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Final Fantasy Resonance Demo Arrives On Switch 1 & 2 Today
First dibs. It may have been revealed during Sony's State of Play showcase, but we Nintendo fans can get involved, too — Final Fantasy Resonance is getting a free demo on Switch 1 & 2 today! The demo encompasses the game's entire first chapter, and you'll be able to carry all of your save data over...
Tom And Jerry’s New Movie Is Chinese And It Makes Perfect Sense Why
Polygon has an exclusive look at a new movie, Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass. Learn why Tom and Jerry are huge in Asia
Indie MMO Hollowed Oath bakes in quest trackers and double-jumping
Another week, another significant step forward for throwback-styled indie Hollowed Oath, which patched in V0.23 and a few big features for the fantasy MMO. The dev team said that it incorporated a quest tracker, which helps lead players to objective on both the compass and minimap (and, yes, you...
A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
Here at Ars, we're intimately familiar with data leaks surrounding Valve's games, hardware, and the workings of Steam itself. But nothing could have prepared us for this weekend's "terarelease" encompassing more than 12TB of content related to seemingly every title available on Steam between 2003...
Xbox CEO Says Project Helix Includes a 'Family of Devices'
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has suggested Project Helix will encompass more than one device, saying that Microsoft has been working on "a great family of devices."
STALKER 2: Compass Legendary Artifact Locations (Best Places to Visit & Farm)
Want to be bulletproof without getting the strongest armor suits in STALKER 2? Grab a Compass.
Crimson Desert updates are slowing down in "scope, scale, and pace" as Pearl Abyss shifts focus to the DLC
One of the odder surprises from Gamescom Opening Night Live was the reveal of Crimson Desert Enhanced. It partly encompasses a brand-new 2.0 update adding substantially more depth to the game's story, but it's a soft rebrand that marks the culmination of all the work developer Pearl Abyss has done...
Game Of Thrones Meets The Witcher In New Dark Fantasy RPG You Can Play Free Now
Game of Thrones fans have been waiting for ages for a proper RPG adaptation that fully encompasses the world of Westeros faithfully. It's surprising there hasn't been a hugely popular or successful modern RPG on the scale of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt set in George R.R. Martin's legendary fantasy...
Gyld raises $1M to roll out Critical Compass games research
Gyld, the games agency behind Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, said it raised $1 million to launch its Critical Compass games research system. Kameha Ventures led the oversubscribed round with participation from industry angel investors at mod.io, indie.bi and ICO Partners. The...
GYLD raises $1m to fund proprietary games research system that marked Clair Obscur as a potential hit
Games publishing and investment agency GYLD has raised $1 million in funding to support its proprietary games research system Critical Compass. Read more
GYLD closes oversubscribed $1m seed round to fund proprietary games research system
Games publishing and investment agency GYLD has closed an oversubscribed $1 million seed round to support its proprietary games research system, Critical Compass. Read more
Mortal Shell II Review – The Encompassed Multiplicity
In the realm of souls-likes, one that has a reputation for supposedly brutal difficulty is Coly Symmetry’s Mortal Shell. Having not played it myself, I’ve only heard rumblings of it being one of the steepest difficulty curves in the genre. With that said, I eyed Mortal Shell II with simultaneous...
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Opening Permanent Location Featuring Animatronic Stage Shows in 2027
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is coming to life thanks to a new collaboration between Five Nights at Freddy's and entertainment and retail center American Dream. The all-encompassing New Jersey mall announced it would be collaborating with Five Nights at Freddy's and its creator, Scott Cawthon, with a...
New Co-Op Game on Steam is Hogwarts Legacy Meets It Takes Two
While indie games on Steam encompass literally every genre, one of the most popular is multiplayer titles. There are friendslop games that offer bombastic fun for full groups, PvP options for those seeking a bit of friendly competition, and more focused co-op experiences to enjoy with a close...
Nintendo Reveals Digital Sales Up 90% Compared To Last Year, Switch 2 Units Top 23 Million, And More
Nintendo has released its latest financial earnings report, covering the first quarter of the fiscal year, which encompasses April through June 2026. In it, the company has revealed that digital sales revenue is up 90% year-over-year, that the Switch 2 sold nearly 4 million units in those three...
New Steam Game is Basically Dispatch Meets Persona
Indie games on Steam encompass virtually every genre, and visual novels are no exception. Though the golden era of choice-based, story-driven games came and went in the 2010s, with the shutdown of Telltale being a big blow to fans of the genre, narrative games have been seeing a resurgence lately....
Lies of P: Complete Edition Review – The Distilled Dregs of Veiled Righteousness
Souls-like exhaustion is certainly a real thing, given the ceaseless quantity they have encompassed since their popularity boom. Still, this innate issue does have a bright spot, particularly because those truly at the cream of the crop stand out all the more. NEOWIZ’s Lies of P already proved...
What if Stop Killing Games win? Anthem, SpaceCraft and Warframe devs on the "massive undertaking" of reverse engineering an always-online game
Sci-fantasy shooter Warframe is the sexy cyborg fruit of 13 years of updates and expansions, encompassing scores upon scores of quests, areas, plotlines, systems and characters, together with a huge quantity of player-made art. Much of Warframe's original design still exists within the game,...
Splatoon Raiders Compass Locations & How to Use Them
Learn how to find all the Old Compass locations in Splatoon Raiders, and how to use blue, orange, and yellow compasses to find Sampler Dungeons.
Kreyp Lava Lake Briny Scrolls and Old Compass Locations
Check this guide out for the Kreyp Lava Lake Briny Scrolls and Old Compass locations in Splatoon Raiders.
Splatoon Raiders Lintle Inlet Old Compass & Briny Scroll Locations
Find the Lintle Inlet Old Compass and Briny Scroll locations in Splatoon Raiders.
TennoCon 2026: Running down the big reveals for Warframe and Soulframe at today’s TennoLive
TennoCon 2026 is bigger than ever, encompassing multiple venues, and TennoLive is benefitting with the expansion. This year, the big reveals and live demos were in the Canada Life Place arena along with the TennoConcert and Cosplay Contest, making this the biggest TennoLive yet! And befitting the...
How To Rank Up The Lovers Confidant With Ann Takamaki In Persona 5 Royal
The beautiful and compassionate Ann Takamaki is the Lovers confidant in Persona 5 Royal: here is a spoiler-free guide to her confidant ranks.
Read Bungie's statement as Sony PlayStation layoffs come down on its Destiny 2 and Marathon devs — "we wish to extend our gratitude and compassion"
As layoffs from Sony hit the studio hard, Destiny 2 and Marathon dev Bungie shares a heartfelt letter with its community and employees.
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