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Square Enix Loses Almost $2 Billion Dollars In Market Value Following Lackluster Game Releases

Square Enix, the role-playing game giant known for flagship franchises like the Final Fantasy series and Dragon Quest, has seen a 30% market share dip, costing up to a lose in nearly $2,000,000,000. This is based on a report released Wednesday that while this is higher than the share price as of last May, this downturn is due to Square Enix not…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 13, 2023 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Electronic Arts Confirms Sims 5 Will Be Free-To-Play, And Sims 4 Will Continue Side-By-Side

EA has stated that a new Sims game is in the works, and its structure will be presented differently from its predecessor. According to a report by Video Games Chronicle, Sims 5, which is currently going under the codename "Project Rene", will feature both single player and online multiplayer co-op. Earlier this summer, a job advertisement briefly…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 13, 2023 at 1:11pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT | The Wonderful 101 (Nintendo Wii U)

The utility of the Wii U will go down as one of the great mysteries of modern gaming. I think its Gamepad has some promise that could've overcome some of the more cumbersome elements, but the marketing left people scratching their heads. One of the criticisms at the time was some games that either relied too heavily on the dual screen and touch pad…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 12, 2023 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Celebrates 2 Million Copies Sold, Announces NEW DLC

Former Konami developer and game producer Koji Igarashi celebrates its 2 million game copies sold worldwide for Bloodstained:Ritual of the Night. Developed by Artplay and published by 505 Games, Bloodstained was launched as a Kickstarter campaign by Igarashi a year following his departure from Konami in 2015. …

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Added by Mike Lind on September 11, 2023 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Embracer Group Looking Into Selling Developer Gearbox Entertainment

Swedish media holdings company Embracer Group is back in the news again. The talks center around the conglomerate parting ways with one of the studios under its already massive umbrella. According to a report from…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 11, 2023 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Free Games Update | Nintendo Switch Online SNES, NES, And Game Boy

Some new additions to the Nintendo Switch Online Service have been announced. Coming for the Super Nintendo, the puzzle game starring HAL's pink marshmallow, Kirby's Star Stacker. The offerings for the NES, from the Kunioverse line of games comes Downtown Nekketsu March: Super-Awesome Field Day! and Joy Mech Fight. And finally for the…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 6, 2023 at 8:08pm — No Comments

Pokémon Center Halloween Collection Out Now

The U.S. Pokémon Center made a huge update to their website today with a release of Halloween-themed Pokémon merch! …

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Added by Gina Wilkolak on September 6, 2023 at 12:21pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT | BurgerTime (Nintendo Entertainment System)

A shocker, me talking about another Data East game. The studio that is responsible for many of my early arcade memories and NES home ports, their stuff always ended up on my shelf, and in this review section. BurgerTime, like Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga, ended up being quite the token muncher whenever I had a chance to hit up an arcade. …

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Added by Mike Lind on September 5, 2023 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Introducing The New Power-ups In Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be the first side-scrolling Mario game since 2012's New Super Mario Bros, for the Wii U. Recently, Nintendo held a Treehouse Live event, where the hosts went over the first couple of levels of the newest entry in the series. What can be expected from the latest adventure featuring Mario and his pals?

Wonder takes…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 4, 2023 at 12:24am — No Comments

Saints Row Developer Volition Closed Down By Parent Company Embracer Group

Volition, a game studio that has been around for three decades, had its doors shuttered down by Swedish parent company Embracer Group. The developer, based out of Chicago, Illinois, had become a part of Embracer Group's large acquisition following Koch Media's purchase of the former THQ's bankruptcy. As a part of a massive restructuring, Volition…

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Added by Mike Lind on September 1, 2023 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Free Games Update | PlayStation Plus Monthly Games September

September is right around the corner, so it's time for Sony's list of free games coming next month. This line is very open-world centric, as gamers will have a chance to access the Saint's Row reboot on the PS5 and PS4. From Avalanche Studios comes Generation Zero for PlayStation 4 owners. And finally, the MMORPG Black Desert.

These games will…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 30, 2023 at 8:11pm — No Comments

REPORT: Sony Announces Price Hike For All PlayStation Plus Tiers

Earlier this year, PlayStation restructured PlayStation Plus by combining the PSNow service with the standard Plus membership, creating PSPlus tiers; Essential, Extra, and Premium. Initially, if you already had the standard membership, you'd get the same bonuses with no change in the tier you were paying for. 

That's set to change, as with the…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 30, 2023 at 2:56pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT | Final Fantasy VIII - Squaresoft's Black Sheep? (Sony PlayStation)

Final Fantasy VII, for both better and worse, was one of the JRPGs (yeah, I still call them JRPGs) that bridged a gap between the mid-range gaming enthusiast and the world of role-playing games. Pokemon also played a large part in ushering them into the hands of your regular gamer, but when it came to robust stories and themes, Final Fantasy and its…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 29, 2023 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Nexon's Newest Looter Shooter, The First Descendants, Gets Official Trailer

Gamescom was a packed weekend of video game rollouts, and among the trailers was South Korean publisher/developer Nexom's latest multiplayer offering, The First Descendants. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The First Descendants has both single player and multiplayer missions players can partake in throughout this third-person action RPG.…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 28, 2023 at 3:58pm — No Comments

FIRST IMPRESSIONS | Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon Is An Adrenaline Rush

For the first time in over a decade, a new game in FromSoftware's mech-based action franchise has launched on consoles and PC with its sixth mainline entry. While Hidetaka Miyazaki made the challenge curve in the Dark Souls series a ubiquitous mantra across the gaming community, and achieved worldwide success, the Armored Core games' difficulty was a…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 28, 2023 at 1:56am — No Comments

Starfield Leaker Arrested For Attempting To Sell Stolen Copies Of The Game

For the many questions leading up to the release of Starfield, Bethesda's new space-faring action RPG, "is it okay to steal this game?" probably shouldn't be one of them. According to a report at…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 25, 2023 at 3:20pm — No Comments

Sony Officially Reveals The PlayStation Portal, Priced At $200

From a tech perspective, the PlayStation 5 is currently the industry standard in console gameplay. It's time for Sony to revisit the prospects of remote play on the PS5, with the unveiling of the newly christened PlayStation Portal (formerly codenamed Project Q) and its Pulse Explore ear buds and PlayStation Link technology.…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 23, 2023 at 2:34pm — No Comments

Microsoft Restructures Deal To Sell Activision Blizzard's Cloud Gaming Rights To Ubisoft

While Microsoft was able to clear matters in court with the Federal Trade Commission's fruitless efforts to block the $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, which ended up getting…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 22, 2023 at 11:30pm — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT | Mortal Kombat 4: MK's Mid-life Crisis (N64/Arcade)

The passage of time makes the mid-late 90's era of video games look like a desperation period, as franchises were trying to lay the foundation for the future of development and engines. But the foundation is mostly laid out with Rhode Island Z blocks, as the tech wasn't strong enough to meet the ambitions of some studios. this left some games stuck…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 22, 2023 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection's Advisories Warn Players Of 'Outdated Content'

Much of the details surrounding Konami's release of Metal Gear Solid Master Collection vol.1 when it comes to specs seem to have consumers either content or asking for more. The games appear to be built based on the Bluepoint-developed 2012 HD releases, with the resolution set at 720p on the Nintendo Switch, with other versions potentially running…

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Added by Mike Lind on August 22, 2023 at 1:05am — No Comments

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