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It’s too early to call, but the trial sure is polished After an hour spent withArmsin tonight’s limited-time, limited-content Global Testpunch demo, I’m feeling… pretty good about it? Yeah, I think so. Not over the moon, butgood. Nintendo has come up with an accessible enough but still nuanced take on fighting/boxing games with tons of charm. Seriously, these characters rule, and that’s going to have a substantial impact on its appeal as a new IP....

‘The foundation of our future in console and in cloud’ Today at their impressive E3 press conference, Microsoft delivered just what many of us expected, with new news on their next generation of gaming hardware, Project Scarlett. Microsoft’s next generation console will feature a custom designed processor based on AMD’s Zen 2 technology and GDDR6 memory, making project Scarlett “four times more powerful than the Xbox One”, and capable of “resolution and framerates we’ve never seen before”....

The PlayStation Portal streaming handheldhas quickly become a contentious little device. At first glance, it looks the part of a PSP or Vita successor. However, this thing’s limited to streaming games installed on your PS5 or PS4, which makes its use cases niche to say the least. For those that are interested in it, though, we finally have a release date for the Portal nailed down. As shown in a new trailer on the PlayStation YouTube channel, the PlayStation Portal will launch on November 15....

Faster than expected The PC port ofVanquishstill has room for improvement, but one of thenotable issues— taking unintentionally high damage when playing at higher frame rates — has gotten the patch treatment. A beta update deployed yesterday (despite the fact that it was a holiday!), and it has since been “QA checked and is now officially live” as of today, according to Sega. “This patch addresses the following: The patch also adds two more command line functions: This will allow users to select which monitor to treat as the primary device, which will allow full screen exclusive to work on that display....

For a wider audience Valkyria: Azure Revolution‘s development can only be described as “crowd sourced.” After backlash following a first demo, Sega promised that they’d listen to fans and dial some features back or add in new ones. That was back in 2015, and now, nearly a year later, it got a second demo available to select TGS participants in September. But when pressed, producer Youichi Shimosato noted that there will be a third demo “in the future,” one that he plans on having “everyone” enjoy....

Having an excellent 3-point shooter inNBA 2K25is going to make your life a lot easier. In general, 3-point shots are the classic example of a high-risk, high-reward approach. Pull it off, and you get 3 points added to your total. Thankfully, using athletes with high 3-point shooting attributes will reduce that risk and increase your chances for success. Best 3-point shooters in NBA 2K25 Figuring out the top 10NBA 2K25players when it comes to 3-point shooting is pretty straightforward....

SouthPeak Interactive will not strip morphine references fromVelvet Assassinaccording to an e-mail interview withMTV Multiplayer. Refusing to do so is a decision that will impact the game’s global sales. Most territories refuse to admit that drugs are what all the cool kids are abusing nowadays. Marketing manager at Southpeak Aubrey Norris defended the usage of the drug with the game’s World War II context. She argued that it was “widely used” during the period and it “fits the realism of the game…” She also added that by keeping morphine in the game, SouthPeak was preserving the developer’s “artistic integrity....

In a weird turn of events, Pandemic Studio’sMercenaries Inc.— or, as it’s now tentatively dubbed,Mercs Inc.— isn’t canceled. In fact, it’s still in pre-production. Apparently, all of the Internet buzz surrounding the project was enough for EA to go ahead and announce it fully. “From the studio at EALA, a core creative team is forging new ground and conceptualizing new ideas for this exciting franchise,” says EA senior VP and group general manager Nick Earl....

Create the next great warframe It seems like just yesterdayWarframewas released to tepid reviews and an uncertain future, but here we are seven years later and the game is better than ever. It has millions of players across a variety of platforms and this month, developer Digital Extremes is saying thank you to all the Tenno out there with a free Dex Raksaka Armor set. Anyone who logs into the game between now and the end of March will receive the armor set....

Publishers 2K Games has announced the release time forWWE 2K25ahead of the start of early access, and the timings will depend on your selected platform. Once again, 2K is using regional launches for consoles. PC users might have to wait longer, depending on where they are in the world. Let’s take a look at the confirmed launch times forWWE 2K25. This guide will help you to have information about both the Standard and Advanced Access....

Steam has also knocked the price down by 80 percent WithThe Witcher 3not to far off and looking pretty darn impressive, now would be a good time to catch up on the earlier games in the series. Steam has you covered by making bothThe Witcherand its sequel,The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, free this weekend. If I were you, I’d head straight to the superior sequel to get aquickWitcherfix this weekend....

I can’t wait to piss off the guards again It might not always feel like it, but the mission to bringOblivionintoThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimis moving forward, slowly but surely. The modders behind the ambitiousSkyblivionproject released another teaser trailer today, and while we don’t have a release date yet–and likely won’t anytime soon–the creators feel like their tireless work is “finally shaping up to what we can call a proper video game....

If you have ever searched the Internet for recommendations about detective books, your chances of coming across Agatha Christie’s works are pretty high. Over her lifetime, Christie wrote 66 novels and 14 short story collections. While the latter has some great works available in different compilations, the novels helped the author become a household name worldwide. Her evergreen works are based on the exploits of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple....