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Summer Game Fest 2025 and (not) E3 schedule dates and times

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Summer Game Fest 2025 returns in June to fill the vacuum left by E3 — may it rest in peace — and will be joined by a long list of showcases from the likes of Xbox and tireless independent organizers who will put on shows like Day of the Devs and Wholesome Direct.This year’s Summer Game Fest and Not-E3 extravaganza may look a little lighter, though. Publishers like Sony, Nintendo, and Ubisoft haven’t yet confirmed their brand of events — PlayStation Showcase, Nintendo Direct, and Ubisoft Forward, respectively — but some of that may change as we approach what would…

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Playstation

Deliver At All Costs Review (PS5)

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While the world waits patiently for GTA 6, it seems smaller developers have started to turn to the origins of Rockstar’s open world juggernaut for inspiration. The Precinct recently proved that an isometric crime caper can work, and now we have a similarly presented package in Deliver At All Costs – albeit with an emphasis on unhinged late 50s haulage. While the presentation feels distinctly Chinatown Wars, it reminds this author of Mafia, with approximately 20 hand-designed missions set in a sandbox that serves more as decoration than a meaningful place to explore. The plot is surprisingly forward-facing and off…

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Nintendo

Box Art Brawl – Duel: Kirby’s Star Stacker (Game Boy)

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Image: Nintendo LifeWe are back, back, back with another edition of Box Art Brawl! It was a biggie last time, with a pair of F-Zero X covers facing off against each other. That’s not to say it was a close-fought competition, mind you. The character-focused Japanese cover walked away with a comfortable win, taking 84% of the vote and leaving Europe/North America in the dust with the remaining 16%. Yikes. This week, to celebrate its arrival on the NSO Game Boy library, we are taking a look at Kirby’s Star Stacker. This Tetris-style puzzler first launched in 1997 (’98 on…

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PC

Great moments in PC gaming: Getting so badly stuck on an adventure game puzzle I called the developer for a hint

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Great moments in PC gaming are bite-sized celebrations of some of our favorite gaming memories.I try to never be one of those people who talk about how much better things were back in the day… and that’s really easy because everything sucked back in the day. Things are terrible these days, sure, but they were even worse “back in the day.” Any time anyone tries to tell you things were better in the past: they’re full of it.That includes almost everything about videogames. I occasionally see people going off about how much better gaming used to be, but that seems…

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