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Rockstar is already calling GTA 6 ‘the largest game launch in history’ 7 months out from release, counting a few hundred million chickens before they’ve hatched

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Quick, name the biggest videogame launch of all time. Minecraft? Black Ops? One of them there Mario Karts? Wrong answers, all. It’s obviously Grand Theft Auto 6. What do you mean it’s not out yet? What’s that got to do with anything?That’s what Rockstar thinks, anyway. The studio’s been spotted (by The GTA Base on X) counting its chickens before they’ve hatched in a recent job posting for a lead software engineer.”With the continued growth of Grand Theft Auto Online and the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto 6,” Rockstar prognosticates that “the successful candidate will lead both the evolution…

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News

Every Super Mario Game, Ranked From Worst To Best

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For a long time, the word “Nintendo” was synonymous with video games, and Nintendo has always been shorthand for Mario. The Japanese console mainstay has published dozens of platformers starring the overall-loving plumber since his original debut in 1981’s Donkey Kong, and we’re here to tell you which ones are the worst and best. This ranking was originally published on March 31, 2023. We are re-publishing it today in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. series.  After connecting with his brother Luigi in 1983’s single-screen arcade hit Mario Bros., Mario made the jump to consoles—and scrolling—in…

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Playstation

Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 523: Memory Cards – PlayStation.Blog

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Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Sid, Tim, and Brett are back this week to discuss the release of Borderlands 4, indie hit Hollow Knight: Silksong, and 30 years of PlayStation memories. Stuff We Talked About Next week’s releases: Borderlands 4 | PS5 (out today) LEGO Voyagers | PS5, PS4 Frostpunk 2 | PS5 Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree | PS5 Dying Light: The Beast | PS5 Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter | PS5 Digimon Story: Time Stranger hands-on — New details revealed on the combat system and…

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Nintendo Is “Acting To Protect The Industry” With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer

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Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo LifeSince Switch 2 launched, one of the hottest topics has been Game Key Cards – physical items which unlock digital downloads. Critics have said Game Key Cards are anti-consumer, and Japan’s National Library has since decreed that they cannot be considered eligible for preservation, which stands to reason, as the Game Key Card contains no actual game data. However, a Ubisoft staffer recently explained that one reason developers are choosing Game Key Cards is access speed. More recently, composer and former Capcom developer Masakazu Sugimori has waded into the debate on Nintendo’s side (thanks, Automaton).…

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This Quake 2 mod bridges the gap between the original game and its sequel, with hybrid enemies including dog-headed parasites and rocket-blasting shamblers

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Quake and Quake 2 are, famously, very different shooters. The original is a dark gothic fantasy with a side of HP Lovecraft, while the latter leans hard into industrial sci-fi. I’ve always thought of them as entirely separate stories, but Quake 2’s latest official episodes—the Machine Games-developed Call of The Machine—explicitly connects the two, with the episode’s primary antagonist summoning several Shamblers from the first game to attack the player.This overlap serves as the primary inspiration for Call of the Void, a fanmade Quake 2 episode that takes place after Call of The Machine. This episode throws together Quake 1…

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