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Epic Buys Rock Band Creators To Make ‘Musical Journeys’ For Fortnite

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 10:40 AM PST

Epic Games recently acquired Rock Band developer Harmonix, the two companies revealed in separate announcements today. Here we go again.

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PlayStation Faces Gender Discrimination Lawsuit From Former Staffer

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 10:20 AM PST

Sony is facing a suit alleging pay disparity, wrongful termination, and other instances of gender-based discrimination. As Axios reports, a former IT staffer filed suit in California district court yesterday.

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DICE Forgot About Building Collision In Battlefield 2042

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 09:30 AM PST

Battlefield 2042 is shaping up to be a broken mess of a game, one that probably could've benefited from another month—or year—in development. Still, it's officially out on most major platforms, and players are once again having a blast with aspects of it that the designers never intended them to. This time, instead of…

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International Authorities Seize A Butt Ton Of Fake Pokémon Cards

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 09:00 AM PST

It seems some folks wanted to be the very best, like no one ever was. An unnamed company's plans were apparently thwarted recently, however, when officials at China's Shanghai's Pudong International Airport seized 7.6 tons of counterfeit Pokémon cards.

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Pokémon Cloning Trick Discovered In Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 08:35 AM PST

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have only been out for a few days and players have already stumbled into a massive glitch that lets you endlessly clone any Pokémon in the game, including whatever rare items they're holding. That means it doubles as a duplication trick, and effectively breaks the game.

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Dead Cells Gets Major Crossover Event Worthy of Smash Bros.

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 08:15 AM PST

Dead Cells has gone full Super Smash Bros. with its new 'Everyone Is Here' update, which adds new weapons and character skins from half a dozen phenomenal indie games including Blasphemous, Skul: The Hero Slayer, Hyper Light Drifter, Guacomelee, Curse of the Dead Gods and Hollow Knight.

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Look At This Squeakin’ Guinea Pig Car Racing Game You Guys

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 06:35 AM PST

You can keep your Demon Slayer and your Dr. Stones, the greatest animated entertainment to come out of Japan in the past decade is Pui Pui Molcar. The hit series is a stop-motion masterpiece in which people drive around in cars that are actually adorable guinea pigs, and it's getting its first video game next month.

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Former Nintendo Exec Reggie Fils-Aimé Hosts Xbox Event For Microsoft

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST

Right from the get go, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé addressed the elephant in the room: "I'm sure at this point you're wondering, what is the former president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America doing at a Microsoft Xbox event?"

"I don't know why I'm here either," Fils-Aimé…

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XxxHolic Manga Getting A Live-Action Film In Japan

Posted: 23 Nov 2021 02:30 AM PST

The xxxHolic manga, from artist collective Clamp, will be turned into a live-action movie adaptation, starring Ryunosuke Kamiki. Kamiki previously appeared as Seta in the Rurouni Kenshin film franchise, and this time she will be joined by Ko Shibasaki of Battle Royale and 47 Ronin fame.

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Activision's Damage Control Reaches Sad New Low

Posted: 22 Nov 2021 08:15 PM PST

Faced with internal unrest, plummeting share prices, and a growing public relations disaster, the men and women at the very top of Activision Blizzard—the senior executives and board of directors—should all be resigning. Instead, they've put out a desperate press release in the middle of the night, announcing the…

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Rez Is Now 20, And There Was Nothing Quite Like It

Posted: 22 Nov 2021 05:10 PM PST

In 2001, Sega and United Game Artists released an on-rails shooter for the Dreamcast called Rez. It was nothing short of a sensory revolution.

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Report: Nintendo Of America President Says Activision's Harassment Stories Are 'Distressing And Disturbing'

Posted: 22 Nov 2021 04:15 PM PST

Activision's self-serving response to historic allegations of abuse and misogyny in its workplace has been drawing a lot of criticism lately, from shareholders demanding the resignation of CEO Bobby Kotick, to staff staging multiple walkouts. Now Nintendo of America has reportedly joined the chorus of those unhappy…

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Wild Halo Infinite Flag Heist Pays Off

Posted: 22 Nov 2021 03:40 PM PST

For the first time in a decade, Halo is magical again. Halo 4 and 5 were fine, but they largely lacked the magic that defined previous games: the signature cocktail of oppositional plays that turn your vision red while also making you laugh so hard your lungs hurt. Halo Infinite has so far nailed that mix, as is clear…

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