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Speedrunners will return for Tears of the Kingdom on May 12. IGN interviewed Breath of the Wild speedrunners ‘Player 5’ and Tom “Tallest Thomas” Rasmussen about starting over in Tears of the Kingdom and what they expect from the sequel’s early days. Fuse, Ascend, Recall, and Ultrahand are expected to change the game, and both speedrunners are excited: Player 5: “I’m ...

Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores expansion’s PS5 patch is out. This 3.8GB update fixes common issues and more, updating the game to 1.23. Spoilers in the patch notes! Quests of all sizes have had progression blockers and other issues fixed. We addressed Aerial Capture: North’s issues here. The Stormbird on the western map has also been fixed. The full patch ...

Super Mega Baseball’s fourth installment will hit Switch on June 2nd, according to a new trailer. Super Mega Baseball 4 returns over 200 baseball legends in a chunky, big-head visual style. The game has new animations, stadiums, audio, and soundtrack, as well as some luck-boosting tweaks. The above trailer gives a taste of the arcade-style gameplay, but the title’s eShop ...

An otherwise unremarkable video in which NetherRealm Studios staffers thank the series’ 30th anniversary appears to include Mortal Kombat 12’s first teaser. A Warner Bros shareholder report revealed that the game will release in 2023, but creator Ed Boon and his team have kept quiet. Until now!   Nothing but appreciation for our fans over the past 30 Years. We're ...

The Invincible, coming to PS5 later this year, has been drawing attention. It’s a story-driven sci-fi adventure based on the Polish novel of the same name, and its trailers have looked promising. Ten minutes of raw gameplay from The Invincible has surfaced online. The footage is boring, but it’s tense and dangerous. The game’s atmosphere seems to be working. The ...

Octopath Traveler II only launched on Nintendo Switch and other platforms last month. The team isn’t ready to discuss a third HD-2D game. However, it has “casually chatted” about future series developments. Director Keisuke Miyauchi told Famitsu (translated by Nintendo Everything): Famitsu: “Compared to the last entry, this game [Octopath Traveler II] has advanced a lot, but I can’t help ...

Square Enix announced Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and the Temple of Osiris for Nintendo Switch in October 2021. Last year, both titles were delayed until 2023. Feral Interactive Limited’s Switch game ‘The Lara Croft Collection’ was graded by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. “Collection of two action-adventure games” matches Feral Interactive’s spin-off announcements. Full description: Rating Summary: ...

The CMA blocked Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the UK yesterday. A 418-page final report explained how the authority made its decision. The report cites several reasons for the block, including its impact on the “fast-growing cloud gaming market,” but WCCFTech pointed out a Nintendo Switch-related reason today. The acquisition included Microsoft’s 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty ...

Nintendo surprised Xenoblade Chronicles 3 fans last week by announcing the “final DLC” for the Expansion Pass would arrive this week on April 25th. Update: It’s live! The original story scenario “Future Redeemed” will connect all three Xenoblade Chronicles games and feature “new and familiar characters” like Shulk. “New battle mechanics” like Unity Comb let two characters attack together. A ...

Veteran voice actor and script adapter James Carter Cathcart, best known for his work on the Pokémon anime, has made the decision to retire while undergoing aggressive chemotherapy for cancer. The news was confirmed in a blog post on Caring Bridge and is as follows: “Jimmy has decided to retire from script adapting and voice dubbing for Pokémon USA, effective ...