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New report claims Crimson Desert's development was plagued by "a hodgepodge of features crammed together" and leaders who "don't acknowledge anyone who doesn't share their exact mindset"
Two Pearl Abyss developers have claimed Crimson Desert was developed in a troubled environment, characterised by an inverted management hierarchy and leaders who "don't acknowledge anyone who doesn't share their exact mindset". Read more
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Slay the Spire 2 reminds us that this week's patch "was the first of many to come over the next 1-2 years"
The first major balance patch for Slay the Spire 2 dropped just two days ago (Friday 20th March), but developer Mega Crit has already had to address the feedback to the recent beta patch, reminding us that this beta balance pass "was the first of many to come over the next one-two years". Read more
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Minecraft World, a theme park with the world's first-ever Minecraft rollercoaster, to open in the UK next year
Minecraft World, a new £50 million theme park based on Mojang's seminal sandbox world, will open at London's Chessington World of Adventures next year. Read more
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Poll: Who's Your Favourite Resident Evil Villain?
The baddest of the bad.22nd March 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the Japanese launch of Resident Evil — or Biohazard — on PlayStation. To celebrate, we'll be publishing various articles this week focused on Capcom's quintessential survival horror series.Also, a quick note before we start. This a
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Crimson Desert admits it used generative AI for "early-stage iteration" and apologises AI images were not replaced before release
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has responded to claims its latest game used AI to generate images, admitting "2D visual props were created as part of early-stage iteration using experimental AI generative tools", but claims it had always intended to replace them before release. Read more
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Capcom celebrates Resident Evil's 30th anniversary by promising "even more wonderful experiences" are coming, but doesn't confirm when
Resident Evil series executive producer, Jun Takeuchi, has written to Resident Evil players across the world, thanking "all the fans who have supported us along the way since the release of our first game on 22nd March, 1996 - exactly thirty years ago today. Read more
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'We Should Have Clearly Disclosed Our Use of AI': Crimson Desert Dev 'Sincerely Apologises' for Erroneously Including AI Art in PS5 Game
Full internal audit underway.Crimson Desert dev Pearl Abyss has released a groveling apology after generative AI assets were discovered in the enormous PS5 open world game.In a statement posted to X (or Twitter) moments ago, it explained that it used the technology to help “explore tone and atmosphe
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Picross S Konami Antiques Edition Features Castlevania, Contra, And More
Launching end of April.Jupiter Corporation has announced a new Picross entry to its growing lineup: Picross S Konami Antiques Edition. Launching on 30th April 2026 for the Switch eShop, the new game will introduce several classic Konami properties, including:- GRADIUS series- TwinBee series- Castlev
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HBO casts The Last of Us season 3's Yara and Lev
HBO has cast The Last of Us season 3's Seraphites, Yara and Lev. Read more
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Feature: Congratulations to Resident Evil, 30 Years Old Today and Better Than Ever
What's your favourite?I was born in 1988 so I was still wet behind the ears when Resident Evil first released for the PS1, on 22nd March, 1996.I don’t recall my first time seeing the game, but I think Resident Evil 2 was probably the first one we owned. I distinctly remember being frightened by the
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One Of Resident Evil's Fundamental Joys Is Watching Beautiful Men Get Hurt
The Resident Evil series is celebrating its 30-year anniversary today, March 22, 2025. Below, we look at the way the series subversively blends thirst traps with horrific thrills.Leon Kennedy is tied up. The henchmen of cult leader Osmund Saddler have injected him with Las Plagas--an ancient, zombif
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How Resident Evil Shifted Perspectives And Framed Fear Over 30 Years
The Resident Evil series is celebrating its 30-year anniversary today, March 22, 2025. Below, we look back at how the formative survival horror franchise has shifted the camera itself to accent its atmosphere.Resident Evil has always felt like a playable horror film. Players step into the role of de
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Peni Parker Is the Perfect Fit for PS5, PC Fighter Marvel Tokon
Introducing the Amazing Guardians.Given its anime style, Peni Parker always felt like a lock for upcoming PS5 and PC brawler Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls.And here’s confirmation of her inclusion as part of the Amazing Guardians, which features previously announced characters Spider-Man, Ms Marvel, a
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Review: Screamer (PS5) - Finally, a Racing Game Doing Something Interesting
In its own lane.Arcade racing games still exist, but only just. The only big budget series that's still around is Forza Horizon, which is fine if you're in the mood to zip around in a fairly safe open world.The full breadth of what arcade racers can be just isn't represented these days. Fortunately,
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Poll: Box Art Brawl - Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (GameCube)
Welcome to Rockfort Island.Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!Last time, we looked at the overlooked DS title Mario Hoops 3 on 3, and it really wasn't a particularly close race. Although Europe / Japan performed admirably, the North American design easily won the day with 7
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Guide: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages
Ready, fight.A fighting game is only as strong as its character roster, and with almost 100 years of comic book history to pull from, Arc System Works and PlayStation’s upcoming Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is sure to have one of the most hyped line-ups in recent memory.We’ll be updating and compili
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"Are these the most heard recordings in history?" - How the PEGI age rating recordings were made, and why €200 wasn't enough for them
"I'm interested in your view," he begins, with that recognisably deep voice of his - and so it is that our conversation starts like a maths problem. Try this: consider that a voice recording has been heard at the beginning of many video game trailers for 16 years, and that some of those trailers ha
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Digimon Story Time Stranger Is Getting Major DLC In 2027
The game launches on Switch 1 & 2 this July.During Digimon Con 2026 this weekend, Bandai Namco announced it would be releasing a new large-scale expansion DLC for Digimon Story: Time Stranger.It's scheduled to arrive at some point in 2027, but no details have been revealed just yet. Here's the offic
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Multiple Switch Games Receive Switch 2 Compatibility Fixes
Kirby, Final Fantasy and more.Nintendo has continued to improve Switch game compatibility on the Switch 2 and it's reportedly rolled out a new batch of fixes.This latest round of backward compatibility fixes apparently includes heavy-hitters such as Kirby, Final Fantasy and DOOM (which got a fix las
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Angry Birds Arrive At Two Point Museum In New Spring Seasonal Update
"Coming soon to Nintendo Switch 2".We've already heard about Red joining Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds this week, and now Two Point Museum has announced its own collab with Angry Birds.This is part of a new free "Spring Seasonal Update" and it's "coming soon" to the Switch 2 version of the game.Read the