Author: Valhalladidde

Hi everybody, I’m Rudolf Kremers, director of Omni Systems Ltd, purveyor of strange games and theories. Some of you might have played my Eufloria games, or played games I consulted on. I am delighted to get the chance to talk about our upcoming game Bioframe Outpost, out now in Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Console Magic Dust Releasing a game on console will always be special to me. While I love PC and Mobile gaming, and have proudly released games to those platforms in the past, there is something truly magical about seeing your game’s splash screen load onto…

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Image: NintendoNintendo first-party Switch titles are reportedly being “directly” sold by Amazon in the US once again. According to a story by IGN, for “much of 2024” Nintendo’s first-party titles have been absent “both physically and digitally, for pre-orders and after release”. Up until now, major Nintendo games have been “limited to third-party sellers only”, and Switch memberships, gift cards and codes haven’t been available, either. This appears to have changed with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which is now supposedly “the first Nintendo first-party game of 2024 to be sold and shipped directly by Amazon”. In saying…

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Sometimes the art-making process is a sacred thing. Other times it’s fart trumpets and poop jokes. Nobody knew this better than pre-modern artists: Members of a movement that found its roots in the classical and medieval period, Renaissance artists are best known for the stunning paintings of 14th to 16th century Italy, like “The Birth of Venus.” Then there’s Hieronymous Bosch, the 15th century Dutch painter whose most famous work is a triptych of Eden, Earth, and Hell called “The Garden of Earthly Delights.” His overwhelmingly detailed panoramas tell a hundred stories in one. While their overall subject matter is…

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The real-time strategy genre has been attempting a new wave for a while now. Many have stepped up to the plate, inspired by the pillars of the ’90s and early ’00s, but success stories have been fewer and farther between. For Uncapped Games, its targeted vector of success with Battle Aces doesn’t just involve rekindling the old flames; the studio wants to streamline the competitive RTS into a focused blue jet of unit-building, army managing goodness.I played a new preview build of Battle Aces that spotlights some new units and its two-player co-op vs. AI mode. If you missed PC…

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Nearly a year ago, Rockstar Games debuted the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, which marks the franchise’s first sequel since Grand Theft Auto 5 in 2013. Fans had been hoping that today’s fiscal report for Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive, would include a new GTA 6 trailer. While that didn’t happen, Take-Two did confirm that the GTA sequel is still on track for a fall 2025 release.While speaking with CNBC, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick acknowledged that some of the company’s previous games have slipped from their originally announced release dates. However, he expressed his confidence that GTA 6…

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We’ve come so far, and there’s still so much ahead of us. Apex Legends From the Rift rewinds the clock with the new nostalgic LTM Launch Royale, takes you to the original World’s Edge, revives Lifeline to new limits, and rekindles that first drop feeling from season one. It all starts November 5, 2024, including support for PlayStation 5 Pro when the console launches November 7. Let’s launch royale Play Video It’s 2019, Apex Legends has just launched, Kings Canyon is the wild frontier, and battle royales were never the same. This new LTM drops you right into that original…

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