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As 2023 winds down, many sites are compiling data to show the year in games. Awards-winning game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom appears in GamesIndustry.biz’s “year in numbers” infographic. It was among the “top 3” best-selling games of the year in the US and UK (digital sales excluded). It was also Japan’s “best-selling boxed” game of the ...

This time of year, Metacritic ranks the best and worst games of the year by Metascore. Today, we look at the “worst video games of 2023″—the lowest-scoring games released across any platform from January to December 2023. This list excludes titles with “fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics,” as usual. If a title appears on multiple platforms, only the ...

After Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard earlier this year (finally!), Bobby Kotick will resign as CEO on December 29, 2023 (thanks, Eurogamer). Kotick joined Activision as CEO in 1991 and helped the company merge with Vivendi Games in 2008. Kotick has led the company to success, but he has also been embroiled in sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct scandals. Microsoft stated after ...

Blasphemous 2’s stunning physical collector’s edition for the Nintendo Switch will launch in early 2024, according to Selecta Games. The price is unknown, but it will include a steelbook, two soundtrack CDs, a 60-page guide to blasphemous lore, three art cards, a thank-you letter, a themed metal coin, an album of illustrations, a certificate of authenticity, and an instruction manual. ...

This week, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged will release a new expansion pack for speed demons seeking thrills. Milestone and Mattel announced AcceleRacers today, adding four new vehicles, several new environments, and two more customization sets. Master four of the most iconic cars from the AcceleRacers animated series: the agile Chicane™ of Karma Eiss, the high-powered Rat-ified™ driven by Mitchell ...

Nintendo announced in a direct broadcast this year that Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon would return to the Switch with HD graphics. In September, Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD was announced for the hybrid system platform in summer 2024. Now, the ESRB has rated the game. It’s rated ‘E’ for ‘everyone’ and has “mild fantasy violence” and “in-game purchases”. It’s been said ...

Level-5 is slowly but steadily releasing games like Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and others. X (formerly Twitter) user @DartsEnthusiast noticed that the company has trademarked ‘Ghost Craft’ in the US. They note that it was filed around the same time in Japan, suggesting a ...

Before its Indigo Disk DLC release, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was updated to 3.0.0 last week. The Pokémon Company has shared some of its fixes for the games’ next update (thanks, Serebii.net) after that patch caused some issues. Two bugs will be addressed in the 3.0.1 patch in late January 2024. According to @Pokemon_cojp (via @SerebiiNet), the first issue to ...

Nintendo has previously rejected the idea of a Mario Maker-style Zelda game, and despite the long time between updates, it appears the Japanese video game company still doesn’t like it. Series producer Eiji Aonuma told Polygon that Nintendo doesn’t want to “force” players to be creative in Zelda but rather “encourage” them. When asked “directly” about a Mario Maker-style Zelda ...

Update: Pokémon Center sells Clefairy and Teddiursa Squishmallows. A special back patch distinguishes them. “In a 12-inch size that’s exclusive to Pokémon Center, this ultra-squeezable Clefairy Squishmallows plush is made with soft, high-quality materials and features Clefairy’s cute ears and sweet smile. It’s perfect for snuggling in the car, on the plane, or at home during a Pokémon movie marathon.” ...