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Luigi Replaces Mario Due To Immigration Issue

French metal band Gojira has confirmed that its drummer, Mario Duplantier, will not be able to perform on some upcoming shows, and he's being temporarily replaced by Luigi Paraventi. That's right, Luigi is stepping in for Mario. In its announcement, Gojira played up the gaming angle, writing, "Player 2 has entered game. RESPECT!" The band also included an image of Mario and Luigi from the Mushroom Kingdom in its post. Gojira's US tour kicks off today, July 16, at Rock Fest in Wisconsin, continui

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Saber's new business boss says the KOTOR remake will 'hopefully' be out in 2028

I'll hopefully win a big lottery in 2028, too.

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New Street Fighter 6 Fragrances Let Your Room Smell Like Juri’s Feet

There's a new Street Fighter 6 collaboration about to drop in mid-October that comes with three scents inspired by the "signature moves" of three brawlers from Capcom's fighting game, which, of course, includes Juri--in case you wanted your room to smell like her. The Japanese fragrance company CODE Meee revealed on July 16 that it will produce three scents through its perfume brand Gaming Fragrance based on three Street Fighter 6 characters: Ingrid, Ed, and Juri. All three fragrance oils are un

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Battlefield 6 Is Getting A Feature Not Seen In 21 Years And A Top Gun Crossover

Battlefield 6's next big update, 1.4.1.0, is launching on July 21, introducing Season 4 : Pacific Front and a naval warfare system. The update also brings back a feature that Battlefield hasn't had since 2005's Battlefield 2, and it looks like a Top Gun crossover is coming as well. The old feature that's coming back is two-seater, fixed-wing jets. No Battlefield game since Battlefield 2 has had those, according to Eurogamer, but they are finally coming back, or at least that's what fans are surm

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ARTIUS: Pure Imagination launches in Q1 2027

2D action platformer ARTIUS: Pure Imagination will launch for PC via Steam in Q1 2027, …

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Roman Sands RE:Build launches September 16

Roman Sands RE:Build will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, …

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Marathon's experimental PvE roguelite mode is, bafflingly, only around for two weeks when it drops next week

Marathon's already announced mid-season 2 update is set to arrive next week, bringing with it the shooter's first proper, albeit experimental, PvE mode, Vault Breaker. A new blog post has gone into a bit more detail as to what you can expect with the new update, with a teaser trailer showing off some extra bits, but the biggest bummer is the fact that Vault Breaker will only be around for a short while. Read more

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Vision Quench launches in Q1 2027

Cooperative dark fantasy looter shooter Vision Quench will launch for PC via Steam in Q1 …

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Cozy Marbles launches August 20

Marble run and racing simulation game Cozy Marbles will launch for PC via Steam on …

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007 First Light Almost Turned James Bond Into “Mr. Gadget”

007 First Light strikes a key balance between keeping James Bond grounded while also placing him in believably outlandish sequences, but for longtime fans of the franchise, the lack of any over-the-top gadgets was sorely missed in the game. That's not to say that developer IO Interactive didn't consider giving Bond some extra black ops hardware during the development of the game, but these gadgets were cut back so that Bond's arsenal would more accurately reflect the world he was living in--whic

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Halo TV Show Director Comes Aboard Odysseus TV Show As Nolan’s The Odyssey Hits Theaters

Amidst the hype around Christopher Nolan's new movie The Odyssey, a new TV show called Odysseus has been announced, with a Halo TV show director on board. Karl Gajdusek (Stranger Things) is the showrunner for Odysseus, while Roel Reiné, who directed episodes of the Halo TV show, is directing. The pilot was written by Sean Finegan, Scott Windhauser, Noah Lang, and Blake Hoss, according to Deadline, which broke the news. Odysseus is described as "visceral and muscular," featuring blood, ships, and

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Skate Adds Its Biggest Event Yet: The Legendary X Games

With Skate's fourth season approaching its midway point, developer Full Circle is pulling out all the stops for what's sure to be the skateboarding sim's biggest event thus far: bringing the iconic X Games to the shreddable world of San Vansterdam. In a lengthy July 16 post on the game's Steam store page, Full Circle revealed that The Stadium--Skate's major dynamic location that dropped alongside Season 4--will get "transformed into the home of [the] X Games." It'll feature spots familiar to tho

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Fix up your van with a bunch of your best pals and escape an onslaught of tornados in survival co-op game Funnel Runners

Outside of the entirety of the ocean, the thing that probably scares me most about the things the world produces are natural disasters. You're telling me that sometimes the wind gets so fast it can pick up a dang cow? I'm smaller than a cow! I'd have no chance. And it's this fear that I, and I assume many of you, have that sits at the core of Funnel Runners, an online co-op game where you have to fix up a fan to escape a massive tornado. Read more

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MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta test set for July 24 to 26

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Arc System Works will host an open beta test …

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Grand Theft Auto 6 leaker who was given an indefinite sentence in 2023 because he wouldn't stop hacking is now out of hospital and awaiting retrial

Arion Kurtaj, a member of the Lapsus$ hacking group, was behind a 2022 hack of Rockstar that revealed GTA 6 to the world more than a year before it was announced.

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New Netflix Game Brings Together The Streamer’s Most Popular Shows

Netflix has announced its latest video game, and it brings together a number of the streaming giant's popular franchises into a crossover minigolf experience. Netflix Minigolf, as it's called, is a couch co-op party game releasing on July 28 for all subscribers. The game combines elements of minigolf and pinball, with its 60+ levels taking place in settings from Netflix shows like Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and Squid Game (via Variety). It's developed by Next Games, which is one of multiple ga

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Arc Raiders is fixing a bug that would sign players up to be shipped off to the apocalyptic wasteland without telling them

I'm not ready to be put out to pasture just yet.

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'It's not like natural intelligence is always all that great either': Linus Torvalds addresses anti-AI sentiment in Linux development

'We make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools.'

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The team behind Windows NT sent 'black cardboard coffins' and fake dog poop to their rivals back in the 90s, because nerds

Halcyon days.

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Roguelike bullet heaven Divine Comedy but with anime girls Hell Maiden is out today in early access

As strange as it might sound, there truly might be no better piece of writing to turn into an anime girl roguelike than Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It's the original self-insert fic after all (arguably, anyway), so why shouldn't Hell Maiden put its own little spin on it? That's the nature of these sorts of works. And today, you'll be able to get a bigger taste of the game and see if it's able to pull all of this off, as it's now out in early access. Read more

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