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Urban Retrofitters | Think Zenless Zone Zero was inspired by Persona 5? Think again - one of the biggest influences was Digimon
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Objection! | Ace Attorney Investigations Collection announced at Nintendo Direct, arrives in September
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IMITATION OF LIFE | For better or worse, The Sims 3 set the standard for modern life sims
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PLEASE, CAPCOM | I am once again asking Capcom to remaster Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (and its sequel) for modern platforms
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I genuinely can't stop sniggering at the Broncos wishing well gag, or how well Harrison Butker's been roasted.
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THE MONEY MAKER | From the publisher that popularised loot boxes comes... in-game ads - didn't we do all this in in the late 2000s?
Growth is king in the big-budget video game industry, and EA CEO Andrew Wilson has an idea of how to spur it on.
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GAMES IN YOUR POCKET | The best mobile games to play in 2024
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FROM FARM TO TABLE | Why Black Ops' David Vonderhaar doesn't want his new studio Bulletfarm to compete with Call of Duty
David Vonderhaar made Call of Duty for nearly 20 years. Now he's creating something new at BulletFarm.
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Rolling out the red carpet.
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RIP | Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dead at 68
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CROSS UP | Are you Toph enough? Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting a fighting game
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I don’t need the Sul Sul Bubble Tee. I don’t need the Su-(pulls out credit card).
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HAANG ON | Netflix's live action Avatar: The Last Airbender trailer lands tomorrow, five years after series announcement
The show was first announced back in 2018.
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THAT'S A PLUS | If you’re excited about GTA 6, you better get used to GTA+
Some handheld classics are being added into the mix.
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Is it about my spider-cube?
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PlayStation has produced another hit with Spider-Man 2, and it's already setting a new record.
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WE ARE IRON MAN | EA's Iron Man is taking a Dead Space approach to fan feedback
Iron Man and Marvel fans have been roped in to provide feedback about the upcoming game.
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Fans of sleuthing are well catered for by video games, but which is the best of the best?
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LAYOFFS | Team17 hit by redundancies - UK firm latest to suffer layoffs
According to a source familiar with the situation, the studio is facing its second wave of layoffs this year.
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Hey Ray | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will have ray tracing on no matter what visual mode you choose
Whatever your preferred frame rate is, the lighting will look great.
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IT'S ME, I'M FANS | Capcom finally acknowledge Ace Attorney Investigations again on their 40th anniversary website
An exhibit dedicated to Investigations 1+2 has short-circuited the brains of Miles Edgeworth fans everywhere.
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So Long, Farewell | Call of Duty veteran David Vonderhaar leaves Treyarch after 18 years at the developer
Voderhaar is staying the games industry, however.
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Autoports | Hasbro really wants Microsoft to bring back older Transformers games through Xbox Game Pass
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The games had been plagued by server issues for a number of years.
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COLOR US SHOCKED | Call of Duty 2023 release date leaked by judge during FTC hearing with Microsoft
Legal slip-up.
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The only thing that Capcom has actually done wrong is not give Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective a sequel.