Author: Ed Nightingale
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Older games like Fortnite account for over 60% of playtime, new report suggests
Games that are at least six years accounted for more than 60 percent of playtime in 2023, a new report suggests. Newzoo’s second annual PC and Console Gaming Report includes data analysing player trends, highlighting how playtime has shrunk and is focused on a smaller number of games. Live service and sandbox games…
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 sells 2.5m, as fixed frame rate arrives
Dragon’s Dogma 2 has sold 2.5m units since its release on 22nd March. The action RPG was highly praised by critics and that’s followed through with sales – despite drama around the game’s microtransactions. These sales mean the series as a whole has now shifted over 10m units. To see this…
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Hollow Knight Silksong gets Xbox Store page on April Fool’s Day
Hollow Knight Silksong launched an Xbox Store page on the worst day possible. The sequel to the beloved Metroidvania is hugely anticipated, so adding a new store page on April Fool’s Day seems like a cruel joke. It’s real though and brings Xbox in line with Switch, PlayStation, Steam and GOG where…
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Xbox Game Pass April games announced
Xbox has announced the games coming to Game Pass this April, led by Lego 2K Drive. The open world Lego driving adventure will be available from 3rd April, following its release last year. Other games coming this month include Shadow of the Tomb Raider from 11th April (the final chapter in the…
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Tales of Kenzera: Zau and Dave the Diver hit PlayStation Plus this month
Tales of Kenzera: Zau is coming to Sony’s PlayStation Plus subscription on day one of its release. The Metroidvania will be added to the PlayStation Plus game catalogue on 23rd April for Extra and Premium subscribers. Indie fishing management game Dave the Diver will also join PS Plus this month from 16th…
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Final Fantasy composer Uematsu returning for remake trilogy finale
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu has confirmed he’ll be back with a main theme for the final part of the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy. The news comes from a new video on the Square Enix Music YouTube channel, in which Uematsu chats with Rebirth creative director Tetsuya Nomura. Uematsu composed the…
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Valheim publisher Coffee Stain announces new deckbuilding roguelike As We Descend
Valheim publisher Coffee Stain has announced a deck-building roguelike from a couple of developers previously at Stunlock Studios, the outfit best known for V Rising. Box Dragon was set up by Kevin Chang and Karl Bergström two years ago; today they announce details of the studio’s debut game As We Descend. The…
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Celeste developer’s next game won’t be out this year
Earthblade, the next project from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games, won’t be out in 2024, but progress is being made. The studio’s director Maddy Thorson shared a new update and while “this game ain’t coming out in 2024”, progress is not “stagnant” and the team is “still excited to work on it”. …
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Twitch once again updates community guidelines prohibiting sexualised content
Twitch has once again updated its community guidelines to prohibit sexualised content, this time preventing streamers using their bodies as a green screen. From 29th March, “content that focuses on intimate body parts for a prolonged period of time” won’t be allowed, defined as buttocks, groin, or breasts. “Content on Twitch…
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Visions of Mana returns to series roots, but is yet to flower into a truly original experience
I have quite distinct memories of SNES classic Secret of Mana, despite not playing it too much. It’s the visuals that stick in my mind: the bright greens of its forest environments, the electric yellows and pinks of its cute plant and bug enemies, and of course the colossal tree and its tangled roots…