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Battlefield Staff Undergoes Major Changes, Gustavsson Out, Halo Co-Creator In

The Battlefield franchise has seen instability with establishing and maintaining an identity for not only its longtime fans, but any promising new players, failing to gain any ground on the popularity of Sledgehammer's Call of Duty series, which has been the premiere shooter of choice.

Following the release of Battlefield 2042, CEO of…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 11, 2022 at 11:45pm — No Comments

Burger King X Diablo Immortal Crossover Presents A Limited Time 'Diablo Garlic Double CheeseBurger' In Japan

In the world of video games, the idea of crossovers have become the talk of the industry. How about this for a collaboration? Activision Blizzard and Burger King Japan Holding's have joined forces to promote Diablo Immortal. It's not quite an in-game item or prize to unlock, but a limited time Diablo Garlic Double Cheeseburger that will be sold for…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 11, 2022 at 5:30pm — No Comments

NIS America Announces GrimGrimoire OnceMore For Modern Consoles

Publisher and developer NIS America, known in Japan as Nippon Ichi Software held a showcase announcing upcoming projects. Among those reveals and trailers comes the news that GrimGrimoire will be making its way to modern platforms.

Developed by Vanillaware (Odin Sphere,…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 7, 2022 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Sony CEO Jim Ryan BURIES Microsoft's Call Of Duty Offer, Labels It 'Inadequate'

(Image: Call of Duty Vanguard)

Recently, Microsoft revealed its offer to continue honoring the agreement Activision has in place with Sony to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation platforms. This has been information many have been waiting to have confirmed since…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 7, 2022 at 8:55pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Rise 2: Resurrection (Sega Saturn/PSX) How Much Better Is It?

British developers Mirage Media created Rise of the Robots in 1994 for DOS. It would later be ported to the 3DO, Amiga, and the Suoer Nintendo. While it was visually spectacular for the time, the game was about as interesting to play as listening to someone describe a dream in great detail. The roster was tiny, the characters were nondescript…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 6, 2022 at 11:00am — No Comments

Pokémon Center Releases Halloween 2022 Collection

The unofficial end of summer is here with Labor Day weekend in the States. And with it comes the release of Pokémon's 2022 Halloween collection!

Items from the Pokémon Spooky Festival are now available on the U.S.…

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Added by Gina Wilkolak on September 2, 2022 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Free Games For September 2022: Xbox Games With Gold

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers have a slew of new titles coming to Game Pass this September. Hitting the service, games include the Deep Silver action-adventure game Gods Will Fall, and from developer Headbang Club comes the rhythm game crossed with a shoot'em up, Double Kick Heroes.

Through Backwards Compatibility on…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 2, 2022 at 12:21am — No Comments

Free Games For September 2022: PlayStation Plus Offers Granblue Fantasy Versus

September is upon us, summer is winding down, and it's time for the free offerings for PlayStation Plus subscribers across the two platforms. Coming to the PlayStation 5, the photo-taking adventure game, TOEM. Heading to the PlayStation 4, the Arc System developed Granblue Fantasy Versus, and Electronic Arts' open world racing game, Need For Speed:…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 1, 2022 at 11:58pm — No Comments

Parties From SNK And Capcom Are Reportedly Interested In A Return Of 'Capcom vs SNK'

Back in 1999, fighting game fans saw a collaboration between two franchises that many dreamed would never happen. Capcom vs SNK: Match Of The Millenium combined signature characters from each respective brand's rosters in a series of games that served as a love letter for sprite-based 2D fighters. For 20 years, there was silence. Capcom would incur…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 31, 2022 at 8:40pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Fatal Fury 2 (Neo Geo/Arcade)

One of those topics I constantly harp about, especially when it comes to not only retro video games, but fighting games in particular, is the Fatal Fury franchise meant a great deal to me.…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 30, 2022 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Japanese Fans 'Giving Up' On The PlayStation 5 Following The Price Increase

According to PlayStationBlog, Sony recently announced that due to global inflation, which has had a very profound effect on supply chains, the price of the…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 29, 2022 at 12:35am — No Comments

Space Shooter CYGNI: All Guns Blazing Exclusive To Next Generation Consoles

After almost a year since its first teaser trailer, Keelworks' CYGNI: All Guns Blazing was revealed, and during GamesCom 2022, a more robust showcasing of this beautiful overhead shooter was revealed, as well as available platforms.

While CYGNI will be the studio's debut game, the Scottish development team boasts a tremendous array of talent…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 26, 2022 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Nintendo Will Combat Piracy By Use Of DRMing Their Games On The Switch

(Image: Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

During this generation, Nintendo has cracked down as tough as possible on battling piracy. Aggressively going after emulation sites, and delivering harsh punishment to pirating hardware, such as …

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Added by Mike Lind on August 25, 2022 at 12:30am — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Power Rangers Samurai (Nintendo Wii)

Ah, it's been a while since I've featured a Power Rangers game on Retro Reboot. Like TMNT, the Rangers find themselves in a divot when it comes to video games, they generally are almost all beat'em ups. Power Rangers Samurai, the most recent game I've reviewed as of this writing, is really no different. This does happen to be one of the more fun…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 23, 2022 at 10:53am — No Comments

SunSoft Returns To Game Development And Publishing

Longtime game developer and publisher Sunsoft, who had been rather dormant for for a while, has recently reappeared to declare that they intend on producing new games again. This announcement came via a YouTube video hosted by Sunsoft's official VTuber mascot character Sunsoft-nosuke.

Sunsoft, the long-established game brand known for…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 21, 2022 at 10:33pm — No Comments

REPORT: Sony To Make Days Gone Into A Movie, Adapted By Sheldon Turner

As reported by Deadline, PlayStation Productions has plans to move forward with a live action film adaptation to their 2019 survival-horror exclusive Days Gone. This will expand upon the brand's intention to broaden more into multimedia, following the success of the 2022 movie Uncharted, starring Mark Wahlberg and Tom Holland. A PlayStation cinematic…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 19, 2022 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Embracer Group Makes More Grand Acquisitions, Including Limited Run games And Middle-Earth Enterprises

During this seemingly unpredictable period in gaming where studio acquisitions and talks of it dominate news cycles, Swedish video game and media holding company Embracer Group has spent the last few years buying up names and intellectual properties at a rate that has now become a little cumbersome to track. Just this year,…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 18, 2022 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Focus Entertainment Pushes Release Date Of Evil West Back To Mid-Autumn

Evil West was originally slated for release in late September, but the developers Flying Wild Hog…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 17, 2022 at 10:49pm — No Comments

Free Games For August 2022: Wave Race 64 Hits The Nintendo Switch Online Service + Expansion Pack

Nintendo continues to add to the *Switch Online Service + Expansion Pack, and another classic joins the Nintendo 64 catalog. One of the platform's more popular titles, the fan favorite arcade style water racer Wave Race 64, developed by Nintendo EAD, will be accessible later this month. …

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Added by Mike Lind on August 16, 2022 at 9:36pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT - Marble Madness (NES)

During the golden years of coin-op cabinet game development, Marble Madness was one hell of an…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 16, 2022 at 11:00am — No Comments

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