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Capcom’s Summer Game Fest Showcase: Everything Shown Today

Today Capcom took to the digital stage as part of Geoff Keighley’s big, not-E3 Summer Game Fest 2023 extravaganza. Capcom has been on a bit of a hot streak lately, with hits like the Resident Evil 4 remake, Street Fighter 6, and Monster Hunter Rise. So today was an opportunity for Capcom to either keep

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FTC Tries To Block Microsoft Activision Deal, Claims Rushing

Illustration: Microsoft / Activision Blizzard Microsoft’s attempted $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been in a kind of limbo due to scrutiny from various regulatory bodies here in the U.S. and in the UK, and today the tech company faces one more hurdle. The Federal Trade Commission has filed a request for both a

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 Shares New Details At Summer Game Fest

Just weeks after its first gameplay reveal during the recent PlayStation Showcase, Capcom showed more of its eagerly anticipated action-RPG sequel Dragon’s Dogma II in today’s Summer Game Fest Capcom Showcase stream, with director Hideaki Itsuno showing up to share new details. The Witcher 3 Meets Tense Roguelike PvE Card-Battling In Rogue Mage Itsuno wanted

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Pokemon Go Routes Try Fixing A Contentious Issue. Is It Enough?

Pokémon Go has been under a lot of scrutiny from the rural community since it launched back in 2016, but things have been especially tense lately. Since developer Niantic rebalanced Remote Raid Passes, a feature that lets you engage with specific mechanics of the AR game without having to be in close proximity to places

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All The Trailer Details You May Have Missed

Screenshot: Lucasfilm / Ubisoft / Kotaku Near the very end of the trailer, we see a tough-looking dude in (another) awesome-looking coat. He is standing in a large opening overlooking a very rich and opulent city. I think this might be Canto Bight, the gambling-filled city first seen in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The

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Starfield Already Has An Expansion & DLC Planned After Release

The already gigantic Starfield will stretch even larger after it launches, developer Bethesda told IGN before the Starfield Direct showcase on June 11. The Fallout creator is planning a story expansion, called Shattered Space, and “a lot of [other] add-on content,” development chief Todd Howard said. This New Fantasy Beat ‘Em Up Is Like Dragon’s

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Don’t Forget About These Two Assassin’s Creed Games We Just Saw

While Assassin’s Creed Mirage is set to be a smaller, more focused return to form for the long-running stab-everything franchise, that doesn’t mean the rest of the series is doing the same. And today’s Ubisoft Forward event showed off a bit of what the series has in store for mobile and VR platforms. The Week

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10 Mins Of Impressive Open-World Gameplay

Star Wars Outlaws’ gameplay looks stunning in the new trailer publisher Ubisoft revealed at its Forward showcase event on June 12. A cinematic trailer introduced the open-world game during the Xbox Showcase on June 11, letting players establish a sense of what dusty orange, galactic drama to expect, but the gameplay indicates a departure from

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Popular Minecraft YouTuber Dream Will Cover Face After Bullying

Months after a long-in-coming face reveal that finally showed his mug to the rest of the world, big-name Minecraft YouTuber Clayton “Dream” Huff has put the mask back on following a seemingly never-ending pile-on of folks making disparaging remarks about his appearance. A Foe From The Next Team Ninja Game Is Giving Me Sekiro PTSD

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Final Fantasy CEO Calls Out Teachers Who Doubted Him As A Kid

So you’ve just been appointed the very top job of the gaming company you worshiped as a kid. What do you do? Gush? Gloat? Not Takashi Kiryu, the new CEO of Japanese game publisher Square Enix, who took the moment as a chance to—with immaculate politeness—call out the teachers who condemned him for spending too

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