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PC

Some lucky souls will get hands-on with Silksong within weeks, with the Hollow Knight sequel confirmed to be playable at Gamescom 2025

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Mortals will have their first chance to play Hollow Knight Silksong in less than a month from now. The sequel will appear at Microsoft’s Gamescom booth on August 20 and 21, and will be playable on both PC and the forthcoming ROG Xbox Ally, which will also make its hands-on debut at the convention.Gamescom, of course, is a convention held in Cologne, Germany. Before Microsoft’s announcement, the only confirmed opportunity to go hands-on with Silksong was at an Australian museum in September, where it will appear as part of the Game Worlds exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving…

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News

19-Year Effort To Remake Mother Inside Earthbound Finally Close

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Screenshot: Nintendo / GabbiNintendo might never announce a new Earthbound. It certainly seems intent on never releasing the sequel, Mother 3, in the West. But at least a fan remake of the first game in the trilogy might finally see the light of day. EarthBound Beginnings Remake is a ROM hack that recreates the first game using the 16-bit look of its SNES successor. Tears Of The Kingdom’s Newspaper Questline And The State Of Hyrulean JournalismReleased in 1989 for the NES, Mother had never officially been localized into English until it came to the Wii U virtual shop as Earthbound…

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Playstation

Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game Review (PS5)

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Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game is a cosy Hobbit life simulator by Weta Workshop, set in the idyllic world of The Shire from JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. After creating your own character, you arrive in Bywater, but despite living in an epic fantasy world, swords are of no use here and your biggest worry will be gathering the requisite ingredients to concoct an epic second breakfast. As you’d expect from a cosy game like Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley, the gameplay loop is relaxed and unchallenging. There’s objectives called ‘tales’ that progress…

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Xbox

Age Verification in the UK and Xbox’s Ongoing Commitment to Player Safety

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Category: GamesJuly 28, 2025 Age Verification in the UK and Xbox’s Ongoing Commitment to Player Safety Kim KunesVice President of Gaming Trust & Safety, Xbox At Xbox, we’re committed to providing players with a safe and secure experience on our platform. Since launching our first ever gaming console that could connect players online in 2005, we’ve continued to invest in state-of-the-art tools and technologies to protect the Xbox community. Over more than two decades of experience, we’ve developed a multifaceted safety, privacy, and security approach that features built-in safety measures, respects player privacy, and empowers players, parents, and caregivers to…

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Nintendo

Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game Review (Switch eShop)

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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube829k A Lord of the Rings cosy game? Made by Weta Workshop, who made the sets, costumes, and props for the beloved Peter Jackson movie trilogy? Say no more, right? Unfortunately, Tales of the Shire is not the perfect mashup of hobbits and hygge we’ve all been waiting for, but is instead emblematic of the kind of game development that has failed both its employees and its players. Those employees deserve to have their work appraised for the things they did right despite everything, though — so I’ll at least start with…

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