Author: Valhalladidde

Coming-of-age video game Mixtape is packed with licensed music from artists like Devo and The Smashing Pumpkins, but publisher Annapurna Interactive and developer Beethoven and Dinosaur have told fans not to worry about the game potentially being delisted down the road.Creative director Johnny Galvatron kept concerns about the game’s future from spinning out of control during a recent interview with Kotaku. Despite featuring a full playlist of tracks from recognizable groups throughout its foot-tapping story, he said that the team paid extra to maintain licenses for each track in perpetuity.Annapurna followed up the interview with its own statement in an…

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Monster Crown: Sin Eater surpassed our expectations — but then our expectations were misguided to begin with. We went into this one expecting a somewhat cutesy, nostalgia-infused, Pokémon-style retro RPG — but what we got was a shockingly mature, story-driven adventure with more mechanical depth than most creature-taming titles will ever attempt to include. Sin Eater’s name isn’t just for show. Its setting is deceptively dark and brooding, a world where humanity’s under the thumb of monstrous overlords. There’s blood, there’s swearing, there’s even some horribly suggestive themes knocking about. Indeed, despite its Game Boy Color-inspired aesthetics, and its focus…

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North America Image: Nintendo / Launchbox It’s colourful, it’s bright, it’s… pinball? Honestly, while there’s certainly some pinball paraphernalia on display here, it’s not quite as flipper-filled as we’d expect. A bumper and a rail can only do so much heavy lifting when the most iconic part is obscured by the VB logo. Still, it’s not too bad on the eye. Japan Image: Nintendo / Launchbox The Japanese cover dares ask the question: what if Picasso painted a pinball machine? It’s a bit all over the place, but there’s no denying that it’s interesting to look at. And hey, there’s…

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Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for May 18 to 22 Will Fulton, Xbox Wire Editor Published May 15, 2026 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Forza Horizon 6 Premium Edition Xbox Game Studios ☆☆☆☆☆ 1441 ★★★★★ $119.99 Get it now Forza Horizon 6 Deluxe Edition Xbox Game Studios…

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Magic’s mini-sets called Secret Lairs, which are usually short-run reprints of old cards with new art aimed at collectors, have really been leaning into the joke over the last couple of years. The cards starring Dwight from The Office were a perfect example, and the upcoming Secret Lair called Cats are the Best seems like another, including as it does 15 Garfield cards to slide into your Commander decks to the bafflement of your friends.The cards come in three “drops” of five, with the first based on the question: What if some of the original Magic: The Gathering cards created…

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If the Trump administration keeps using video games to spread its propaganda online, I guess it’s fair that people use video games to make fun of him, as well. That’s what someone’s been doing by recently installing arcade cabinets in Washington D.C. for a satirical RPG called Operation Epic Furious: Strait To Hell. You can play as Trump and do things like order Diet Coke, burn the Epstein Files one by one, or fight bad guys like a “low flow showerhead” in Iran. The game was made by a pseudo anonymous developer called Secret Handshake, and while folks in D.C.…

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