Month: March 2024

As the Monster Hunter franchise enters its 20th anniversary year, Monster Hunter World solidifies its place as the best-selling entry. Monster Hunter World is King of the Monsters Capcom revealed that combined physical and digital sales of all versions of Monster Hunter World, including Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition, have seen the popular entry
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Contra: Operation Galuga reviewed by Travis Northup on PC, also available on Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. Contra: Operation Galuga met my expectations as a marginally modernized run-and-gun arcade game, but it almost never exceeded them. All eight levels do a solid job of playing to my Contra nostalgia, and small tweaks to combat like the
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Former Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) chairman Shawn Layden addressed the challenges facing the modern games industry in a brand new interview, calling console exclusives the “Achilles’ heel” of the video games landscape.  Speaking with VentureBeat, Layden stated: “When your costs for a game exceed $200 million, exclusivity is your Achilles’ heel. It reduced your addressable
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Team Ninja has become synonymous with best-in-class action gameplay. From Ninja Gaiden to Nioh 2, the fundamental act of swinging a sword or spear (or any number of deadly weapons) is reliably complex and satisfying, often with a challenging-yet-rewarding learning curve. That Rise of the Ronin carries on this tradition is hardly a surprise—but, their
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MultiVersus, the Warner Bros. free-to-play crossover platform fighter, makes its big comeback on May 28. The game has been rebuilt and returns almost a year after its open beta was taken offline. Player First Games game director Tony Huynh explains in a developer diary that MultiVersus has been remade from the ground up in Unreal
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Emulation company Implicit Conversions is apparently working with Sony to bring PS2 games to PS Plus Premium. Implicit Conversions was co-founded by former Ubisoft and Sony employees, the latter of whom also worked on PS2 emulator PCSX2 before joining the PlayStation maker. New PS2 games among top demands by PS Plus subscribers Implicit Conversions’ case
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