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Queen’s Domain: King’s Field’s spiritual heir arrives, flying sword and all (games).
Queen's Domain, a first-person retro fantasy RPG in the King's Field mould from a two-person indie studio, is out now on PC and…
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Monster Hunter Outlanders is out on mobile, so you can now carve up an Elder Dragon on the bus (games news).
Monster Hunter Outlanders, TiMi Studio Group's Capcom-licensed open-world survival hunter, has launched worldwide on iOS and Android as a free-to-play game.
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A24 reportedly spends $200 million on Elden Ring, which is a lot of runes to farm in Snowdonia (film news).
The Wall Street Journal reports that Alex Garland's Elden Ring film has cost nearly $200 million, which would make it A24's most expensive…
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Phantom Blade Zero reviews: the critics were given sixty-six days to live and spent them handing out nines (games news).
Phantom Blade Zero's review embargo has lifted: 88 on Metacritic, 91 on OpenCritic, perfect scores from PCGamesN and TheGamer, and one Eurogamer refusenik.
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Final Fantasy Resonance: Square Enix lets everyone take turns again, and 38,000 Steam players form an orderly queue (games news).
Final Fantasy Resonance, the first HD-2D Final Fantasy, has peaked at 38,182 concurrent players on Steam, the third-highest figure in the series on…
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The Wolf Among Us Remastered: Bigby goes black and white, and the sequel will remember that.
The Wolf Among Us Remastered lands on 29 October with a monochrome Noir Mode, five playable deleted scenes and a demo out now,…
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Enshrouded 1.0: Keen Games lifts the fog, and 100,000 players walk straight back into it (games news).
Enshrouded 1.0 leaves early access and passes 100,000 concurrent Steam players, adding Cinder's Cradle, a story finale and a PS5 version.
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Shattered Legends: Matt Mercer runs Daggerheart for a party of hololive VTubers, and it’s canon to Exandria (video).
Watch the teaser on YouTube: Shattered Legends Teaser | hololive production x Critical Role Matthew Mercer has run tables for voice actors, celebrities…
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Ocarina of Time remake previews: Link learns to jump, and the neighbours learn to dread Saria’s Song (video).
Watch the trailer on YouTube: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2 The previews for Nintendo’s…