Marathon Free Play Week Announced Alongside Season 2 Launch
The asset reset and free play week give Bungie a chance to re-onboard players who fell off during Season 1 and to present Marathon as a fresh start.
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MiHoYo Job Listings Hint at UE5 Realistic Shooter and Life MMO Projects
The listings mark miHoYo's first public signal of interest in both a military-themed hardcore shooter and a life simulation MMO, genres far from its current portfolio of gacha-driven action games.
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Steam Controller Vibrates Like a Heartbeat in Some Games, Valve Working on Fix
The issue, affecting multiple high-profile new releases, suggests either a widespread game-side implementation problem or a controller firmware bug that Valve must resolve quickly to maintain trust in the newly launched hardware.
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Area35 Brings Playable 'Tiny Metal 2' Demo to Bitsummit 2026
The demo gives attendees the first hands-on look at a sequel that expands the original's land-based combat with naval units and terrain, while the studio also tests a casual party game spinoff.
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Surveillance Horror Game 'Nameless Lady' Released for Free
The game offers a tight, rules-based surveillance horror loop at no cost, letting players experiment with reactions to an unpredictable target.
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Real-Time Horror Game Nameless Lady Released May 28
The release adds a free, donationware monitoring horror game with a five-minute survival loop to itch.io, BOOTH, and Novel Game Collection, targeting adult players with a moral-management age recommendation.
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Dragon Quest Turns 40, Fans and Creators Celebrate
The anniversary drew tributes from across the Japanese entertainment industry, showing the series' long reach beyond its own fanbase.
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Story of Seasons: Let's! Grand Bazaar of the Wind Launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
The console release expands the latest Story of Seasons title beyond its original platform, introducing environmental wind mechanics that change gameplay pacing.
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Scalpers' Spoils, a Satirical Co-Op Game About Scalping, Goes Viral
The game's satirical take on real-world scalping behavior has resonated widely, drawing coverage from major outlets like Dexerto and sparking conversation about the ethics of resale culture.
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Schrodinger's Call Launches Today With 10% Off Sale and Rei Sakuma Trailer
The game's release marks the commercial debut of Acrobatic Chirimenjako, the three-person team that won the Shueisha Game Creators CAMP GAME BBQ vol.1 grand prize.
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Donkey Kong 64 Joins Nintendo 64 Nintendo Classics on June 4
The addition fills a notable gap in the Nintendo 64 Classics lineup and marks the first re-release of Rare's collectathon since the Wii U Virtual Console shut down, giving subscribers access to a title that directly inspired last year's Donkey Kong Bananza.
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Steam Deck Gets Major Price Hike of Up to $300 Overseas
The steep price increase on existing hardware raises questions about the affordability of Valve's next-generation devices, especially as no pricing has been announced for the upcoming Steam Machine.
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Steins;Gate Re:Boot Launches in West on Switch 2, Switch, PS5 on October 29
The Western release date and platform split for Steins;Gate Re:Boot give the 15-year-old visual novel a modern remake with new content, while the earlier digital launch on Xbox and PC suggests a staggered rollout strategy.
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D1AL-ogue Sequel Crowdfunding Planned for Summer 2026
The crowdfunding announcement resolves a months-long funding crisis for a game that earned an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam rating while its developer struggled to monetize it.
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Dragon Quest XII Protagonist Visual Sparks Sleepy-Eyes Debate
The fan reaction shows that even a single character design detail can drive early speculation about narrative and identity in a flagship franchise entry.
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Tides of Annihilation Technical Showcase Reveals Unreal Engine and NVIDIA Collaboration
The technical showcase positions 'Tides of Annihilation' as a high-fidelity console action title from China with deep platform-level support from Epic Games and NVIDIA.
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Colopl COO Yusuke Sakamoto Details Console Entry and Global Top 20 Goal
Colopl, a mobile-first company, is formally pivoting to console and multi-platform releases with a concrete revenue target, signaling a strategic shift in the Japanese game market.
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Happy Volcano Announces Cyberpunk Diorama Builder 'Midnight Moments'
The announcement signals Happy Volcano's shift from puzzle and simulation genres into a meditative, atmosphere-driven sandbox, a direction that prioritizes mood over mechanics.
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Tiny Lands Brings 3D Spot-The-Difference To Miniature Gardens
The game adapts the classic spot-the-difference format to a rotatable 3D space, removing time pressure and penalties entirely.
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Cone Sweet Cone Announced by Sleepy Rocket
Sleepy Rocket follows up Bathhouse Creatures with a dessert truck sim that blends story-driven campaign mechanics with animal character interactions, targeting a niche management genre audience.
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Under a Rock Gameplay Footage Shows Taming and Hatching
The footage and developer logs clarify how taming and companion mechanics differ, which is a key selling point for the procedural survival game.
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OmniDrive Firmware Lets Blu-Ray Drives Rip Gamecube, Wii, and Xbox 360 Games
OmniDrive simplifies the process of preserving retro game discs by removing the need to modify the original console hardware, making disc ripping as straightforward as ripping a DVD.
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Brigandine: Abyss Demo Launches on Steam Ahead of August Release
The demo gives players a first hands-on look at the first new Brigandine title in six years, with a staff drawing from the Sengoku Basara, Fire Emblem, and Suikoden series.
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Fruit Ninja Co-Developer Luke Muscat Releases Normal Golf Game Demo on Steam
The demo gives the first playable look at Muscat's surreal golf game, which blends familiar mechanics with odd requests from the developer himself.
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