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Super Mario Party Jamboree In-Store Demo Added To Nintendo Kiosks (US)

Try before you party.Ahead of the launch of Super Mario Party Jamboree later this month on 17th October 2024, it's been revealed a demo of the game has been added to in-store Nintendo kiosks across the US.This demo is available at select GameStop, Best Buy and Target, and allows you ...
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Amazon Drops the Price on This 1TB Micro SDXC Card, Perfect for Your Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck

Here's your chance to get one of the best Micro SD cards for your Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch. As part of the October Prime Day Event, Amazon is offering a 1TB TeamGroup Pro Plus Micro SDXC card for only $59.99. Besides being compatible with gaming handhelds, the Pro Plus ...
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Teen Becomes First Tetris NES Player to Clear Level 255 and Achieve the Mythical ‘Rebirth’

The Tetris community has reached another major milestone, with 16-year-old Michael "dogplayingtetris" Artiaga becoming the first player to clear level 255 and achieve the mythical "rebirth" — community parlance for reaching the game's highest possible level and looping all the way back to the beginning.As reported by Ars Technica, Artiaga ...
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Splendor Is on Sale for $17.99 at Amazon, No Prime Membership Required

The cool thing about board games is the emphasis on playing with other people in real life. You call over your friends and gather around the table and have a grand old time. Thanks to Amazon’s October Prime Day, you can snag a bunch of cool board games on sale ...
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This Week Has Some of the Biggest Video Game Releases of 2024

We're now properly into the month of October, and that means that some of 2024's biggest game releases are starting to roll out.Monday morning saw several big reviews go live, including very positive reviews for Metaphor: ReFantazio (currently a 94 on Metacritic) and Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (our review is ...
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Echoes of Wisdom Players Are Finding Creative New Ways to Win Horse Races

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom pushes players to use creativity, rather than brute force, to solve its most tricky puzzles and even boss fights. But while most dungeons and boss fights are a breeze as long as you've been keeping your collection of Echoes up to date, there's ...
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Pathologic 3 announced with time travel mechanic, due for release in 2025

Found a dead rat in my inbox this morning. When I examined the entrails it spelled out the following: PaThoLoGiC 3 aNnOuNcEd ToDaY. Ah, I see. Developers Ice Pick Lodge are working on a sequel to their infamously oppressive plague town simulator, only this time the follow-up will feature "a ...
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Monolith Soft Is Expanding Its In-House Xenoblade Game Engine For Future Titles

And it has landed a new R&D division.Monolith Soft, the studio behind the Xenoblade Chronicles series, is expanding its in-house engine for use on future titles thanks to its newly-founded R&D department (thanks, Automaton).That is according to the company’s Chief Creative Officer Tetsuya Takahashi and lead programmer Michihiko Inaba, who, ...
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Onslaught: Salvation awaits in Destiny 2: Revenant, live October 8

Wave after wave of enemy forces advance, seemingly without end. Attacks arrive from every angle at once. The lives of innocent Eliksni captives hang in the balance. In response, Guardians do what they do best: take up arms and run headlong into the fray. One of the major features introduced ...
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Halo’s future as an Unreal Engine game looks both handsome and boring, going by these “Project Foundry” videos

Halo creators 343 Industries are having a bit of a glow-up. They're now calling themselves Halo Studios, a piece of rhetorical doubling-down that reminds me of those dril tweets about "James Bond, author of James Bond". They've also abandoned the proprietary Slipspace game engine used by Halo Infinite in favour ...
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