game Pass titles as possible, the second January wave will certainly test you. Read more
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How do you remaster an overlooked cult classic like Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles? By leaning into how fun and quirky it is, says the developer
   The surprise remaster of Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is right around the corner. I and other retro Star Wars gaming sickos are celebrating already, but before its January release across all modern platforms, I had the opportunity to shoot Aspyr some burning questions about the...
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Worried you’re going to get confused about whether a DC film is canon to the DCU or not? Don’t be, as Elseworlds films are getting their own unique opening to make the distinction clear
   Keep calm, casual comic book film viewers, because DC is developing a special opening for Elseworlds film to make it clear what is and isn’t canon. Read more
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Unannounced Horizon MMO from NCSoft reportedly cancelled, possibly leaving us with only one other multiplayer Horizon thing in the works
   An unannounced MMO based on PlayStation’s Horizon series has reportedly been cancelled, with this being one that was in the works at South Korean publisher NCSoft. Read more