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Twin-Stick Shoot ‘Em Up ‘Raiden NOVA’ Rated For Switch By The ESRB

Launching in Japan this October.The Switch already has an extensive library of shoot 'em up games, and it looks like another one could be on its way to the west in the near future.As highlighted by Gematsu, a Switch rating for Raiden NOVA has been spotted on the ESRB. This ...
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Planetary Annihilation’s factory management spiritual successor has hit its Kickstarter funding goal

Industrial Annihilation is a mashup Planetary Annihilation (big robot armies do battle on a planet) with factory management such as Factorio (conveyor belts conveyor belts conveyor belts). When we last checked in with it back in January, it was funding via StartEngine with an ambitious eye towards a spring Early ...
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Shinji Mikami thought Tango Gameworks would be safe from closure if they made Hi-Fi Rush games

Shinji Mikami, founder of Tango Gameworks, thought the studio would be "safe as long as they continued to make Hi-Fi Rush games." Mikami was asked about the studio's closure by Microsoft earlier this year, and its revival under new owners Krafton at Gamescom last month. Read more ...
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Daily Deals: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, ThinkPad P14s Gen 5, Astro Bot, and More

The weekend is officially here, and we've rounded up the best deals you can find! Discover the best deals for Saturday, September 7, below:Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance for $29.99Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is at a new all-time low price this weekend! SMT V: Vengeance is an enhanced version ...
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Surprise! Dragon Ball FighterZ Is Getting A Massive Balance Patch On Switch

Read the 21 pages of patch notes now!Although Bandai Namco is busy preparing for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero's release in October, this week there's actually been a new balance adjustment patch rolled out for its 2018 title Dragon Ball FighterZ. Yes, despite ending major content updates for the game some ...
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Back Page: Dark World, Lorule, Termina – A Voyage Home To Hyrule Via Zelda’s ‘Other’ Worlds

Sat-Navi.In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit in anywhere else. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag".We don't have pages on ...
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Astro Bot: Has PlayStation Finally Found Its Mascot Character?

Spoiler: We mention a few cameos that appear in Astro Bot.While today PlayStation’s headquarters may be located in San Mateo, California, the history of Sony’s beloved video game console brand started in the early 1990s in Tokyo, Japan. Ken Kutaragi – who would later become known as the father of ...
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th September)

We got crystals to find, mate.It's the weekend once again, so it's time to wash off the stresses of the work week and relax with a bit of gaming. But before we settle in, let's recap some of the bigger stories from this week.First up, it was a big week ...
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Trails In The Sky Dev Apparently ‘Surprised’ By Recent Nintendo Direct Reveal

Nihon Falcom's president says he didn't know about it.Nintendo's Direct broadcasts come with all sorts of exciting news, and during the latest 'Partner Showcase' in August, developer Nihon Falcom even got a surprise.According to the developer's president Toshiro Kondo, he wasn't actually aware Nintendo would reveal Trails in the Sky ...
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R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos Has Been Delayed For Switch (Again)

Flight delayed until 2025.Remember how R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos by Granzilla was meant to be coming to the Switch this year? Well, it's now been delayed (again).In an update during a live stream, the developer announced the title would be arriving on Nintendo's hybrid system in 2025 instead ...
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